Gladex Agent Logs

- **The queue read, and why this was the step.** Run 884's handover closed item (1) (the HR token extension, landed `[0.4.298]`) and left the next-in-order as the `GETTING_STARTED.md` **keep/fold/retire** answer — not arrived (STEP 0: 0 unread). Everything else ranked ahead waits on somebody else: **(93)**/**(97)(a)** idle (`tools/hire-agent list` → the same 2 proposed, queue untouched), **(av)(d)** blocked on the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**), **(i)** the operator's `/tmp/gocache` cut, the `SOA:gladex.de … mname=placeholder` row and §14's open blocks investor decisions, **(e)**/**(ax)**/**(aw)** closed or landed, the `[0.4.258]` citation watch untouched. What was **not** waiting on anybody was the standing line *"the **failed-units reds (A12/A30)** are other desks' shifts clearing on their own timers"* — that is a claim about the world, it is measurable, and it was measured: **`./tools/system-status` → `Overall: 1 CHECK(S) FAILED`, `failed-units [FAIL] 1 failed: identity-run@aylin.service rc=1 shift_exit=1`**, dragging `red-watch` to **5 reds** (`A3`, `A12`, `A15`, `A28`, `A30`).

- **The claim is half right, and the half it gets wrong is the half that costs work.** The *unit state* does self-clear on the next successful fire (`identity-run@aylin.timer` armed for 08:25, `systemctl is-failed` → `failed` only since the 18:25 fire). But "the state clears" is not "nothing was lost": the runner commits its work **before** propagating the exit code (`/usr/local/sbin/identity-run.sh:132-142`, *"a red shift keeps whatever work it completed"*), so **the size of the commit at each failure timestamp is a direct, unforgeable discriminator** between a shift that did work and one that did not. Two sources were used and neither trusted the other: `journalctl -o short-iso` for the authoritative failure list, `git log --since/--until --grep "identity <id> shift"` + `git show --shortstat` for what each one left behind.

- **All 12 failures since 2026-10-08 classified — 5 + 3 + 4 = 12, matching the journal exactly, nothing unexplained.** Per identity: dispatcher 4, aylin 3, mia 2, sofia 2, jonas 1, lena 0, leon 0 (12 failed starts of 63). **Work kept — 5:** dispatcher `d778548` (1081 ins, 2 files), `7bbeaab` (986, 4), `89d0e6e` (1239, 1), `bf8b763` (1410, 1); jonas `b7cd809` (1664, 1) — each wrote a full shift report, dispatcher's 09:11 entry ending *"No secrets, .env, or API tokens touched."*, and the non-zero exit arrived **after** the work. **Genuinely lost — 3,** all aylin, all 18:25, all 2026-10-08/09/10: `4a2d491` (2 ins), `a681727` (4), `a17c84d` (2) — one file each, `agent-logs/identity-aylin.md` only, i.e. the commit is the wrapper's own `Error: Rate limit exceeded` line plus the `===== shift … exit=1 =====` marker, **the evidence of failure rather than work**; for contrast her green 08:28 shift `8a9fe36` committed **497** insertions, and the journal brackets the failure at **1 s** (18:25:47 start → 18:25:48 `opencode exit=1`) against 50–130 s green. **Nothing produced — 4:** mia 2026-10-08 08:30 and 2026-10-09 18:18, sofia 2026-10-08 13:58 and 2026-10-09 18:55 — no commit at all; sofia's log names a **different** error, `Error: Upstream request failed: Endpoint is unavailable.`, so the red is not one defect with one fix.

- **Two of my own earlier claims this run were wrong and are corrected in the committed note rather than passed on.** (a) *"Every failure is a rate limit"* — false: only aylin's three are; sofia's is an upstream-endpoint failure; the five work-kept shifts show no error line at all in their transcript tail. (b) *"Failures are exclusively in the 18:xx evening slot"* — false, and the timer config is exactly why it looked true: all three windows carry **identical offsets** (`08:05/13:05/18:05` lena, `…:10` jonas, `…:15` mia, `…:20` leon, `…:25` aylin, `…:50` dispatcher, `…:55` sofia), so evening is not more tightly packed than morning. Aylin's rate-limit failures **moved** — her **13:2x** shift failed daily 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-07, then the failures stopped at midday and reappeared at **18:25** from 2026-10-18 boundary onward — and a fixed-slot defect does not move like that; an exhausting daily quota does. Her reds also have a documented cost: the runner has **no in-process retry by design** (`identity-run.sh:147-155`, *"hammering it here only delays the red"*), so a rate-limited shift costs the **whole slot**, next chance up to 10 h later.

- **Readings, all pre-commit and stated as such.** `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, `files=… linted=198`, `303 changelog version heading(s), 303 unique, 9461 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13258 bare token(s)`** — it reads HEAD blobs, so it has not seen this entry; post-commit prediction **303 / 303 / 0 unchanged** (a docs commit: no `CHANGELOG.md` edit, no new version, so the `[0.4.258]` citation watch's four files stay untouched). `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 0, `OK - one queue: [0.4.298] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 253 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)`** — `[0.4.298]` is named here, so **R8 does not trip**; no `tools/` or `tests/` path is named in this entry's newest bullet that is not in the tree. `./tools/red-watch` → **`state=red, passed=21 failed=5`** = **A3** (main ahead 4), **A12**/`A30` (the aylin failed unit), **A15** (this run's own dirty tree), **A28** (undocumented code commit) — `A15` clears on this commit, `A3` on the push below, `A12`/`A30` only on aylin's next green fire (**deliberately not forced**), `A28` re-read post-commit and reported either way.

- **Scope and safety, one line each:** git sees **two paths** — `agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md` (the diagnosis, with the 12-row table and both corrections) and this entry — staged **explicitly by path** (`git status --porcelain` read immediately before the add, `git diff --cached --name-only` immediately after), **never `git add -A`** (this worktree is shared with sibling desks). **No `app/` file, no tool script, no suite, no guide edited → no reviewer gate and nothing to promote**: dev and prod untouched, both **0.4.28**, both already matching the repo; `/usr/local/sbin/identity-run.sh` was **read and deliberately left alone** (system scope per AGENT_BRIEF §8, and `tests/test_identity_wrapper.sh` pins it). **No `rm`/`rmdir`/`unlink`/`rename`/`chmod` at all this run**, and the `(av)(d)` prune stays blocked on the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**). **No unit restarted, no `systemctl`, no `systemctl reset-failed`, no timer changed, no crontab change, no DNS write, no mail sent, no paid API, no API key configured, spend 0.00.**

- **Close-state:** this entry is appended **before the commit that carries it** (CLOSE PROTOCOL rule 1) and is never `git checkout --`-ed, staged-only or parked in `/tmp` (rules 2–3); the stop-state check is `git status --porcelain` **not listing `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md`** after it. A second commit this run (closing readings) re-appends before commit #2.

- **Queue — next small step (read this first):** **do not re-run this diagnosis** — the 12/12 classification is committed at `agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md` and re-opens only on a **measured** new red. Carry it as **(1)** the queued follow-up the note names: make the red classifiable without reading git by hand (shift marker carries a work-volume signal, or `system-status`'s `failed-units` row reports the commit size at the failure timestamp) — **its own run, its own suite update, a reviewer gate; never folded into a measurement run, and the wrapper stays operator-side**. Standing: **do not `systemctl reset-failed`** — `A12`/`A30` clear on aylin's next green fire and forcing them would hide a 3-evening work loss behind a green dashboard. Then the standing lines: the day the `GETTING_STARTED.md` **keep/fold/retire** answer arrives (STEP 0: **0 unread / 0 owed**), execute it as its own small step with its own measurements (`keep` → the 100th suite + dated `- Live:` **99 → 100** + registry section in the same commit); **Warning for whoever edits `README.md` next:** section F of `tests/test_readme_fences.sh` plants the exact current text of its three fixes back out, so editing any of those fences reddens F **by design** (same for `test_getting_started.sh` and `GETTING-STARTED.md`); **(93)**/**(97)(a)** first if the investor answers `hiring/queue/*.json` (2 proposed: `marco-steiner`, `ruben-stoll`); **(av)(d)** after the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**); then **(i)** the operator's legacy `/tmp/gocache` cut (`./tools/disk-show` → `/` **80.3%**, below its 90% threshold, **no breach** — measured, not guessed), the `SOA:gladex.de … mname=placeholder` row, `REPORT.md` §14's open blocks, and the **`[0.4.258]` citation watch** (**not re-verified this run — do not re-verify until something changes those four files**). **(ax)**, **(e)** and the drift-verify line stay **closed** — no assertion added to `G0`–`G5` without a new measured defect behind them; **(aw)** stays landed in `[0.4.294]` — never test an append against the live `/data/agent-logs/promote-ledger.jsonl` (point `GLADEX_PROMOTE_LEDGER` at a sandbox path); the `promote-gates` verdict watch stays **closed** (reads `[OK] promote-ready`; re-open only on a measured `[WARN]`, and **NEVER `--force` a stale verdict**).
ENTRY
echo "appended; tail check:"; tail -c 300 agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
appended; tail check:
4.294]` — never test an append against the live `/data/agent-logs/promote-ledger.jsonl` (point `GLADEX_PROMOTE_LEDGER` at a sandbox path); the `promote-gates` verdict watch stays **closed** (reads `[OK] promote-ready`; re-open only on a measured `[WARN]`, and **NEVER `--force` a stale verdict**).
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Committing by **explicit path** (never `git add -A` — shared worktree):
$ cd /data/repo && echo "=== status BEFORE add ==="; git status --porcelain; echo "=== adding by path ==="; git add agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md agent-logs/PROGRESS.md; echo "=== staged ==="; git diff --cached --name-only
=== status BEFORE add ===
 M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
?? agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md
=== adding by path ===
=== staged ===
agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git commit -q -m "docs: run 885 — classify all 12 identity-shift failures since 2026-10-08 (5 kept work, 3 lost, 4 nothing); the one failed-units red conflates three outcomes" && echo "=== commit ==="; git log --oneline -1; echo "=== status AFTER commit ==="; git status --porcelain
=== commit ===
52a7aa9 docs: run 885 — classify all 12 identity-shift failures since 2026-10-08 (5 kept work, 3 lost, 4 nothing); the one failed-units red conflates three outcomes
=== status AFTER commit ===
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Commit `52a7aa9` landed, tree clean — `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md` is not listed (rule 3 satisfied). Now the push that clears `A3`:
$ cd /data/repo && git push origin main 2>&1 | tail -3; echo "rc=$?"; echo "=== sync state ==="; git status -sb | head -1; git rev-list --count origin/main..main
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   f8c30e8..52a7aa9  main -> main
rc=0
=== sync state ===
## main...origin/main
0
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Push clean: `f8c30e8..52a7aa9`, now 0 ahead. Post-commit readings:
$ cd /data/repo && echo "=== red-watch ==="; ./tools/red-watch 2>&1 | grep -E "state=|FAIL|WARN" | head -8; echo "=== repo-lint ==="; ./tools/repo-lint 2>&1 | tail -2; echo "=== queue-source-check ==="; ./tools/queue-source-check 2>&1 | tail -1
=== red-watch ===
red-watch: state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=23 failed=3 alert=RED-SET
  FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict want=HEALTHY)
  FAIL A28 no undocumented code commit since the last CHANGELOG commit (kind=rc key=docs want=0)
  FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys want=[OK] 0 failed unit(s))
=== repo-lint ===
  changelog-version: 303 changelog version heading(s), 303 unique, 9468 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13263 bare token(s) counted
result: all 198 linted file(s) parse clean (exit 0)
=== queue-source-check ===
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.298] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 253 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
5 reds → **3**: `A3` and `A15` cleared by the push and commit. `A28` was already red before my run — let me identify its cause so I report it accurately rather than assume.
$ cd /data/repo && grep -rn "undocumented" --include=*.go --include=*.sh --include=*.php . 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^./agent-logs\|CHANGELOG.md:\|REGISTRY.md:" | head -8
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_freebsd_amd64.go:14860:		 ** The absolute value of N is used.  This is undocumented and might
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_freebsd_amd64.go:23339:		 ** it increments an undocumented global variable used for testing.
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_freebsd_amd64.go:24499:			 ** also loop forever.  This is undocumented.  In fact, one could argue
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_g_0000000000000480.go:15052:		 ** The absolute value of N is used.  This is undocumented and might
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_g_0000000000000480.go:23531:		 ** it increments an undocumented global variable used for testing.
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_g_0000000000000480.go:24691:			 ** also loop forever.  This is undocumented.  In fact, one could argue
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_freebsd_arm.go:21619:		 ** The absolute value of N is used.  This is undocumented and might
./app/src/go/gomodcache/modernc.org/sqlite@v1.59.0/lib/sqlite_freebsd_arm.go:30432:		 ** it increments an undocumented global variable used for testing.
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && last=$(git log -1 --pretty=%h -- CHANGELOG.md); echo "last CHANGELOG commit: $last ($(git log -1 --pretty=%s $last | head -c 60))"; echo "=== commits since, with files ==="; git log --oneline $last..HEAD | while read h rest; do files=$(git show --name-only --pretty=format: $h | grep -v '^$' | head -3 | tr '\n' ' '); echo "$h $rest :: $files"; done
last CHANGELOG commit: 07ff6ff (run 884: HR guard token list covers the second proposed requ)
=== commits since, with files ===
52a7aa9 docs: run 885 — classify all 12 identity-shift failures since 2026-10-08 (5 kept work, 3 lost, 4 nothing); the one failed-units red conflates three outcomes :: agent-logs/PROGRESS.md agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md 
eeed2af identity sofia shift 2026-10-10T17:02Z model=opencode/ling-3.1-flash-free :: agent-logs/identity-sofia.md 
2f297bd identity sofia shift sha-stamp 2026-10-10T17:02Z :: agent-logs/identity-sofia.md 
4102a06 identity sofia shift 2026-10-10T17:01Z :: agent-logs/identity-sofia.md 
941dd02 identity dispatcher shift 2026-10-10T16:59Z model=opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free :: agent-logs/identity-dispatcher.md 
f8c30e8 dispatcher: shift log 2026-10-10T16:58Z — mail replies, Atlas task, system health verified :: agent-logs/identity-dispatcher.md 
e268904 dispatcher: evening queue state 2026-10-10 — promote-gates PASS, api-check.json drift CLOSED, hiring conflict (2 proposals/1 seat), aylin unit failed :: mailboxes/atlas-inbox/2026-10-10-dispatcher-queue-state-evening.md 
480d207 identity leon shift 2026-10-10T16:35Z model=opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free :: agent-logs/identity-leon.md 
0216593 identity-leon: shift log 2026-10-10T18:35 Mail: 2 unread handled (Lena, Mia) — replied from leon@gladex.de Role: version-check --version flag + tests (52 pass) Personal: daily note exchange with Mia Security: no secrets touched :: agent-logs/identity-leon.md 
ce9dcae run 930: 2026-10-10T16:34Z model=opencode/mimo-v2.6-flash-free :: tests/test_version_check.sh tools/version-check 
a17c84d identity aylin shift 2026-10-10T16:25Z model=opencode/muse-spark-1.3-contributor-free :: agent-logs/identity-aylin.md 
631d198 identity lena shift 2026-10-10T16:25Z model=opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free :: agent-logs/identity-lena.md 
39fbad5 identity mia shift 2026-10-10T16:24Z model=opencode/ling-3.1-flash-free :: agent-logs/identity-mia.md 
29a270c qa: 18:20 CEST persistence re-measure #2 — drift still 0, loop closed :: agent-logs/identity-mia.md agent-logs/qa-api-check-drift-2026-10-08.md 
b50e9b3 log: append Lena Hartmann shift entry 2026-10-10 (shift 3) :: agent-logs/identity-lena.md 
f0a8660 test: add TestLoadDBPoolConfigWithContextConfig for combined config :: app/src/go/cmd/gladex/commands/serve_test.go 
8121706 identity jonas shift 2026-10-10T16:19Z model=opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free :: agent-logs/identity-jonas.md 
c564f2b log: Jonas Weber shift 2026-10-10 — frontend health check, all 2,400+ tests pass :: agent-logs/identity-jonas.md 
f327f9b run 928: 2026-10-10T16:13Z model=opencode/mimo-v2.6-flash-free :: app/src/go/cmd/gladex/commands/serve_bench_test.go
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
`A28` root-caused exactly — three **other desks'** undocumented code commits since the last CHANGELOG commit: `ce9dcae` (`tools/version-check` + its suite, run 930), `f327f9b` (`serve_bench_test.go`, run 928), `f0a8660` (`serve_test.go`). Let me take the closing readings.
$ cd /data/repo && echo "=== system-status (tail) ==="; ./tools/system-status 2>&1 | grep -E "failed-units|git-tree|promote-gates|deploy-path|investor-duty|queue-source|Overall|red-watch"; echo "=== healthcheck ==="; ./tools/healthcheck 2>&1 | tail -3; echo "=== version-check ==="; ./tools/version-check 2>&1 | tail -1
=== system-status (tail) ===
  failed-units              [FAIL] 1 failed: identity-run@aylin.service rc=1 shift_exit=1
  investor-duty             [OK] owed=0 unread=0 unreplied=0 open=0
  git-tree                  [OK] clean
  red-watch                 [WARN] red, failed=3, since 2026-10-10T16:01:59Z, 3m old; FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict) ;; FAIL A28 no undocumented code commit since the last CHANGELOG commit (kind=rc key=docs) ;; FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys)
  queue-source              [OK] one queue: [0.4.298] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 253 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
  promote-gates             [OK] promote-ready: verdict, dev-sync, commit-lint and ship-tree all pass (commit 52a7aa9)
  deploy-path               [OK] ledger OK - 46 file(s) across dev+prod attested (/data/agent-logs/promote-ledger.jsonl; source: baseline)
Overall: 1 CHECK(S) FAILED
=== healthcheck ===
prod: HEALTHY
  HTTP: 200
  Response: {"status":"ok","service":"gladex-investor-app","env":"prod","timestamp":1791678582,"version":"0.4.28"}
=== version-check ===
OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ for db in /opt/startup/dev/data/messages.db /opt/startup/prod/data/messages.db; do printf "%s unread=" "$db"; sqlite3 "$db" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0;"; done; cd /data/repo && ./tools/inbox-status 2>&1 | tail -2; grep -c '^## ' INBOX.md; grep '^## ' INBOX.md | grep -cv HANDLED
/opt/startup/dev/data/messages.db unread=0
/opt/startup/prod/data/messages.db unread=0

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
80
0
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
STEP 0 re-read at close: **0 / 0 unread, nothing owed, 80 entries / 0 unhandled**. Appending the close entry **before** commit #2 (rule 2):
$ cd /data/repo && cat >> agent-logs/PROGRESS.md <<'ENTRY'

## Builder — run 885 (close): the run entry above is carried by **`52a7aa9`** (pushed `f8c30e8..52a7aa9`), **A3 and A15 cleared exactly as predicted**, and the three reds still standing are the two this run *refuses* to force plus one it root-caused and named for its owners

- **Staged by path, rule 1 held on the read rather than on intent.** `git status --porcelain` immediately before the add read exactly ` M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md` and `?? agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md`; after `git add` of those two paths by name, `git diff --cached --name-only` listed exactly those two. **Never `git add -A`** — this worktree is shared with sibling desks. One `git push origin main` followed the commit (**A3**) → **`f8c30e8..52a7aa9  main -> main`, rc 0**, `git status -sb` then reading **`## main...origin/main`** with **no ahead/behind marker** and `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**.

- **The two reds the commit and push were predicted to clear, cleared.** `./tools/red-watch` before: **`passed=21 failed=5`** (`A3`, `A12`, `A15`, `A28`, `A30`); after: **`passed=23 failed=3`** — **A3** (main was ahead 4, now 0) and **A15** (this run's own dirty tree) are gone. **A12**/**A30** remain **on purpose**: they are `identity-run@aylin.service`, whose timer is armed for **08:25** and whose next green fire clears the state by itself. **No `systemctl reset-failed` was run** — forcing them would paint a green dashboard over the 3 consecutive evenings of lost comms work this run exists to document.

- **A28 root-caused and handed back, not silently absorbed.** It was already red before this run (clean tree, pre-existing), and its cause is three **other desks'** code commits since the last `CHANGELOG.md` commit `07ff6ff` (run 884): **`ce9dcae`** `run 930` (`tools/version-check` + `tests/test_version_check.sh`), **`f327f9b`** `run 928` (`app/src/go/cmd/gladex/commands/serve_bench_test.go`), **`f0a8660`** (`app/src/go/cmd/gladex/commands/serve_test.go`). This run's own commit `52a7aa9` is **docs-only** (`agent-logs/` two files) and therefore **not** one of them. **No `CHANGELOG.md` edit was made to clear it**: documenting code changes this desk has not reviewed would be a false attestation, and `CHANGELOG.md` is one of the four files the `[0.4.258]` citation watch covers. Named here so the runs that made them can document them.

- **Post-commit readings for `52a7aa9`, all re-read after the commit existed.** `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, `files=198 linted`, `303 changelog version heading(s), 303 unique, 9468 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13263 bare token(s)`** — headings **303 / 303 / 0 unchanged** exactly as predicted (docs commit, no version added); citations **9461 → 9468** and bare tokens **13258 → 13263**, the expected growth from the new note entering HEAD and being citation-checked. `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 0, `OK - one queue: [0.4.298] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 253 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)`** — **R8 never tripped**: `[0.4.298]` was named in the entry before the commit, and sections/frozen-items/bullets/tokens are all unchanged. `./tools/system-status` → **`git-tree [OK] clean`**, `queue-source [OK] … [0.4.298]`, `promote-gates [OK] promote-ready … (commit 52a7aa9)`, `deploy-path [OK] ledger OK - 46 file(s)`, `investor-duty [OK] owed=0 unread=0 unreplied=0 open=0`, `failed-units [FAIL] 1 failed: identity-run@aylin.service` → **`Overall: 1 CHECK(S) FAILED`**. `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev + prod HEALTHY, HTTP 200, both `0.4.28`**; `./tools/version-check` → **`OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`** — production stays **0.4.28**, and **0.4.29 is quoted nowhere in this entry as a version**. `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10 5.00 / 0.00 / 5.00**, spend **0.00**.

- **STEP 0 re-read at the close:** both `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0` → **0 dev / 0 prod**; `./tools/inbox-status` → **rc 0, `OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)`**, last reply dev **144** / prod **109**; `grep -c '^## ' INBOX.md` → **80**, `grep '^## ' INBOX.md | grep -cv HANDLED` → **0** — **no `agent_to_investor` row was written in either database this run, `INBOX.md` is untouched, nothing was marked read**.

- **Nothing was deleted, restarted, promoted or paid for after the commit.** This close issued **no `rm`/`rmdir`/`unlink`/`rename`/`chmod`** — the only deletion-class act in run 885 is **none**, and the `(av)(d)` prune still waits on the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**). **No `app/` file, no tool script, no suite, no guide edited → no reviewer gate, nothing to promote**: dev and prod untouched, both **0.4.28**, already matching the repo; `/usr/local/sbin/identity-run.sh` was read and left alone. **No unit restarted, no `systemctl`, no `systemctl reset-failed`, no timer changed, no crontab change, no DNS write, no mail sent, no paid API, no API key configured, spend 0.00.** **Paths this close commit carries — `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md` only** — staged **explicitly by path**, **never `git add -A`**; if a sibling sweeps it first, that sweep is disclosed in the stop-state rather than described away.

- **Queue — next small step (read this first, unchanged from the run entry above except item (1), now the classified follow-up):** **do not re-run the 12/12 diagnosis** — it is committed at `agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md` and re-opens only on a **measured** new red. Next, in order: **(1)** the queued follow-up the note names — make the red classifiable without reading git by hand (shift marker carries a work-volume signal, or `system-status`'s `failed-units` row reports the commit size at the failure timestamp beside the unit name): **its own run, its own suite update, a reviewer gate, never folded into a measurement run, and the wrapper stays operator-side** (`/usr/local/sbin/identity-run.sh` is system scope per AGENT_BRIEF §8 and pinned by `tests/test_identity_wrapper.sh`). Then the standing lines: the day the `GETTING_STARTED.md` **keep/fold/retire** answer arrives (STEP 0: **0 unread / 0 owed**), execute it as its own small step with its own measurements (`keep` → the 100th suite + dated `- Live:` **99 → 100** + registry section in the same commit); **Warning for whoever edits `README.md` next:** section F of `tests/test_readme_fences.sh` plants the exact current text of its three fixes back out, so editing any of those fences reddens F **by design** (same for `test_getting_started.sh` and `GETTING-STARTED.md`); **(93)**/**(97)(a)** first if the investor answers `hiring/queue/*.json` (2 proposed: `marco-steiner`, `ruben-stoll`); **A28** when its three owners (`ce9dcae`, `f327f9b`, `f0a8660`) document their code — never documented from this desk; **(av)(d)** after the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**); then **(i)** the operator's legacy `/tmp/gocache` cut (`./tools/disk-show` → `/` **80.3%**, **no breach** at its 90% threshold), the `SOA:gladex.de … mname=placeholder` row, `REPORT.md` §14's open blocks, and the **`[0.4.258]` citation watch** (**not re-verified this run — do not re-verify until something changes those four files**). **(ax)**, **(e)** and the drift-verify line stay **closed**; **(aw)** stays landed in `[0.4.294]` — never test an append against the live `/data/agent-logs/promote-ledger.jsonl` (point `GLADEX_PROMOTE_LEDGER` at a sandbox path); the `promote-gates` verdict watch stays **closed** (reads `[OK] promote-ready`; re-open only on a measured `[WARN]`, and **NEVER `--force` a stale verdict**).
ENTRY
echo "=== status BEFORE add ==="; git status --porcelain
=== status BEFORE add ===
 M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git add agent-logs/PROGRESS.md && echo "=== staged ==="; git diff --cached --name-only && git commit -q -m "docs: run 885 close — A3+A15 cleared by the push, A28 root-caused to three other desks' undocumented code commits, A12/A30 deliberately not forced" && git log --oneline -1; echo "=== status AFTER commit ==="; git status --porcelain; echo "(empty = PROGRESS.md not listed)"
=== staged ===
agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
f555d55 docs: run 885 close — A3+A15 cleared by the push, A28 root-caused to three other desks' undocumented code commits, A12/A30 deliberately not forced
=== status AFTER commit ===
(empty = PROGRESS.md not listed)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git push origin main 2>&1 | tail -2; echo "=== sync ==="; git status -sb | head -1; git rev-list --count origin/main..main; echo "=== final tree ==="; git status --porcelain; echo "(empty above = clean)"
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   52a7aa9..f555d55  main -> main
=== sync ===
## main...origin/main
0
=== final tree ===
(empty above = clean)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Both commits pushed, tree clean. Final verification:
$ cd /data/repo && echo "=== note in HEAD? ==="; git cat-file -e HEAD:agent-logs/identity-shift-red-modes-2026-10-11.md && echo "yes, committed"; echo "=== red-watch final ==="; ./tools/red-watch 2>&1 | grep -E "state=|FAIL" | head -5; echo "=== queue-source ==="; ./tools/queue-source-check 2>&1 | tail -1; echo "=== STEP 0 final ==="; ./tools/inbox-status 2>&1 | grep -E "unread|verdict"
=== note in HEAD? ===
yes, committed
=== red-watch final ===
red-watch: state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=23 failed=3 alert=RED-SET
  FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict want=HEALTHY)
  FAIL A28 no undocumented code commit since the last CHANGELOG commit (kind=rc key=docs want=0)
  FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys want=[OK] 0 failed unit(s))
=== queue-source ===
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.298] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 253 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
=== STEP 0 final ===
  messages unread : dev 0 / prod 0 / total 0
verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Run 885 complete. Both commits pushed (`52a7aa9`, `f555d55`), tree clean, `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md` committed — not left staged or reverted.

## STEP 0 — investor duty
**0 unread `investor_to_agent` rows (dev 0 / prod 0)**, `inbox-status` → *"OK - nothing owed"*, all **80** INBOX entries struck HANDLED. Verified at open **and** close. The two entries the brief quotes (hiring workflow, replied dev 143/prod 108; hire-approval + the `0.4.29` figure correction, replied dev 144/prod 109) are already handled — no new row owed, so none written. Production confirmed **0.4.28** (`version-check` match); **0.4.29 quoted nowhere as a version**.

## The step: the `failed-units` red, measured
The queue explained that red as *"other desks' shifts clearing on their own timers"*. That is **half right** — the unit state does self-clear, but it says nothing about whether the work happened. The runner commits work *before* propagating the exit code (`identity-run.sh:132-142`), so **the commit size at each failure timestamp is a hard discriminator**. Cross-checking `journalctl` against `git show --shortstat`, all **12** failures since 2026-10-08 are classified:

| class | count | evidence |
|---|---|---|
| **work kept** | 5 | dispatcher ×4 (986–1410 ins), jonas ×1 (1664 ins) — exited 1 *after* finishing |
| **genuinely lost** | 3 | aylin ×3, all 18:25, **2–4 log-only lines** vs **497** on a good shift |
| **nothing produced** | 4 | mia ×2, sofia ×2 — one `Upstream request failed: Endpoint is unavailable.` |

So the single red means "a teammate delivered 1410 lines then exited 1" in some instances and "a teammate did nothing for one second" in others — and the real loss is concentrated in **one** identity (aylin, 3 consecutive evenings), not spread across the fleet.

**Two of my own hypotheses this run were wrong and were corrected in the note rather than passed on:** failures are *not* all rate-limit (a distinct upstream-endpoint error exists), and they are *not* evening-only — the timers carry identical offsets in all three windows, and Aylin's rate-limit failures *moved* (13:2x daily Sept 25–Oct 7 → 18:25 from Oct 8), which is quota exhaustion, not a broken slot.

## Red-watch: 5 → 3
- **`A3` cleared** — `main` was ahead 4; pushed, now 0.
- **`A15` cleared** — my own dirty tree, by committing.
- **`A28` root-caused, not absorbed** — three *other desks'* undocumented code commits (`ce9dcae` run 930, `f327f9b` run 928, `f0a8660`). I did **not** add a `CHANGELOG.md` entry for code I haven't reviewed — that would be a false attestation — so it's named for its owners.
- **`A12`/`A30` left standing on purpose** — no `systemctl reset-failed`; forcing them would paint a green dashboard over the very work loss this run documents.

**Safety:** spend **0.00** (free `*-free` model only), no `rm`, no unit restart, no timer change, no DNS write, no mail. The runner script `/usr/local/sbin/identity-run.sh` was read and deliberately left alone — it's system scope and pinned by `tests/test_identity_wrapper.sh`. No app/tool/suite/guide edited, so nothing to promote; dev and prod both untouched at **0.4.28**.

The follow-up fix (make the red classifiable without hand-reading git) is queued with its own reviewer gate rather than folded into a measurement run.
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