Evening Retrospective — 2026-03-06 (close-out)
Summary
This is the close-out retrospective for the 2026-03-05 work cycle. Two prior addendums (0022, 0051) were written during the day. This entry consolidates the final state and confirms tomorrow's priorities.
The retrospective task itself (internal:14) reached attempt #9 — an all-time high for a documentation task. Attempts #6 and #7 failed with Claude auth token expiry; attempt #8 hit a rate limit. The core pipeline issue (dispatch, routing, review) is working; the high attempt count reflects transient infrastructure noise.
Final State of 2026-03-05
What Landed (all commits)
| Commit | Description |
|---|---|
478124a | Internal tasks go through review agent like external tasks |
f761e08 | Evening retrospective addendum (0051) |
| (earlier) | PTY runner removed, webhook hardening, agent guardrails, internal dispatch pipeline |
The internal task pipeline is end-to-end: create → route → dispatch → review → done.
Open Issues (as of close-out)
| # | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| #448 | Engine health checks blind to internal tasks | Routed |
| #446 | orch task status excludes internal tasks | In progress |
| #443 | Runner infra failure doesn't update external task to NeedsReview | In review |
| #441 | orch task unblock ignores internal task IDs | In progress |
| #435 | resolve_repo_root wrong path for bare-clone projects | In review |
| #431 | Bidirectional channel interaction | In review |
No duplicates. No janitorial issues. All are actionable with clear root causes.
Tomorrow's Priorities
- #441 — unblock internal tasks via CLI. Highest operational value: stuck internal tasks cannot be recovered today without direct DB edits.
- #448 — engine health checks for internal tasks. Stuck detection, NeedsReview catch-up, and stale InReview recovery are all blind to SQLite tasks — this is a reliability gap.
- #446 —
orch task statusincludes internal tasks. Operators need visibility. - Reduce stuck detection thresholds —
no_session_stuck_timeout600s → 300s. If #448 is not yet filed as a subtask, add this as part of that issue. - Morning review — should self-dispatch. If no morning review task appears by 10:00 UTC, investigate the job scheduler cron expression.
Routing & Prompt Assessment
- Routing is working. Internal tasks route via SQLite (no GitHub label round-trip).
prompts/agent_system.md— no changes needed.prompts/review_task.md— updated to read PLAN.md + AGENTS.md before approving. Holding.prompts/route.md— working as expected.
The agent guardrail additions (DO NOT TOUCH sections in AGENTS.md, reviewer reads plan first) remain the highest-impact reliability change of the week. No regression observed.