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docs+gate: instruction files cannot silently regrow (R-229)
New shared scripts/instructions_gate.py, registered in controller_gates.py and
agent_gates.py, never copied into a sibling repo (the reuse_refs_check.py
precedent). 20 fixture tests, all asserting the effect: exit code AND that the
message names the file and the reason.

It is a consistency gate, not a budget gate, and the failure message says so. A
/context reading measured the instruction files at 15k tokens against 869k free in
a 1M window -- space is not the constraint, and a future reader must not re-derive
the wrong reason. The 200-line ceiling is adherence guidance; a file nobody can
hold in their head is where contradictions hide, and five were found here.

Checks run against effective text (HTML comments stripped, because they are
stripped before injection): the line ceiling; every .claude/rules/*.md declares
paths: or an explicit unconditional: true; no component version literal; no
TEMPORARY block carrying a past date; and the workspace-root CLAUDE.md is
byte-identical to its versioned copy -- the live file sits outside any git repo,
so that copy is its only version-controlled record.

Two traps recorded so they are not reintroduced: a bare \d+\.\d+\.\d+ matches the
first three octets of every IPv4 (the gate excludes dotted quads, or it fails on
192.168.0.180 in the agent's own file); and unconditional: true is NOT a Claude
Code feature but this project's own marker.

Workspace-root CLAUDE.md 208 -> 182 lines (142 effective), copy kept identical.
The nine-instance invariant table moved into the felhom-testing skill, which
triggers when writing or reviewing a test; all three directive bullets stayed in
the core. felhom.eu/CLAUDE.md got surgical corrections only and is knowingly still
over the ceiling at 227 effective lines -- closing it needs the restructure R-229
defers, said plainly rather than quietly absorbed.

CONTEXT.md gains standing ruling S-35. OPEN-ITEMS.md gains R-229.

Docs only -- no Go, no version bump, nothing built or deployed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JJc8sAGRWmavP3rMtdpkr2
2026-08-06 09:38:52 +02:00
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documentation/backlog/

OPEN-ITEMS.md is the register of open work and the file to read first — it holds only what is open, one row per item, every row with a state and an owner. ROADMAP.md is the full history and reasoning behind the R-n IDs, including shipped and killed items; an ID is minted there, and a new instance of an existing item attaches to that ID rather than getting its own.

The rest of this folder: verified-LIVE findings with implementable fix plans that are not yet implemented. Preserved here (instead of on git branches) per the trunk-based, no-branches rule — the fix itself is implemented later directly on main, during a normal/supervised session.

  • FIX-M18-NOTES.md — dump re-validation runs every 5 min (perf). FIXED in controller v0.62.0 @ f8afe5c (2026-06-14). (was on the deleted felhom-controller branch fix/m18-dump-validation-cache.)

  • FIX-M19-NOTES.mdderiveStackName misattribution edge (low-incidence correctness). FIXED in controller v0.62.0 @ 6bab68b (2026-06-14). (was on the deleted branch fix/m19-stackname-crossref.)

  • FOLLOWUP-golden-default-controller-tag.md — the golden bakes a stale controller (:0.43.0 when queued; had rotted again to :0.85.1 by resolution). FIXED in felhom-agent @ ceca355 (2026-07-03): build-golden.sh v2.0.0 makes the controller tag a MANDATORY argument (a required arg cannot rot) and golden 0.98.3 was baked + clean-room-validated (bake → first-boot-current → self-manage → app deploy, on the drill VM — no supervised touch of live guests needed) + published + vouched. Evidence: ../audits/DRILL-golden-098-2026-07-03.md.

Related: the live-drive fixspec (../audits/live-drive-fixspec-2026-06-14.md) carries the deferred supervised items F9 (HDD provisioning/guest-attach), F20-BUG2 (durable_id scheme), F20-BUG3 (async mkfs) — to be implemented in the agent/golden supervised session.