chore(release): auto-bump version to 0.87.6 — earned by #354 (await-intent: refresh refs before op-type inference (M10 correction))

Promotion record: http://192.168.1.156:3000/conductor/rune/pulls/354
Merge pull request 'await-intent: refresh refs before op-type inference (M10 correction)' (#354 ) from m10-derive-refresh into master
2026-09-19 18:34:25 +01:00 · 2026-09-19 18:34:19 +01:00 · 2026-09-19 18:28:51 +01:00 · 2026-09-19 18:23:17 +01:00 · 2026-09-19 18:02:51 +01:00 · 2026-09-19 18:02:46 +01:00
18 changed files with 647 additions and 113 deletions
@@ -1,16 +1,46 @@
 ---
 name: Bug Fix
-about: Fix a bug or issue
+about: Demonstrate currently incorrect behaviour — plain English first, proof required
 title: "[BUG] "
 labels: bug
 assignees: conductor
 ---

-## Plain summary
-<!-- 2-4 sentences, NON-TECHNICAL: what's broken and why it matters. -->
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->

-## Example
-<!-- A concrete before/after: "Doing X currently produces Y; it should produce Z." -->
+
+What is broken: <what a person observes going wrong>
+
+What should happen instead: <the correct behaviour>
+
+How often / when: <always | after X | since change Y>
+
+## Proof it is broken (required — no proof, no bug)
+<!-- A bug is DEMONSTRATED currently incorrect behaviour. Nothing else.
+     If this section cannot be filled, file it as a question, not a bug. -->
+- [ ] Reproduction command or steps (deterministic where possible)
+- [ ] The exact wrong output observed: <paste/log excerpt>
+- [ ] Where the evidence lives: <log path, fixture, session id>
+
+## Steps to reproduce
+<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] The reproduction command now shows correct behaviour
+- [ ] A regression test exists that fails before the fix and passes after
+- [ ] No other behaviour changed (or changes are listed and justified)
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- A bug fix is USUALLY a patch. Pick major or minor only with a reason. -->
+- [ ] patch — same behaviour, done correctly (usual for bugs)
+- [ ] major — the bug was in a published contract and fixing it breaks consumers (justify)
+- [ ] minor — fixing revealed a missing capability that had to be added (justify)

 ## Technical details
 <!-- WHAT (the bug) / WHERE (files) / EVIDENCE (how it was confirmed). -->
@@ -29,10 +59,6 @@ assignees: conductor
 - [ ] Canary passes (name)
 - [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit references

-## Steps to reproduce
-<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
-
-
 ## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
 <!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
 - [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
 ---
 name: Feature Request
-about: New feature or improvement — DESCRIPTION GATE v4 format (plain summary + pipeline requirements)
+about: New feature or improvement — plain English first, verifiable close conditions, version intent
 title: "[FEATURE] "
 labels: feature
 assignees: conductor
 ---

-## Plain summary
-<!-- 2-4 sentences, NON-TECHNICAL: what this does and why it matters. Nick should
-understand the goal without decoding internals. -->
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. A non-technical reader must be able to retell this
+     section. 3-6 sentences, no jargon. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is this about: <what>
+
+Why do we need it: <the itch — what happens today that shouldn't, or what becomes possible>
+
+Why is it still open: <"not started yet" | "part done, X remains" | "deliberately parked as a future idea">

 ## Example
-<!-- A concrete example of the intended behavior, in plain terms:
-"If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+<!-- A concrete before/after in plain terms: "If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+<!-- Checkable statements, verifiable by looking at something that EXISTS —
+     a file, a log line, a passing test. Not "when appropriate". -->
+- [ ] <condition 1 — observable>
+- [ ] <condition 2>
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- The pipeline derives the real bump from merged conventional commits and
+     compares against this declaration. A mismatch is flagged, not fatal:
+     either the declaration was wrong or the work grew. Both facts matter. -->
+- [ ] major — breaking: changes a contract, schema, or interface others depend on
+- [ ] minor — new capability: something becomes possible that wasn't
+- [ ] patch — repair: same behaviour, done correctly
+- [ ] none — touches no released artifact (docs, memory, process notes)

 ## Technical details
 <!-- WHAT — one-line objective.
@@ -37,7 +63,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES — parent epic + preceding stage/plan refs. -->
 - [ ] Canary passes (name)
 - [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit/PR references

-
 ## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
 <!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
 - [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
@@ -69,4 +94,4 @@ Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic c
 - [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
 - [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
 - [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: Research Submission
+about: Buy down uncertainty before building — question, falsifier, budget, durable findings
+title: "[RESEARCH] "
+labels: research
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+The question: <what we're trying to learn, one sentence>
+
+Why we're asking: <what decision this research will inform — a name, an issue
+number, or "exploratory: none yet">
+
+What we believe today: <the current assumption, stated so it can be proven wrong>
+
+## The shape of an answer
+- [ ] What evidence would settle the question: <observation, benchmark, or spike>
+- [ ] What evidence would KILL the current assumption (the falsifier): <be specific —
+      this is stated BEFORE starting so the research cannot become a search for confirmation>
+- [ ] Budget: <time/effort cap — when research must stop and report back>
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] Findings written to a durable document: <path, e.g. research/issue-NNN/> —
+      a comment thread is not a durable finding
+- [ ] The decision the research informs is recorded: made / deferred / changed
+- [ ] If a follow-up build issue was minted: <#N or "none needed">
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+- [ ] none — research changes no released artifact (usual)
+- [ ] minor/major — only if a code spike is being merged as part of this (justify)
+
+## Technical detail
+<!-- Candidate approaches, prior art in the repo, related issues, constraints,
+     rebuildable-projection or authority requirements if findings touch canonical state. -->
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+- [ ] Findings committed under the stated durable path
+- [ ] Every citation verified against a real source (no fabricated references)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment: findings summary + decision
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition research — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if findings touch memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before proposing modules)
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state is affected
+- [ ] **Provenance** — findings traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — projections remain rebuildable; no unique truth moves into a derived index
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · retrieval never increases utility · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — blocks a decision that blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — informs a next-stage dependency
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation understanding
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — watchlist / deferred / exploratory
@@ -58,9 +58,38 @@ jobs:
            const managedLabels = new Set([
              'memory', 'governance', 'identity', 'growth',
              'perception', 'infrastructure', 'life', 'custodian',
-              'priority: high', 'bug', 'feature',
+              'priority: high', 'bug', 'feature', 'research',
            ]);

+            // Type label: DECLARED over GUESSED. The template spine
+            // (kind: bug|feature|research|epic|...) is authoritative.
+            // A recognized kind maps to its label; ANY other declared kind
+            // (e.g. epic) means NO type label and NO keyword guessing —
+            // epics are containers, not bugs. Keyword heuristics apply
+            // only to pre-template issues with no spine at all.
+            let isBug = false, isFeature = false, isResearch = false;
+            const kindMatch = body && body.match(/^kind:\s*([a-z_-]+)\s*$/m);
+            if (kindMatch) {
+              const kind = kindMatch[1];
+              isBug = kind === 'bug';
+              isFeature = kind === 'feature';
+              isResearch = kind === 'research';
+            } else {
+              const textBug = title.startsWith('[BUG]') || text.includes('bug') || text.includes('fix') || text.includes('broken');
+              isBug = textBug;
+              isFeature = !isBug && (title.startsWith('[FEATURE]') || text.includes('feature') || text.includes('improve') || text.includes('add'));
+              isResearch = !isBug && !isFeature && title.startsWith('[RESEARCH]');
+            }
+            if (isBug) {
+              desiredLabels.add('bug');
+            }
+            if (isFeature) {
+              desiredLabels.add('feature');
+            }
+            if (isResearch) {
+              desiredLabels.add('research');
+            }
+
            // Umbrella labels
            if (text.includes('memory') || text.includes('store') || text.includes('recall') || text.includes('consolidat')) {
              desiredLabels.add('memory');
@@ -92,16 +121,6 @@ jobs:
              desiredLabels.add('priority: high');
            }

-            // Type labels
-            const isBug = title.startsWith('[BUG]') || text.includes('bug') || text.includes('fix') || text.includes('broken');
-            const isFeature = !isBug && (title.startsWith('[FEATURE]') || text.includes('feature') || text.includes('improve') || text.includes('add'));
-            if (isBug) {
-              desiredLabels.add('bug');
-            }
-            if (isFeature) {
-              desiredLabels.add('feature');
-            }
-
            const issueNumber = context.payload.issue?.number || context.payload.pull_request?.number;
            const current = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -58,3 +58,26 @@ fix, full pipeline re-entry (suite + ratchet + ruff + canaries + henxels;
 gates for anything beyond a mechanical minor), regression tests frozen forever,
 discharge recorded finding → test → commit. Symptom patches are rejected at
 review. To escape: edit `henxels.yaml` or this file — visibly.
+
+## Issue organisation standard (binding, 2026-09-19)
+
+One open note per idea. Issues use the template spine (kind, subsystem,
+version intent) with a plain-English heading that restates the subject —
+no meta-labels. Before minting a standalone issue, check whether the work
+belongs inside an existing parent:
+
+- **Parked ideas under a blocked/future epic** are filed as checklist items
+  in the parent's "Absorbed children" section, NOT as standalone issues.
+  Absorption is reversible — re-mint standalone when the idea becomes live.
+- **Live, dependency-tracked, or starting work** gets a standalone issue.
+- **Closures state the reason as data**: `closed_because` in the spine
+  (completed / superseded-by-#N / absorbed-into-#N / wont-do / duplicate),
+  plus a standard closing comment (plain summary first).
+- The reconciliation checker (`scripts/gitea_reconciliation_check.py`) must
+  stay green after any issue state change; the artifact is updated in the
+  same change that moves issues.
+
+## Async continuation final flow proofs (R13/M9) — 2026-09-19
+
+PR-flow live proof marker: harmless documentation addition exercising the
+canonical single-continuation path on the PC-local forge. No code change.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Rune

-**Current release: v0.86.0**
+**Current release: v0.87.6**

 **Rune is a persistent personal agent designed to accumulate experience, develop reusable competence, and remain recognisably the same agent even when its underlying foundation model changes.**

@@ -11,24 +11,22 @@
  "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
  "DEFERRED_FUTURE"
 ],
- "live_defects": [
-  324
- ],
+ "live_defects": [],
 "records": [
  {
   "number": 324,
   "title": "Engine defect: checkpoint writer fails deterministically on aborted worker sessions (MessageAbortedError -> empty checkpoint shells)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "FIXED_VERIFIED",
   "labels": [
    "bug",
    "custodian",
    "life",
    "memory"
   ],
-   "live_defect": true,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "live_defect": false,
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 defect no longer reproduces: zero MessageAbortedError in current logs (incl. active worker), six most recent session checkpoints full documents (111-396 lines); verified by present-absence 2026-09-19"
  },
  {
   "number": 316,
@@ -237,8 +235,8 @@
  {
   "number": 183,
   "title": "Future: typed temporal semantics for facts, relationships, beliefs, and preferences",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "governance",
@@ -250,14 +248,14 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 182,
   "title": "Future: GitHub code-search prior-art audit for graph and vector memory",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "governance",
@@ -266,8 +264,8 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 181,
@@ -287,13 +285,13 @@
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "next_action": "epic holds absorbed children #182 #183 + research watchlist #164 #165 #166; closes when prerequisites land or ideas dropped"
  },
  {
   "number": 179,
   "title": "Future: succession/privacy semantics and lineage evaluation",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "governance",
@@ -305,14 +303,14 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 178,
   "title": "Future: evidence-grounded ancestral perspective with explicit uncertainty",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "governance",
@@ -322,14 +320,14 @@
    "perception"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 177,
   "title": "Future: temporal autobiographical model with provenance and reinterpretation lineage",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "governance",
@@ -340,14 +338,14 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 176,
   "title": "Future: lineage-aware situated curiosity for meaningful autobiographical gaps",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "feature",
@@ -358,8 +356,8 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #175 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 175,
@@ -379,13 +377,13 @@
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "next_action": "epic holds absorbed children #176-#179 as checklist items; closes when prerequisites land or ideas dropped"
  },
  {
   "number": 166,
   "title": "RESEARCH WATCHLIST: Memory-R1 (RL memory ops), Titans (test-time memory), Vespa/Weaviate/Milvus (retrieval competitors)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "growth",
@@ -394,14 +392,14 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 165,
   "title": "RESEARCH: SimpleMem semantic compression + A-MEM dynamic linking + Letta sleep-time compute",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "infrastructure",
@@ -410,14 +408,14 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 164,
   "title": "RESEARCH: HippoRAG 2 \u2014 PPR-style associative propagation as warm-neuron activation candidate",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "DEFERRED_FUTURE",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "HISTORICAL_EVIDENCE",
   "labels": [
    "P3 \u2014 low",
    "growth",
@@ -426,27 +424,27 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 idea absorbed into parent epic #181 as tracked checklist item; full detail preserved in this closed issue; re-mint when live"
  },
  {
   "number": 163,
   "title": "Temporal graph backend spike: Neo4j vs FalkorDB (LadybugDB experimental; Graphiti as reference)",
   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
+   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
   "labels": [
    "P1 \u2014 high",
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "run the backend spike; compare on same corpus/query set; record evidence-backed recommendation"
  },
  {
   "number": 162,
   "title": "Qdrant associative-memory projection spike (dense/sparse/multivector + ColBERT late-interaction reranking)",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "NEEDS_REVALIDATION",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "SUPERSEDED",
   "labels": [
    "P1 \u2014 high",
    "custodian",
@@ -454,8 +452,8 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 scope carried verbatim by #316 (ADAPT-1 B3-v2); single-tracker rule"
  },
  {
   "number": 159,
@@ -478,8 +476,8 @@
  {
   "number": 158,
   "title": "Generated wiring-status / architecture-truth report",
-   "tracker_state": "open",
-   "reconciliation_state": "VALID_OPEN",
+   "tracker_state": "closed",
+   "reconciliation_state": "SUPERSEDED",
   "labels": [
    "P2 \u2014 medium",
    "growth",
@@ -489,8 +487,8 @@
    "ready"
   ],
   "live_defect": false,
-   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-11",
-   "next_action": ""
+   "last_revalidated": "2026-09-19",
+   "next_action": "none \u2014 scope carried verbatim by #315 (ADAPT-1 B2-v2); single-tracker rule"
  },
  {
   "number": 156,
@@ -1151,6 +1149,6 @@
   "next_action": ""
  }
 ],
- "last_reconciled": "2026-09-12",
- "reconciled_by": "PL1 held-out era reconciliation (fresh session 2026-09-12)"
-}
+ "last_reconciled": "2026-09-19",
+ "reconciled_by": "fresh-session tranche 2026-09-19: template retrofit (spine+plain-English on all open issues), closures #158/#162 (SUPERSEDED) and #324 (FIXED_VERIFIED), research labels applied to #163/#164/#165/#166/#182/#316, stale bug labels removed from #163-#166; 2026-09-19 absorption pass: parked children absorbed into parents (#175<-#176..#179; #181<-#182,#183,#164..#166) per one-open-note-per-idea standard"
+}
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

 [project]
 name = "rune"
-version = "0.86.0"
+version = "0.87.6"
 description = "Rune — a stateful coding assistant with persistent memory, orchestration, and TUI"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

@@ -148,9 +148,18 @@ def sha_branch(sha: str) -> str:


 def sha_on_master(sha: str) -> bool:
-    out = _git("branch", "--contains", sha)
-    return any(l.strip().endswith("master") or l.strip() == "master"
-               for l in out.splitlines())
+    """SHA is an ancestor of master (local or remote-tracking refs).
+
+    M10 correction (2026-09-19): --all so a freshly fetched master
+    (refs/remotes/gitea/master) counts; local branches alone go stale
+    between fetches. derive_op_type refreshes refs before calling this.
+    """
+    out = _git("branch", "--all", "--contains", sha)
+    for l in out.splitlines():
+        s = l.strip().removeprefix("remotes/").removesuffix(" *")
+        if s == "master" or s.endswith("/master"):
+            return True
+    return False


 def open_pr_for_sha(sha: str) -> int | None:
@@ -184,6 +193,11 @@ def derive_op_type(sha: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
         were created from model-supplied defaults and cannot be trusted.
    Never trusts model input.
    """
+    # 0. M10 correction (2026-09-19): refresh remote-tracking refs before
+    #    inference. A just-merged master commit is invisible to
+    #    branch --contains until refs are fetched; stale local git state
+    #    must never outrank repo truth. Bounded by GIT_TIMEOUT, fail-open.
+    _git("fetch", "--quiet", "gitea", "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gitea/*")
    for rec in _load_wait_records():
        if _rec_sha(rec) != sha:
            continue
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ def main() -> int:
        if live_state == "open" and rec["tracker_state"] == "closed" and rec["reconciliation_state"] in TERMINAL_STATES:
            drift.append(f"#{num}: live state open but artifact says closed/{rec['reconciliation_state']}")
        live_bug = "bug" in [l["name"] for l in li.get("labels", [])]
-        if live_bug and not rec.get("live_defect"):
+        # Same open-only exemption as the artifact-records block above: a
+        # closed issue's labels are historical record; FIXED_VERIFIED issues
+        # legitimately keep the bug label after closure.
+        if live_bug and rec.get("tracker_state") == "open" and not rec.get("live_defect"):
            drift.append(f"#{num}: live bug label present but artifact records no live defect")
-        if not live_bug and rec.get("live_defect"):
+        if not live_bug and rec.get("live_defect") and rec.get("tracker_state") == "open":
            drift.append(f"#{num}: artifact records live defect but live bug label absent")

    # Live defects in the artifact must all be OPEN in the tracker
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/scripts")
 SHARED_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/shared")
 CUSTODIAN_STATE_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/opencode/memory/custodian_state.json")

-GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_URL", "https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online")
+GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:3000")  # gitea.internal (PC); external = https://gitea.thingscouldgetdicey.online via Pi Caddy
 GITEA_TOKEN = load_gitea_token()
 REPO = "conductor/rune"
 TUI_DIR = "/mnt/workdrive/rune"
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ UMBRELLA_TAGS = {
 }


+# Issue template directory — canonical copies live beside this script
+# (mirrored to .gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ for the web-UI submission path).
+ISSUE_TEMPLATE_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "issue_templates")
+
+# kind -> Gitea label that MUST be present on the issue
+KIND_LABEL = {"feature": "feature", "bug": "bug", "research": "research"}
+VERSION_INTENTS = ("major", "minor", "patch", "none")
+
+
 class Custodian:
    """The Custodian agent for Gitea-based self-improvement."""

@@ -105,23 +114,90 @@ class Custodian:
        except Exception as e:
            return {"error": str(e)[:200]}

-    def create_issue(self, title: str, body: str, labels: List[str] = None) -> dict:
-        """Create a Gitea issue with plain-language description.
+    def _ensure_label(self, name: str, description: str = "", color: str = "#6f42c1") -> bool:
+        """Make sure a label exists on the repo; return its id or None."""
+        labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
+        if isinstance(labels, list):
+            for l in labels:
+                if l["name"] == name:
+                    return l["id"]
+        data = {"name": name, "description": description or name, "color": color}
+        created = self._gitea_api("labels", method="POST", data=data)
+        return created.get("id") if isinstance(created, dict) else None

-        Labels should be umbrella names (memory, governance, etc).
-        They get converted to IDs automatically.
+    def _load_issue_template(self, kind: str) -> str:
+        """Load the canonical issue template for a kind, WITHOUT the web-UI
+        frontmatter (name/about/title/labels — that metadata belongs to the
+        submission form, not the issue body). Empty string if absent."""
+        path = os.path.join(ISSUE_TEMPLATE_DIR, f"{kind}.md")
+        try:
+            with open(path) as f:
+                text = f.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return ""
+        if text.startswith("---"):
+            end = text.find("\n---", 3)
+            if end != -1:
+                text = text[end + 4:]
+        return text.lstrip("\n")
+
+    def create_issue(
+        self,
+        title: str,
+        body: str,
+        labels: List[str] = None,
+        kind: str = "feature",
+        version_intent: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Create a Gitea issue assembled from the canonical template.
+
+        kind: feature | bug | research — selects the template and forces the
+              matching label (the research label is auto-created if missing).
+        version_intent: major | minor | patch | none — pre-ticks the matching
+              box in the template's Version impact section. The pipeline
+              verifies the real bump at merge and flags mismatches.
+        labels: umbrella names (memory, governance, ...); converted to IDs.
+
+        The caller's body replaces the SUBMITTED_BODY marker inside the
+        template's Plain English section — plain terms first, always.
+
+        ORGANISATION STANDARD (one open note per idea, 2026-09-19): before
+        minting a standalone issue, check whether the work belongs inside an
+        existing parent. Ideas parked under a blocked/future epic are filed
+        as checklist items in the parent's "Absorbed children" section, NOT
+        as standalone issues — the board stays uncluttered and every idea
+        has exactly one home. Mint a standalone issue only when the work is
+        live, dependency-tracked, or about to start. Absorbed ideas are
+        reversible: re-mint standalone when they become live.
        """
-        # Convert label names to IDs
+        # 1. assemble body from template (graceful: unformatted if template missing)
+        template = self._load_issue_template(kind)
+        text = body.strip()
+        if template and "<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->" in template:
+            text = template.replace("<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->", text, 1)
+        if version_intent in VERSION_INTENTS:
+            text = text.replace(f"- [ ] {version_intent} ", f"- [x] {version_intent} ", 1)
+
+        # 2. labels: umbrella names + mandatory kind label
+        labels = list(labels or [])
+        kind_label = KIND_LABEL.get(kind)
+        if kind_label and kind_label not in labels:
+            labels.append(kind_label)
+
+        all_labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
+        label_map = {l["name"]: l["id"] for l in all_labels} if isinstance(all_labels, list) else {}
        label_ids = []
-        if labels:
-            all_labels = self._gitea_api("labels")
-            if isinstance(all_labels, list):
-                label_map = {l["name"]: l["id"] for l in all_labels}
-                label_ids = [label_map[l] for l in labels if l in label_map]
+        for l in labels:
+            if l in label_map:
+                label_ids.append(label_map[l])
+            else:
+                lid = self._ensure_label(l)
+                if lid:
+                    label_ids.append(lid)

        data = {
            "title": title,
-            "body": body,
+            "body": text,
            "labels": label_ids,
        }
        result = self._gitea_api("issues", method="POST", data=data)
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+name: Bug Fix
+about: Demonstrate currently incorrect behaviour — plain English first, proof required
+title: "[BUG] "
+labels: bug
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is broken: <what a person observes going wrong>
+
+What should happen instead: <the correct behaviour>
+
+How often / when: <always | after X | since change Y>
+
+## Proof it is broken (required — no proof, no bug)
+<!-- A bug is DEMONSTRATED currently incorrect behaviour. Nothing else.
+     If this section cannot be filled, file it as a question, not a bug. -->
+- [ ] Reproduction command or steps (deterministic where possible)
+- [ ] The exact wrong output observed: <paste/log excerpt>
+- [ ] Where the evidence lives: <log path, fixture, session id>
+
+## Steps to reproduce
+<!-- How to trigger the bug -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] The reproduction command now shows correct behaviour
+- [ ] A regression test exists that fails before the fix and passes after
+- [ ] No other behaviour changed (or changes are listed and justified)
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- A bug fix is USUALLY a patch. Pick major or minor only with a reason. -->
+- [ ] patch — same behaviour, done correctly (usual for bugs)
+- [ ] major — the bug was in a published contract and fixing it breaks consumers (justify)
+- [ ] minor — fixing revealed a missing capability that had to be added (justify)
+
+## Technical details
+<!-- WHAT (the bug) / WHERE (files) / EVIDENCE (how it was confirmed). -->
+
+**WHAT (bug):**
+**WHERE:**
+**EVIDENCE:**
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+<!-- Every fix must clear these before the issue closes. -->
+- [ ] TDD: regression test written first, red → green
+- [ ] `ruff check` and `ruff format --check` clean
+- [ ] Spec-compliance review gate: PASS
+- [ ] Code-quality review gate: Approved
+- [ ] Full orchestration suite regression green (suite total)
+- [ ] Canary passes (name)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit references
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
+- [ ] **Trigger** — what event activates it
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state it reads/changes
+- [ ] **Provenance** — derived state traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Verification** — how we know the change helped
+- [ ] **Failure visibility** — how failure surfaces
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — bad learned state can be superseded/replayed/rolled back
+- [ ] **Dormant cost** — what it costs when irrelevant
+- [ ] **Benchmark + ablation** — what measurable behaviour improves; what happens when disabled
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic confidence ≠ attentional utility ≠ current applicability · retrieval never increases utility · self-model-induced behaviour is not independent evidence · historical truth survives present-state change · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+---
+name: Feature Request
+about: New feature or improvement — plain English first, verifiable close conditions, version intent
+title: "[FEATURE] "
+labels: feature
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. A non-technical reader must be able to retell this
+     section. 3-6 sentences, no jargon. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+What is this about: <what>
+
+Why do we need it: <the itch — what happens today that shouldn't, or what becomes possible>
+
+Why is it still open: <"not started yet" | "part done, X remains" | "deliberately parked as a future idea">
+
+## Example
+<!-- A concrete before/after in plain terms: "If X happens, the system will Y instead of Z." -->
+
+## What would let us close this
+<!-- Checkable statements, verifiable by looking at something that EXISTS —
+     a file, a log line, a passing test. Not "when appropriate". -->
+- [ ] <condition 1 — observable>
+- [ ] <condition 2>
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+<!-- The pipeline derives the real bump from merged conventional commits and
+     compares against this declaration. A mismatch is flagged, not fatal:
+     either the declaration was wrong or the work grew. Both facts matter. -->
+- [ ] major — breaking: changes a contract, schema, or interface others depend on
+- [ ] minor — new capability: something becomes possible that wasn't
+- [ ] patch — repair: same behaviour, done correctly
+- [ ] none — touches no released artifact (docs, memory, process notes)
+
+## Technical details
+<!-- WHAT — one-line objective.
+WHY — design-spec reference (S#) or reason.
+FILES — affected components.
+ACCEPTANCE — frozen-test file + test count + canary name.
+DEPENDENCIES — parent epic + preceding stage/plan refs. -->
+
+**WHAT:**
+**WHY:**
+**FILES:**
+**ACCEPTANCE:**
+**DEPENDENCIES:**
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+<!-- Every stage must clear these before the issue closes. -->
+- [ ] TDD: frozen tests written first, red → green (N passed)
+- [ ] `ruff check` and `ruff format --check` clean
+- [ ] Spec-compliance review gate: PASS
+- [ ] Code-quality review gate: Approved
+- [ ] Full orchestration suite regression green (suite total)
+- [ ] Canary passes (name)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment + commit/PR references
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition issues — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if this issue touches memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before creating modules)
+- [ ] **Trigger** — what event activates it
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state it reads/changes
+- [ ] **Provenance** — derived state traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Verification** — how we know the change helped
+- [ ] **Failure visibility** — how failure surfaces
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — bad learned state can be superseded/replayed/rolled back
+- [ ] **Dormant cost** — what it costs when irrelevant
+- [ ] **Benchmark + ablation** — what measurable behaviour improves; what happens when disabled
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · epistemic confidence ≠ attentional utility ≠ current applicability · retrieval never increases utility · self-model-induced behaviour is not independent evidence · historical truth survives present-state change · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — breaks the spine / core correctness, or blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — material user value or a real defect (money, correctness bugs, next-stage dependency)
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation improvement (check the fold-into mapping first)
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — measurement / benchmark / deferred policy
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: Research Submission
+about: Buy down uncertainty before building — question, falsifier, budget, durable findings
+title: "[RESEARCH] "
+labels: research
+assignees: conductor
+---
+
+<restate the issue title here in everyday words — this heading IS the
+plain-English summary; no meta-labels like "plain English" in it>
+<!-- The heading above carries the summary itself — a scan of issue
+     headings alone should tell the whole story of the board. TOP PRIORITY:
+     if a technical detail below contradicts this section, the issue is
+     buggy — fix the issue. -->
+<!-- SUBMITTED_BODY -->
+
+
+The question: <what we're trying to learn, one sentence>
+
+Why we're asking: <what decision this research will inform — a name, an issue
+number, or "exploratory: none yet">
+
+What we believe today: <the current assumption, stated so it can be proven wrong>
+
+## The shape of an answer
+- [ ] What evidence would settle the question: <observation, benchmark, or spike>
+- [ ] What evidence would KILL the current assumption (the falsifier): <be specific —
+      this is stated BEFORE starting so the research cannot become a search for confirmation>
+- [ ] Budget: <time/effort cap — when research must stop and report back>
+
+## What would let us close this
+- [ ] Findings written to a durable document: <path, e.g. research/issue-NNN/> —
+      a comment thread is not a durable finding
+- [ ] The decision the research informs is recorded: made / deferred / changed
+- [ ] If a follow-up build issue was minted: <#N or "none needed">
+
+## Version impact (declared at submission — verified at merge)
+- [ ] none — research changes no released artifact (usual)
+- [ ] minor/major — only if a code spike is being merged as part of this (justify)
+
+## Technical detail
+<!-- Candidate approaches, prior art in the repo, related issues, constraints,
+     rebuildable-projection or authority requirements if findings touch canonical state. -->
+
+## Pipeline requirements
+- [ ] Findings committed under the stated durable path
+- [ ] Every citation verified against a real source (no fabricated references)
+- [ ] Closed with a properly formatted closing comment: findings summary + decision
+
+## Cognitive invariants (memory/cognition research — both handoffs)
+<!-- Complete ONLY if findings touch memory, learning, or self-model state. -->
+- [ ] **Owner** — which existing subsystem owns this (audit before proposing modules)
+- [ ] **Read/write authority** — which canonical state is affected
+- [ ] **Provenance** — findings traceable to evidence
+- [ ] **Reversibility** — projections remain rebuildable; no unique truth moves into a derived index
+- [ ] **No duplicate authority** — why extend vs create
+
+Hard invariants: derived cognition preserves evidentiary ancestry · retrieval never increases utility · raw evidence is never destroyed by promotion.
+
+## Related umbrella
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Governance
+- [ ] Identity
+- [ ] Growth
+- [ ] Perception
+- [ ] Infrastructure
+- [ ] Life (Nick's)
+- [ ] Custodian
+- [ ] Orchestration
+
+## Priority (REQUIRED — the priority gate)
+<!-- Pick exactly one. An issue without a priority is not filed. -->
+- [ ] **P0 — critical** — blocks a decision that blocks other work
+- [ ] **P1 — high** — informs a next-stage dependency
+- [ ] **P2 — medium** — quality/consolidation understanding
+- [ ] **P3 — low** — watchlist / deferred / exploratory
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the main entry point for the Rune program.
 import json
 from pathlib import Path

-__version__ = "0.86.0"
+__version__ = "0.87.6"

 # One build identity (handoff 2026-09-10 §4): the semantic version above is
 # the repo-level truth (auto-bumped at merge); the DEPLOYED revision (exact
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def main() -> int:
    )
    check(
        "Rune minor version advertises provisioning and restore verification",
-        '__version__ = "0.86.0"' in rune_version,
+        '__version__ = "0.87.6"' in rune_version,
        failures,
    )
    # #169 policy update: auto-bump on merge is sanctioned (Nick directive:
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mode system, subject header, shared memory and identity.

 This is not an interface. This is how I see, speak, and interact with the world.

-Version: v0.86.0
+Version: v0.87.6
 Features: 41 (24 original + 17 new native commands)

 Usage:
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ class RuneApp(App):
        # Show version info
        self.chat_channel.add_message(
            "system",
-            f"[dim]Rune v0.86.0 | Textual TUI | {len(loaded)} native modules[/dim]",
+            f"[dim]Rune v0.87.6 | Textual TUI | {len(loaded)} native modules[/dim]",
        )

        # Auto-show night mode suggestion if evening/night hours
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ def test_artifact_exists_and_parses():


 def test_single_live_defect():
-    """The bug audit converged on exactly one live defect: #324."""
+    """Live-defect record is pinned: no unverified defect may appear silently.
+
+    History: the T15 bug audit converged on exactly one live defect (#324,
+    checkpoint writer empty husks). 2026-09-19 fresh-session verification
+    retired it — zero MessageAbortedError occurrences across all current
+    logs, full checkpoints in the six most recent sessions, nine days
+    without recurrence of a defect that previously fired at every
+    threshold. Verified by present-absence (09-10 logs rotated). #324 is
+    closed FIXED_VERIFIED and the record is now empty. A new live defect
+    must be re-audited and this pin updated deliberately.
+    """
    data = __import__("json").loads(grc.ARTIFACT.read_text())
-    assert data["live_defects"] == [324]
+    assert data["live_defects"] == []