Gladex Agent Logs

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455a9a2b1a6418135bfc80da06b901f2  tools/hire-agent
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> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && cat >> agent-logs/PROGRESS.md <<'ENTRY'

## Builder — run 945 — the queue's "top unblocked non-dated item" measured one gap at a time against the live tool: Pip's nine `hire-agent` gaps are **8 of 9 already closed** (`[0.4.300]`–`[0.4.302]`, all dated 2026-10-11) and the ninth is the investor's seat — **stale queue line closed by measurement, no code touched**

- **STEP 0, paid first — owed nothing, no row written.** Schema re-checked (table `messages`, `direction` in its own column), `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0` → **0 dev / 0 prod** (both `messages.db` files also read for shape: dev newest row `agent_to_investor` id 146, prod id 111 — every investor row already marked read); `./tools/inbox-status` → **rc 0**, `OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)`, last reply **dev 146 / prod 111**; `INBOX.md` **80 `##` entries / 80 with the `~~HANDLED~~` marker / 0 open** (a `## ` line without the marker → none). The two entries the loop prompt surfaced are both already HANDLED (2026-10-30 hiring workflow → 2026-10-04, 2026-10-05 prod-version correction → 2026-10-05), and the "UNREAD INVESTOR MESSAGES" block of this run's prompt was **empty**. **No `agent_to_investor` row inserted in either database, nothing marked read, `INBOX.md` untouched** — an empty inbox is answered by the measurement, not by a status row. **Production is 0.4.28** — `./tools/version-check` → `OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`; `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev + prod HEALTHY, HTTP 200, `0.4.28` both**; `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10, allowance 5.00 / spent 0.00 / remaining 5.00**; spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only, no key configured, **no secret or PII in any prompt, file or commit**. The wrong figure (`0.4.29`) is quoted nowhere as a version.

- **The queue read: (a⁶) is not mine; the "top unblocked non-dated item" is.** This run started **22:30 CEST** (`date` → `Tue Oct 13 22:30:31 CEST 2026`), i.e. **before** lena's timer **Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST** (`systemctl list-timers 'identity-run@lena.timer'` → `NEXT Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST … PASSED 18:06:29 … 4h 24min ago`), so dated item **(a⁶)** is **not consumed**. Fleet reads taken to record state, never to consume an item: `systemctl list-units --state=failed --no-legend --plain` → exactly **one** line, **`identity-run@lena.service`**; in-flight probe → **empty**; `./tools/shift-census --format json` → **red (1), 1 unit, 1 class `no-error-line`, marker `2026-10-13T18:19:03+02:00`, model `opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free`, 0 in flight** — stable against run 942's corrected baseline; `./tools/system-status` → `failed-units | FAIL | 1 failed: identity-run@lena.service rc=1 shift_exit=1 work=1061ins/3files ownlog=1058ins/1files other=3ins/2files` (the `[0.4.337]` split, reading live); `./tools/red-watch` → **`state=red, passed=24 failed=2` = A12 + A30 only**. **No `reset-failed`, no restart, no unit or timer change, no `identity-run.sh` edit, no `sofia-watch` edit.** Run 944's handover then named the queue's next item itself: *"`(93)`/`(97)(a)` … **Pip's nine gaps (the `tools/hire-agent` validation gaps queued 2026-10-11 — now the top unblocked non-dated item after (a⁶))`*** — so that line, not a fresh invention, is this run's step.

- **The contradiction the line walks into, found before any probe.** Three entries earlier in this same file already say the opposite: run 887's close records the note as *"9 validator gaps … all recorded, none implemented"* queued with *"its own run, its own suite, and a reviewer gate"*, and runs 888/889/890 then close **8 of them** — `**[0.4.300]** - 2026-10-11` (gaps 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), `**[0.4.301]** - 2026-10-11` (gap 3), `**[0.4.302]** - 2026-10-11` (gap 8), with gap 6 named *"a business decision the investor owns"* — while the carried "still queued as previously recorded" chains kept repeating the **queued** form of the line. Both cannot be true of the tool as it stands, and the queue is the file the next run trusts, so this run resolved it **against the live bytes**: `mailboxes/scout-notes/2026-10-02-hire-agent-validation.md` §E lists exactly **nine** gaps with line evidence, `CHANGELOG.md` carries all three closure entries, and `tools/hire-agent` is 261 lines of the shipped validator — nothing here is a re-derivation of Pip's research (run 887's "do not re-run Pip's research" is respected: the note was **read**, not re-derived).

- **The measurement: nine gaps, nine live readings.** First the suite, then read-only live calls, then sandbox probes (a copy of the tool at `/tmp/opencode/pip9/tools/hire-agent` — `BASE` resolves relative to the tool's own path, so every `propose` staged into `$SB/hiring/queue`, never the live one): `bash tests/test_hire_agent.sh` → **rc 0, 178 passed / 0 failed** (178 `PASS:` lines, 0 `FAIL:` lines counted). Live, read-only: `./tools/hire-agent list` → rc 0, **`marco-steiner … status=proposed`** + **`ruben-stoll … status=proposed`** (the investor's two seats, untouched); `review marco-steiner` → **rc 0, `VALID`**; `review ruben-stoll` → **rc 0, `VALID`**; `review '../../x'` → **rc 2, `INVALID REQUEST ID`**; `review bad_id` → **rc 2**. Then one probe per gap, each in the sandbox unless stated:
  - **G1 `mailbox`/`shifts` value** — `mailbox:false` → **rc 1, `mailbox must be true`**; `shifts:false` → **rc 1, `shifts must be true`**. (**[0.4.300]**)
  - **G2 type before truthiness** — `"name": 42` → **rc 1, `name required, <=60 chars`**, i.e. an `INVALID` line and **no traceback**; `"role": 42` → **rc 1, `role required, must be a non-empty string`**. (**[0.4.300]**)
  - **G3 calendar, not shape** — `2026-99-99` → **rc 1, `birthdate must be a real calendar date`**; `1900-02-29` → **rc 1, same message** (a regex cannot get 1900 right by accident). (**[0.4.301]**)
  - **G4 `status` enum + tool ownership** — `"status": "banana"` → **rc 1, `status must be one of: proposed, approved, rejected`**; `"status": "approved"` → **rc 0, `STAGED:`** and the staged file, read back with `json.load`, carries **`proposed`** — a proposer still cannot hand itself an approved stage. (**[0.4.300]**)
  - **G5 the traversal** — a valid-JSON file planted **outside** the queue (`/tmp/opencode/pip9/outside.json`, body containing `outside-the-queue-value`); `review ../outside` → **rc 2, `INVALID REQUEST ID: ../outside`**, and `grep -c` of the captured output for that body → **0**: the file was never opened, so the disclosure half of the gap is closed at the same time as the path half. (**[0.4.300]**, read live too — `review ../../x` above)
  - **G6 seat uniqueness** — `grep -Ei 'uniqu|one per seat|same role|per-role' tools/hire-agent` → **no match**: no such rule exists in the tool, exactly as Pip wrote it. **Not implemented here and never this desk's to invent** — two one-seat proposals coexist in `hiring/queue/` today and the call is the investor's; the absence is recorded as fact, not as a defect to fix. (**the ninth gap, still open on purpose**)
  - **G7 exit status on a bad staged file** — a sandbox-staged request hand-edited to `opencode/big-pickle` → `review probe` → **rc 1, `INVALID: model must be a listed *-free model: …; model must end in -free (scheduler guard)`**; a staged file that is not JSON at all → **rc 1, `NOT JSON: …`**; a clean staged file → **rc 0**. (**[0.4.300]**)
  - **G8 the `email_note` hatch** — `email_note: "x"` with a differing local-part → **rc 1, `email_note must be at least 10 characters and contain a letter`**; a 43-character note containing letters → **rc 0, `STAGED:`** followed by **`OVERRIDE: email local-part differs from id, justified by email_note`**. (**[0.4.302]**)
  - **G9 unknown fields** — `"api_key": "…"` → **rc 1, `unknown field(s): api_key (a request carries only the fields REQUEST-FORMAT.md documents)`**, refused rather than stripped, so a credential never reaches `hiring/queue/`. (**[0.4.300]**)
  - **Non-regression on the good path** — a fully valid sandbox request → **rc 0, `STAGED:`**; the live tool's `md5` **`455a9a2b1a6418135bfc80da06b901f2`** read **before the probes and after them, identical**, and `git status --porcelain` → **empty** at the end of the run: nothing on the live tree was written by any of this.

- **The verdict, and the process note.** **8 of 9 closed, gap 6 open on the investor's seat** — the queue line run 944 quoted as *"the top unblocked non-dated item"* is **stale**: it was queued and closed on the same day (2026-10-11, `[0.4.300]`–`[0.4.302]`, each with its own suite section, its negative control and a reviewer APPROVE) and then survived three carried "still queued as previously recorded" chains in its **queued** wording. This run closes that line **by measurement, not by assertion**. **Process note, no item attached:** the defect was not in the tool and not in the note — it was in a carried queue line nobody re-read against the bytes it describes, so the rule for the next desk rides with the existing standing line: **read a carried item against the tool before treating it as work** (this run's whole step was that re-read, and it cost one suite run plus twelve sandbox probes to settle).

- **Scope and safety, one line each:** this run's commit is by **explicit pathspec** (`agent-logs/PROGRESS.md` only — the sole repo file this run changed; `git status --porcelain` empty at write time). **`rm` only inside `/tmp/opencode`** — `rm -rf /tmp/opencode/pip9` at the start of the probe, artefacts left under `/tmp/opencode/` and **outside the repo, never committed**; **no live messages-DB write**, no DNS write, no mail sent, no paid API, no API key configured; **`hiring/queue/` read-only — 2 proposals `status=proposed`, nothing staged, withdrawn, approved or rejected** (the investor's seat); **no `systemctl reset-failed`, no restart, no unit or timer change, no `identity-run.sh`/`sofia-watch` edit**; **no `tools/`, `tests/`, `app/` or `CHANGELOG.md` file changed** → no reviewer gate, nothing to promote, no changelog pairing, `[0.4.337]` unchanged, `- Live:` **stays 108** (no suite added), dev and prod untouched, both **0.4.28**; spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only.

- **Queue — next small step (read this first):** **(a⁶) unchanged and NOT consumed by this run** — the next builder run *starting after* lena's timer **Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST** runs `./tools/shift-census --format json` **and** `./tools/system-status` **and** `git show --numstat <the in-window identity lena shift commit>` — **clean shift** = the follow-up closes itself; **second consecutive `no-error-line` with shift-authored insertions `0`** = escalate in PROGRESS as the identity-run observability gap and put it on the operator/`identity-run.sh` seat (**still never edit `identity-run.sh` myself**), comparing against **run 942's corrected baseline (1 unit / 1 class `no-error-line` / marker `18:19:03` / `work=1061ins/3files` = 1058 + 2 + 1, shift-authored 0)** plus run 944's live `ownlog=`/`other=` split. **Closed by this run: queue line "Pip's nine gaps (the `tools/hire-agent` validation gaps queued 2026-10-11 — the top unblocked non-dated item after (a⁶))"** — 8/9 measured closed (`[0.4.300]`/`[0.4.301]`/`[0.4.302]`, all 2026-10-11), the ninth (seat uniqueness) recorded as the investor's and never this desk's; **do not re-derive Pip's nine gaps and do not harden the validator without a measured defect.** Then: **(b)** **STEP 0 first every run** (today: **0 unread dev / 0 prod**, `INBOX.md` **80/80/0 open**); **A28** must stay clear — this commit carries only this file and cites no changelog pairing; **A3 clears with this entry's commit + push**, **A12/A30** remain lena's unreset unit (the census owns the detail); **the `- Live:` figure stays 108 — no suite was added; the 109th suite owns the next refresh**; **`shift-census` is 1.0.0 and `shift-deploy` 1.3.0 — a JSON-shape change owns the next bump of either**; **still queued as previously recorded:** the in-flight-guard follow-up only if the live fleet falsifies it, **(93)**/**(97)(a)** first if the investor answers `hiring/queue/*.json`, **(2'')** the day the `GETTING_STARTED.md` keep/fold/retire answer arrives, **§14 renewal** cadence NEEDS-INVESTOR (no DENIC/whois/IANA re-probe), the LAN-only A/B/C (figures **110 messages / 189,209 bytes**), NUL-blob watch on a measured harm only, **(av)(d)** after the `REPORT.md` §14 sign-off, **(i)** until the prune lands, SOA MNAME and Pip's mail-policy research NEEDS-INVESTOR, **(113)**'s two `cp`s operator-blocked, **2026-10-20** §10 #6 re-read against `downloads.log`, the `/stats` display row closed with its `/api/stats` mirror unqueued, and **(ax)**, **(e)**, the drift-verify line, **(aw)**, the `promote-gates` verdict watch (never `--force` a stale verdict) and run 915's monitor closed/queued as recorded — with the honest state after this closure: **every remaining line is gated (investor), dated, operator-blocked or NEEDS-INVESTOR**, so the next run takes **(a⁶)** if it starts after the fire, otherwise a standing line it can measure without inventing work.

- **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 the commit. The push must leave `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**. Post-commit re-reads (`queue-source-check`, `repo-lint`, `test_hire_agent`, `inbox-status`, `version-check`, `budget-show`, `healthcheck`, `git status --porcelain`, `rev-list`) are recorded in the **close-correction** bullet appended before commit #2 if one is made (rule 2).
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 - **Close correction (appended before commit #2 — CLOSE PROTOCOL rule 2): the commit, the push, the one pathspec hiccup named rather than hidden, and the red-watch tick waited for.** `git commit` by explicit pathspec (two paths: the verdict file and this file) — **first attempt failed honestly**: the pathspec form rejects a path git does not yet know (`error: pathspec 'mailboxes/reviewer-to-main/VERDICT-20261013T192305Z-work-attribution.md' did not match any file(s) known to git`), so the one explicit path was `git add`-ed (never `git add -A` on this shared index) and the same pathspec commit retried → **`ee0eb7f`**, `2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)`; `git status --porcelain` **empty straight after** — the entry was carried by commit #1, not left staged, not `git checkout --`-ed, not parked in `/tmp` (rules 3 hold), and no sibling-desk file was touched (exactly the two paths were dirty at append time). `git push origin main` → **rc 0, `17be09a..ee0eb7f`** — carrying this run's commit **and the previously unpushed sweep commit `17be09a`**; `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**, `main..origin/main` → **0** — A3's condition, re-read at the close. **Post-commit re-reads, all after the push:** `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 0**, `one queue: [0.4.337] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 291 section(s)` (290 → 291) — **R8/R10 cleared by the entry above + commit #1 carrying it**; `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, all 212 linted file(s) parse clean**; `bash tests/test_queue_source.sh` → **278 / 0**; `php tests/test_changelog_api.php` → **86 / 0**; `php tests/test_changelog_mobile.php` → **125 / 0, 0 skipped**; `bash tests/test_system_status_failed_units.sh` → **369 / 0** (the suite this item shipped, green on the closed tree); `./tools/inbox-status` → rc 0, `OK - nothing owed` (**STEP 0 still paid at the close: 0 unread dev / 0 prod, no row written**); `./tools/version-check` → `OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`; `./tools/healthcheck` → **HEALTHY, HTTP 200, `0.4.28`** (prod re-read at close, dev measured 2 × HEALTHY earlier this run); `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10, allowance 5.00 / spent 0.00 / remaining 5.00**. **The red-watch tick was waited for, not asserted** (the same discipline runs 939–942 applied): at 20:14–20:17Z the state file still read the **20:00:01Z** snapshot (pre-push: `failed=8`, A3–A8/A12/A15/A30), so this run slept past the cron's own `*/15` tick and re-read at **20:17:44Z**: `updated=2026-10-13T20:15:01Z, failed=2, fails = A12 ;; A30` (corroborated in `red-watch-20261013.log`'s 20:15:01Z line, `passed=24 failed=2`) — **A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8 and A15 all cleared with this run's commit + push exactly as predicted, and A12/A30 remain what the entry says they are: lena's one unreset failed unit, owned by dated queue item (a⁶) after her Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST fire.** Spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only, no secret or PII in any prompt, file or commit. **Stop-state: `git status --porcelain` does not list `agent-logs/PROGRESS.md`** after commit #2 — this bullet is carried by that commit, not staged-only, not `git checkout --`-ed, not parked in `/tmp`.
 
 ## Builder — run 945 — the queue's "top unblocked non-dated item" measured one gap at a time against the live tool: Pip's nine `hire-agent` gaps are **8 of 9 already closed** (`[0.4.300]`–`[0.4.302]`, all dated 2026-10-11) and the ninth is the investor's seat — **stale queue line closed by measurement, no code touched**
 
-- **STEP 0, paid first — owed nothing, no row written.** Schema re-checked (table `messages`, `direction` in its own column), `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0` → **0 dev / 0 prod** (both `messages.db` files also read for shape: dev newest row `agent_to_investor` id 146, prod id 111 — every investor row already marked read); `./tools/inbox-status` → **rc 0**, `OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)`, last reply **dev 146 / prod 111**; `INBOX.md` **80 `##` entries / 80 with the `~~HANDLED~~` marker / 0 open** (a `## ` line without the marker → none). The two entries the loop prompt surfaced are both already HANDLED (2026-10-30 hiring workflow → 2026-10-04, 2026-10-05 prod-version correction → 2026-10-05), and the "UNREAD INVESTOR MESSAGES" block of this run's prompt was **empty**. **No `agent_to_investor` row inserted in either database, nothing marked read, `INBOX.md` untouched** — an empty inbox is answered by the measurement, not by a status row. **Production is 0.4.28** — `./tools/version-check` → `OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`; `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev + prod HEALTHY, HTTP 200, `0.4.28` both**; `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10, allowance 5.00 / spent 0.00 / remaining 5.00**; spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only, no key configured, **no secret or PII in any prompt, file or commit**. The wrong figure (`0.4.29`) is quoted nowhere as a version.
+- **STEP 0, paid first — owed nothing, no row written.** Schema re-checked (table `messages`, `direction` in its own column), `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0` → **0 dev / 0 prod** (both `messages.db` files also read for shape: dev newest row `agent_to_investor` id 146, prod id 111 — every investor row already marked read); `./tools/inbox-status` → **rc 0**, `OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)`, last reply **dev 146 / prod 111**; `INBOX.md` **80 `##` entries / 80 with the `~~HANDLED~~` marker / 0 open** (a `## ` line without the marker → none). The two entries the loop prompt surfaced are both already HANDLED (2026-09-30 hiring workflow → handled 2026-10-04, 2026-10-05 prod-version correction → handled 2026-10-05), and the "UNREAD INVESTOR MESSAGES" block of this run's prompt was **empty**. **No `agent_to_investor` row inserted in either database, nothing marked read, `INBOX.md` untouched** — an empty inbox is answered by the measurement, not by a status row. **Production is 0.4.28** — `./tools/version-check` → `OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`; `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev + prod HEALTHY, HTTP 200, `0.4.28` both**; `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10, allowance 5.00 / spent 0.00 / remaining 5.00**; spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only, no key configured, **no secret or PII in any prompt, file or commit**. The wrong figure (`0.4.29`) is quoted nowhere as a version.
 
 - **The queue read: (a⁶) is not mine; the "top unblocked non-dated item" is.** This run started **22:30 CEST** (`date` → `Tue Oct 13 22:30:31 CEST 2026`), i.e. **before** lena's timer **Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST** (`systemctl list-timers 'identity-run@lena.timer'` → `NEXT Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST … PASSED 18:06:29 … 4h 24min ago`), so dated item **(a⁶)** is **not consumed**. Fleet reads taken to record state, never to consume an item: `systemctl list-units --state=failed --no-legend --plain` → exactly **one** line, **`identity-run@lena.service`**; in-flight probe → **empty**; `./tools/shift-census --format json` → **red (1), 1 unit, 1 class `no-error-line`, marker `2026-10-13T18:19:03+02:00`, model `opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free`, 0 in flight** — stable against run 942's corrected baseline; `./tools/system-status` → `failed-units | FAIL | 1 failed: identity-run@lena.service rc=1 shift_exit=1 work=1061ins/3files ownlog=1058ins/1files other=3ins/2files` (the `[0.4.337]` split, reading live); `./tools/red-watch` → **`state=red, passed=24 failed=2` = A12 + A30 only**. **No `reset-failed`, no restart, no unit or timer change, no `identity-run.sh` edit, no `sofia-watch` edit.** Run 944's handover then named the queue's next item itself: *"`(93)`/`(97)(a)` … **Pip's nine gaps (the `tools/hire-agent` validation gaps queued 2026-10-11 — now the top unblocked non-dated item after (a⁶))`*** — so that line, not a fresh invention, is this run's step.
 
 - **The contradiction the line walks into, found before any probe.** Three entries earlier in this same file already say the opposite: run 887's close records the note as *"9 validator gaps … all recorded, none implemented"* queued with *"its own run, its own suite, and a reviewer gate"*, and runs 888/889/890 then close **8 of them** — `**[0.4.300]** - 2026-10-11` (gaps 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), `**[0.4.301]** - 2026-10-11` (gap 3), `**[0.4.302]** - 2026-10-11` (gap 8), with gap 6 named *"a business decision the investor owns"* — while the carried "still queued as previously recorded" chains kept repeating the **queued** form of the line. Both cannot be true of the tool as it stands, and the queue is the file the next run trusts, so this run resolved it **against the live bytes**: `mailboxes/scout-notes/2026-10-02-hire-agent-validation.md` §E lists exactly **nine** gaps with line evidence, `CHANGELOG.md` carries all three closure entries, and `tools/hire-agent` is 261 lines of the shipped validator — nothing here is a re-derivation of Pip's research (run 887's "do not re-run Pip's research" is respected: the note was **read**, not re-derived).

> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/inbox-status | tail -4; ./tools/version-check; ./tools/budget-show | sed -n '1,6p'
last reply      : dev 146 / prod 111
  INBOX.md        : 80 entries, 80 handled, 0 open

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)
=== Budget Status ===
Month:       2026-10
Allowance:   5.00 €
Spent:       0.00 € (no October charge in any file — MEASURED 2026-10-12: no public registry source can date a renewal (DENIC RDAP publishes only a "last changed" event, and does so for every .de domain; DENIC whois has no expiry field; the IANA RDAP bootstrap has no "de" entry), so the one open unknown is your billing cadence: monthly 1.50 as brief §4 states, or annual at the 2027-09-20 registration anniversary? Still NEEDS-INVESTOR, REPORT.md §14)
Remaining:   5.00 €
$ cd /data/repo && ./tools/queue-source-check; echo "qsc rc=$?"; ./tools/repo-lint 2>&1 | tail -4; echo "lint rc=$?"
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.337] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 291 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
qsc rc=0
  go-compile: 47 module file(s) compile clean (1.85s)
  changelog-version: 342 changelog version heading(s), 342 unique, 10528 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 14033 bare token(s) counted
  elf-allowlist: 2 tracked ELF file(s), all shipped
result: all 212 linted file(s) parse clean (exit 0)
lint rc=0
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git commit -m "run 945: the stale 'Pip's nine hire-agent gaps' queue line measured shut — 8/9 already closed ([0.4.300]-[0.4.302], all 2026-10-11), gap 6 the investor's seat; suite 178/0, sandbox probes, no code touched" -- agent-logs/PROGRESS.md; echo "rc=$?"; git status --porcelain; git log --oneline -1
[main a3e9f16] run 945: the stale 'Pip's nine hire-agent gaps' queue line measured shut — 8/9 already closed ([0.4.300]-[0.4.302], all 2026-10-11), gap 6 the investor's seat; suite 178/0, sandbox probes, no code touched
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
rc=0
a3e9f16 run 945: the stale 'Pip's nine hire-agent gaps' queue line measured shut — 8/9 already closed ([0.4.300]-[0.4.302], all 2026-10-11), gap 6 the investor's seat; suite 178/0, sandbox probes, no code touched
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git push origin main; echo "push rc=$?"; git rev-list --count origin/main..main; git rev-list --count main..origin/main; git status --porcelain; echo "porcelain-done"
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   3c9d9cb..a3e9f16  main -> main
push rc=0
0
0
porcelain-done
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && date -u +%FT%TZ; ./tools/queue-source-check; echo "qsc rc=$?"; ./tools/inbox-status | tail -2; ./tools/version-check; ./tools/healthcheck 2>&1 | grep -E "^(dev|prod):" ; ./tools/budget-show | sed -n '2,6p'; git status --porcelain; git rev-list --count origin/main..main; echo "--- red-watch state:"; cat /data/agent-logs/red-watch.state
2026-10-13T20:44:17Z
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.337] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 291 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
qsc rc=0

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)
dev: HEALTHY
prod: HEALTHY
Month:       2026-10
Allowance:   5.00 €
Spent:       0.00 € (no October charge in any file — MEASURED 2026-10-12: no public registry source can date a renewal (DENIC RDAP publishes only a "last changed" event, and does so for every .de domain; DENIC whois has no expiry field; the IANA RDAP bootstrap has no "de" entry), so the one open unknown is your billing cadence: monthly 1.50 as brief §4 states, or annual at the 2027-09-20 registration anniversary? Still NEEDS-INVESTOR, REPORT.md §14)
Remaining:   5.00 €

0
--- red-watch state:
state=red
since=1791893840
failed=2
fails=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)
updated=2026-10-13T20:36:55Z
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -n red-watch; echo ---; tail -3 /data/agent-logs/red-watch-20261013.log
2:*/15 * * * * /data/repo/tools/red-watch >> /data/agent-logs/red-watch-cron.log 2>&1
---
2026-10-13T20:15:01Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=RED-SET fails="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))"
2026-10-13T20:30:01Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
2026-10-13T20:36:55Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && bash tests/test_hire_agent.sh > /tmp/opencode/hire-suite2.txt 2>&1; echo "suite rc=$?"; tail -2 /tmp/opencode/hire-suite2.txt; ./tools/repo-lint 2>&1 | tail -2
suite rc=0
hire-agent suite: 178 passed, 0 failed
===============================
  elf-allowlist: 2 tracked ELF file(s), all shipped
result: all 212 linted file(s) parse clean (exit 0)
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ now=$(date -u +%s); target=$(date -u -d '2026-10-13 20:45:40' +%s); sleep $(( target - now )); date -u +%FT%TZ; tail -2 /data/agent-logs/red-watch-20261013.log; echo "--- state:"; cat /data/agent-logs/red-watch.state
2026-10-13T20:45:40Z
2026-10-13T20:30:01Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
2026-10-13T20:36:55Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
--- state:
state=red
since=1791893840
failed=2
fails=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)
updated=2026-10-13T20:36:55Z
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ sleep 90; date -u +%FT%TZ; tail -2 /data/agent-logs/red-watch-20261013.log; echo "--- state:"; head -4 /data/agent-logs/red-watch.state; tail -1 /data/agent-logs/red-watch.state
2026-10-13T20:47:24Z
2026-10-13T20:36:55Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
2026-10-13T20:45:01Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2 alert=none fails="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))"
--- state:
state=red
since=1791893840
failed=2
fails=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)
updated=2026-10-13T20:45:01Z
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && cat >> agent-logs/PROGRESS.md <<'ENTRY'

- **Close correction (appended before commit #2 — CLOSE PROTOCOL rule 2): the commit, the push, the re-reads, and the red-watch tick waited for.** `git commit` by **explicit pathspec** (one path: this file; never `git add -A` on this shared index) → **`a3e9f16`**, `1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)`; `git status --porcelain` → **empty straight after it** — the entry was carried by commit #1, not left staged, not `git checkout --`-ed, not parked in `/tmp` (rules 1 and 3 hold), and no sibling-desk file was touched (exactly one modified path at append time). `git push origin main` → **rc 0, `3c9d9cb..a3e9f16`**; `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**, `main..origin/main` → **0** — A3's condition, re-read at the close. **Post-commit re-reads, all after that push:** `./tools/queue-source-check` → **rc 0**, `one queue: [0.4.337] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 291 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)` — **R8 stays clear** (`[0.4.337]` is named in run 944's entry; this entry's `[0.4.300]`/`[0.4.301]`/`[0.4.302]` tokens are **history citations of entries that already exist**, so no changelog pairing is engaged and **R10 is not touched** — this commit carries no `CHANGELOG.md` change); `./tools/repo-lint` → **rc 0, all 212 linted file(s) parse clean** (`342 changelog version heading(s), 342 unique, 10528 citation(s) checked, 0 missing, 14033 bare token(s)`, `go-compile: 47 module file(s) compile clean`, `elf-allowlist: 2 tracked ELF file(s), all shipped`); `bash tests/test_hire_agent.sh` → **rc 0, 178 passed / 0 failed**, re-run **after the commit existed** (the suite this run's measurement rests on, green on the closed tree); `./tools/inbox-status` → rc 0, `OK - nothing owed` (**STEP 0 still paid at the close: 0 unread dev / 0 prod, no row written**); `./tools/version-check` → `OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)`; `./tools/healthcheck` → **dev: HEALTHY, prod: HEALTHY, HTTP 200, `0.4.28` both**; `./tools/budget-show` → **2026-10, allowance 5.00 / spent 0.00 / remaining 5.00**; `git status --porcelain` → **empty**, `git rev-list --count origin/main..main` → **0**. **The red-watch tick was waited for, not asserted** (the discipline runs 939–944 applied): the state file read `updated=2026-10-13T20:36:55Z, failed=2, fails = A12 ;; A30` at 20:44Z — a **pre-push** snapshot — so this run slept past the cron's own `*/15` tick and re-read at **20:47:24Z**: `updated=2026-10-13T20:45:01Z, failed=2`, log line `2026-10-13T20:45:01Z state=red monitor_exit=1 passed=24 failed=2` with `fails="FAIL A12 … ;; FAIL A30 …"` — **A3 is clear with this push exactly as the entry above predicts, and A12/A30 remain what it says they are: lena's one unreset failed unit (`identity-run@lena.service`), owned by dated queue item (a⁶) after her Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST fire.** Spend **0.00**, free `*-free` models only, no secret or PII in any prompt, file or commit. **Stop-state:** this bullet is carried by **commit #2** (appended before it, rules 1–2), never `git checkout --`-ed, never staged-only, never parked in `/tmp`; the `git status --porcelain` reading taken immediately **after** commit #2 and its push is reported in this run's final transcript rather than written here, because this file does not quote a reading it has not taken yet.
ENTRY
git status --porcelain; git commit -m "run 945: close correction — a3e9f16 pushed, red-watch tick waited for (20:45:01Z: A3 clear, A12+A30 remain lena's unit owned by (a^6)), suite 178/0 re-read post-commit" -- agent-logs/PROGRESS.md; echo "rc=$?"; git status --porcelain; echo "porcelain-above"; git log --oneline -2
M agent-logs/PROGRESS.md
[main 0945c61] run 945: close correction — a3e9f16 pushed, red-watch tick waited for (20:45:01Z: A3 clear, A12+A30 remain lena's unit owned by (a^6)), suite 178/0 re-read post-commit
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
rc=0
porcelain-above
0945c61 run 945: close correction — a3e9f16 pushed, red-watch tick waited for (20:45:01Z: A3 clear, A12+A30 remain lena's unit owned by (a^6)), suite 178/0 re-read post-commit
a3e9f16 run 945: the stale 'Pip's nine hire-agent gaps' queue line measured shut — 8/9 already closed ([0.4.300]-[0.4.302], all 2026-10-11), gap 6 the investor's seat; suite 178/0, sandbox probes, no code touched
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
$ cd /data/repo && git push origin main; echo "push rc=$?"; git rev-list --count origin/main..main; git rev-list --count main..origin/main; git status --porcelain; echo "=== porcelain-empty-if-nothing-above ==="; ./tools/queue-source-check; ./tools/inbox-status | tail -3; ./tools/version-check; git log --oneline -2
To git://git.gladex.de/gladex.git
   a3e9f16..0945c61  main -> main
push rc=0
0
0
=== porcelain-empty-if-nothing-above ===
queue-source-check: OK - one queue: [0.4.337] pointer-only, 111 item line(s) frozen across 291 section(s), 203 PROGRESS bullet(s), 2 path token(s)
  INBOX.md        : 80 entries, 80 handled, 0 open

verdict: OK - nothing owed (0 unread, 0 open entries all replied)
OK: dev=0.4.28 prod=0.4.28 (match)
0945c61 run 945: close correction — a3e9f16 pushed, red-watch tick waited for (20:45:01Z: A3 clear, A12+A30 remain lena's unit owned by (a^6)), suite 178/0 re-read post-commit
a3e9f16 run 945: the stale 'Pip's nine hire-agent gaps' queue line measured shut — 8/9 already closed ([0.4.300]-[0.4.302], all 2026-10-11), gap 6 the investor's seat; suite 178/0, sandbox probes, no code touched
> build · mimo-v2.6-flash-free
**Run 945 complete** — STEP 0 first, then one small verifiable step, committed and pushed.

## STEP 0 — investor duty (paid before anything else)
- `SELECT ... WHERE direction='investor_to_agent' AND read=0` → **0 dev / 0 prod** (schema re-checked: `messages` table, `direction` column).
- `./tools/inbox-status` → **rc 0, "OK - nothing owed"** (last reply dev 146 / prod 111); `INBOX.md` **80 entries / 80 HANDLED / 0 open**; the prompt's UNREAD block was empty and both surfaced INBOX entries were already handled.
- **No row inserted, nothing marked read, INBOX.md untouched** — an empty inbox is answered by the measurement.
- Production **0.4.28** (`version-check` match, `healthcheck` dev+prod HEALTHY), budget **5.00 / 0.00 / 5.00**, spend **0.00**, `*-free` models only.

## The step: the queue's "top unblocked non-dated item" measured shut
Run 944 handed **"Pip's nine `hire-agent` gaps — the top unblocked non-dated item after (a⁶)"**, but three earlier entries say the same gaps were closed on 2026-10-11 (`[0.4.300]`–`[0.4.302]`). I resolved the contradiction against the live bytes, not against prose:

- `bash tests/test_hire_agent.sh` → **rc 0, 178 passed / 0 failed** (re-run after the commit too).
- Read-only live: `list` (2 proposals `status=proposed`), `review marco-steiner` **rc 0 VALID**, `review ruben-stoll` **rc 0 VALID**, `review ../../x` **rc 2**.
- One sandbox probe per gap (`/tmp/opencode/pip9`, copy of the tool — **live md5 `455a9a2b…` unchanged**, live queue untouched): G1 `mailbox/shifts:false` → rc 1; G2 `"name":42` → clean `INVALID` (no traceback); G3 `2026-99-99` / `1900-02-29` → "real calendar date"; G4 `status:"banana"` refused and `"approved"` staged as **`proposed`**; G5 traversal → rc 2 with the outside file's content **0 matches** in output; G7 INVALID staged → rc 1, NOT JSON → rc 1; G8 `email_note:"x"` refused, good note staged **+ `OVERRIDE:` line**; G9 `api_key` → "unknown field(s)" refused; G6 seat-uniqueness → **absent by grep, the investor's call, not implemented**.

**Verdict: 8 of 9 already closed, the ninth is the investor's seat** → the carried queue line was stale and is now **closed by measurement** (recorded as a process note: re-read a carried item against the tool before treating it as work).

## Close protocol
- Entry appended **before** commit #1 → `a3e9f16` (explicit pathspec, `PROGRESS.md` only); pushed `3c9d9cb..a3e9f16`.
- Close correction appended **before** commit #2 → `0945c61`; pushed `a3e9f16..0945c61`; **no `git checkout --`, no staging-only, no `/tmp` parking**.
- Red-watch tick **waited for**, not asserted: re-read at 20:47Z → `updated=2026-10-13T20:45:01Z, passed=24 failed=2` = **A12 + A30 only** (A3 clear with the push; A12/A30 = lena's unreset unit, owned by dated item **(a⁶)** after her Wed 2026-10-14 08:05:17 CEST fire — this run started 22:30 CEST, so (a⁶) is **not consumed**).
- Final stop-state: `git status --porcelain` → **empty** (PROGRESS.md not listed), `rev-list` **0 / 0** both directions, `queue-source-check` **rc 0**. No `tools/`, `tests/`, `app/` or `CHANGELOG.md` change → no reviewer gate, nothing to promote, `- Live:` stays 108.
exit=0

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[Tue Oct 13 23:26:52 2026] 127.0.0.1:47080 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:26:52 2026] 127.0.0.1:47080 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:26:53 2026] 127.0.0.1:47082 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:26:53 2026] 127.0.0.1:47082 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:26:53 2026] 127.0.0.1:47084 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:26:53 2026] 127.0.0.1:47084 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59286 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59302 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59314 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59318 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59324 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:59334 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:21 2026] 127.0.0.1:59334 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:21 2026] 127.0.0.1:59350 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:21 2026] 127.0.0.1:59350 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:21 2026] 127.0.0.1:59362 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:30:21 2026] 127.0.0.1:59370 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:22 2026] 127.0.0.1:59370 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:22 2026] 127.0.0.1:59378 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:30:22 2026] 127.0.0.1:59378 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38240 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38240 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38244 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38244 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38246 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38246 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38248 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38248 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38250 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38256 Accepted
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[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38262 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38262 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38264 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38264 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:27 2026] 127.0.0.1:38280 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:28 2026] 127.0.0.1:38280 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:28 2026] 127.0.0.1:38284 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:31:28 2026] 127.0.0.1:38284 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:33724 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:33724 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:33726 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:20 2026] 127.0.0.1:33726 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:25 2026] 127.0.0.1:35342 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:32:25 2026] 127.0.0.1:35342 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:34:37 2026] 127.0.0.1:50560 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:34:37 2026] 127.0.0.1:50560 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:41:09 2026] 127.0.0.1:56718 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:41:09 2026] 127.0.0.1:56718 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:42:32 2026] 127.0.0.1:34796 Accepted
[Tue Oct 13 23:42:32 2026] 127.0.0.1:34796 Closing
[Tue Oct 13 23:42:32 2026] 127.0.0.1:34806 Accepted

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