# KORA EOD Report - 2026-04-17

## Executive Summary

Today's work focused on verifying the current public KORA surface on `origin/main` and publishing small doc-only improvements based on that verified state.

Public smoke tests were run against `origin/main` commit `7a74abccbc40b14a3ab542b33542bc096cbb05be`, and all targeted commands passed. After verification, two public documentation commits were published: one to clarify the first-run flow and benchmark progression, and one to add a compact `CHANGELOG.md` for the current alpha surface.

Current public `origin/main` HEAD after today's work:

`f140d600daf827956ab5ff2db64cdc0eb76cb73b`

## Starting State

Public verification began from `origin/main` HEAD:

`7a74abccbc40b14a3ab542b33542bc096cbb05be`

The verification target was the public KORA CLI and example surface on `origin/main`.

## Work Completed Today

1. Revalidated the public KORA surface on `origin/main`.
2. Confirmed that the following public commands executed successfully:
   - `python3 -m kora --help`
   - `python3 -m kora examples list`
   - `python3 -m kora run hello_kora`
   - `python3 -m kora run retry_demo`
   - `python3 -m kora run direct_vs_kora -- --offline`
   - `python3 -m kora telemetry --input docs/reports/sample_telemetry_input.json`
3. Audited the public-facing docs against the verified public surface.
4. Published a doc-only clarification commit for the first-run flow and benchmark progression.
5. Added and published a root-level `CHANGELOG.md` describing the current KORA v0.1 alpha public surface.

## Validation Results

All targeted public smoke tests passed on `origin/main` at:

`7a74abccbc40b14a3ab542b33542bc096cbb05be`

Validated commands:

```bash
python3 -m kora --help
python3 -m kora examples list
python3 -m kora run hello_kora
python3 -m kora run retry_demo
python3 -m kora run direct_vs_kora -- --offline
python3 -m kora telemetry --input docs/reports/sample_telemetry_input.json
```

Result status:

- `python3 -m kora --help` -> PASS
- `python3 -m kora examples list` -> PASS
- `python3 -m kora run hello_kora` -> PASS
- `python3 -m kora run retry_demo` -> PASS
- `python3 -m kora run direct_vs_kora -- --offline` -> PASS
- `python3 -m kora telemetry --input docs/reports/sample_telemetry_input.json` -> PASS

## Public Docs Improvements Published

Published commit:

`4df7495a37175e59f0a498586c98fea77b0bf0e9`

Commit message:

`docs: clarify public first-run flow and benchmark progression`

Published doc changes clarified:

- the current first-run flow
- the role of `retry_demo` in that flow
- the reproducible offline demo path via `direct_vs_kora -- --offline`
- the immediate public telemetry path using `docs/reports/sample_telemetry_input.json`
- the relationship between first run, telemetry, and `real_workload_harness`
- the positioning of `real_workload_harness` as the next step after first run, not the first run itself

## CHANGELOG Addition Published

Published commit:

`f140d600daf827956ab5ff2db64cdc0eb76cb73b`

Commit message:

`docs: add v0.1 alpha changelog`

Published changelog addition:

- added a root-level `CHANGELOG.md`
- documented the current public CLI surface
- listed the runnable examples currently available
- documented the reproducible first-run path
- stated the current alpha limitation clearly as an alpha surface, not a production release

## Current Public First-Run Path

Current public first-run path on `origin/main`:

```bash
python3 -m kora examples list
python3 -m kora run hello_kora
python3 -m kora run retry_demo
python3 -m kora run direct_vs_kora -- --offline
python3 -m kora telemetry --input docs/reports/sample_telemetry_input.json
```

## Outstanding Issues / Non-Blockers

A non-blocking warning was observed during example runs:

`pydantic Field name "schema" shadows an attribute in parent "BaseModel"`

This warning did not block successful execution of the validated example runs.

## Recommended Next Step For The Next Session

Inspect the non-blocking `VerifySpec.schema` warning on `origin/main` and determine the smallest behavior-preserving fix that keeps the public `schema` task/spec surface intact.
