fyaic · veil-chow-fyaic · Sep 1, 2026 · Sep 1, 2026
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 Date: 2026-09-01
 
-Latest attempted `main`: `e052299c3c0ff4f07f9a27dd23da421fbd95170a`
+Latest attempted `main`: `cbdccfb548074890d9c8fca712cade4cdbdfd3fe`
 
-Classification: four non-completing live attempts; no real autonomous pass
+Classification: five non-completing live attempts; no real autonomous pass
 
 ## Why this record exists
 
 The deterministic event-pump fixture and the earlier runner-sequenced Codex
 canary are useful but separate evidence classes. This record preserves what
-the first three operator-supplied Codex-shaped event-pump attempts actually
+the operator-supplied Codex-shaped event-pump attempts actually
 established without combining those evidence classes or upgrading a failed or
 paused run into product evidence.
 
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ paused run into product evidence.
 | 2 | `threadmesh_durable_turn_intent_evidence_invalid` rejected a numeric Codex `completedAt` value | A real adapter boundary mismatch; Unix-second normalization was later addressed by [#127](https://github.com/fyaic/threadmesh/pull/127) | Not established | Not asserted by this record |
 | 3 | Operator paused the run after the five role sessions had bootstrapped | Five session bootstraps; coordinator counts remained task `0`, turn intent `0`, pump dispatch `0`, and audit event `0` | Not started | The signal path did not run normal cleanup; a one-off exact operator cleanup deleted and absence-confirmed five of five owned sessions and removed the temporary SQLite, WAL, journal, and run-root resources |
 | 4 | The first user-kickoff turn reached lifecycle publication, then failed `threadmesh_lifecycle_publication_action_mismatch` | Five registered tasks; one durable kickoff turn intent; no event-pump dispatch; the live model's selected tool arguments did not reproduce the coordinator-bound lifecycle material | Not started | Normal scenario cleanup deleted and absence-confirmed five of five sessions and removed the coordinator database, journals, and run root |
+| 5 | The chain reached the same-A admitted fix turn, then failed `threadmesh_codex_live_context_reconciliation_ambiguous` | Real kickoff publication; reviewer offer, acceptance, admission, and two-tool review; durable `review-failed`; irrelevant skip; same-A offer and acceptance; the admitted fix turn started but had no safely confirmable terminal result inside the existing product-operation window | Partial through `A -> R -> same-A acceptance`; verifier and dependent did not start | Normal scenario cleanup again deleted and absence-confirmed five of five sessions and removed the coordinator database, journals, and run root |
 
 The fixes in #126 and #127 do not retroactively change the evidence class of
 attempts 1 or 2. Attempt 3 is bootstrap and cleanup evidence only. Attempt 4
 is the first retained real kickoff/action-binding failure after all five tasks
-registered. None of the four attempts produced a completed `state=blocked`
-event-pump gate result.
+registered. Attempt 5 is the first retained real autonomous partial chain and
+stopped conservatively at an ambiguous same-A admitted turn. None of the five
+attempts produced a completed `state=blocked` event-pump gate result.
 
 ## What the combined work established
 
@@ -44,7 +46,12 @@ event-pump gate result.
   `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` into a cooperative shutdown checked after each role
   bootstrap, after kickoff, and between event-pump dispatches;
 - attempt 4 exercised the normal five-role cleanup path successfully after a
-  post-bootstrap live failure, without one-off operator cleanup.
+  post-bootstrap live failure, without one-off operator cleanup;
+- the phase-specific exact-argument correction from #130 was validated by
+  attempt 5: the kickoff publication and first reviewer dispatch succeeded;
+- attempt 5 proved a real receiver-owned accept/admit boundary, a two-tool
+  review publication, an irrelevant durable skip, and a same-A acceptance
+  without runner phase prompts or user relay.
 
 These are valuable fail-closed and cleanup results. They are not evidence that
 real Codex sessions completed the proactive lifecycle chain.
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ real Codex sessions completed the proactive lifecycle chain.
 
 - no real `A -> R -> same-A -> V -> dependent` event-pump chain completed;
 - no reduction in user relay or polling was measured in these attempts;
-- no model-selected real lifecycle handoff or dependent activation occurred;
+- no complete model-selected lifecycle chain or dependent activation occurred;
 - verifier custody and Git implementation/fix effects were not independently
   real in an event-pump run;
 - OS-kill recovery, long-turn lease heartbeat, a global cross-dispatch chain,
@@ -81,8 +88,12 @@ did not tell it the exact coordinator-owned event and material required by the
 durable lifecycle binding. The bounded correction is to expose those already
 authorized arguments through phase-specific JSON Schemas. It does not relax
 the exact binding, add a new protocol field, or let final prose authorize an
-effect. A fresh run, not deterministic fixtures, must show whether this closes
-the blocker.
+effect. Attempt 5 closed this blocker and exposed a narrower operational
+boundary: the same-A admitted tool turn reached the existing
+timeout/reconciliation path without a safely confirmable terminal observation.
+The next bounded change is only to extend the admitted business-turn operation
+window from 180 to 300 seconds; ambiguous outcomes remain reconcile-only and
+are never resent.
 
 A completed chain would still report `state=blocked` and
 `liveProductEvidence=false` while verifier custody and Git effects remain

@@ -30,16 +30,20 @@ attempts stopped at product-probe validation, timestamp evidence validation,
 and an operator pause after five-session bootstrap. A fourth fresh attempt on
 `e052299` registered all five tasks and started the sole kickoff, then failed
 the exact lifecycle-action binding before any event-pump dispatch because the
-dynamic-tool schema did not expose the coordinator-bound arguments. Normal
-cleanup deleted and absence-confirmed all five sessions and removed the exact
-temporary resources.
+dynamic-tool schema did not expose the coordinator-bound arguments. A fifth
+attempt on `cbdccfb` validated that correction and autonomously reached reviewer
+acceptance, admitted two-tool review, `review-failed`, irrelevant skip, and
+same-A acceptance. Its admitted fix turn ended in conservative ambiguous
+reconciliation. Both runs used normal five-of-five deletion, absence checks,
+and exact temporary-resource cleanup.
 
 Execute in this order:
 
-1. The bounded SIGINT/SIGTERM cleanup gap is closed by #129. Expose the exact
-   already-authorized lifecycle arguments through phase-specific tool schemas,
-   then run the event-pump surface fresh. Do not add another prerequisite that
-   was not exposed by a live run.
+1. The bounded signal cleanup and exact phase-tool contract gaps are closed by
+   #129 and #130. Extend only the admitted business-turn operation window from
+   180 to 300 seconds, preserving reconcile-only ambiguous outcomes, then run
+   the event-pump surface fresh. Do not add another prerequisite that was not
+   exposed by a live run.
 2. Retain exact real session, native-turn, model-action, durable-dispatch,
    dependent-ordering, irrelevant-control, and cleanup evidence. The required
    behavioral counts are one kickoff, zero runner phase/business prompts or

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ until this outcome is demonstrated.
 | M5.2 Git evidence foundation | Independent temporary bare repo and role worktrees, same-worktree implementer fix, SQLite v5 evidence chains, SQLite v6 turn/cursor recovery, SQLite v7 bound verifier-only atomic unlock, private signed-result recovery journal, five controlled coordinator-reopen checkpoints, and a preconfigured-key child verifier bound to exact commits/finding/test | Deterministic safety, persistence, model-action receipt, authority, and coordinator-reopen recovery seams passed; integrated process-crash recovery and coordinator-driven real loop pending |
 | M5.2 real Codex model/tool canary | Five persistent roles; four real A/R/same-A/V turns; seven model-selected tool calls; exact two-commit chain; same-A identity/worktree; dependent and irrelevant zero-turn controls; five-of-five cleanup on base `1155fc8` | Canary completed; intentionally `blocked` with `liveProductEvidence=false` because the runner submitted four phase prompts and ThreadMesh performed no lifecycle handoff |
 | M5.2 autonomous no-plan fixture | One user kickoff; durable SQLite attention drives A→R→same-A→V→dependent; zero fixture-runner activation dispatches or phase/business prompts; zero manual relay and polling; pump starts protected receiver turns; trusted finalization precedes dependent turn; exact cleanup | Deterministic in-process fixture at `711da66`; per-dispatch recovery durable, global chain absent; OS kill/heartbeat/live products/external verifier pending |
-| M5.2 real event-pump attempts | Four attempts: product-probe rejection; timestamp-evidence rejection; operator pause after five-session bootstrap; exact lifecycle-action mismatch after five tasks and the sole kickoff registered | No event-pump dispatch or proactive-chain evidence; attempt 4 used normal five-of-five deletion, absence verification, and exact temporary-resource cleanup; M5.2 remains open |
+| M5.2 real event-pump attempts | Five attempts: three pre-chain stops; exact lifecycle-action mismatch after kickoff; then a real autonomous partial chain through reviewer review and same-A acceptance before ambiguous admitted-fix reconciliation | First real event-pump initiative evidence, but no complete chain; attempts 4–5 used normal five-of-five deletion, absence verification, and exact temporary-resource cleanup; M5.2 remains open |
 | Gemini CLI headless | Official package 0.56.0 integrity, required flags, isolated-home cleanup | Real no-model preflight passed |
 | Gemini live model behavior | Exact marker script requires explicit provider key | Not authorized, not run |
 | Multi-product admission | One mailbox/acceptance/claim/evidence path across ACP, Codex, and Gemini fakes | Merged experimental implementation |

@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ export class CodexLiveAgentRuntime {
           ));
           await afterToolCall(metadata);
         },
-        timeoutMs: 180_000,
+        timeoutMs: 300_000,
       });
       assertExactCompletedToolTurn(turn, ref, started);
       assertExactToolCallCorrelation(turn, selectedCalls, completedCalls);