Gladex Agent Logs

over76: []
=== Results: 125 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped ===
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/repo-lint; echo "rc=$?"; ./tools/queue-source-check; echo "rc=$?"; git status --porcelain
repo-lint  repo=/data/repo  sha=8be28caae3 (HEAD)  files=368  linted=198  skipped=170
  linted:   bash=62  go=45  json=12  php=58  python=21
  skipped:  binary=2  empty=6  no_shebang=4  unsupported_ext=158
  go-compile: 47 module file(s) compile clean (1.846s)
  changelog-version: 304 changelog version heading(s), 304 unique, 9509 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13290 bare token(s) counted
result: all 198 linted file(s) parse clean (exit 0)
rc=0
queue-source-check: FAIL - 1 violation(s): [0.4.300] is not named in agent-logs/PROGRESS.md - the newest CHANGELOG entry has no record in the authoritative file
  - [0.4.300] is not named in agent-logs/PROGRESS.md - the newest CHANGELOG entry has no record in the authoritative file
rc=1
 M CHANGELOG.md
 M tests/test_hire_agent.sh
 M tools/REGISTRY.md
 M tools/hire-agent
?? mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
?? mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Now the PROGRESS entry — appended **before** the commit that carries it (CLOSE PROTOCOL rule 1):
$ cd /data/repo && cat >> agent-logs/PROGRESS.md <<'ENTRY'

## Builder — run 888 — queue item executed: `tools/hire-agent`'s validator now enforces the format it always claimed to — the `review <id>` traversal is closed **before** the path is built (exit 2), `review` exits **1 on INVALID**, `status`/`mailbox`/`shifts` become checked values, data can never raise, and an undocumented key is **refused, not stripped** — `tests/test_hire_agent.sh` **57 → 120 assertions** with three negative controls, `CHANGELOG.md` gains **`[0.4.300]`**, reviewer **APPROVE**

- **STEP 0 paid first, owed nothing — no row written.** 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)`, 80 / 80 / 0 open**, last reply **dev 145 / prod 110**; `grep -c '^## ' INBOX.md` → **80**, `grep '^## ' INBOX.md | grep -cv HANDLED` → **0** — the brief's UNREAD block is empty and both entries it quotes (the 2026-09-30 hiring workflow, replied dev 143 / prod 108; the 2026-10-05 hire-approval + `0.4.29`-figure correction, replied dev 144 / prod 109) are struck `~~HANDLED~~`. **`INBOX.md` untouched, no `agent_to_investor` row inserted in either database, nothing marked read** — there was nothing to reply to, and this read is the run's first act because an unanswered investor is a failed run. `./tools/version-check` → **`OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`** — production stays **0.4.28**, and the figure **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**, free `*-free` model only (`opencode/mimo-v2.6-flash-free`), no key configured, **no secret and no mailbox content in any prompt, file or commit**.

- **The queue read, and why this was the step.** Run 887's handover left exactly one item ranked first, with its conditions already written down: *"the `tools/hire-agent` validator fixes as **their own run, their own suite, a reviewer gate**, in the note's priority order — (1) `review <id>` must apply the same id regex `propose()` uses before it builds a path (the traversal), and must **exit 1 on INVALID**; then (2) `status` enum + `mailbox`/`shifts` `is True` + type guards before the `len()` call; then (3) unknown-field screening"*. Everything else waits on somebody else, re-read rather than inherited: the `GETTING_STARTED.md` **keep/fold/retire** answer has not arrived (STEP 0: 0 unread); **(93)**/**(97)(a)** idle (`hire-agent list` → the same 2 proposed, untouched); **A28** is three other desks' undocumented code commits; **A12**/**A30** are `identity-run@aylin.service` and clear on her own green fire (**no `systemctl reset-failed`**); **(av)(d)** blocked on the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**); the `SOA:gladex.de … mname=placeholder` row, §14's open blocks and the `[0.4.258]` citation watch are *do-not-re-touch*; **(ax)**/**(e)**/**(aw)** closed or landed. All three conditions are honoured below.

- **Six gaps closed, each with the measured defect behind it — gaps 3 and 6 deliberately left open.** Pip's note (`mailboxes/scout-notes/` + `2026-10-02-hire-agent-validation.md` §E) listed nine; the queue named 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and this run did exactly those. (5) **`review <id>` joined argv straight into the path**, so `review ../../x` resolved **outside** `hiring/queue/` and printed the first 1500 bytes of whatever valid JSON it found — arbitrary local JSON disclosure, the read-side hole in the tool's own *"writes nothing outside hiring/queue/"* claim; the id rule now runs **before the path is built**, and a traversal id is an exit-**2** argument error refused before any I/O. (7) **`review` returned 0 whether the request was VALID or INVALID**, so a scripted gate checking the exit status alone read a broken request as success while `propose` had always exited 1 on the same errors; it now returns **1 on INVALID, 0 only on VALID**, and a staged file that is no longer JSON is a clean `NOT JSON` refusal instead of a traceback. (4) **`status` was the one field nothing validated** — a hand-edited queue file carrying `"status": "approved"`, or any string at all, still printed `VALID`, and it is the field the operator reads first; it is now an enum (`proposed`/`approved`/`rejected`) and `propose` keeps **setting it itself**, so a proposer can never hand itself an approved stage. (1) **`mailbox`/`shifts` accepted `false`** — `isinstance(..., bool)` is a shape, and `REQUEST-FORMAT.md` states both as requirements, so a staged `false` would have queued a hire asking for neither a Maildir nor a timer; both must now be `is True`. (2) **Truthiness stood in for type**, and `"name": 42` crashed on `len()` instead of refusing; every field is now read through one `_str()` helper, so a non-string — or a request that is not even a JSON object — is an `INVALID` line and exit 1, **never a traceback**. (9) **Undocumented keys were persisted verbatim** into a committed queue file; they are now **refused, not stripped**, because silently deleting what a human wrote is how an approval ends up covering bytes they never saw. **Not done, on purpose:** gap 3 (birthdate is shape-only, `2026-99-99` passes) and gap 6 (no seat-uniqueness rule — a *business* decision the investor owns) are neither in the queued list nor mechanical, and each is its own run if it is ever taken.

- **A red this desk's own previous run left, cleared the `[0.4.293]` way.** The opening measurement of `php tests/test_changelog_mobile.php` was **124 passed / 1 failed**, not green: the longest whitespace-delimited prose token read **82** against the suite's pinned `TOKEN_CHARS_MEASURED` **76**, and the two tokens over the line are **`[0.4.299]`'s own** unsplit mailbox-path citations (82 and 80 chars). Both are now directory and filename as separate backticked tokens — the `[0.4.293]` precedent applied literally — so the longest prose token is again the suite's own **76-char** control path, with `TOKEN_PX`, `TOKEN_CHARS_MEASURED` and both assertions **untouched** (no Chrome re-measure owed). Re-measured after the split and again after this run's changelog entry: **125 / 0**, `over76: []`.

- **The suite, and the discipline that makes its refusals attributable.** `tests/test_hire_agent.sh` **57 → 120 passed / 0 failed**: six new sections and three negative controls, plus an `assert_only_error` helper that compares the **whole** `INVALID:` line — the tool prints every error it found joined by `"; "`, so a request failing two rules could otherwise satisfy an `assert_contains` for either, and every new case now proves it is refused **by its own rule and by nothing else**. **K** traversal id refused, the outside file's bytes never printed, its md5 unchanged, a well-shaped id still reviews; **L** exit 1 on INVALID / 0 on VALID / `NOT JSON` on a corrupt staged file / `list` surviving one; **M** the `status` enum both ways (`aprovved` refused, the investor's `approved` accepted); **N** `mailbox:false` and `shifts:false` refused; **O** five non-string fixtures plus a JSON array, each clean; **P** an undocumented key refused at `propose` **and** at `review`, plus one assertion **per live staged proposal** that the tightening reddens nothing. Controls, each with a copy stripped of exactly one rule: **Q** the id rule gone and the traversal then resolves and prints the outside request; **R** `return 1 if errs else 0` replaced by `return 0` and an INVALID request then reads as success; **S** the `mailbox`/`shifts` rule gone and a `mailbox:false` request then stages. Every stripped copy is `ast.parse`d before it runs, so a broken plant fails as a broken plant, and each control ends by re-running the live tool to show the refusal is back.

- **Reviewer gate: `VERDICT: APPROVE`**, requested as `mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/` + `REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md` and persisted verbatim as `mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/` + `VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md` (reviewer model `nemotron-3-ultra-free`, cost **0.00 EUR**). The reviewer re-ran the subject suite (**120 / 0**), the four neighbour suites (**54 / 0**, **125 / 0**, **86 / 0**, **464 / 0**), both live proposals (**VALID**, exit 0), the traversal probe (`review ../../etc/passwd` → **exit 2**, nothing printed), `git status --porcelain -- hiring/queue` (**empty**) and healthcheck on both envs (**0.4.28**), and answered the discrimination question directly — all three controls *"fail when their rule is removed, and pass when the live tool is restored"*. It also endorsed the two judgement calls: exit **2** rather than 1 for a malformed id (*"the argument can never name one"*) and **refuse** over strip for undocumented keys. This is a **tool-script** change, not a promote review: nothing under `app/src/php` or `examples/workflows` changed, so there was nothing to promote and no promote was performed.

- **Readings, all pre-commit and stated as such.** `python3 -c "import ast; ast.parse(open('tools/hire-agent').read())"` → rc 0; `bash tests/test_hire_agent.sh` → **120 / 0**; `php tests/test_changelog_mobile.php` → **125 / 0** (was 124/1 at the opening); `php tests/test_changelog_api.php` → **86 / 0**; `php tests/test_applications_hr.php` → **54 / 0**, `hits=0` (no applicant-identifying token anywhere in the new test text — people are named by **request id** only, per `team/APPLICATIONS.md`); `bash tests/test_registry_coverage.sh` → **464 / 0** (it reads the `REGISTRY.md` exit-code table this run rewrote). `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, `sha=8be28caae3` (HEAD), `files=368 linted=198 skipped=170`, `304 changelog version heading(s), 304 unique, 9509 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13290 bare token(s)`** — it reads HEAD blobs, so it has not seen `[0.4.300]`; post-commit prediction **305 headings, 305 unique, 0 missing**, `files` **368 → 370** (the two mailbox files), `linted` **198 unchanged**. `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 1, `[0.4.300] is not named in agent-logs/PROGRESS.md`** — the expected **R8** trip, cleared by this entry naming **`[0.4.300]`**. `./tools/red-watch` → **`state=red, passed=24 failed=2`** = **A12**, **A30** only (`identity-run@aylin.service`, **deliberately not forced**).

- **Scope and safety, one line each:** git sees **eight paths** — `tools/hire-agent` (`validate()`, the `review`/`list` branches, the epilog), `tests/test_hire_agent.sh` (six sections + three controls + two helpers), `tools/REGISTRY.md` (the `hire-agent` exit-code table and rules), `CHANGELOG.md` (`[0.4.300]` + the two `[0.4.299]` tokens split), the review request and the verdict file, 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 and no guide edited → nothing to promote**: dev and prod untouched, both **0.4.28**, both already matching the repo. **`hiring/queue/` untouched** — both proposals stay `status=proposed`, because approving, withdrawing or preferring one is the **investor's** move and never this desk's. **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 + push) re-appends before commit #2.

- **Queue — next small step (read this first):** **`[0.4.300]` is landed — run 887's queued validator item is DONE.** Do **not** re-derive Pip's nine gaps (the note is committed at `mailboxes/scout-notes/` + `2026-10-02-hire-agent-validation.md`) and do **not** re-harden the validator without a **measured** defect: gaps **3** (birthdate shape-only) and **6** (no seat-uniqueness rule) are the only ones still open, both deliberately — gap 3 is a one-line `date.fromisoformat` tighten with its own suite section and a reviewer gate, gap 6 is a **business** decision the investor owns (two one-seat proposals coexist today) and is never this desk's to invent. Re-open any closed gap only on a measured regression: a `review` that prints a file outside `hiring/queue/`, an INVALID request exiting 0, a `status` outside the enum reading `VALID`, a non-string raising, or an undocumented key reaching `hiring/queue/`. 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`) — **withdrawing or approving a proposal is never this desk's move**; **A28** when its three owners (`ce9dcae`, `f327f9b`, `f0a8660`) document their code — never documented from this desk; **A12**/**A30** clear on aylin's next green fire — **do not `systemctl reset-failed`**; **(av)(d)** after the `REPORT.md` §14 ownership sign-off (**still no `rm` without it**); **Pip's other escalation** — the mail-policy research for Aylin — stays **§14-blocked** and therefore **not** this desk's to self-serve; then **(i)** the operator's legacy `/tmp/gocache` cut, 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 appended; git status --porcelain | head
appended
 M CHANGELOG.md
 M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
 M tests/test_hire_agent.sh
 M tools/REGISTRY.md
 M tools/hire-agent
?? mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
?? mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git status --porcelain > /tmp/opencode/before-stage.txt && cat /tmp/opencode/before-stage.txt && git add tools/hire-agent tests/test_hire_agent.sh tools/REGISTRY.md CHANGELOG.md agent-logs/PROGRESS.md mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md && git diff --cached --name-only
M CHANGELOG.md
 M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
 M tests/test_hire_agent.sh
 M tools/REGISTRY.md
 M tools/hire-agent
?? mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
?? mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
CHANGELOG.md
agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md
tests/test_hire_agent.sh
tools/REGISTRY.md
tools/hire-agent
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git commit -q -m "feat/tools: [0.4.300] hire-agent validator enforces the format it claimed — review <id> passes the id rule before it builds a path (traversal disclosure closed, exit 2) and exits 1 on INVALID, status/mailbox/shifts are checked values, _str() type guards so data never raises, undocumented keys refused not stripped — suite 57 -> 120 with 3 negative controls, reviewer APPROVE, [0.4.299]'s two 82/80-char tokens split (changelog mobile 124/1 -> 125/0), PROGRESS appended before this commit" && git log --oneline -1 && git status --porcelain
30c472f feat/tools: [0.4.300] hire-agent validator enforces the format it claimed — review <id> passes the id rule before it builds a path (traversal disclosure closed, exit 2) and exits 1 on INVALID, status/mailbox/shifts are checked values, _str() type guards so data never raises, undocumented keys refused not stripped — suite 57 -> 120 with 3 negative controls, reviewer APPROVE, [0.4.299]'s two 82/80-char tokens split (changelog mobile 124/1 -> 125/0), PROGRESS appended before this commit
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git push origin main 2>&1 | tail -3; git status -sb | head -2; git rev-list --count origin/main..main
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   8be28ca..30c472f  main -> main
## main...origin/main
0
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/repo-lint 2>&1 | tail -4; ./tools/queue-source-check; echo "rc=$?"
skipped:  binary=2  empty=6  no_shebang=4  unsupported_ext=160
  go-compile: 47 module file(s) compile clean (2.165s)
  changelog-version: 305 changelog version heading(s), 305 unique, 9535 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 13301 bare token(s) counted
result: all 198 linted file(s) parse clean (exit 0)
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.300] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 255 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
rc=0
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/healthcheck 2>&1 | tail -3; ./tools/version-check; ./tools/budget-show 2>&1 | head -6; ./tools/red-watch 2>&1 | head -5
prod: HEALTHY
  HTTP: 200
  Response: {"status":"ok","service":"gladex-investor-app","env":"prod","timestamp":1791688423,"version":"0.4.28"}
OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)
=== Budget Status ===
Month:       2026-10
Allowance:   5.00 €
Spent:       0.00 € (no October charge recorded anywhere — gladex.de renews at 1.50/mo, renewal date NOT on file, raised as NEEDS-INVESTOR in REPORT.md §14, so this figure may understate a known recurring cost)
Remaining:   5.00 €

red-watch: state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=RED-SET
  FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict want=HEALTHY)
  FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys want=[OK] 0 failed unit(s))
  log=/data/agent-logs/red-watch-20261011.log
  alerts=/data/agent-logs/red-watch-ALERTS.log
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && sqlite3 /opt/startup/dev/data/messages.db "SELECT count(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0;"; sqlite3 /opt/startup/prod/data/messages.db "SELECT count(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0;"; ./tools/inbox-status | tail -3; ./tools/hire-agent list; ./tools/hire-agent review marco-steiner >/dev/null; echo "marco rc=$?"; ./tools/hire-agent review ruben-stoll >/dev/null; echo "ruben rc=$?"; ./tools/hire-agent review ../../etc/passwd; echo "traversal rc=$?"
0
0
  INBOX.md        : 80 entries, 80 handled, 0 open

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
marco-steiner: Marco Steiner <marco-steiner@gladex.de> status=proposed
ruben-stoll: Ruben Stoll <ruben-stoll@gladex.de> status=proposed
marco rc=0
ruben rc=0
INVALID REQUEST ID: ../../etc/passwd (lowercase letters and hyphens only)
traversal rc=2
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/repo-lint 2>&1 | head -2; ./tools/system-status 2>&1 | tail -12
repo-lint  repo=/data/repo  sha=30c472f22e (HEAD)  files=370  linted=198  skipped=172
  linted:   bash=62  go=45  json=12  php=58  python=21
  tls-cert-expiry-photos    [OK] 75d left
  investor-messages         [OK] 0 unread dev=0 prod=0
  investor-duty             [OK] owed=0 unread=0 unreplied=0 open=0
  git-tree                  [OK] clean
  red-watch                 [WARN] red, failed=2, since 2026-10-10T16:01:59Z, 2m old; FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict) ;; FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys)
  queue-source              [OK] one queue: [0.4.300] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 255 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
  go-tests                  [OK] passing (worktree)
  go-compile                [OK] 47 module file(s) compile clean (2.052s) (commit 30c472f)
  promote-gates             [OK] promote-ready: verdict, dev-sync, commit-lint and ship-tree all pass (commit 30c472f)
  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
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/system-status 2>&1 | grep -E "failed-units|investor-messages"; ls /data/repo/mailboxes/scout-notes/ | head -3
failed-units              [FAIL] 1 failed: identity-run@aylin.service rc=1 shift_exit=1 work=2ins/1files
  investor-messages         [OK] 0 unread dev=0 prod=0
  red-watch                 [WARN] red, failed=2, since 2026-10-10T16:01:59Z, 2m old; FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict) ;; FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys)
2026-10-02-hire-agent-validation.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && cat >> agent-logs/PROGRESS.md <<'ENTRY'

### Run 888 — CLOSE (2026-10-11) — `[0.4.300]` landed at `30c472f`, pushed `8be28ca..30c472f`, every post-commit reading hit its prediction, tree clean
**STEP 0 re-read at the close:** unread `investor_to_agent` = **0 dev / 0 prod**; `./tools/inbox-status` → rc 0 `OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)`, `80 / 80 / 0 open`, **last reply dev 145 / prod 110** unchanged; `grep -c '^## ' INBOX.md` → **80**, `grep '^## ' INBOX.md | grep -cv HANDLED` → **0**. **No database write this run at all — no `agent_to_investor` row in either DB, `INBOX.md` untouched, nothing marked read** (there was nothing unread and nothing open).

**Delivered (queue item of run 887's handover, all three groups of it):** `tools/hire-agent` now enforces the format it claimed. (1) `review <id>` applies the id rule **before** it builds a path — the traversal that printed local JSON outside `hiring/queue/` is an exit-**2** argument error — and returns **1 on INVALID**, 0 only on VALID, with `NOT JSON` for a corrupt staged file. (2) `status` is an enum and stays **tool-owned** on the way in, `mailbox`/`shifts` must be **`is True`**, and every field is read through `_str()` so a non-string (or a non-object request) is a clean `INVALID`, never a traceback. (3) undocumented keys are **refused, not stripped**. Suite **57 → 120 assertions, 0 failed**, six new sections (K–P) + three negative controls (Q–S) + an `assert_only_error` helper that attributes each refusal to its own rule. Gaps **3** (birthdate strictness) and **6** (seat uniqueness) stay open **on purpose** — not in the queued list, each its own run, gap 6 a business call that is the investor's.

**Commit / push:** **`30c472f`**, staged **by path** (exactly `tools/hire-agent`, `tests/test_hire_agent.sh`, `tools/REGISTRY.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md`, the review request and the verdict file — read from `git status --porcelain` before the add and `git diff --cached --name-only` after, **never `git add -A`**); one `git push origin main` → **`8be28ca..30c472f main -> main`**, rc 0, `git status -sb` → `## main...origin/main`, `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**. The run entry above was appended **before** that commit (rule 1); **this close entry is appended before commit #2** (rule 2); neither was ever `git checkout --`-ed, staged-only or parked in `/tmp` (rules 2–3).

**Post-commit readings, all taken after `30c472f` existed, every one hitting its prediction:** `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, `sha=30c472f22e`, `files=370 linted=198 skipped=172`, `305 headings, 305 unique, 9535 citation(s), 0 missing, 13301 bare token(s)`, `go-compile 47 clean`** — **files 368 → 370** (the two mailbox files), `linted` **198 → 198**, headings **304 → 305 / 305 / 0** exactly as predicted. `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 0, `OK - one queue: [0.4.300] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 255 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)`** — the pre-commit **R8** trip cleared by this entry naming `[0.4.300]`. `./tools/system-status` → **git-tree `[OK] clean`**, `queue-source [OK] … [0.4.300]`, `promote-gates [OK] promote-ready … (commit 30c472f)`, `deploy-path [OK] ledger OK - 46 file(s)`, `investor-duty [OK] owed=0 unread=0 unreplied=0 open=0`, `failed-units [FAIL] … work=2ins/1files` → **`Overall: 1 CHECK(S) FAILED`** (the one being aylin's unit, unchanged). `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev + prod HEALTHY, HTTP 200, both `0.4.28`**; `./tools/version-check` → **`OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`** (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**; `./tools/red-watch` → **`state=red, passed=24 failed=2` = A12, A30 only** — **A3 cleared by the push**, A15 by the commit. Live behaviour re-probed after the commit: both proposals **VALID** (exit 0), `review ../../etc/passwd` → **exit 2**, `INVALID REQUEST ID` on stderr, nothing of the file printed.

**Reds at close, unchanged on purpose:** **A12**/**A30** are `identity-run@aylin.service` — **no `systemctl reset-failed`**, they clear on her own green fire, and the `work=2ins/1files` field still reads the figure run 885 classified by hand. **A28** is not in the set. Nothing else is red. **A pre-existing red this run inherited and fixed:** `test_changelog_mobile` opened at **124 / 1** because `[0.4.299]`'s two unsplit mailbox-path citations made the longest prose token **82** against the pinned **76**; both split per the `[0.4.293]` precedent, now **125 / 0** with `over76: []` re-measured after this run's own changelog entry too.

**Changed files (this run):** `tools/hire-agent`, `tests/test_hire_agent.sh`, `tools/REGISTRY.md`, `CHANGELOG.md` (`[0.4.300]` + the two token splits), `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md`, `mailboxes/main-to-reviewer/REVIEW-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md`, `mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261011T093000-hire-agent-validator.md`. **Not touched:** `hiring/queue/*` (both proposals still `proposed` — the investor's seat), `tests/system_status.md`, `INBOX.md`, `REPORT.md`, messages.db (both), every production path, `app/`, `examples/workflows/`.

**Next run:** start with STEP 0, then the first non-blocked row of the run entry's queue bullet — gaps **3**/**6** only if they are taken deliberately, otherwise the standing lines (`GETTING_STARTED.md` keep/fold/retire when it arrives; **(93)**/**(97)(a)** the moment the investor answers `hiring/queue/*.json`).
ENTRY
git status --porcelain; git add agent-logs/PROGRESS.md && git diff --cached --name-only
M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git commit -q -m "agent: run 888 close entry ([0.4.300] landed 30c472f, pushed 8be28ca..30c472f, 305/305/0 repo-lint, queue-source rc 0, tree clean, reds A12/A30 only)" && git log --oneline -2 && git status --porcelain; echo "porcelain-empty-if-blank"; git push origin main 2>&1 | tail -2; git status -sb | head -1
312e359 agent: run 888 close entry ([0.4.300] landed 30c472f, pushed 8be28ca..30c472f, 305/305/0 repo-lint, queue-source rc 0, tree clean, reds A12/A30 only)
30c472f feat/tools: [0.4.300] hire-agent validator enforces the format it claimed — review <id> passes the id rule before it builds a path (traversal disclosure closed, exit 2) and exits 1 on INVALID, status/mailbox/shifts are checked values, _str() type guards so data never raises, undocumented keys refused not stripped — suite 57 -> 120 with 3 negative controls, reviewer APPROVE, [0.4.299]'s two 82/80-char tokens split (changelog mobile 124/1 -> 125/0), PROGRESS appended before this commit
porcelain-empty-if-blank
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   30c472f..312e359  main -> main
## main...origin/main
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/queue-source-check; ./tools/red-watch | head -4; ./tools/inbox-status | tail -2; git status --porcelain; echo "STOP-STATE: clean=$?"
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.300] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 255 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
red-watch: state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none
  FAIL A12 system-status verdict - checks in error: failed-units (kind=is key=sysverdict want=HEALTHY)
  FAIL A30 no unit is left in systemctl --failed (kind=contains key=sys want=[OK] 0 failed unit(s))
  log=/data/agent-logs/red-watch-20261011.log

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
STOP-STATE: clean=0
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
Run 888 is closed. Summary:

## STEP 0 — investor duty (first act, as required)
- **`investor_to_agent` unread = 0 dev / 0 prod**; `INBOX.md` = **80 entries, 80 handled, 0 open** → `inbox-status` verdict **"OK - nothing owed"**.
- Both entries the brief quotes (2026-09-30 hiring workflow → dev 143/prod 108; 2026-10-05 hire-approval + the `0.4.29` figure correction → dev 144/prod 109) were already struck `~~HANDLED~~`.
- So **no row was written, nothing marked read, `INBOX.md` untouched**. Production re-verified as **0.4.28**, spend **0.00 €** on `opencode/mimo-v2.6-flash-free`.

## The step: queue item from run 887's handover — `tools/hire-agent` validator
Six gaps from Pip's validation note closed, reviewer-gated:
- **Traversal disclosure closed**: `review ../../x` used to resolve *outside* `hiring/queue/` and print 1500 bytes of any local JSON. The id rule now runs **before the path is built** → exit 2, nothing read.
- **`review` now exits 1 on INVALID** (was 0 either way), `NOT JSON` instead of a traceback on a corrupt staged file.
- **`status` enum** (proposer can never self-approve — `propose` sets it), **`mailbox`/`shifts` must be `true`**, **type guards** so `"name": 42` is a clean refusal, **undocumented keys refused, not stripped**.
- `tests/test_hire_agent.sh` **57 → 120 assertions, 0 failed**, with three negative controls (each proves the rule is load-bearing) and an `assert_only_error` helper so every refusal is attributable to its own rule. Both live proposals still review **VALID** — `hiring/queue/` untouched, that seat stays the investor's.

## Also fixed: a red the previous run left behind
`test_changelog_mobile` opened at **124/1** — `[0.4.299]`'s two unsplit mailbox-path citations made the longest prose token 82 vs the pinned 76. Split per the `[0.4.293]` precedent → **125/0**, pins untouched, no Chrome re-measure.

## Gate + close
- Reviewer **VERDICT: APPROVE** (`nemotron-3-ultra-free`, 0.00 €), persisted verbatim.
- Commits **`30c472f`** + close entry **`312e359`**, both staged **by path** and pushed `8be28ca..312e359`; `git status --porcelain` **empty** (PROGRESS.md not left behind — close protocol rules 1–3 held).
- Post-commit: repo-lint **305/305/0**, queue-source-check **rc 0**, healthcheck dev+prod **HEALTHY 0.4.28**, reds only **A12/A30** (aylin's unit — deliberately not forced).
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