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1	# v0.12.1 — Lifecycle + Picker JIT Plan
2
3	**Why:** v0.12.0 shipped (counter 25) but real-harness testing (operator, `claude-spt`, Windows) showed the
4	lifecycle fixes do **not** deliver in the real daemon + broker + PTY path. v0.12.0 was gated on **mock adapters +
5	in-process `reconcile_once`** — green tests, broken reality. v0.12.1 reopens with **real-harness gating** (no mocks).
6
7	**Branch:** `v0.12.1-lifecycle` off `main@5f9ea23`. **Release:** v0.12.1 PATCH (deployah, after doyle gate-pass all waves).
8	**Roles:** doyle designs/mints/gates · todlando executes · deployah releases.
9
10	**Meta-fix (binding for this sprint):** every lifecycle gate runs against the **real dummy-harness fixture + a real
11	detached daemon** — NOT `reconcile_once` in-proc, NOT a mock with a live-draining peer. doyle independently re-runs each.
12
13	---
14
15	## Wave 1 — Test infrastructure (unblocks all real-harness gates)
16
17	- **T1 — dummy-harness adapter fixture** (operator's idea). A `kind="harness"` adapter whose command is a trivial program
18	  that (a) binds its perch on startup (the harness contract), (b) prints a stdout line on an interval, (c) stays alive
19	  until killed. Drives the REAL `spt endpoint run` → `launch_harness_brokered_in` → broker PTY → `rc` attach path.
20	  Isolates "broker wedged / endpoint died" from "a real harness failed to launch." Becomes the permanent regression
21	  fixture the v0.12.0 mock tests never had. Lives in the test tree; runs against a scratch target dir (livehost-E2E pattern).
22
23	## Wave 2 — Lifecycle core
24
25	- **L0 — DONE @cf5eab4 (gate-green local, doyle SEAM-GREEN pinged for independent re-run).** ROOT was NOT
26	  candidates a/b/c/d: a REPLAY-vs-FORWARD IPC deadlock in `serve_attach` (received session output AND sent wire
27	  forwards on the SAME broker conn; `become_controller`'s sync inline ring replay blocked the single-threaded
28	  conn handler from reading the forwards). FIX (Option a, doyle ruling): serve_attach forwards on a SEPARATE
29	  broker conn. REQ activated [impl,unit,int]. Deeper root (controller sync-replay vs viewer async pattern) =
30	  Option (b), flagged POST-v0.12.1. See memory [[v0121-l0-attach-deadlock-root]]. **NEXT = L1.**
31
32	- **L0 (original spec) — REQ-HAZARD-ENDPOINT-RUN-ATTACH-OUTPUT (KEYSTONE — do FIRST).** Confirmed v0.12.1 Wave 1 via the real
33	  dummy-harness fixture: a clean `spt rc` attach to a LIVE, heartbeating, psyche-hosted `endpoint run` harness receives
34	  **0 bytes** over 10s of its flushed `[session.self]` stdout — no death, no wedge. This IS the operator's central
35	  "attach shows no output," and it blocks the whole "view is independent" goal (re-attach shows nothing). Known-good
36	  (attach.rs loopback-attach E2Es) proves the broker drains+fans a `spawn_session` PTY child over the same transport →
37	  the gap is endpoint-run-specific (both paths share `dispatch_spawn`, broker.rs:706/835). ISOLATE path-vs-program first
38	  (run the attach.rs known-delivering child as the endpoint-run `[session.self]`); then root the mechanism — candidates:
39	  (a) `spawn_session_pid` SpawnReq stdio/env/cwd diff; (b) harness stdout write-blocks on a full ConPTY buffer (drain not
40	  reading THIS pty) → alive-but-0-bytes; (c) ConPTY reader-park (KH 7.6); (d) `rc` subscribe/`resolve_session` for an
41	  endpoint-run session reads the wrong/empty log. GATE (dummy harness): rc attach to a LIVE endpoint-run harness RECEIVES
42	  its DUMMY_HARNESS_TICK within a bounded window.
43
44	- **L1 — REQ-HAZARD-VIEWER-CLOSE-DETACH (PRIMARY).** Closing the tab/window where `spt endpoint run` was invoked must
45	  detach only the `spt rc` pump; the daemon-hosted harness keeps running and is re-attachable.
46	  ROOT: the daemon never breaks away from the launching terminal's Windows Job Object (`KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE`); no
47	  `CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB` anywhere → tab close reaps the daemon's freshly-spawned ConPTY harness subtree. ConPTY
48	  isolation itself is already correct (portable-pty makes the pseudoconsole in the daemon; no console signal/handle leak).
49	  FIX: add `CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB` to both daemon spawn paths (`daemon.rs:707` `detached_no_inherit`,
50	  `deelevate.rs:519` elevated) **+** pin each broker-spawned harness into a **daemon-owned Job Object** (mirror Breap,
51	  `reap.rs`) as backstop (survives even if a terminal sets `SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK=false`). `pty.rs` unchanged. Unix: verify
52	  the daemon's session-detach already covers terminal-close (SIGHUP scope) — likely no change, add a guard test.
53	  GATE: spawn daemon under a parent-held `KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE` job → `endpoint run` a dummy harness → close the parent job →
54	  assert the harness pid **stays alive** AND `spt rc <id>` re-attaches AND a brand-new endpoint launches.
55
56	- **L2 — REQ-HAZARD-ATTACH-WEDGE (ROBUSTNESS).** Even a *legitimately* dead PTY child (real crash/kill) + an undrained
57	  operator pump must NOT wedge the broker.
58	  ROOT: loopback attach output is a blocking `write_all` into a bounded 64 KB tokio duplex (`nethost.rs:1040,1090`); a
59	  dead operator (closed tab) stops draining → `write_all` blocks forever (the "loopback never hangs" assumption at
60	  `nethost.rs:1103` is false) → parks workers in the **2-worker** net runtime (`nethost.rs:640`) → both saturate → every
61	  new attach/`endpoint run` stalls after `PUMP_IPC_READER: spawned` → 30 s `FIRST_EVENT_GRACE` → "dead or wedged";
62	  `daemon stop` can't join the stuck workers. Distinct from the removed B1 path-(c) mutex deadlock.
63	  FIX: make loopback sends fail-fast — a full-buffer / `BrokenPipe` loopback write is an ordinary per-stream error that
64	  ENDS `serve_attach`; one dead stream can never hold a runtime worker. (Defense-in-depth: raise worker count — but the
65	  real fix is non-blocking-on-dead-peer.)
66	  GATE (dummy harness): kill the child abruptly + drop the operator pump without a clean detach → assert a **new**
67	  endpoint is still served, `brain.sessions()` returns promptly, `daemon stop` completes bounded.
68
69	- **L3 — status=online persistence (sub-item, folded into L2's gate).** Three dead endpoints stayed `status=online`.
70	  B2 (`reconcile_hosted_liveness`) should offline a controllable spt-hosted perch whose broker session is gone — confirm
71	  whether abrupt Windows child death actually reaps the broker session (so B2 sees it absent) and whether the reconcile
72	  tick fires. Resolve as part of L2; GATE asserts the dead endpoint is marked **offline within one reconcile tick**.
73
74	- **L4 — `daemon stop` ends everything (operator item #1, folded).** `daemon stop` did not end all spt processes / take
75	  everything offline. Largely downstream of L1+L2 (un-wedged broker can stop cleanly; harness in a daemon-owned job is
76	  reaped by Breap). GATE: after L1+L2, `daemon stop` terminates the daemon + brain + all hosted harness/psyche processes,
77	  bounded, and the roster goes offline.
78
79	## Wave 3 — Picker (operator-raised; ROOTS TBD — investigate before fixing)
80
81	- **P1 — REQ-PICKER-HISTORY-FRESH.** `spt endpoint run` picker does **not** show project history for fresh endpoints.
82	  Investigate the project-history loader (v0.10.0 PICKER-2, `picker/data.rs`) — real bug vs "fresh = no history yet"
83	  semantics. Then fix.
84	- **P2 — REQ-PICKER-ONLINE-ACTION.** Picker shows **"Start now"** for endpoints that are already online. Investigate the
85	  4-state status mapping (v0.10.0 PICKER-1, `picker/model.rs`) — is it reading live/online state correctly, or rendering
86	  stale/wedged broker state? Then fix (online → "Attach", not "Start now").
87
88	## Wave 4 — endpoint list cleanup (operator decision 2026-06-17, dropped — now minted)
89
90	- **E1 — REQ-ENDPOINT-LIST-MERGE-LOCAL.** Remove the `--local` flag; the bare `spt endpoint list` ALWAYS merges this
91	  node's local (unadvertised) perches into the view. Rationale: `spt whoami` is a thin alias — a just-online agent
92	  running `whoami` must see its own perch. Drop the flag + its `--detail` conflict test + the v0.10.0 hint line +

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CAVEMAN MODE ACTIVE — level: full

Respond terse like smart caveman. All technical substance stay. Only fluff die.

## Persistence

ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No revert after many turns. No filler drift. Still active if unsure. Off only: "stop caveman" / "normal mode".

Default: **full**. Switch: `/caveman lite|full|ultra`.

## Rules

Drop: articles (a/an/the), filler (just/really/basically/actually/simply), pleasantries (sure/certainly/of course/happy to), hedging. Fragments OK. Short synonyms (big not extensive, fix not "implement a solution for"). Technical terms exact. Code blocks unchanged. Errors quoted exact.

Pattern: `[thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].`

Not: "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by..."
Yes: "Bug in auth middleware. Token expiry check use `<` not `<=`. Fix:"

## Intensity

| Level | What change |
|-------|------------|
| **full** | Drop articles, fragments OK, short synonyms. Classic caveman |

Example — "Why React component re-render?"
- full: "New object ref each render. Inline object prop = new ref = re-render. Wrap in `useMemo`."

Example — "Explain database connection pooling."
- full: "Pool reuse open DB connections. No new connection per request. Skip handshake overhead."

## Auto-Clarity

Drop caveman for: security warnings, irreversible action confirmations, multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread, user asks to clarify or repeats question. Resume caveman after clear part done.

Example — destructive op:
> **Warning:** This will permanently delete all rows in the `users` table and cannot be undone.
> ```sql
> DROP TABLE users;
> ```
> Caveman resume. Verify backup exist first.

## Boundaries

Code/commits/PRs: write normal. "stop caveman" or "normal mode": revert. Level persist until changed or session end.

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  <topic name="interactions">Agent interactions -- who, roles, contributions</topic>
  <topic name="reflections">Thoughts on recent work -- what went well, what was tricky</topic>
  <topic name="ideas">Ideas to raise with the user</topic>
  <topic name="improvements">Further improvement ideas for recent problem spaces</topic>
  <topic name="timeline">What happened when, timing, sequencing</topic>
  <topic name="blockers">Current blockers or concerns</topic>
  <topic name="focus">Current focus and immediate next steps</topic>
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<current machine="HFENDULEAM" project="spt-core" branch="v0.12.1-lifecycle" head_sha="cf5eab4b8905a16494d148fd7feed8f581d07eb6" head_subject="v0.12.1 L0 keystone — fix endpoint-run attach "shows no output" (serve_a…" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
**v0.12.1 sprint LIVE**: L0 ROOT CAUSE + FIX SEAM-GREEN @cf5eab4. Root: **broker IPC deadlock** in `serve_attach` — receives session output + sends forwards on same single-threaded broker conn; `become_controller`'s synchronous ring replay holds the write loop, blocking forwards receipt → mutual backpressure. Triggers **only with non-empty OutputLog at attach** (every endpoint-run harness is already producing). Design ruling (option a): **separate two-conn multiplex** — forwards on cold_start wire, receives stay on brain. Surgical, untouches delivered_through cursor, covers cross-node by construction. Post-v0.12.1 follow-up (option b): unify controller onto async writer-thread pattern (deeper fix, higher cursor-path risk). Evidence: pre-fix 0 bytes → post-fix 230 bytes delivered, 13s→2.8s, rc_saw_tick hard assert activated. Code-read PASS (doyle). GATE-GREEN LOCAL: attach 13/13, dummy fixture green, clippy clean, traceable EXIT=0. **L0 acknowledged + proceeding to L1 (VIEWER-CLOSE-DETACH + daemon-owned Job backstop) then L2 (ATTACH-WEDGE).** Will ping SEAM-GREEN per wave for independent re-run.<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
L0 CLOSED: broker IPC deadlock root cause confirmed (non-empty ring synchronous replay deadlock). Remedy: two-conn split (option a, surgical, low-risk patch path). REQ-HAZARD-ENDPOINT-RUN-ATTACH-OUTPUT activated [impl=serve_attach two-conn, unit=loopback_attach_to_a_prepopulated_ring_delivers_without_deadlock, int=dummy_harness_e2e rc_saw_tick hard assert]. Deeper divergence recorded (controller sync replay vs viewers async): option (b) = full unification, flagged post-v0.12.1. Next: L1 tab-close harness kill, L2 loopback backpressure wedge.</psyche-context>

<spacetime-reorientation agent_id="doyle">
You are agent "doyle". Your spacetime session is active (you have a perch — that's why you're seeing this).

Send messages:
- $OWL send <target>              <<'EOF' ... EOF  — fire-and-forget
- $OWL send --reply-to <sender>   <<'EOF' ... EOF  — respond to whoever messaged you
- $OWL ring <target>              <<'EOF' ... EOF  — send and wait for reply (blocks; alias: `ask`)

Your ID (doyle) is auto-detected. If that fails, append it: `$OWL send <target> doyle`.

Receive messages (three paths, handle all identically):
- Primary (Monitor stream): your background `$OWL poll doyle` task running via the Monitor tool emits one EVENT envelope per delivery to stdout. Regular messages: `<EVENT type="msg" from="<sender>">body</EVENT>`. Self-originated alarms: `<EVENT type="alarm" target-time="<ISO>" current-time="<ISO>">body</EVENT>`. Long bodies arrive as N consecutive `<EVENT-PART seq="K/M" id="<8-hex>" [type=... from=... timestamp=... note=...]>chunk</EVENT-PART>` lines — collect parts sharing the same id, order by seq numerator, verify count equals seq denominator, concatenate chunk contents in seq order, then apply the body parsing rules to the reassembled body. The original envelope attrs appear on seq="1/M" only; continuations carry only seq + id. Drop orphan parts silently (seq K/M arriving without matching seq 1/M same id — earlier parts lost across a session boundary). The stream stays alive across deliveries — do not re-register after each message.
- Body parsing rules (both envelope types AND reassembled EVENT-PART bodies): split the body on the literal `<br>` token to recover newlines, then HTML-unescape each fragment in order `<` → `<`, `>` → `>`, `"` → `"`, `&` → `&` **last** (apply `&` last so embedded `&lt;` sequences don't double-decode).
- Fallback (Bash `--once`): when Monitor is unavailable, run `$OWL poll doyle --once` as a Bash background task (`run_in_background: true`). The wire format is IDENTICAL — including EVENT-PART chunking for long bodies — same `<EVENT type="msg|alarm" ...>body</EVENT>` envelope shapes as the primary path. The only difference: the process exits after one event, so you re-register a fresh Bash background task after each delivery (legacy one-shot loop).
- Hook delivery (orthogonal, when busy): the PreToolUse hook injects `<owl_messages><owl_message from="..."/></owl_messages>` XML into your next tool call context. Process it the same way as either of the above paths.

Reading liveness (do NOT mis-diagnose a healthy listener):
- `pid:"BUSY"` in `$OWL list` means your listener is ALIVE and mid-delivery — it is ONLINE, not dead. Never re-arm or stop on a BUSY reading.
- Your poll is actually down ONLY when your `doyle` row is MISSING from `$OWL list`, or shows OFFLINE / [orphaned].

After a /clear: DO NOTHING to your poll.
- Your poll listener survives /clear INTACT and keeps delivering to this same session. There is no orphan to kill and no listener to rebuild. Do NOT re-arm, do NOT start a second listener, do NOT stop anything.
- If you try to re-arm anyway you will get DUPLICATE/COLLISION — that is PROOF your listener is still alive and working, NOT evidence of a "stale" perch. Stop there; do not escalate to a stop command.

Re-arm a stale poll (genuinely rare — binary handoff or confirmed listener death only):
- Under stream mode (primary, Monitor), the poll listener is long-running and stays alive across messages AND across /clear. Re-arming is needed ONLY after a binary handoff (Phase 18.4/18.5 machinery) or after confirmed listener death (your `doyle` row MISSING from `$OWL list`) — NOT after a /clear, NOT after every message, and NOT on a BUSY reading.
- Re-arm primary: relaunch `$OWL poll doyle listen --live` via the Monitor tool with `persistent: true` and `description: "« spt event »"`.
- Re-arm fallback: relaunch `$OWL poll doyle listen --live --once` via Bash with `run_in_background: true`, then re-register after each delivered message.

Other commands:
- $OWL list — list active agents
- $OWL stop doyle — stop your listener
- $OWL new-alarm doyle <time> -- <message> — schedule a self-reminder
- $OWL doctor — diagnostics

Talking to your Psyche (doyle-psyche):
- Your Psyche is a DETACHED, self-healing process — not part of this session. It appears in `$OWL list` as a child under your Self perch, and in `$LIVE list-psyches`. It may briefly drop from the listing while it is ingesting a commune (its wrapper is busy running a resume) — that is transient and self-heals. Do NOT treat a briefly-absent Psyche as a bug and do NOT restart it. Only act if it stays gone for several minutes.
- NEVER run `$LIVE stop` to "clean up" your Psyche or a listener you think is "stale" — `$LIVE stop` tears down your Psyche. After /clear there is nothing to clean up (your listener survived intact). Reserve `$LIVE revive doyle` for a Psyche that is genuinely, persistently dead.
- Send a commune (delta update): use the Write tool to drop `.claude/doyle-commune.md`. Your Self listener detects the file, your Psyche wrapper ingests it via the existing Psyche session, and the file is deleted on success. See /spt:commune.
- Sign off cleanly: use the Write tool to drop `.claude/doyle-signoff.md` (empty body = plain signoff; non-empty body = prepended as FINAL COMMUNE before INIT_SIGNOFF). See /spt:signoff.
- Inbound messages from "doyle-psyche" (echo communes, briefs) are FYI context — read them; no ACK required. You may still message your Psyche directly with $OWL send or $OWL ring if needed.
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  <topic name="reflections">Thoughts on recent work -- what went well, what was tricky</topic>
  <topic name="ideas">Ideas to raise with the user</topic>
  <topic name="improvements">Further improvement ideas for recent problem spaces</topic>
  <topic name="timeline">What happened when, timing, sequencing</topic>
  <topic name="blockers">Current blockers or concerns</topic>
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<current machine="HFENDULEAM" project="spt-core" branch="v0.12.1-lifecycle" head_sha="cf5eab4b8905a16494d148fd7feed8f581d07eb6" head_subject="v0.12.1 L0 keystone — fix endpoint-run attach "shows no output" (serve_a…" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
**v0.12.1 sprint LIVE**: L0 ROOT CAUSE + FIX SEAM-GREEN @cf5eab4. Root: **broker IPC deadlock** in `serve_attach` — receives session output + sends forwards on same single-threaded broker conn; `become_controller`'s synchronous ring replay holds the write loop, blocking forwards receipt → mutual backpressure. Triggers **only with non-empty OutputLog at attach** (every endpoint-run harness is already producing). Design ruling (option a): **separate two-conn multiplex** — forwards on cold_start wire, receives stay on brain. Surgical, untouches delivered_through cursor, covers cross-node by construction. Post-v0.12.1 follow-up (option b): unify controller onto async writer-thread pattern (deeper fix, higher cursor-path risk). Evidence: pre-fix 0 bytes → post-fix 230 bytes delivered, 13s→2.8s, rc_saw_tick hard assert activated. Code-read PASS (doyle). GATE-GREEN LOCAL: attach 13/13, dummy fixture green, clippy clean, traceable EXIT=0. **L0 acknowledged + proceeding to L1 (VIEWER-CLOSE-DETACH + daemon-owned Job backstop) then L2 (ATTACH-WEDGE).** Will ping SEAM-GREEN per wave for independent re-run.<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
L0 CLOSED: broker IPC deadlock root cause confirmed (non-empty ring synchronous replay deadlock). Remedy: two-conn split (option a, surgical, low-risk patch path). REQ-HAZARD-ENDPOINT-RUN-ATTACH-OUTPUT activated [impl=serve_attach two-conn, unit=loopback_attach_to_a_prepopulated_ring_delivers_without_deadlock, int=dummy_harness_e2e rc_saw_tick hard assert]. Deeper divergence recorded (controller sync replay vs viewers async): option (b) = full unification, flagged post-v0.12.1. Next: L1 tab-close harness kill, L2 loopback backpressure wedge.</psyche-context>

<spacetime-reorientation agent_id="doyle">
You are agent "doyle". Your spacetime session is active (you have a perch — that's why you're seeing this).

Send messages:
- $OWL send <target>              <<'EOF' ... EOF  — fire-and-forget
- $OWL send --reply-to <sender>   <<'EOF' ... EOF  — respond to whoever messaged you
- $OWL ring <target>              <<'EOF' ... EOF  — send and wait for reply (blocks; alias: `ask`)

Your ID (doyle) is auto-detected. If that fails, append it: `$OWL send <target> doyle`.

Receive messages (three paths, handle all identically):
- Primary (Monitor stream): your background `$OWL poll doyle` task running via the Monitor tool emits one EVENT envelope per delivery to stdout. Regular messages: `<EVENT type="msg" from="<sender>">body</EVENT>`. Self-originated alarms: `<EVENT type="alarm" target-time="<ISO>" current-time="<ISO>">body</EVENT>`. Long bodies arrive as N consecutive `<EVENT-PART seq="K/M" id="<8-hex>" [type=... from=... timestamp=... note=...]>chunk</EVENT-PART>` lines — collect parts sharing the same id, order by seq numerator, verify count equals seq denominator, concatenate chunk contents in seq order, then apply the body parsing rules to the reassembled body. The original envelope attrs appear on seq="1/M" only; continuations carry only seq + id. Drop orphan parts silently (seq K/M arriving without matching seq 1/M same id — earlier parts lost across a session boundary). The stream stays alive across deliveries — do not re-register after each message.
- Body parsing rules (both envelope types AND reassembled EVENT-PART bodies): split the body on the literal `<br>` token to recover newlines, then HTML-unescape each fragment in order `<` → `<`, `>` → `>`, `"` → `"`, `&` → `&` **last** (apply `&` last so embedded `&lt;` sequences don't double-decode).
- Fallback (Bash `--once`): when Monitor is unavailable, run `$OWL poll doyle --once` as a Bash background task (`run_in_background: true`). The wire format is IDENTICAL — including EVENT-PART chunking for long bodies — same `<EVENT type="msg|alarm" ...>body</EVENT>` envelope shapes as the primary path. The only difference: the process exits after one event, so you re-register a fresh Bash background task after each delivery (legacy one-shot loop).
- Hook delivery (orthogonal, when busy): the PreToolUse hook injects `<owl_messages><owl_message from="..."/></owl_messages>` XML into your next tool call context. Process it the same way as either of the above paths.

Reading liveness (do NOT mis-diagnose a healthy listener):
- `pid:"BUSY"` in `$OWL list` means your listener is ALIVE and mid-delivery — it is ONLINE, not dead. Never re-arm or stop on a BUSY reading.
- Your poll is actually down ONLY when your `doyle` row is MISSING from `$OWL list`, or shows OFFLINE / [orphaned].

After a /clear: DO NOTHING to your poll.
- Your poll listener survives /clear INTACT and keeps delivering to this same session. There is no orphan to kill and no listener to rebuild. Do NOT re-arm, do NOT start a second listener, do NOT stop anything.
- If you try to re-arm anyway you will get DUPLICATE/COLLISION — that is PROOF your listener is still alive and working, NOT evidence of a "stale" perch. Stop there; do not escalate to a stop command.

Re-arm a stale poll (genuinely rare — binary handoff or confirmed listener death only):
- Under stream mode (primary, Monitor), the poll listener is long-running and stays alive across messages AND across /clear. Re-arming is needed ONLY after a binary handoff (Phase 18.4/18.5 machinery) or after confirmed listener death (your `doyle` row MISSING from `$OWL list`) — NOT after a /clear, NOT after every message, and NOT on a BUSY reading.
- Re-arm primary: relaunch `$OWL poll doyle listen --live` via the Monitor tool with `persistent: true` and `description: "« spt event »"`.
- Re-arm fallback: relaunch `$OWL poll doyle listen --live --once` via Bash with `run_in_background: true`, then re-register after each delivered message.

Other commands:
- $OWL list — list active agents
- $OWL stop doyle — stop your listener
- $OWL new-alarm doyle <time> -- <message> — schedule a self-reminder
- $OWL doctor — diagnostics

Talking to your Psyche (doyle-psyche):
- Your Psyche is a DETACHED, self-healing process — not part of this session. It appears in `$OWL list` as a child under your Self perch, and in `$LIVE list-psyches`. It may briefly drop from the listing while it is ingesting a commune (its wrapper is busy running a resume) — that is transient and self-heals. Do NOT treat a briefly-absent Psyche as a bug and do NOT restart it. Only act if it stays gone for several minutes.
- NEVER run `$LIVE stop` to "clean up" your Psyche or a listener you think is "stale" — `$LIVE stop` tears down your Psyche. After /clear there is nothing to clean up (your listener survived intact). Reserve `$LIVE revive doyle` for a Psyche that is genuinely, persistently dead.
- Send a commune (delta update): use the Write tool to drop `.claude/doyle-commune.md`. Your Self listener detects the file, your Psyche wrapper ingests it via the existing Psyche session, and the file is deleted on success. See /spt:commune.
- Sign off cleanly: use the Write tool to drop `.claude/doyle-signoff.md` (empty body = plain signoff; non-empty body = prepended as FINAL COMMUNE before INIT_SIGNOFF). See /spt:signoff.
- Inbound messages from "doyle-psyche" (echo communes, briefs) are FYI context — read them; no ACK required. You may still message your Psyche directly with $OWL send or $OWL ring if needed.
</spacetime-reorientation>

hookName: SessionStart

toolUseID: SessionStart


content: <local-command-caveat>Caveat: The messages below were generated by the user while running local commands. DO NOT respond to these messages or otherwise consider them in your response unless the user explicitly asks you to.</local-command-caveat>


content:
<command-name>/clear</command-name>
            <command-message>clear</command-message>
            <command-args></command-args>


type: system

content: <local-command-stdout></local-command-stdout>

level: info


type: last-prompt

lastPrompt: i'm noticing that `--help` CLI for SPT uses MD formatting syntax, but doesn't actually render MD any differently.Proceed with next steps


type: assistant

model: <synthetic>

role: assistant

type: message

type: text

text: No response requested.


content:
<owl-active-perch id="doyle" live="true">
You have an active live agent session running as "doyle".

You are Self. Your Psyche (doyle-psyche) monitors you in the background.

Key commands:
- Send context updates: /spt:commune (canonical — Write tool to .claude/doyle-commune.md per the skill)
- Messages arrive via Monitor stream EVENT envelope (primary) or as <owl_messages> XML (PreToolUse hook). Bash + --once fallback also supported. Process and reply with $OWL send --reply-to <sender>.
- Send messages: $OWL send <target> doyle    (fire-and-forget)
- Wait for reply: $OWL ring <target> doyle   (blocking)
- Reply to inbound: $OWL send --reply-to <sender> doyle
- Schedule reminders: $OWL new-alarm doyle <time> -- <message>
- Stop session: /spt:force-stop doyle

Stay-idle pattern: When no messages are pending, do NOT poll again immediately.
Wait for user input or a background task to complete.

DO NOT run /spt:live or /spt:ready -- your session is already active.
</owl-active-perch>
<psyche-context id="doyle">
<memformat>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<memformat version="1">
<!-- Changelog: v1 - initial seed -->
<topics>
  <topic name="events">Notable or unusual events and requests</topic>
  <topic name="interactions">Agent interactions -- who, roles, contributions</topic>
  <topic name="reflections">Thoughts on recent work -- what went well, what was tricky</topic>
  <topic name="ideas">Ideas to raise with the user</topic>
  <topic name="improvements">Further improvement ideas for recent problem spaces</topic>
  <topic name="timeline">What happened when, timing, sequencing</topic>
  <topic name="blockers">Current blockers or concerns</topic>
  <topic name="focus">Current focus and immediate next steps</topic>
</topics>
</memformat>
</memformat>

<current machine="HFENDULEAM" project="spt-core" branch="v0.12.1-lifecycle" head_sha="cf5eab4b8905a16494d148fd7feed8f581d07eb6" head_subject="v0.12.1 L0 keystone — fix endpoint-run attach "shows no output" (serve_a…" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
**v0.12.1 sprint LIVE**: L0 ROOT CAUSE + FIX SEAM-GREEN @cf5eab4. Root: **broker IPC deadlock** in `serve_attach` — receives session output + sends forwards on same single-threaded broker conn; `become_controller`'s synchronous ring replay holds the write loop, blocking forwards receipt → mutual backpressure. Triggers **only with non-empty OutputLog at attach** (every endpoint-run harness is already producing). Design ruling (option a): **separate two-conn multiplex** — forwards on cold_start wire, receives stay on brain. Surgical, untouches delivered_through cursor, covers cross-node by construction. Post-v0.12.1 follow-up (option b): unify controller onto async writer-thread pattern (deeper fix, higher cursor-path risk). Evidence: pre-fix 0 bytes → post-fix 230 bytes delivered, 13s→2.8s, rc_saw_tick hard assert activated. Code-read PASS (doyle). GATE-GREEN LOCAL: attach 13/13, dummy fixture green, clippy clean, traceable EXIT=0. **L0 acknowledged + proceeding to L1 (VIEWER-CLOSE-DETACH + daemon-owned Job backstop) then L2 (ATTACH-WEDGE).** Will ping SEAM-GREEN per wave for independent re-run.<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
L0 CLOSED: broker IPC deadlock root cause confirmed (non-empty ring synchronous replay deadlock). Remedy: two-conn split (option a, surgical, low-risk patch path). REQ-HAZARD-ENDPOINT-RUN-ATTACH-OUTPUT activated [impl=serve_attach two-conn, unit=loopback_attach_to_a_prepopulated_ring_delivers_without_deadlock, int=dummy_harness_e2e rc_saw_tick hard assert]. Deeper divergence recorded (controller sync replay vs viewers async): option (b) = full unification, flagged post-v0.12.1. Next: L1 tab-close harness kill, L2 loopback backpressure wedge.</psyche-context>