2026-10-19 17:13:06 UTC — Step 1

Necessary/useful instructions

• step1_solution_assessment.md, Objective and Structure: comparing options before implementation exposed the distinction between prompt queueing and immediate execution. Retain the comparison requirement.

• RAILSPIKE.md, Plan review: the approval boundary keeps destructive purge policies open for review. Retain the explicit gate.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

• RAILSPIKE.md, Step 4 commit cadence: no implementation or commits in this assessment; applies later.

Uncertain assessments

• The one-page guideline depends on renderer; four options and retained-copy boundaries need enough space for a useful comparison. Consider a word-count guideline for consistent evaluation.

2026-10-19 17:17:49 UTC — Step 2

Necessary/useful instructions

• step2_feature_description.md, Completion boundary and Risks: normal retraction, manual recovery, late writes, and uncertain provenance now have explicit outcomes and validation gates. Retain these requirements.

• step2_feature_description.md, Shared component inventory: identifies existing API, notices, queue, exchange readers, and artifact controls to extend rather than duplicate. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

• step2_feature_description.md, Known user or environment: the request names no specific deployment or person; omitted as instructed.

Uncertain assessments

• The one-page target competes with the required inventory and recovery detail; the concise artifact may render longer than a page. Consider a word budget or allowing inventory references.

2026-10-19 17:23:49 UTC — Step 3

Necessary/useful instructions

• step3_development_plan_do.md, Completion Contract and Key Risks: exposed inactive release/candidate copies and late recording as release-blocking coverage/race concerns. Retain.

• step3_development_plan_do.md, atomic stages and explicit contracts: separates immediate operator execution, automatic discovery, and user feedback into verifiable increments. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• step3_development_plan_after.md, one-page limit: seven required stage fields plus concurrency/storage boundaries exceed a normal rendered page. Preserve auditable risk and verification details; suggest replacing the page limit with a concise per-stage budget.

2026-10-19 17:53:48 UTC — Step 4

Necessary/useful instructions

• step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol: each of seven stages was verified and committed with its summary before the next stage; this kept the initial preview, cleanup, late-write behavior, artifact safety, automation, UI recovery and final verification separately reviewable. Retain.

• step4_implementation_after.md, Final Verification Checklist 7: final full-suite failures were reproduced individually on unchanged base bea781e3be7ca60df97e93519616ff370354236d; this prevented reporting a green suite or confusing existing failures with sweep regressions. Retain.

• RAILSPIKE.md, Planning Artifacts organization rule: plans/debug log moved into the feature folder before planning commit 6c6683f2; a complete navigation chain and index entry remain available. Retain.

• step4_implementation_do.md, Completion Contract: normal CLI and actual generated cron-command execution, browser author/operator recovery, interrupted transactions, SQLite contention and publication races were verified beyond isolated cleanup helpers. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

• RAILSPIKE.md, Documentation-only scope: this approved cycle changes application behavior; documentation-only runtime exemptions do not apply.

• step4_implementation_after.md, scoped deployment checks: no production environment or deployment was authorized for this cycle; the operator rollout boundary is explicitly recorded in the summary and runbook.

Uncertain assessments

• No supported findings.

Final stage commit: 8a1d73da. Planning plus seven stage commits verified; this report uses the permitted separate log-only handoff commit. Debug mode remained enabled throughout.