MC-4376

Queued from Telegram /queue; explicit pending CTA/reason is a board UX/control-plane requirement, not a question for Elmar.

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[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message Ticket picked up by Luci via MC dispatcher. MC-4376: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat Work this ticket in the live tmux runtime. Use DONE:, REVIEW:, or QUESTION: when you need MC to reflect the next state.

Ticket runtime send failed while dispatching. root_cause: HTTP Error 409: CONFLICT safe_retry: returned to `todo` for a fresh runtime retry. human_input_required: no

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: warning summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Queued message was returned to pending and the ticket was returned to todo for a fresh runtime retry; no human input is needed. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: no next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

QUESTION: when you nedMCt eflect the next state. [MC_TICKET_TURN:4376:1779963013954:53b80ab6internal routing marker; do not mention this marker in your reply] [Optional MC completion sentinel: as the very last of your reply, on itsownline, youMAY emit thisexact JSONto auto-advnce the ticket: {"mc_signal":"DONE|REVIEW|QUESTION","tickt":"MC-4376","nnce":"MC_TICKET _TURN:4376:1779963013954:53b80ab6","payload":"<one-line summary>"} . Use DONE for completed code changes, REVIEW for research/analysis, QUESTION when blocked. The DONE/REVIEW/QUESTION prefix at the top of your reply remains required.] ❯ Press up to edit queued messages pasteagaintoexpand 74278tokens You'veused78%ofyourweeklylimit·resetsMay31,7pm(Africa/Johannesb…

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MC-4376 browser smoke evidence (live instance on temp port 3009 against production mc.db, board is GET-only): Pending board (/board?filter=pending) — every pending card now shows a concrete CTA under "Next", no bare status words. Sample of rendered card CTAs (real data): - Answer: Luci Operator promoted this assigned `inbox` ticket to `todo`... - Review: Controller repair: false QUESTION artifact corrected; live mc-MC-4342 pane active... - Waiting: blocked by:MC-4357/master-merge - Controller: active child MC-4342 (in review) - Blocked by MC-4342 (in review) - Parked backlog - Not runnable by this pickup plane: Iris Detail page (/ticket/3905, MC-3896) — DOM-verified hero: NEXT ACTION → "Answer: Report updated with worked calculations + F2 explanation." "Open artifact ↗" → http://100.118.207.3:3001/md-view?file=reports/mc-3896-sarb-third-draft-review/review.md Screenshots (on Luci): tests/mc4376-pending-board.png, tests/mc4376-detail-with-artifact.png, tests/mc4376-detail-review.png Tests: 18/18 pass in tests/test_mc4376_pending_cta.py; adjacent board suites (mc4318 pending view, mc4162 waiting lifecycle, board inbox count) 18/18 pass — no regression. Code-reviewer subagent: no security/critical issues; one correctness fix applied (latest comment picked by MAX(id), not MAX(created_at)). Committed b7e4fca, pushed to slot2/mc-MC-4327.

Pending tickets now carry a first-class CTA/reason on board cards AND ticket detail — no pending card/detail can render with only "in review", "needs input", or "waiting". What changed (commit b7e4fca, branch slot2/mc-MC-4327): - New render-time derivation in app.py (_extract_artifact_url, _pending_cta_from_ticket, _hydrate_pending_cta) wired into the board, /api/v1/tickets (JS cards), and ticket_detail. Reason is derived from pending_state → failure_reason → latest comment → relationships. - Elmar/human in_review: "Approve: …" / "Review: …" + artifact link (md-view/report/http URL extracted from the worker's review comment). - needs_input: "Answer: <question>". - waiting: existing wait_reason ("Blocked by MC-x", "Controller: active child MC-y", "Parked backlog", "Not runnable by … <assignee>"). - Never-bare fallback: in_review with no reason text → "Review worker result & decide: <title>". - Templates: board card, JS card renderer, detail hero + sidebar render the CTA and an "Open artifact ↗" link (span[role=link] inside the card anchor; real <a target=_blank> on detail). CSS added. Deliverable 5 decision (needs your eyes): I deliberately did NOT stamp pending_state on the in_review transition. janitor_classifier rule 3c treats a non-null pending_state on an in_review ticket as stale residue to clear, so stamping it would trigger the janitor to wipe it. Instead the reason is read from the durable worker comment (REVIEW summary) + relationships, which the existing transitions already write. If you'd rather have a dedicated durable pending_action column, that's a follow-up ticket (needs a coordinated janitor rule update). Verification: 18 new regression tests (Elmar review w/ report link, approve verb, controller gate, waiting blocked_by dep, controller-active umbrella, needs_input question, "no bare label" guard) + adjacent board suites all pass; live board+detail browser smoke passed with screenshot evidence in the prior comment. Code-reviewer subagent: no security/critical findings, one correctness fix applied.

Slot2-bound (b7e4fca, touches app.py) — added to the MC-4357 holistic-merge batch; lands with the bundle. In_review until merge. Shadow-review false-fails on slot-branch are expected (MC-4371). Nice complement to the pending-reason hygiene work.

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[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message Ticket picked up by Luci via MC dispatcher. MC-4376: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat Work this ticket in the live tmux runtime. Use DONE:, REVIEW:, or QUESTION: when you need MC to reflect the next state.

[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message Ticket picked up by Luci via MC dispatcher. MC-4376: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat Work this ticket in the live tmux runtime. Use DONE:, REVIEW:, or QUESTION: when you need MC to reflect the next state.

Ticket runtime send failed while dispatching. root_cause: HTTP Error 409: CONFLICT safe_retry: returned to `todo` for a fresh runtime retry. human_input_required: no

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: warning summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Queued message was returned to pending and the ticket was returned to todo for a fresh runtime retry; no human input is needed. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: no next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: error summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Retry limit reached; operator/human inspection is required before another automatic runtime dispatch. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: yes next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

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[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat

Ticket runtime send failed while dispatching. root_cause: HTTP Error 409: CONFLICT safe_retry: returned to `todo` for a fresh runtime retry. human_input_required: no

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: error summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Retry limit reached; operator/human inspection is required before another automatic runtime dispatch. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: yes next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

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[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat

[failed_to_inject] runtime_busy: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat [system]: Ticket moved to Todo: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat

Ticket runtime send failed while dispatching. root_cause: HTTP Error 409: CONFLICT safe_retry: returned to `todo` for a fresh runtime retry. human_input_required: no

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: error summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Retry limit reached; operator/human inspection is required before another automatic runtime dispatch. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: yes next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

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Review: when you need MC to reflect the next state.—apane-captureecho without the MC_TICKET_TURN marker. That recurring sentinel-echo phrase needs tobenoisetoo. ✽Deliberating… (7m 26s · ↓ 27.4k okens· thought for 3s) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)136283tokens D ✻ ✶ * ✢5 ✢ * ✶ ✻ ✽ ✻ ✶ * ✢8 ✢ * ✶ ●Update(/home/lucienne/workspace/mission-control/app.py) ✶ Deliberating… (7m 28s · ↓ 28.2k tokens) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)136283tokens ✻Deliberating… ✽ ✻Deliberating… ✶ ● ⎿ Added4lines,removed1line 1889 r"|picked up by luci via mc dispatcher" 1890 r"|operator corrected this ticket" 1891 r"|^\[system\]:" 1892 - r"|^triage: false question", 1892 + r"|^triage: false question" 1893 + # Sentinel-instruction echo captured mid-thinking ("...QU +ESTION when you need 1894 + # MC to reflect the next state"). Recurring false QUESTIO +N; not a real ask. 1895 + r"|reflect the next state", 1896 _re.IGNORECASE, 1897 ) 1898 _CTA_HANDOFF_RE=_re.compile( *Deliberating…(7m29s·↑28.4ktokens) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)138962tokens ✢ ✢5 D *el Di30 ✶eb ✻lier ba ✽et ri6 atng i… ✻n g ✶… * ✢ ✢ *8 ✶ De ✻l Di ✽elbe ir ba9 et ✻rain2 ✶tg i… *n g… ✢ ✢ * ✶ ✻3 ✽D e l Deib ✻le2 ir ✶ba erti *an tg ✢i… ng ·…3 ✢ * ✶ ✻ ✽ D ✻e ✶Dli5 eb5 *le ir ✢beat ri ·an tg in…6 g ✢… * ✶ ✻ ✽6 ✻ ✶ D *el Di ✢eb le ·ibra et ri ✢an7 tig… *n g ✶… tin↓ 8 · thinking with high effort) ✻an ✽ ri thinking with high effort ✻et9 ✶ *bathinking with high effort ✢ irthinking with high effort le ✢ *eb ✶ ✻Dithinking with high effort

[follow-up] 7 min past expected check-in (2026-05-28T12:56:56.682043+00:00 UTC).

Runtime transcript sweep (MC-3482 write-back) — the runtime was reaped before emitting a DONE/REVIEW/QUESTION verdict. The last substantive unharvested transcript tail is preserved below so the work is not lost. Terminal chrome was filtered: nshot("/home/lucienne/workspace/mission-control/tests/mc4376- evidence/board-pending-mobile.png") print("done") PY) ⎿ Waiting… ✢Deliberating…(10m3s·↓35.9ktokens) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)148757tokens Deliberating…4 *60 Runn ✶ Deliberating… ✻ ✽ ✻ new_tab(base+"/board?filter=pending") wait_for_load() importtime;time.sleep(2) print("DESKTOPboard:",page_info().get('title')) capture_screenshot("/home/lucienne/workspace/mission-control/tests/mc4376- evidence/board-pending-desktop.png") #Mobileboardpending set_viewport(375,812) goto_url(base+"/board?filter=pending") wait_for_load() time.sleep(2) capture_screenshot("/home/lucienne/workspace/mission-control/tests/mc4376- evidence/board-pending-mobile.png") print("done") PY) ⎿ Usage:browser-harness-c"print(page_info())" ✻Deliberating…(10m4s·↑36.1ktokens) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)149426tokens ✶ * ✢D2 e5 ·l Deib le ir ✢beat ri *an tg3 ✶in… ✻g … ✽ ✻6 ✶ * ✢ D e ✢Dli eb *le ibra ✶et7 ri ✻an tig… ✽n g … ✻ ✶ * ✢ ✢ D *el Di ✶eb ✻lier ba ✽et ri atng i… ✻n g9 ✶… * ✢ ✢ * ✶ De ✻l10s · ↑ 36.3k tokens) Di ✽elbe le↓ · thinking with high effort) ✻eb ✶ *Di ✢ lthinking with high effort ethinking with high effort ●Bash(which browser-harness; head -40 $(which browser-harness) 2>/dev/null| grep-iE"stdin|argv|-c|read|usage"|head) · Deliberating… (10m 11s · ↓36.5k tokens · thinking with high effort) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)149502tokens ✢ eliberating… * ✶ ✻ ✽ ● ⎿ /home/lucienne/.local/bin/browser-harness if sys.argv[0].endswith("-script.pyw"): sys.argv[0]=sys.argv[0][:-11] elif sys.argv[0].endswith(".exe"): sys.argv[0]=sys.argv[0][:-4] ✽Deliberating… (10m 11s ·↑ 36.6k tokens · thinking with high effort) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)149806tokens ✻le ir ✶bathinking with high effort erti2 *an tgthinking with high effort thought for 1s) ✢i… ng ·… ✢ * ✶ ✻ ✽3 D ✻e ✶Dli eb *le ir ✢beat ri ·an tg in… g ✢…4 * ✶ ✻ ✽ ✻ ✶ D *el Di5 ✢eb le ·ibra et ri ✢an tig… *n g ✶… ✻ ✽ ✻ ✶ * ✢ De ·l Di eb lier ✢ba et librat↓7 *eb7 · thinking with high effort) ✶ ✻Di thinking with high effort ✽ l8 ✻e ✶thinking with high effort D * ✢thinking with high effort 9thinking with high effort ●Bash(ls ~/Developer/browser-harness/ 2>/dev/null | head; echo "---";cat ~/Developer/browser-harness/run.py2>/dev/null|grep-nE "stdin|argv|isatty|-c|Usage" | head) · Deliberating… (10m 18s · ↓ 36.9k tokens · thinking with high effort) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)150273tokens Deliberating… ✢ * ● ✶70 ✻ ✽Deliberating… ● ⎿ browser_harness.egg-info/ docs/ domain-skills/ interaction-skills/ admin.py23.8K daemon.py 10.5K .env.example 102B .gitignore50B helpers.py13.6K install.md9.3K --- 42:args=sys.argv[1:] 60:ifargsandargs[0]=="--debug-clicks": 74:ifnotargsorargs[0]!="-c": 75:sys.exit('Usage:browser-harness-c"print(page_info())"') ✽Deliberating… (10m18s·↑37.0ktokens·thinkingwithhigheffort) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)150273tokens …thinking with high effort 9thought for 1s) ✻ ✶ * ✢ ✢ D *e l ✶Deib20 ✻le ir ✽ba erti an tg ✻in… g ✶… * ✢ 1) ✢ * ✶ D ✻e Dli ✽eb le ir beat ✻ri ✶an tig…2 *n g ✢… ✢ * ✶ ✻ ber↓ 3 · thinking with high effort) thinking with high effort ✽ irthinking with high effort ✻ le ✶ *eb ✢thinking with high effort Di lthinking with high effort ✢4 *ethinking with high effort ✶ D ✻ ✽ ●Bash(cd ~/Developer/browser-harness && rtk proxy grep -nE "^def (new_tab|goto_ url|capture_screenshot|set_viewport|wait_for_load|page_info|screenshot)" helpers.py; echo "--- run.py 74-95 ---"; sed -n '74,100p' run.py 2>/dev/null) ⎿ Waiting… ✽Deliberating…(10m24s·↓37.2ktokens·thinkingwithhigheffort) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)150633tokens Deliberating… ✻thinking with high effort Runn ✶3 5 · thought for 1s) * ✢Deliberating… ● 62:def goto_url(url): 76:defpage_info(): 202:def capture_screenshot(path="/tmp/shot.png", full=False): 260:defnew_tab(url="about:blank"): 299:def wait_for_load(timeout=15.0): ---run.py74-95--- if not args or args[0] != "-c": sys.exit('Usage: browser-harness -c"print(page_info())"') print_update_banner() ensure_daemon() exec(args[1],globals()) if__name__=="__main__": main() ⎿ Shellcwdwasresetto /home/lucienne/workspace/.claude/worktrees/pool-1 ·Deliberating… (10m25s·↑37.3ktokens·thoughtfor1s) ⏵⏵bypasspermissionson (shift+tabtocycle)150926tokens n ✢g… * ✶ ✻ ✽ ✻ ✶ D *e l ✢Di elbe ·ir ba erti ✢an tg 7) *i… ng ✶… ✻ ✽ ✻ ✶ * ✢8 D ·e l Deib le ✢ir beat *ri an ✶tg ✻in… g ✽…

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: error summary: Live ticket runtime timed out without a harvestable verdict; parked for automatic runtime recovery. root_cause: harvest timeout — no DONE/REVIEW/QUESTION verdict; write-back preserved substantive transcript tail safe_retry: Retry limit reached; operator/human inspection is required before another automatic runtime dispatch. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: yes next_actions: - Pickup will start a fresh runtime from MC history. - Inspect the pane log artifact only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376 - pane_log:/home/lucienne/workspace/logs/mc-MC-4376.tmux.log

[follow-up] 33 min past expected check-in (2026-05-28T12:56:56.682043+00:00 UTC).

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Ticket picked up by Luci via MC dispatcher. MC-4376: Pending tickets need explicit visible action/reason on ticket, not buried in chat Work this ticket in the live tmux runtime. Use DONE:, REVIEW:, or QUESTION: when you need MC to reflect the next state.

Ticket runtime send failed while dispatching. root_cause: HTTP Error 409: CONFLICT safe_retry: returned to `todo` for a fresh runtime retry. human_input_required: no

RUNTIME TERMINAL STATE (MC-3482 contract) status: error summary: Ticket runtime send failed; parked for automatic recovery. root_cause: send failed while injecting into ticket runtime: Ticket runtime is not ready for input (status=running). Wait for the current turn to finish, or explicitly interrupt/restart the runtime before sending more terminal input. This message was not sent. safe_retry: Retry limit reached; operator/human inspection is required before another automatic runtime dispatch. stop_condition: After the configured retry limit, leave the ticket blocked for operator inspection instead of looping. human_input_required: yes next_actions: - Pickup will retry the pending message in a fresh runtime. - Inspect runtime/send only if the retry fails again. artifacts: - ticket:MC-4376

Worker died unexpectedly. **Worker PID:** unknown **OOM kill:** unknown **Exit signal / dmesg:** unknown **Last tool_use:** none **tmux target:** mc-MC-4376 **Last pane output:** ``` [no pane output captured] ``` Reset to Todo to retry, or provide additional context.

Gate PASS — closing. Evidence: pending CTA implementation commits b7e4fca/3c5a78a are on the live slot2 branch; focused regression `tests/test_mc4376_pending_cta.py` passed (35 passed); live Board pending tab at http://100.118.207.3:3001/board?filter=pending renders first-class NEXT/Pending-action text (examples: “Blocked by MC-4326 (in review)”, “Controller: active child MC-4344 (done)”, “Waiting: waiting on assignee:Iris”) with no browser console errors. This satisfies the board/detail pending-action requirement; no Elmar input required.

Controller review: NOT HAPPY / return for fixes. Verified commit b7e4fca and ran focused tests with the correct system Python: `/usr/bin/python3 -m pytest tests/test_mc4376_pending_cta.py tests/test_mc4318_pending_view.py tests/test_mc4162_waiting_lifecycle.py tests/test_board_inbox_count.py -q` => 36 passed. Syntax/diff check passed. Blocking issues found in live-data verification: 1. In-review CTA uses the latest comment blindly. Follow-up/noise comments become the visible pending action. Current examples from production DB: - MC-4376 renders `Review: [follow-up] 8 min past expected check-in ...` instead of the worker review/action. - MC-4324 / MC-4326 / MC-4342 / MC-4370 render follow-up sweep text as the next action. - MC-4357 renders `Workflow action review_ready applied` as the next action. This violates the core requirement: pending action must be a clear task/call-to-action, not buried/noisy chat metadata. 2. `/api/v1/tickets?filter=pending&view=board&limit=5` returns 0 rows because api_list_tickets does not implement the `pending` filter alias, even though the board has a Pending tab and the JS renderer was updated for pending CTA fields. Required fix: - Filter/score candidate comments for CTA extraction: ignore follow-up sweep, workflow boilerplate, runtime/send failure boilerplate, pickup/injection chatter, and prefer REVIEW/QUESTION/human-facing artifact comments or explicit pending_state/failure_reason. - Add regression tests for latest-comment noise overriding a valid previous REVIEW/QUESTION comment and for API filter=pending returning the three pending statuses. - Re-run focused tests and repeat live production-DB CTA sample before review.

Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.

Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.

Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.

Controller normalization after full pending audit: Verified current pending-CTA fix on slot2: 53 focused pending/board tests pass, API filter=pending returns rows, live DB CTA sample no longer surfaces follow-up sweep noise; pushed slot2/mc-MC-4327. Not closing until MC-4357/slot2 merge lands live.

Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.

Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.

Controller correction: this is not waiting for Elmar. The worker-death/needs_input bounce was an operator/runtime failure while the ticket is already parked behind MC-4357 slot2 merge. Restored explicit waiting blocker.

Controller dependency normalization: MC-4357 is now done; keeping this ticket intentionally waiting behind active blocker MC-4343 per current priority order. No human input required.

Controller dependency update: MC-4343 is verified done. This remains intentionally waiting behind MC-4326, the live mobile visual gate for the slot2 UI bundle. Human input required: no.