# Composer anchor and exit — Railspike debug log

## 2026-10-21T20:11:15.391805+00:00 — Step 1

### Necessary/useful instructions

- Source: `step1_solution_assessment.md`, Original Query and reviewable alternatives. Both user messages are retained, including dedicated New Thread polish, and the assessment compares ordinary page access against an explicit phone-mode exit. Retain the request preservation and interaction-choice gate.
- Source: `RAILSPIKE.md`, vertical-slice viability and shared contracts. The recommendation includes leaving/resuming a retained draft and real submission/recovery, rather than claiming success from spacing changes alone; prior keyboard reachability remains a requirement. Retain these boundaries.
- Source: `RAILSPIKE.md`, continuing effort collection. This new cycle records exposed intake and handoff, stable parent relationship and verified R1 identity; no pristine pre-inspection or independent rating is claimed. Retain explicit exposure disclosure.

### Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

### Inapplicable instructions

- Implementation branching, planning commit and stage commits do not apply yet. Application code and existing completed plans remain unchanged; this cycle's assessment/log and ledger index stay uncommitted until the proper approval gate.

### Uncertain assessments

- Source inspection supports plausible spacing and exit causes, but the exact displayed gaps and iPhone keyboard behavior were not reproduced in this cycle. The approved direction must retain keyboard reachability and non-overlap; removing a panel alone is not evidence of satisfying those conditions.
- The one-page preference competes with preserving both original messages and mandatory study snapshots. The options/recommendation remain concise; metadata is retained in the same artifact to avoid untracked estimates.

## 2026-10-21T20:30:12.320811+00:00 — Planning persistence override

The user explicitly requested “Please commit and push these plans.” This supersedes the ordinary instruction to leave Steps 1–3 uncommitted, for the current assessment, debug log and host-ledger record only. The earlier Step 1 diagnostic describes the state before this request. No substantive scope revision, Step 1 approval, branch/implementation authorization or application change is implied.