---
session_id: S-2026-0218-2208
timestamp: 2026-02-18T21:08:53Z
type: emergency
predecessor: S-2026-0218-2117
tasks_active: [T-120, T-130, T-151, T-162, T-172, T-173, T-175, T-176, T-177, T-178, T-179, T-180]
uncommitted_changes: 9
owner: claude-code
---

# EMERGENCY Handover: S-2026-0218-2208

> Auto-generated due to context exhaustion risk. No manual sections.

## Where We Are

Emergency handover on branch `master` with 9 uncommitted change(s).

## Active Tasks

- **T-120**: Review Google Context Engineering whitepaper against framework (captured)
- **T-130**: Investigate GSD (get-shit-done) for usable concepts, skills, patterns (captured)
- **T-151**: "Investigate audit tasks as cronjobs" (captured)
- **T-162**: "Web edge case tests — subprocess timeouts, error parsing, malformed YAML" (captured)
- **T-172**: "Docs page — discover research docs, commands, and skills" (captured)
- **T-173**: "Budget gate: always allow full handover, not just emergency skeleton" (captured)
- **T-175**: "Eliminate emergency/full handover distinction — single handover" (captured)
- **T-176**: "Adjust budget gate thresholds for no-compaction architecture" (captured)
- **T-177**: "Clean up compact hooks for manual-only use" (captured)
- **T-178**: "Research artifact persistence — governance and enforcement" (captured)
- **T-179**: "Auto-restart mechanism — handover then exit then auto-resume" (captured)
- **T-180**: "MCP orphan reaper — detect and kill zombie MCP processes" (captured)

## Uncommitted Changes

```
 M .context/audits/2026-02-18.yaml
 M .context/working/.budget-gate-counter
 M .context/working/.budget-status
 M .context/working/.compact-log
 M .context/working/.handover-cooldown
 M .context/working/focus.yaml
 M .context/working/session.yaml
 M web/app.py
?? docs-page.png
```

## Recent Commits (with stats)

```
8ce6265 T-012: Session handover S-2026-0218-2117 — full handover with all TODOs filled
 .context/handovers/LATEST.md           | 134 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 .context/handovers/S-2026-0218-2117.md | 134 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)
c49a722 T-012: Session handover S-2026-0218-2117
 .context/handovers/LATEST.md           | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 .context/handovers/S-2026-0218-2117.md | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 340 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
a1272fe T-012: Session review — 9 action items addressed (decisions, learnings, gaps, episodic, task fixes)
 .context/episodic/T-174.yaml                       |  12 +-
 .context/project/decisions.yaml                    |  14 +++
 .context/project/gaps.yaml                         |  32 +++++
 .context/project/learnings.yaml                    |  16 +++
 ...175-strengthen-emergency-handover-for-post-c.md |   4 +-
 ...179-auto-restart-mechanism--handover-then-ex.md |   2 +-
 ...180-mcp-orphan-reaper--detect-and-kill-zombi.md |  56 +++++++++
 docs/reports/session-review-S-2026-0218-1920.md    | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 260 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
dc96ea7 T-012: Sub-agent file persistence experiment — validated general-purpose pattern
 .context/project/learnings.yaml                    |   8 +
 .../reports/experiment-zombie-mcp-orphan-reaper.md | 505 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 513 insertions(+)
ad2cf64 T-012: Persist sub-agent research experiments (T-178/T-179 supporting docs)
 .../T-178-sub-agent-persistence-patterns.md        | 67 +++++++++++++++++
 docs/reports/T-179-session-restart-mechanisms.md   | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 150 insertions(+)
```

## Recovery Instructions

1. Run `fw resume status` to synthesize full state
2. Check git log for recent work: `git log --oneline -10`
3. Review uncommitted changes above
4. Check active task files for inline updates
