Restore Ward/AOS engineer launch path with local ward source #1468

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opened 2026-07-16 04:56:16 +00:00 by coilyco-ops · 2 comments

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-16 04:56:16 +00:00

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Ward and AOS engineer dispatch are currently broken from the director surface. A launch should be attempted with the hidden local source flag:

warded engineer coilyco-flight-deck/ward#<this issue> --ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward

Observed from the surface before filing: ward agent list reports active engineer launches (0/12, 12 slots free) + 116 cleanup-needed records + 4 failed-before-start records. Many coilyco-flight-deck/ward and coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os engineers are stuck in container starting or failed before container start on kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Scope:

Reproduce the dispatch failure using --ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward.
Diagnose why Ward/AOS engineers are not starting cleanly.
Fix the launch path end to end, including any AOS-side assumptions if they are part of the failure.
Commit, merge, and push from the sibling run if a fix is needed.

This was filed from a read-only director surface; do not depend on this clone having push access.

Ward and AOS engineer dispatch are currently broken from the director surface. A launch should be attempted with the hidden local source flag: ```bash warded engineer coilyco-flight-deck/ward#<this issue> --ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward ``` Observed from the surface before filing: `ward agent list` reports `active engineer launches (0/12, 12 slots free) + 116 cleanup-needed records + 4 failed-before-start records`. Many `coilyco-flight-deck/ward` and `coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os` engineers are stuck in `container starting` or `failed before container start` on `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Scope: - Reproduce the dispatch failure using `--ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward`. - Diagnose why Ward/AOS engineers are not starting cleanly. - Fix the launch path end to end, including any AOS-side assumptions if they are part of the failure. - Commit, merge, and push from the sibling run if a fix is needed. This was filed from a read-only director surface; do not depend on this clone having push access.

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-16 04:56:44 +00:00

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WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held

reservation details

Holder: launch intent for container engineer-codex-ward-1468 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Accepted by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-16T04:56:43Z). 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#1468 · branch issue-1468 · harness codex · workflow pull-request-and-merge
Run: engineer-codex-ward-1468 · ward v0.775.0 · dispatched 2026-07-16T04:56:36Z
Reservation: held
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 v0.775.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: launch intent for container `engineer-codex-ward-1468` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Accepted by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-16T04:56:43Z). 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#1468` · branch `issue-1468` · harness `codex` · workflow `pull-request-and-merge` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-ward-1468` · ward `v0.775.0` · dispatched `2026-07-16T04:56:36Z` - **Reservation:** held - **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 v0.775.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-16 04:57:52 +00:00

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Dispatch attempt from read-only director surface:

warded engineer coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1468 --ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward --repo coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os --details "Use the requested local Ward source path for this launch attempt. Treat agentic-os/AOS dispatch failures as in scope and use the additional writable coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os checkout if needed."

Result: the broker accepted the command and forwarded it to host ward. It reported host output at /Users/kai/.ward/agent-logs/dispatch/20260716T045625Z-18c2ac3e250030a8-director-codex-mg78-coilyco-flight-deck-ward-1468/console.log.

Immediate status from ward agent list --json: engineer-codex-ward-1468 exists, reserved at 2026-07-16T04:56:43Z, started_at is empty, phase is container starting, status is cleanup-needed. ward agent logs coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1468 --tail 200 found no readable docker logs and an empty live transcript tree.

Caveat: the broker echo of the forwarded argv omitted --ward-source; verify whether the hidden flag was intentionally consumed/masked or dropped before host execution.

Dispatch attempt from read-only director surface: ```bash warded engineer coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1468 --ward-source /Users/kai/projects/coilyco-flight-deck/ward --repo coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os --details "Use the requested local Ward source path for this launch attempt. Treat agentic-os/AOS dispatch failures as in scope and use the additional writable coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os checkout if needed." ``` Result: the broker accepted the command and forwarded it to host ward. It reported host output at `/Users/kai/.ward/agent-logs/dispatch/20260716T045625Z-18c2ac3e250030a8-director-codex-mg78-coilyco-flight-deck-ward-1468/console.log`. Immediate status from `ward agent list --json`: `engineer-codex-ward-1468` exists, reserved at `2026-07-16T04:56:43Z`, `started_at` is empty, phase is `container starting`, status is `cleanup-needed`. `ward agent logs coilyco-flight-deck/ward#1468 --tail 200` found no readable docker logs and an empty live transcript tree. Caveat: the broker echo of the forwarded argv omitted `--ward-source`; verify whether the hidden flag was intentionally consumed/masked or dropped before host execution.

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2026-07-16 06:12:06 +00:00

Expand broker and host launch decision logging #1469

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2026-07-16 06:12:06 +00:00

Revisit broker detach timing for forwarded engineer launches #1470

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2026-07-16 07:42:50 +00:00

fix(container): restore bootstrap launch path

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2026-07-16 07:42:50 +00:00

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