Railspike Workflow Visibility — Debug Log

2026-10-23T05:26:58Z — Step 1

Necessary/useful instructions

• docs/workflow/step1_solution_assessment.md, Structure and Review: explicit options and a separate recommendation expose the difference between removing an artifact, integrating events, and restoring workflow reading. Retain the comparison and approval boundary.

• RAILSPIKE.md, Experimental Effort Estimation: exposure and unavailable-reference rules prevent inventing a numeric intake after the preceding investigation. Retain those safeguards.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• Step 1's one-page target competes with mandatory study metadata. The assessment keeps product tradeoffs concise and appends one compact checkpoint; whether the total fits a printed page depends on rendering. Clarify whether auxiliary checkpoint records count toward the target.

2026-10-23T05:30:45Z — Step 1 revision

Necessary/useful instructions

• step1_solution_assessment.md, Review and revision: supports selecting Option A while preserving other work separately without treating selection as step approval. Retain.

• RAILSPIKE.md, Enhancement Requests and effort checkpoints: records the split, superseded scope and original snapshot without inventing an independent outcome. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

2026-10-23T05:33:24Z — Step 2

Necessary/useful instructions

• step2_feature_description.md, Shared component inventory: consumer inspection identifies shared thread rendering and a documented summary API, preventing removal from silently expanding to unrelated workflows/contracts. Retain.

• step2_feature_description.md, Known user or environment: distinguishes local browser evidence from verification of the reported production URL. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• Mandatory sections and study bookkeeping push against the one-page target even for a small removal. Clarify whether checkpoint metadata is excluded; keep product requirements concise meanwhile.

2026-10-23T05:37:07Z — Step 3

Necessary/useful instructions

• step3_development_plan_do.md, Completion Contract and canonical components: separates Activity removal from preserved thread consumers, API compatibility and pending production acceptance. Retain.

• step3_development_plan_after.md, commit/approval gate: keeps the removal and verification plan reviewable without starting implementation. Retain.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• Required stage fields and study metadata make the one-page target dependent on print layout; concise fields cover all required boundaries, with two roughly hour-sized stages. Consider distinguishing planning content from mandatory administrative metadata in the length guidance.

2026-10-23 — Step 4 completed-step report

Necessary/useful instructions

• step4_implementation_before.md, Planning Docs Commit Gate: planning commit 4e176747 preceded runtime edits; cycle documents were organized separately from the unapproved reading follow-up. Retain the boundary.

• step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol: Stage 1 2224e68c and Stage 2 2becabfd each contain their summary, with verified thread behavior before broader acceptance. Retain.

• step4_implementation_after.md, Final Verification: production/physical-device acceptance and full suite remain explicitly unverified despite focused browser/PHP passes. Retain the evidence distinction.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• The stage summary/ledger bookkeeping is larger than this small runtime removal. It preserves the required study and split history; whether its cost merits a lighter small-change path requires maintainer review, not unilateral omission.

Closeout references

Planning 4e176747; Stage 1 2224e68c; Stage 2/final implementation revision 2becabfd. Final report saved after both stages in the required log-only handoff commit. Scope v2 delivered locally; production and maintainer acceptance remain pending.