Replace closed-unmerged dirty-only Goose residual landing PR

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2026-07-10 10:09:06 +00:00

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ward#998 is still open and reserved, but its replacement PR ward#1002 closed unmerged after a blocking review.

Current evidence from the director surface on 2026-07-10 UTC:

PR ward#1002 targeted closes #998 and attempted the dirty-only Goose residual landing path.
The PR head bc64395637c73e85392081f5802c972adae64101 reported test / test (pull_request)=failure, target /coilyco-flight-deck/ward/actions/runs/1610/jobs/0, description Failing after 19s.
Review blocked the PR on that red required check: #1002 (comment)
PR ward#1002 is now closed with merged=false.
The original ward#998 issue still has only the reservation comments, so the in-flight worker will not receive the correction through issue comments.

This leaves the Goose residual landing path unresolved. The patch direction looked useful, but the failed check and closed-unmerged PR mean ward#998 cannot close from that attempt.

Do

Inspect why PR ward#1002 failed run 1610 and closed unmerged.
Produce a replacement fix for ward#998 that keeps the dirty-only Goose residual landing path and diagnostic distinction.
Preserve the normal-success fixture proving a dirty-only same-repo Goose run gets a closing commit before teardown.
Keep residual dirty work without a valid close trailer fail-closed.
Avoid treating a closed-unmerged PR as success.

Acceptance

A replacement PR or landed change closes ward#998 only after the required test / test context is green.
A Goose engineer run that modifies files without committing has a deterministic path that creates a same-repo closing commit before teardown.
Diagnostics still distinguish agent did not commit from commit existed but lacked close trailer.
The failure mode from PR ward#1002 is covered by test or explicitly named in the issue outcome.
ward exec test passes, or the issue comment names the exact failing check.

## Problem `ward#998` is still open and reserved, but its replacement PR `ward#1002` closed unmerged after a blocking review. Current evidence from the director surface on 2026-07-10 UTC: * PR `ward#1002` targeted `closes #998` and attempted the dirty-only Goose residual landing path. * The PR head `bc64395637c73e85392081f5802c972adae64101` reported `test / test (pull_request)=failure`, target `/coilyco-flight-deck/ward/actions/runs/1610/jobs/0`, description `Failing after 19s`. * Review blocked the PR on that red required check: https://forgejo.coilysiren.me/coilyco-flight-deck/ward/pulls/1002#issuecomment-29965 * PR `ward#1002` is now closed with `merged=false`. * The original `ward#998` issue still has only the reservation comments, so the in-flight worker will not receive the correction through issue comments. This leaves the Goose residual landing path unresolved. The patch direction looked useful, but the failed check and closed-unmerged PR mean `ward#998` cannot close from that attempt. ## Do * Inspect why PR `ward#1002` failed run `1610` and closed unmerged. * Produce a replacement fix for `ward#998` that keeps the dirty-only Goose residual landing path and diagnostic distinction. * Preserve the normal-success fixture proving a dirty-only same-repo Goose run gets a closing commit before teardown. * Keep residual dirty work without a valid close trailer fail-closed. * Avoid treating a closed-unmerged PR as success. ## Acceptance * A replacement PR or landed change closes `ward#998` only after the required `test / test` context is green. * A Goose engineer run that modifies files without committing has a deterministic path that creates a same-repo closing commit before teardown. * Diagnostics still distinguish `agent did not commit` from `commit existed but lacked close trailer`. * The failure mode from PR `ward#1002` is covered by test or explicitly named in the issue outcome. * `ward exec test` passes, or the issue comment names the exact failing check. Related: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#998, coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1002, and coilyco-flight-deck/ward#993.

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WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒

reservation details

Holder: container engineer-codex-ward-1006 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Reserved by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-10T10:09:17Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006 · branch issue-1006 · harness codex · workflow pull-requests-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1006 · ward v0.573.0 · dispatched 2026-07-10T10:09:17Z
Comment thread: 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments).

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.573.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒 <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: container `engineer-codex-ward-1006` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-10T10:09:17Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006` · branch `issue-1006` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-requests-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1006` · ward `v0.573.0` · dispatched `2026-07-10T10:09:17Z` - **Comment thread:** 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments). Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.573.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

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fix(goose): restore dirty-only residual landing path

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fix(goose): restore dirty-only residual landing path #1019

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Replace closed-unmerged ward#1019 dirty-only Goose residual PR #1021

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WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒

reservation details

Holder: container engineer-codex-ward-1006 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Reserved by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-10T17:28:26Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006 · branch issue-1006 · harness codex · workflow pull-requests-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1006 · ward v0.584.0 · dispatched 2026-07-10T17:28:26Z
Comment thread: 0 included in the pre-flight read, 1 stripped (ward's own automated comments).
- stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z)

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.584.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒 <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: container `engineer-codex-ward-1006` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-10T17:28:26Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006` · branch `issue-1006` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-requests-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1006` · ward `v0.584.0` · dispatched `2026-07-10T17:28:26Z` - **Comment thread:** 0 included in the pre-flight read, 1 stripped (ward's own automated comments). - stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z) Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.584.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

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2026-07-10 17:33:35 +00:00

fix(goose): restore dirty-only residual landing path #1054

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2026-07-10 17:53:31 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: merge-ready

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workflow: pull-requests-and-merge; review summary: review gate skipped by ~/.ward/config.yaml default
retrospective: the Goose residual landing path is restored and fail-closed diagnostics stay distinct for no-commit versus no-close-trailer.
confidence: high
surprises: the fix also needed the tracked ward-kdl tailscale guardfile plus the inherited env fix in git clone and sync paths.
follow-ups: none.

WARD-OUTCOME: merge-ready <details><summary>details</summary> workflow: pull-requests-and-merge; review summary: review gate skipped by ~/.ward/config.yaml default retrospective: the Goose residual landing path is restored and fail-closed diagnostics stay distinct for no-commit versus no-close-trailer. confidence: high surprises: the fix also needed the tracked ward-kdl tailscale guardfile plus the inherited env fix in git clone and sync paths. follow-ups: none. </details>

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2026-07-10 18:30:16 +00:00

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Post-mortem — closed in the 2026-07-10 ward pileup cleanup. Root cause: a Codex director in /goal (slash-goal) mode hammered the goal criteria hard enough to spin off the rails, mass-dispatching engineers with no backpressure, producing ~30 PRs that jammed the merge queue. Prevention now owned by ward#1069 (anti-churn epic), ward#1073 (open-PR backpressure gate, default 6, broker + pre-flight), aos#450 (codex binary + director model upgrade).

PR#1054 restored the deleted .ward/ward-kdl bundle (~6606 lines / 25 files) — same forbidden #1009 shortcut. Closed. Re-cut clean off current post-#1009 main with the hard constraint: do NOT restore .ward/ward-kdl, fix the consumer code. Deferred until ward's open-PR count drops under the backpressure cap (currently 18) — draining before opening new fronts, per ward#1073.

**Post-mortem — closed in the 2026-07-10 ward pileup cleanup.** Root cause: a Codex director in `/goal` (slash-goal) mode hammered the goal criteria hard enough to spin off the rails, mass-dispatching engineers with no backpressure, producing ~30 PRs that jammed the merge queue. Prevention now owned by ward#1069 (anti-churn epic), ward#1073 (open-PR backpressure gate, default 6, broker + pre-flight), aos#450 (codex binary + director model upgrade). PR#1054 restored the deleted `.ward/ward-kdl` bundle (~6606 lines / 25 files) — same forbidden #1009 shortcut. Closed. Re-cut clean off current post-#1009 `main` with the hard constraint: do NOT restore `.ward/ward-kdl`, fix the consumer code. **Deferred until ward's open-PR count drops under the backpressure cap** (currently 18) — draining before opening new fronts, per ward#1073.

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2026-07-10 23:44:45 +00:00

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WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒

reservation details

Holder: container engineer-codex-ward-1006 on host KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER.

Reserved by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-10T23:44:44Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006 · branch issue-1006 · harness codex · workflow pull-requests-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1006 · ward v0.605.0 · dispatched 2026-07-10T23:44:44Z
Comment thread: 3 included in the pre-flight read, 2 stripped (ward's own automated comments).
- included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:53:31Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:13:15Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:30:16Z)
- stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:28:27Z)

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.605.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒 <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: container `engineer-codex-ward-1006` on host `KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER`. Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-10T23:44:44Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006` · branch `issue-1006` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-requests-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1006` · ward `v0.605.0` · dispatched `2026-07-10T23:44:44Z` - **Comment thread:** 3 included in the pre-flight read, 2 stripped (ward's own automated comments). - included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:53:31Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:13:15Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:30:16Z) - stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:28:27Z) Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.605.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

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director should emit colorized, space buffered, visually distinct messages about the categories of actions its performing on startup #1283

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WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held

reservation details

Holder: launch intent for container engineer-codex-ward-1006 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Accepted by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-14T15:29:52Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL). --override-reservation overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006 · branch issue-1006 · harness codex · workflow pull-request-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1006 · ward v0.686.0 · dispatched 2026-07-14T15:29:39Z
Comment thread: 2 included in the pre-flight read, 3 stripped (ward's own automated comments).
- included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:53:31Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:30:16Z)
- stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:28:27Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T23:44:45Z)

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.686.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: launch intent for container `engineer-codex-ward-1006` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Accepted by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-14T15:29:52Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL). `--override-reservation` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1006` · branch `issue-1006` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-request-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1006` · ward `v0.686.0` · dispatched `2026-07-14T15:29:39Z` - **Comment thread:** 2 included in the pre-flight read, 3 stripped (ward's own automated comments). - included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:53:31Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T18:30:16Z) - stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T10:09:18Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T17:28:27Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-10T23:44:45Z) Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.686.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

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docs: name ward#1002 as the closed-unmerged example #1286

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WARDED_WORKFLOW: #1286

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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: review gate intentionally skipped because the temporary ward default is pending brokered QA
retrospective: the change stayed tiny and the PR merged cleanly once the doc note named ward#1002.
confidence: high
surprises: none
follow-ups: none

WARDED_WORKFLOW: https://forgejo.coilysiren.me/coilyco-flight-deck/ward/pulls/1286 <details><summary>details</summary> workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: review gate intentionally skipped because the temporary ward default is pending brokered QA retrospective: the change stayed tiny and the PR merged cleanly once the doc note named ward#1002. confidence: high surprises: none follow-ups: none </details>

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Replace closed-unmerged dirty-only Goose residual landing PR #1006

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