# Compact Status - 04-10-2025

**Focus**: Fixed 13 test failures, resolved database schema issues, validated fork-bomb protection

**Key Accomplishments**:
- ✅ Fixed all 13 failing tests (TaskManagerService constructor updates, stale detection bug)
- ✅ Test suite: 522 tests passing, 0 failures
- ✅ Build successful with no TypeScript errors
- ✅ Database health verified (41 tasks, clean, auto-cleanup working)
- ✅ Fork-bomb protection validated and comprehensively documented
- ✅ Architecture purity maintained (pure event-driven pattern)

**Critical Decisions**:
- **Use `startedAt` not `updatedAt`**: Database schema doesn't have `updated_at` column, causing stale detection to fail
- **Keep 50ms spawn delay**: Defense in depth with stale detection prevents fork-bomb even with edge cases
- **No schema migration**: Current fields are sufficient, workaround is stable and semantically correct

**Next Priority Actions**:
- [ ] Create atomic commits for 30 uncommitted files (test fixes, architecture improvements)
- [ ] Create PR from `test/comprehensive-testing` → `main` with comprehensive description
- [ ] Address remaining pre-PR issues (performance optimizations, test coverage gaps)

**Critical Issues**:
**None** - All critical issues resolved this session.

**Key Files Modified**:
- `src/services/recovery-manager.ts:117` - Fixed to use `startedAt` for RUNNING task age (CRITICAL FIX)
- `tests/unit/retry-functionality.test.ts:57-62` - Updated TaskManagerService constructor
- `tests/integration/event-flow.test.ts:62-68` - Updated TaskManagerService constructor
- `tests/integration/task-persistence.test.ts:32-351` - Fixed timestamps and recovery expectations
- `docs/architecture/EVENT_FLOW.md` - Created comprehensive event flow documentation (450+ lines)
- `src/services/handlers/worker-handler.ts:21-63` - Added comprehensive fork-bomb protection JSDoc

**Context Notes**:
**CRITICAL**: `updatedAt` field exists in domain model (`src/core/domain.ts:64`) but is NOT in database schema (`src/implementations/database.ts:67-94`). RecoveryManager MUST use `startedAt` for RUNNING tasks. DO NOT change back without adding DB column first. Fork-bomb protection has two layers: 30-min stale detection + 50ms spawn delay. Both are necessary - removing either risks system crash on startup. See incident docs in recovery-manager.ts.

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