esh-pfi-infrastructure/persistent-memory.d/2026-09-19-the-ops-log-is-built-scripts-ops-log-automatic-writers-and.md

[2026-09-19] The ops log is BUILT — scripts/ops-log, automatic writers, and a detector for the path they cannot cover.

⭐⭐⭐ The ops log is BUILT — scripts/ops-log, automatic writers, and a detector for the path they cannot cover. Central on nh3-dev because both agents are the same unix user there (journald was the tempting alternative and would have split the log silently along the infra-ops/lkraven axis). Claim is mkdir-atomic, held across the whole diff→prompt→apply window, auto-breaks stale AND logs the break. deploy-stack.sh refuses a foreign claim (exit 3); ops-log being broken never blocks a deploy. 136-stack baseline laid so the detector starts from today. ⚠ Caught my own instrument saying "clean" for an unreachable host — now INCOMPLETE/exit 5. See in-flight § BUILT for the four settled design questions and the known hole (actors outside nh3-dev).