the size rule: a small finding is fixed in the session, not filed; reports state four register numbers (burn-down Part D)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0159rPz1ZhFKsS53msqPYxtS
2026-10-05 16:43:19 +02:00
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@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ Then:  [exact refusal — HTTP status, error, and the proven non-effect, e.g. "m
   typecheck; do not accumulate compile errors.
 2. **Minimal changes:** build only what's listed. No "while I'm here" refactors. Note anything worth
   fixing under "Observations" (§15) — don't act on it, but **do file it**: §15.9's marker rule means
-   "not acted on" never means "not recorded".
+   "not acted on" never means "not recorded". **Exception — the size rule (2026-10-05):** a finding that is cosmetic
+   or small (about 30 minutes, in a repo this session may change) is FIXED in the session with a test and listed under
+   „fixed without a row" — not filed (`OPEN-ITEMS.md` „How a row is filed").
 3. **No silent failures:** never swallow a parse/exec error — log it. Check a subprocess's **own** exit
   code; never pipe in a way that hides a 127. (The silent `.felhom.yml` quoting bug + the spike's
   exit-swallow lesson.)
@@ -423,8 +425,9 @@ inside an entry about something else, and a finding rediscovered because nobody
   shape `[DESIGN]` in the architecture document and point it at the log entry** (§4's map).
   **Losing a reason is how a deliberate design becomes a bug in someone's eyes** — that cost four
   mis-filed defect reports in August 2026 (R-370, R-376).
-3. **State the register's size in the report, before and after.** A number every session is what makes
-   growth visible; prose about tidiness is not a mechanism.
+3. **State the register's size in the report as FOUR numbers: rows before, rows after, rows opened, rows closed**
+   (2026-10-05). A number every session is what makes growth visible; prose about tidiness is not a mechanism.
+   Before/after alone hid that sessions closed some and opened as many.

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