AIPass/HERALD.md

AIPass Herald

The living record. What happened, what's changing, what matters.

Last updated: 2026-03-30 | Session: 64 | PRs merged: 145

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Current State

• 15 branches operational
• 100% seedgo compliance across all 15 branches, all 32 standards
• 3,330+ tests system-wide
• 145 PRs merged since inception
• Fresh-eyes CLI audit complete — 15 agents tested 229 commands across all branches (DPLAN-0085)

Recent Sessions

S64 — Fresh-Eyes CLI Testing (2026-03-30)

Pre-promotion quality gate. 15 zero-context agents deployed simultaneously, one per branch. Each started from --help with no memory access and tested every discoverable command. 229 commands tested total. System averages: Navigation 4.1/5, Output Quality 3.9/5. CLI branch scored perfect 5/5. Five critical bugs found: backup drive-sync ignores --dry-run (uploads anyway), ai_mail per-message commands broken, commons branch detection fails from drone routing, drone JSON log corruption crashes 3+ branches, flow close gives zero output. Seven system-wide patterns identified including ghost modules, argparse --help interception, and introspection fallback. All findings fed into 14 branch audit DPLANs. Created DPLAN-0086 (Patrick branch audit — git workflows and system learning). PR #144 (S63 work, 85 files) and PR #145 (gitignore) merged.

S63 — Full System Audit: 13 Branches Dispatched (2026-03-29)

Largest single-session dispatch. 13 branches worked autonomously, zero failures. ~500 new tests (2,905 to 3,330+). Adapter pattern eliminated (generic_adapter.py replaces 3 drone_adapter.py files). Seedgo 225 to 314 tests. Skills list bug fixed. Medic wired with systemd. 3 daemon demo schedules. Commons 92% coverage. JSON corruption root cause found and fixed in prax + flow (atomic writes).

S62 — Backup Deep Audit + Night Shift Launch (2026-03-29)

Full backup branch investigation with 8 parallel agents (inventory, CLI, ignore patterns, Google Drive, live test, routing, tests, diff). Found: snapshot broken by JSON corruption (versioned works fine), 388GB legacy data from before ignore patterns were fixed, Google Drive auth duplicates API branch. Diff system is clean and stays. Renamed .backup to .recovery system-wide (79 directories) so backup branch owns the .backup namespace. Drone adapter pattern investigated — identical boilerplate across branches, documented for future redesign. Backup proposed a 4-phase plan (cleanup, JSON fix, Google Drive migration to API, test coverage), Patrick approved, and backup is now running autonomously through all phases overnight.

S61 — Branch Audit Deep-Dive: API + Drone (2026-03-29)

API dispatched with 18-item P0/P1/P2 cleanup list — all fixed (186 tests, 100% seedgo). Drone audit verified all 4 architecture fixes from boardroom consensus (self-routing removed, adapter hack deleted, dual help paths unified, @ enforcement working). Naming checker false positives traced to seedgo — 71 bypasses across 11 branches eliminated by fixing __dunder__ skip and local variable scope detection. Drone path routing fixed with passport walk-up (replaces hardcoded src/aipass/<branch> pattern). Access control investigation revealed no registry-scoped auth exists — DPLAN-0083 created. 4 new DPLANs: git workflow, VS Code reload bug, flow audit, access control.

S60 — System Verification Wave (2026-03-29)

Prax queue spam eliminated (144k log entries per 4 hours). 9 stale plans closed. 15 branch audit DPLANs reorganized into dedicated directory. TTS Listen summaries added to all DPLANs (pure plaintext for Piper). 15-agent verification wave fact-checked every branch audit against live seedgo + pytest. System: 2,905 tests, 100% seedgo across all 15 branches.

S59 — Full System Walkthrough (2026-03-28)

11 agents audited all 15 branches (2,378 tests at the time). Docker install verified — found and fixed registry format mismatch and seedgo CLI entry point bugs. README rewritten with verified claims. HERALD.md created. Dispatched 8 branches for fixes. PR #140 merged.

S58 — Night Shift: 100% Compliance (2026-03-28)

The big one. Every branch, every standard, 100%. Seven agents deployed overnight to fix the final 8 branches that were stuck at 99%. Commons was the hardest — test_quality at 68%, unused functions, architecture gaps, deep nesting. All fixed. Daemon needed plugin architecture bypasses. Memory and spawn needed test gaps filled. PR #137 (167 files, +12,843 lines).

S57 — Checker Consolidation + 14-Branch Sprint (2026-03-28)

Consolidated 3 overlapping test checkers into 2 clear ones: testing renamed to error_handling, test_coverage merged into test_quality v4.0 (51 items, 11 categories, 32 standards total). Dispatched all 14 non-devpulse branches simultaneously. Prax fixed the log_structure bug (double stack walk). Seedgo fixed the unused_function display bug (branch-level checkers now show details). PRs #132-135 merged. Multiple re-dispatches needed — branches need babysitting at scale.

S56 — Spawn Template Overhaul (2026-03-25)

Spawn delivered registry regeneration + update workflow (ported from Cortex). Registry grew from 26 to 41 files. All 12 applicable branches updated. 113 tests. PR #129 (168 files). 69 old remote branches deleted (74 down to 5). Persistent citizen branches now the standard.

S55 — Test Quality Standard (2026-03-25)

Expanded test quality framework: 48 items across 10 categories. Spawn template work: 23 READMEs, .gitignore exceptions, .spawn cleanup. Cortex investigation for working implementations. Git deny rules enforced on devpulse. .claude/settings.local.json unignored system-wide. PRs #127-128.

S54 — Test Template + Seedgo Checker (2026-03-25)

Built test_json_handler_template (43 tests). Dry run across 6 branches (227/228 passed). Dispatched seedgo to build the checker — v1 was file-existence (wrong), caught the flaw, rewrote to v2 (function coverage scanning). Custom test survey revealed two naming paradigms. Architecture clarified: default vs custom tests are separate standards.

S52 — Stale Scanner + Test Dispatch (2026-03-24)

Stale scanner upgraded (skip *_json dirs, full paths, code-only focus). System-wide test dispatch: 896 new tests across 6 branches. 3-agent seedgo audit found shallow test depth (32/34 checkers untested). Created DPLAN-0059 for test quality standard.

S51 — Compliance Wave (2026-03-24)

Full system audit: 96% avg, all 14 branches at 95%+. Three dispatch waves. PR #122 merged (75 files). CLI blocked by prax log_structure bug. Daemon split scheduler_cron from 920 to 388 lines.

S50 — First Night Shift (2026-03-24)

First autonomous night shift. PR #118 (75 files). Persistent git branches (citizen/{name} pattern). Drone module routing + output fix. @ enforcement complete. System avg ~96.6%.

Active DPLANs

DPLAN	Subject	Status
0029	API branch audit	Complete — 186 tests, 100% seedgo, all P0/P1/P2 items fixed
0034	Backup branch audit	Operational, drive-sync --dry-run bug found in S64 CLI test
0035	Spawn branch audit	Template overhaul complete, create --help broken (argparse)
0036	AI Mail audit	CRITICAL: view/close/reply per-ID broken (S64 CLI test)
0053	Drone branch audit	Architecture complete, JSON log corruption found in S64
0080	Devpulse git workflow	Design captured, not built yet
0082	Flow branch audit	close silent, template/scan/post misrouted (S64 CLI test)
0083	Access control design	Investigation complete, design pending
0085	Fresh-eyes CLI testing	Execution complete — 15/15 branches tested, 229 commands
0086	Patrick branch audit	Git workflows, system learning — in progress

Key Milestones

Date	Milestone
2026-03-29	Backup rebuild launched — 4-phase autonomous night shift
2026-03-29	.backup→.recovery rename — 79 dirs, namespace clarity
2026-03-29	Branch audit deep-dives — API complete, Drone complete, Backup in progress
2026-03-30	Fresh-eyes CLI audit — 15 agents, 229 commands, Nav 4.1/5, Output 3.9/5
2026-03-29	S63: 13 branches dispatched, ~500 new tests, adapter pattern eliminated
2026-03-28	100% seedgo compliance — all 15 branches, all 32 standards
2026-03-25	Spawn template overhaul — registry regen, 41-file template
2026-03-24	First autonomous night shift — 6 branches dispatched, all returned
2026-03-23	System-wide silent catch wave — 14 branches, 93% avg
2026-03-22	Phase 1 diagnostic tools complete — 20 tools reviewed + accepted
2026-03-20	Branch audit DPLANs created — systematic quality improvement begins
2026-03-18	Persistent git branches — citizen/{name} pattern replaces throwaway feat/
2026-03-18	Plan cleanup — 60+ plans closed, flow delivered --dry-run

Known Issues

• backup drive-sync --dry-run ignores flag: uploads to Google Drive even with --dry-run set (S64 finding)
• ai_mail per-message commands broken: view, close , reply all fail — only close all works (S64 finding)
• commons branch detection: 12+ write commands fail from drone routing — cannot detect caller (S64 finding)
• drone JSON log corruption: empty log.json crashes prax, trigger, spawn intermittently (S64 finding)
• flow close silent: zero output on success, template/scan/post misrouted (S64 finding)
• Memory search timeout: unfiltered search hangs 30s+ (model loading)
• Ruff CI: 474 lint violations in backlog
• wake.py no --model flag: dispatched branches use CLI default model
• inotify warnings: system-wide noise on every command (too many file watchers)

System Numbers

Branches:        15
Standards:       32 (was 34, consolidated in S57)
Tests:           3,330+
PRs merged:      145
Sessions:        64
Compliance:      100%
CLI Nav avg:     4.1/5 (S64 fresh-eyes test)
CLI Output avg:  3.9/5 (S64 fresh-eyes test)

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