Memory files now reconcile to template, not just clean known fields:
- normalize.py: rewrote from field-targeted cleanup to template-conformance —
strips ANY key not in the template at every level (root/metadata/limits/status).
Kills legacy orphans (old 'st' blocks, active_tasks, current_lines, max_lines)
that field-targeted cleanup was blind to. Fixed _MEMORY_ROOT path (parents[3])
that silently skipped template loading in production.
- memory_watcher.py: wired normalize_memory_file into both scan paths
(check_and_rollover + on_modified) with a write-loop guard — drift now
self-heals on every trigger, no manual run needed.
- line_counter.py: stop writing current_lines (entry-count is the only metric).
- LOCAL/OBSERVATIONS templates: removed line-count fields.
Entry-count is the sole rollover metric, both files, all branches.
873 tests pass, seedgo 100%.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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