---
session_id: S-2026-0219-1338
timestamp: 2026-02-19T12:38:19Z
predecessor: S-2026-0219-1117
tasks_active: [T-190, T-191]
tasks_touched: [T-191, T-190, T-166, T-176, T-155, T-132, T-151, T-153, T-152, T-184, T-097, T-179, T-180, T-178, T-131, T-181, T-126, T-045, T-171, T-186, T-188, T-182, T-189, T-165, T-162, T-129, T-130, T-157, T-173, T-183, T-128, T-133, T-156, T-163, T-174, T-161, T-172, T-164, T-187, T-154, T-169, T-175, T-168, T-177, T-158, T-185, T-159, T-170, T-167, T-120, T-138, T-125, T-160]
tasks_completed: []
uncommitted_changes: 2
owner: claude-code
session_narrative: ""
---

# Session Handover: S-2026-0219-1338

## Where We Are

Short recovery session after a crash caused by session diff bloat. Diagnosed root cause: 22 uncommitted files (including 517-line learnings.yaml) were injected as system-reminder diffs into every new session, consuming ~30K tokens at startup. Fixed by committing all working state and adding *.png to .gitignore. Working tree is now clean. Next session should start with significantly more headroom.

## Work in Progress

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### T-190: "Investigate sub-agent research persistence — ensure agent findings are saved to docs/reports for traceability"
- **Status:** started-work (horizon: now)
- **Last action:** Created inception task with problem statement (prior session). No exploration yet.
- **Next step:** Begin exploration — audit existing research persistence across `docs/reports/`, identify enforcement points
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** T-191's research process is a live proof-of-concept for T-190

### T-191: "Component Fabric — structural topology system for codebase self-awareness"
- **Status:** started-work (horizon: now), Phase 1a COMPLETE
- **Last action:** Phase 1a research landscape completed (prior session). This session was crash recovery only.
- **Next step:** Phase 1b — manually map AEF budget management subsystem topology. Save to `docs/reports/T-191-cf-aef-topology-sample.md`
- **Blockers:** Inception commit gate (2-commit limit) requires --no-verify for all T-191 commits (logged bypass, L-002)
- **Insight:** Soft coupling (shared file formats, not imports) is the hardest and most valuable dependency type. Storybook manifest + 3-tool query pattern (list/get/search) is the right UX model. See `docs/reports/T-191-cf-research-landscape.md`

## Inception Phases

**2 inception task(s) pending decision** — run `fw inception status` for details.

## Gaps Register

**1 spec-reality gap(s) being watched** — see `.context/project/gaps.yaml`

- **G-004** [low]: Multi-agent collaboration untested

Run `fw audit` to check if any trigger conditions are met.

## Decisions Made This Session

1. **Add *.png to .gitignore** — 4 stale screenshot files were appearing as untracked in every session
2. **Commit all working state** — 22 uncommitted files were causing ~30K tokens of system-reminder diff injection per session

## Things Tried That Failed

No failures — diagnostic and cleanup session.

## Open Questions / Blockers

1. Consider extracting CLAUDE.md sections into linked files if sessions continue starting heavy (~29K auto-loaded)
2. Inception commit gate still needs phase-gate mechanism for T-191 multi-session inception (L-002)

## Gotchas / Warnings for Next Session

- **Inception gate bypass required** — T-191 commits need `--no-verify` (logged bypass)
- **"The thinking trail IS the artifact"** — all T-191 research MUST be saved to `docs/reports/T-191-cf-*.md`
- **Research artifacts so far:** `docs/reports/T-191-cf-genesis-discussion.md`, `docs/reports/T-191-cf-research-landscape.md`
- **Web UI on :3000** — running

## Suggested First Action

Continue T-191 Phase 1b: manually map the AEF budget management subsystem topology (checkpoint.sh -> budget-gate.sh -> .budget-status -> claude-fw chain). Save to `docs/reports/T-191-cf-aef-topology-sample.md`.

## Files Changed This Session

- Modified: `.gitignore` (added *.png)
- Committed (were uncommitted): 19 audit/cron/handover/working files, .budget-status, .budget-gate-counter

## Recent Commits

- 143abf8 T-012: Gitignore PNGs, commit budget state — reduce session diff bloat
- 6295640 T-012: Commit working state — audits, cron, handovers, budget status
- a934968 T-012: Session handover S-2026-0219-1117 — TODOs filled
- 3dd06c5 T-012: Session handover S-2026-0219-1117
- 48a37c2 T-012: Clean up — remove completed tasks from active/

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## Handover Quality Feedback (for next session to complete)

- Did this handover help? [ ]
- What was missing?
- What was unnecessary?
