---
session_id: S-2026-0218-2240
timestamp: 2026-02-18T21:40:24Z
predecessor: S-2026-0218-2208
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, T-181]
tasks_touched: [T-176, T-151, T-179, T-180, T-178, T-181, T-162, T-173, T-172, T-175, T-177, T-120, T-XXX, T-166, T-134, T-140, T-176, T-155, T-145, T-132, T-139, T-153, T-152, T-097, T-149, T-135, T-131, T-126, T-144, T-045, T-171, T-142, T-165, T-129, T-148, T-157, T-173, T-128, T-133, T-156, T-136, T-163, T-174, T-137, T-146, T-161, T-164, T-154, T-169, T-175, T-168, T-158, T-143, T-141, T-159, T-170, T-167, T-147, T-138, T-125, T-124, T-160]
tasks_completed: [T-176, T-173, T-175]
uncommitted_changes: 7
owner: claude-code
session_narrative: ""
---

# Session Handover: S-2026-0218-2240

## Where We Are

Completed 3 post-compaction architecture tasks (T-176, T-173, T-175). Created T-181 inception (web UI inline editing). Attempted T-182 (handover reframing from sprechloop brief) but reverted after user correctly flagged: no change impact assessment was done before editing core framework files. T-182 needs redo with proper review. Note: T-173/T-175/T-176 show as active in WIP below but are actually completed (moved to .tasks/completed/).

## Work in Progress

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### T-162: "Web edge case tests — subprocess timeouts, error parsing, malformed YAML"
- **Status:** captured (horizon: now)
- **Last action:** Not touched this session
- **Next step:** Design edge case test suite
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** None yet

### T-173: "Budget gate: always allow full handover, not just emergency skeleton"
- **Status:** COMPLETED this session
- **Last action:** Added wrap-up path exemptions (Write/Edit to .context/.tasks/.claude/ allowed at critical). Added git add, fw task, handover.sh to Bash allow-list.
- **Next step:** Done
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** File-path-based exemption cleanly separates "new work" from "wrap-up work"

### T-181: "Web UI inline editing — edit tasks, docs, and artifacts in-browser"
- **Status:** started-work (inception, horizon: now)
- **Last action:** Created inception task with full problem statement, 4 spikes, go/no-go criteria
- **Next step:** Start Spike 1 (inventory editable surfaces)
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** Key question is YAML frontmatter round-trip fidelity

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### T-151: "Investigate audit tasks as cronjobs"
- **Status:** captured (horizon: next) — not touched
- **Next step:** Inception — research cron/systemd integration

### T-172: "Docs page — discover research docs, commands, and skills"
- **Status:** captured (horizon: next) — not touched
- **Next step:** Extend core.py discovery to scan docs/reports/

### T-175: "Eliminate emergency/full handover distinction — single handover"
- **Status:** COMPLETED this session
- **Last action:** Removed emergency mode code from handover.sh, --emergency accepted silently (backwards compat), updated pre-compact.sh and checkpoint.sh to use normal handover
- **Next step:** Done
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** 87 lines removed — emergency mode was unnecessary complexity

### T-176: "Adjust budget gate thresholds for no-compaction architecture"
- **Status:** COMPLETED this session
- **Last action:** Changed 100K/130K/150K to 120K/150K/170K in budget-gate.sh, checkpoint.sh, CLAUDE.md, template
- **Next step:** Done
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** With autoCompact disabled, the 33K compaction buffer is freed for working tokens

### T-177: "Clean up compact hooks for manual-only use"
- **Status:** captured (horizon: next) — not touched
- **Next step:** Document pre-compact.sh as manual-only, check dead code

### T-178: "Research artifact persistence — governance and enforcement"
- **Status:** captured (inception, horizon: next) — not touched
- **Next step:** Start inception — focus on enforcement mechanisms

### T-179: "Auto-restart mechanism — handover then exit then auto-resume"
- **Status:** captured (inception, horizon: next) — not touched
- **Next step:** Start inception — investigate claude -c and flag-file approaches

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### T-120, T-130, T-180: Parked (horizon: later)
- Not touched. T-180 research is complete in docs/reports/.

## Inception Phases

**5 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

None new (T-176/T-173/T-175 decisions were from prior session, just executed here).

## Things Tried That Failed

1. **T-182: Editing core framework files without change impact assessment** — User correctly caught that I jumped into editing CLAUDE.md, budget-gate.sh, checkpoint.sh (core infrastructure) without first: (a) validating the brief's claims against current state, (b) assessing full blast radius, (c) presenting changes for review. Reverted. **Lesson: framework-level edits require explicit impact assessment and user review before any changes.**

## Open Questions / Blockers

1. T-182 (handover reframing) needs redo with proper review — brief is at /opt/001-sprechloop/.context/briefs/framework-single-handover-design.md
2. Three open questions from the brief need decisions: checkpoint mode, task freshness in fw doctor, auto-handover vs block+instruct

## Gotchas / Warnings for Next Session

- T-182 was reverted but the revert commit has no task ref (plain "Revert ..." message) — acceptable as damage control
- T-173/T-175/T-176 show as "active" in handover task list but are actually completed — the template was generated from stale active dir
- **NEW LEARNING needed**: Framework-level edits (CLAUDE.md, hooks, agents) require change impact assessment before editing. Create a learning/practice for this.

## Suggested First Action

**T-182 redo**: Read the sprechloop brief, present a change impact assessment (which files, what changes, what could break), get user approval, THEN execute. Brief: /opt/001-sprechloop/.context/briefs/framework-single-handover-design.md

## Files Changed This Session

- Completed: T-176, T-173, T-175 (budget gate thresholds, wrap-up exemptions, single handover)
- Created: T-181 inception (web UI inline editing), T-182 (created then reverted)
- Modified: budget-gate.sh, checkpoint.sh, handover.sh, pre-compact.sh, CLAUDE.md, lib/templates/claude-project.md, bin/fw, practices.yaml

## Recent Commits

- 09f37bb Revert "T-182: Reframe handover from emergency panic to calm wrap-up"
- 4a4e026 T-182: Reframe handover from emergency panic to calm wrap-up
- eb84bfa T-181: Inception — web UI inline editing investigation
- b17810d T-175: Eliminate emergency/full handover distinction — single handover (D-028)
- 2e9f4b1 T-173: Allow wrap-up operations (handover, task updates) at critical budget level

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

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