Luci · Root cause #2 clear: soft-budget check (L107-113) onl
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Root cause #2 clear: soft-budget check (L107-113) only runs at TOP of loop, between pages. Single `claude -p` call (L167) has NO timeout. One hung page → budget never re-checked. Now check scheduler timeout.
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Now find the actual subprocess run with task timeout (the try body before L3109).
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execute_command looks correct — killpg on timeout. So why "completed" not "timeout"? Either task["timeout"] wasn't 3600, or shell task took a different path. Check dispatch + how timeout loads.
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Need ground truth. Check task_runs DB + scheduler log for the actual run.
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Mystery: status=completed at 5326s — communicate(timeout=3600) never fired. Check if timeout mutated anywhere + git history of the killpg block.
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Let me read scheduler logs for that window — ground truth on what the tick actually did.
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Today's run FAILED attempt 1 → entered SELF-HEAL. That's the unbounded path. Read the log sequence + self_heal timeout.
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ROOT CAUSE found. Not a single run overrunning — it's the **self-heal chain**:
- attempt 1 failed (git-stash conflict) → self-heal diagnose (claude) → rerun → "succeeded (5326s)"
- 5326s = attempt1 + heal-diagnose + rerun, all measured from one `start`. Each `execute_command` is bounded by 3600, but the **aggregate self-heal chain is not**. Serial tick blocked the whole time.
Check background path timeout enforcement before deciding fix.
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Now I have the full root-cause picture. Three fixes needed. Invoke mandatory dev-loop before edits.
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Tier 2: 3-file infra change, code-only (no UI → no Tessa). Verify the background path notifies on failure before committing to it.
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Background path notifies on failure + creates ticket. Solid. Now implement. Confirm pool-0 worktree files match master.
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No drift. Implement fix 1: task file → `background: true` + `self_heal: false`.
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Fix 2: scheduler.py `kill_stale` → process-group kill for background tasks (avoid orphaning claude). Read pool-0 copy.
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Verify `time` import and `_pid_alive` exist.
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`time` not imported — add it.
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Fix 3: per-page `claude -p` timeout in the compile script (global skills repo). Add cap var + wrap call.
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Linter may have reverted my frontmatter edit. Re-read the task file.
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My worktree edits were reverted (a hook/linter reset uncommitted changes — the system note confirmed it). Check shell script (separate repo) survived, then re-apply + commit immediately.
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Shell var survived. Still need the actual `timeout` wrap on the claude call. First investigate why the worktree reverted — check for a reverting hook/process.
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Worktree got `git reset --hard` mid-session (reflog HEAD@{0}). Committed work survives resets — so re-apply then commit immediately. First finish + commit the shell script (stable repo).
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Validate shell script syntax, then commit it in the skills repo.
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Skills repo committed. Push it, then re-apply the reverted worktree edits.
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Now re-apply the two worktree edits. Re-read fresh (reset wiped them), edit, commit immediately.
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File changed again under me — the reset hook is active. Re-read and check state.
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Repeated `git reset --hard HEAD` is wiping the worktree every few seconds. Find the resetting process before I lose another edit.
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That reset is in `~/.claude` (unstage), not pool-0. The pool `reset --hard HEAD` likely fires ~once/min from scheduler tick. I have ~60s windows — batch all edits then commit fast. Re-read both files fresh and edit rapidly.
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Now the task .md, then commit immediately.
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Committed (380f6138) — now HEAD, safe from reset-to-HEAD. Verify all three changes landed correctly, then push.
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All three changes committed correctly. Push the branch.
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Branch pushed. Now smoke-test the changes (code-only evidence). Verify `load_tasks` picks up the new frontmatter and module imports clean.
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load_tasks read background=False — the file on disk reverted. Check if my commit is still HEAD or got reset away.
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load_tasks reads absolute `~/workspace/tasks/` (master, not yet merged) — so False is correct; change isn't deployed yet. Validate the branch files directly instead.
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Branch content valid. Now functional evidence — test `kill_stale` actually group-kills a detached background tree.
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Survivor is a zombie (bash leader, unreaped by the test parent — `_pid_alive` sees zombies as alive). Children both died = group-kill worked. Re-run reaping the leader to confirm.
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Functional smoke passes (leader rc=-15 SIGTERM, children dead, lock released). All evidence green. Branch is based on origin/master HEAD (06fe4f12) → clean fast-forward. Deploy by ff-pushing to master so git-sync picks it up.
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Master deployed (ff to 380f6138). Verify the deployed `~/workspace` checkout can fast-forward cleanly on next git-sync.
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`~/workspace` is clean at old HEAD → auto fast-forwards to the fix on next git-sync (≤15 min). Next wiki-project-compile run is a week out, so timing is safe.
Log activity, then report done.
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Logged. Report done via mc-coord.