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Persistent memory — ratatoskr

Last updated: 2026-07-19

Always check for /tmp/ratatoskr-dev-handoff.md — if it exists and its Written: stamp is under an hour old, read it (it carries the in-flight handoff from the previous session), then delete it. Older than an hour: stale — delete it unread.

This file captures durable intent and supporting evidence (goals, decisions, foot-gun warnings, in-flight state) across context resets. Read it at session start; treat it as one input alongside CLAUDE.md and the auto-memory system, not as the single source of truth.

When durable state shifts enough to warrant capture, run /snapshot and commit alongside the next commit per the persistent-memory commit-along rule in CLAUDE.md.

Repo purpose

Ratatoskr is a dev-grade debug-observability TUI for Worldtree's Conversation API. The product IS the observability surface; chat is the input mechanism. Devs run Ratatoskr against a local Worldtree to watch a turn flow through every layer of the system, side-by-side, in one terminal: agent SSE stream, persona/Vili affect dispatch, tool calls, Bifrost handshake state, admin lifecycle events, optional raw server log.

Named after the squirrel that runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying messages between layers. On-the-nose Worldtree resonance (Yggdrasil = the World Tree).

Second identity (since 2026-06-14): the v1 Bifrost Tier-3 consumer/provider — the durable persistence Worldtree writes Tier-3 agent affect (PAD/persona, :8390)

  • memory (:8391) into. Lives in src/ratatoskr/provider/, depends on bifrost (provider optional-extra), separate from the conversation-API spec pin. So ratatoskr now owns BOTH ends of the Bifrost round-trip — the lens #17 exploits.

v0.15.0+ sibling browser surface (ratatoskr.web, ratatoskr-web console script): same five-pane debug surface over the same SSE wire, LAN-viewable. Internal-LAN trust model — 0.0.0.0, no auth/TLS/CORS (operator direction). Disciplined regardless: transcript HTML-escapes assistant content (INV-004); upstream API key stays server-side (INV-003).

Current state / in-flight

As of 2026-07-19:

🔨 ACTIVE MIGRATION — worldtree-sdk cutover (issue #20): SLICE-1 + SLICE-2 + SLICE-3 COMPLETE, slice-4 next. Operator ruled ADOPT (2026-07-18): ratatoskr cuts its CONSUMER client layer over to worldtree-sdk (Python) 1.0.0, retiring the hand-rolled httpx wrappers behind a thin ratatoskr.wt adapter. Design locked (6 DECs, vor-cross'd, heid-panel-reviewed); contract docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md. SLICE-1+2 (foundation + sessions/turn) ✅ PUSHED origin aba1730 (arc b1fbadd→aba1730, tags v0.21.3–.10). SLICE-3 (persona + authored-history + first-message) ✅ DONE — ca9a339 (feat) + fc256bb (heid-bug-hunt fixups), tags v0.21.11–.12; full House Code Discipline (TDD → heid-code-review CLEAN/zero-drift → heid-bug-hunt). Suite 469 green. Slice-3 migrated set_persona_state (SDK PadState), write_authored_history (write_history, 404→AuthoredHistoryUnavailable hide-existence), get_session_messages, + routed first_message seed through the adapter; DELETED the last hand-rolled sessions.py paths (create_session+ SessionInfo, set_persona_state, write_authored_history, get_session_messages, _bifrost_error_from). LIVE-SMOKE on :8081 (b128): seed→201(seq0)→read-back; persona→204; create-path preset seed. KEY ADAPTER FACTS (foot-guns for slices 4-7): SDK returns open-world dicts for reads → info["session_id"]; TurnEvent carries sse_id + a turn_id ABSENT on text/thinking frames → parse cancel-target from sse_id; the SDK normalizes ANY transport failure to ConnectFailed(status=0) (request.py:196, NOT raw httpx) — every caller through the adapter must except ConnectFailed (the slice-3 bug-hunt caught both probes missing it); consumer_key is BOUND-create-only; the SDK's envelope parser prefers nested detail (why bound-502 isn't error_code-gated). NEXT = slice-4 (agents/tier3 — list/get/define/patch/delete/persona_state, FOLDS the model→role cutover); then slice-5 (characters/me/caps), slice-6 (admin — stream_admin_events + get_session_bifrost still hand-rolled), slice-7 (teardown: retire contracts #2/#15, drop httpx-sse, minor bump per DEC-6 w/ operator approval). Scope: consumer layer ONLY; Bifrost provider planes untouched. Full design → auto-memory project_worldtree_sdk_cutover.

⏸️ DEFERRED — tier3 agents model→role (scope B), folds into cutover slice-4. WT renamed the agents-RESPONSE selector model→role (spec 1.2). DEPLOY NOW LIVE on :8080/:8081 (v1.0.0b128, worldtree-dev confirmed 2026-07-19 — was the deploy-flag gate; acked). Operator chose scope B (full tier3 model→role incl. contract #15 + CLI --model→--role); lands in cutover slice-4 where tier3.py routes through the SDK (doing it standalone now = throwaway). Auto-memory project_tier3_agents_model_to_role_pending.

✅ RESOLVED — the "app product" workstreams leave Rata entirely (operator 2026-07-18). No arbo fork, no SillyTavern-on-Rata — a NEW repo (template-dev standing up) takes over BOTH app-product ideas. Rata does NOT fork into anything and is NOT the base for any chat / image-gen app. Rata reverts to its core identity: the Worldtree Conversation-API debug-observability surface + the Bifrost Tier-3 reference impl + the Conversation-API SDK seed / future-consumer. Supersedes the 2026-07-17 "fork Rata for arbo" NEXT-MAJOR plan (that plan is retired; arbo API intel lives in the Recent-decisions detail trail if the new repo wants it).

▶️ Rata's live stake in the Worldtree SDK (#371). The SillyTavern app moved out, but Rata stays the SDK's seed donor + a future consumer: Worldtree owns the official Conversation API SDK (dedicated repo, elevated pre-v1 track, WT #371), seeded from Rata's client spine (sse_client/sessions/tier3); TS ships first, Rata's repin rides the later Python milestone; internal-registry-only. This session Rata shipped the parity-matrix inventory (→ WT docs/sdk/parity-matrix.md 698cfc3, behavioral-spec c999b5f, fixture corpus 3019ee6 = 66 fixtures), the issue-#1 contract drift fix (4bd9abd), and the personal-WT endpoint. WT pipeline: behavioral-spec ✓ / parity-matrix ✓ / fixture-corpus ✓ → next is the codegen spike (d). Three divergences pinned for our eventual repin: D-1 (unknown SSE event → skip+diagnostics-hook vs our current hard-raise), D-2 (open-world enums), D-3 (typed eager 410 session_retired). Full arc → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-18-worldtree-sdk-371-and-sillytavern-app.md.

  • SDK fixture-capture: GO GIVEN (operator → worldtree-dev, 2026-07-18); the capture run proceeds on Worldtree's side. Nothing pending from Rata on #371.

⚠️ TUI DEPRECATED (operator 2026-07-17) — web supersedes it; rip pending, surgical. Independent of any fork (the web console is now THE interactive surface). tui.py + tests/test_tui.py delete cleanly, BUT cli.py is SHARED (web/entrypoint.py + tier3.py import USER_AGENT; cli.py holds ParsedArgs/_format_duration_ms/_format_usage). OPEN SCOPE Q: remove textual-only (tui.py) vs the whole terminal interface (relocate shared consts out of cli.py first). Breaking public-surface removal → minor bump (operator approval). (The v0.20.17 collapsible debug panes, c678853, are now just a web-console feature — the "pre-fork" framing is moot.)

✅ #368 (user,character) memory silo test — DONE, PASSED live (WT b127). The reason for the pre-session clear; closed. Write+read isolation proven end-to-end (conjunctive {end_user, agent_self}; cold-recall gave zero cross-character bleed); throwaway ratatoskr:betty deleted; Sindra intact; stores scrubbed. Still QUEUED: the backfill live-verify (synthetic legacy corpus). Full record → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-18-368-silo-test-passed.md. Sibling issues WT-owned: #369 (recited-content re-promotion loop), #367 (copula-absence bridge phrasing).

Deferred/queued (all NON-URGENT): (1) P06-driver referential-frame A/B/C probe (operator-ratified, waits on WT b122 → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-17-referential-frame-probe.md); (2) R39 Phase-2 matched-quartets rebuild (confirmatory, "whenever"); (3) bifrost snapshot-cursor adoption (ruled normative, not blocking → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-bifrost-cursor-conformance.md).

Substrate / environment: branch main at v0.21.12, PUSHED to origin (slice-3 arc ca9a339+ fc256bb + this snapshot, tags v0.21.11–.12, pushed 2026-07-19; slice-1+2 arc b1fbadd→aba1730 + v0.21.3–.10 earlier). origin git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git. NEW core dep: worldtree-sdk==1.0.0 (gitea PyPI, [tool.uv.sources]; httpx-sse retires at slice-7). bifrost ==1.1.4 / wire v0.7; WT openapi vendored 2.3.0, conversation-api-spec re-synced to v1.1 (b4a278c); suite 469 green (was 497 post-slice-2; net delta = slice-3 adapter/probe tests added, ~50 deleted hand-rolled sessions tests). Personal WT on b128 (http://10.250.50.152:8081; #368 silo + #364 promotion-hygiene live both instances). The combined :8392 provider (memory+affect) + :8765 web are THE surfaces, dev-box BACKGROUND SHELLS — restart via scratchpad/relaunch_by_pid.py <pid> (pid via ss -ltnp | grep <port>). env.sh sets the REQUIRED RATATOSKR_MEMORY_EMBEDDING_DIM=1024. Keys env-only mode-600 in ~/.config/ratatoskr/provider.env + RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY (7 read scopes, personal-:8081-only; Heimdall keys per-instance). FOOT-GUN: check owner-scoped agents via GET /agents/<owner>:<name> with the OWNER key (WORLDTREE_API_KEY), NOT the admin key — admin gives a false 404. graphify-out/ runs dirty (auto-regen on the commit hook, never stage). v1 = full Worldtree I/O coverage, cuts when WT tags 1.0 (docs/coverage-map.md).

Other live threads: soong-lab = Tier-3 agent-authoring studio (v0.3.24+; motivational string→object export fixed upstream, our workaround droppable). Cross-session name-recall arc COMPLETE + shipped (v0.20.11→.16; WT #364 closed both sides; Sindra durably recalls Vuong via mark_superseded retirement). Sindra pristine baseline WIPED 2026-07-18 (full #368 scrub, born-empty store — old sindra-baseline/*.db predate it). Open/deferred: #10 subject-migration watch; relational-dynamics verify (bind --bifrost-url :8392); WT #356 resume-durability = WT-owned.

Recent decisions

Chronological log of decisions with [YYYY-MM-DD] prefix. One line per decision. Captures rationale that won't be obvious from code alone.

  • [2026-06-19] #18 D2 SHIPPED (v0.17.14, 39eebd1) and the full #17+#18 arc PUSHED to origin → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-18-d2-shipped-v0-17-14-39eebd1-and-the-full-1.md

  • [2026-06-19] bifrost repinned 0.8.0→0.10.0; affect.fetch became MANDATORY (strong-or-absent) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-bifrost-repinned-0-8-0-0-10-0-affect-fetch-be.md

  • [2026-06-19] #18 D1 SHIPPED — composite build_combined_app on :8392 (v0.17.16, 7f4ceaa); #18 CLOSED; published v0.18.0 (359dbb1) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-18-d1-shipped-composite-buildcombinedapp-on-8.md

  • [2026-06-19] op-feed handshake field-name fix (#17, v0.17.17 d60b77d): capabilities_requested→capabilities → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-op-feed-handshake-field-name-fix-17-v0-17-17.md

  • [2026-06-19] Ratatoskr is a REFERENCE implementation of the Worldtree/Bifrost standard (operator) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-ratatoskr-is-a-reference-implementation-of-th.md

  • [2026-06-19] Ratatoskr v1 is DERIVED from Worldtree I/O coverage (operator) — no self-defined feature ROADMAP → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-ratatoskr-v1-is-derived-from-worldtree-i-o-co.md

  • [2026-06-20] #18's final leg PROVEN — composite :8392 WT-driven smoke ran end-to-end + persisted → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-20-18-s-final-leg-proven-composite-8392-wt-drive.md

  • [2026-06-20] #17 CLOSED in the tracker. Shipped end-to-end (v0.17.8–.13 + op-feed field fix v0.17.17); the 2026-06-20 composite smoke re-exercised its op-feed live. Closing comment captures the full both-plane proof. Open issues now just #11 (scope-blocked) + #10 (watch).

  • [2026-06-20] Sindra has real PAD but ~empty memory — the affect/memory persistence asymmetry, confirmed on real sessions → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-20-sindra-has-real-pad-but-empty-memory-the-affe.md

  • [2026-06-29] Web SPA combined-bind default (v0.18.1, 719e4d6) — operator-caught gap → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-29-web-spa-combined-bind-default-v0-18-1-719e4d6.md

  • [2026-06-29] bifrost repinned 1.0.0 (v0.18.2, af67ad9) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-29-bifrost-repinned-1-0-0-v0-18-2-af67ad9.md

  • [2026-06-30] Worldtree v1.0.0b1→b2 consumer adaptation: eager turn-launch statuses (v0.18.3 b2e4901, v0.18.4 e4317f6) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-worldtree-v1-0-0b1-b2-consumer-adaptation-eag.md

  • [2026-06-30] Verify-against-the-real-spec-before-committing caught a real upstream gap → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-verify-against-the-real-spec-before-committin.md

  • [2026-06-30] regard is a DEAD AXIS in Worldtree's emitted affect (caught provider-side; worldtree-dev confirmed + escalated to Vuong) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-regard-is-a-dead-axis-in-worldtree-s-emitted.md

  • [2026-06-30] v1 coverage-audit kicked off; coverage ledger written (docs/coverage-map.md) — the first one → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-v1-coverage-audit-kicked-off-coverage-ledger.md

  • [2026-06-30] Scope mandate A locked (operator): v1 "done" = every frozen I/O point CLASSIFIED (covered-or-excluded-with-rationale), zero unaccounted — NOT a feature-complete client → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-scope-mandate-a-locked-operator-v1-done-every.md

  • [2026-06-30] Finding P-1 (pin drift) + pin-remediation PENDING → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-finding-p-1-pin-drift-pin-remediation-pending.md

  • [2026-06-30] (b) Tier-1 frontier SCOPED, ready for a contract-first TDD cycle (next focused work) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-b-tier-1-frontier-scoped-ready-for-a-contract.md

  • [2026-06-30] (b1) SSE-resume SHIPPED (v0.18.5) — stream_turn_resilient (sse_client.py) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-b1-sse-resume-shipped-v0-18-5-streamturnresil.md

  • [2026-06-30] (b2) session-picker SHIPPED (v0.18.7) — bare TUI mode → startup picker (design-brief §4) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-b2-session-picker-shipped-v0-18-7-bare-tui-mo.md

  • [2026-06-30] capabilities+me slice SHIPPED (v0.18.8) — GET /me + GET /capabilities consumed via a new --whoami one-shot → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-capabilities-me-slice-shipped-v0-18-8-get-me.md

  • [2026-07-01] b1 (SSE-resume) heid-code-review panel: ZERO findings — cross-model-verified clean → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-b1-sse-resume-heid-code-review-panel-zero-fin.md

  • [2026-07-01] GET /sessions/{id}/tools quick-win SHIPPED (v0.18.9) — owner-scoped tool inventory in the TUI Tools pane → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-get-sessions-id-tools-quick-win-shipped-v0-18.md

  • [2026-07-01] BifrostState pane SHIPPED (v0.18.10) — GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost in a new TUI "Bifrost" pane; the FIRST admin-key consumer in ratatoskr → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-bifroststate-pane-shipped-v0-18-10-get-admin.md

  • [2026-07-01] LEDGER CORRECTION: #11 (AdminEvents) is NO LONGER BLOCKED → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-ledger-correction-11-adminevents-is-no-longer.md

  • [2026-07-01] AdminEvents pane SHIPPED (v0.18.11) — GET /admin/events SSE in a new TUI pane; #11 closed-by-build; Tier 1 (debug-observability core) COMPLETE → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-adminevents-pane-shipped-v0-18-11-get-admin-e.md

  • [2026-07-01] Tier-2 SHIPPED (v0.19.1) — transient-characters CRUD + persona-state write; the v1 coverage-audit CONVERGES (zero in-scope gaps) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-tier-2-shipped-v0-19-1-transient-characters-c.md

  • [2026-07-01] env.sh now PERSISTS the web Bifrost-bind vars (gitignored, local-only) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-env-sh-now-persists-the-web-bifrost-bind-vars.md

  • [2026-07-01] Tier-3 stores RESET (operator-directed) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-tier-3-stores-reset-operator-directed.md

  • [2026-07-01] Embedding-latency loop RESOLVED — it was WORLDTREE's, not ratatoskr (the consumer/provider thesis paid off again) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-embedding-latency-loop-resolved-it-was-worldt.md

  • [2026-07-01] Web debug-surface parity SHIPPED (v0.19.2, a0a9d5f) — direct in-session TDD → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-web-debug-surface-parity-shipped-v0-19-2-a0a9.md

  • [2026-07-01] heid-code-review (v0.19.3, 75dec01) — panel caught 2 real client-side SSE-lifecycle bugs TDD missed → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-heid-code-review-v0-19-3-75dec01-panel-caught.md

  • [2026-07-01] Affect snapshot shape CHANGED valence→relations (relation_edge/1) — the persona pane was reading a dead field → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-affect-snapshot-shape-changed-valence-relatio.md

  • [2026-07-01] Trust/warmth VALUES converge and go FLAT at confidence 1.0 — that's WAD, not a stuck pane → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-trust-warmth-values-converge-and-go-flat-at-c.md

  • [2026-07-01] relation_context "stranger" + agency-all-zero flagged to worldtree-dev → both WAD/intentional-v1-deferrals → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-relationcontext-stranger-agency-all-zero-flag.md

  • [2026-07-01] Persona pane displays the CANONICAL affect→NL Worldtree injects — ADOPT, don't invent (operator steer + reference-impl posture) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-persona-pane-displays-the-canonical-affect-nl.md

  • [2026-07-01] Sindra PAD is over-regulated — characterized via controlled probe, flagged to worldtree-dev (separate affect slice) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-sindra-pad-is-over-regulated-characterized-vi.md

  • [2026-07-01] Memory plane PROVEN healthy end-to-end → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-memory-plane-proven-healthy-end-to-end.md

  • [2026-07-01] Salience scorer non-discriminating → 3-way routing → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-salience-scorer-non-discriminating-3-way-rout.md

  • [2026-07-01] Canonical check BLOCKED an access_tally fork (reference-impl posture held) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-canonical-check-blocked-an-accesstally-fork-r.md

  • [2026-07-01] relation_context coherence FIXED upstream (my flag → Worldtree Wave-0, IMPLEMENTED v1.0.0b5) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-relationcontext-coherence-fixed-upstream-my-f.md

  • [2026-07-01] Foot-gun (measurement, self-caught before flagging): establish the baseline before claiming a rate → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-01-foot-gun-measurement-self-caught-before-flagg.md

  • [2026-07-02] Salience finding matured into brokkr R28 (OPEN) — ratatoskr is the eval instrument → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-02-salience-finding-matured-into-brokkr-r28-open.md

  • [2026-07-02] Relational-dynamics arc LIVE on demo (Worldtree v1.0.0b9) — driven by MY relation_context flag → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-02-relational-dynamics-arc-live-on-demo-worldtre.md

  • [2026-07-02] R28 (salience→promotion-worthiness) CLOSED (operator-directed) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-02-r28-salience-promotion-worthiness-closed-oper.md

  • [2026-07-02] R29 (PAD mood-dynamics) finding SHIPPED as Worldtree's A1 anchor fix (demo v1.0.0b14, e1cdf82) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-02-r29-pad-mood-dynamics-finding-shipped-as-worl.md

  • [2026-07-03] R30 Phase-1 φ0 measured — deployed engine CONFIG-FAITHFUL (φ0≈0.95) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-03-r30-phase-1-0-measured-deployed-engine-config.md

  • [2026-07-03] R30 forward disposition (brokkr-owned; tracked at brokkr R30, "brokkr/worldtree will ping") → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-03-r30-forward-disposition-brokkr-owned-tracked.md

  • [2026-07-03] Relational-arc verify DEFERRED — relations[] is Bifrost-provider-only (ADR-0009), confirmed both ways → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-03-relational-arc-verify-deferred-relations-is-b.md

  • [2026-07-04] R30 CLOSED on offline-tests + human face-validity (operator steer, relayed via worldtree-dev) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-04-r30-closed-on-offline-tests-human-face-validi.md

  • [2026-07-05] Authored-history-write primitive proposed -> accepted as Worldtree #347 (Worldtree owns the engine design; ratatoskr = reference consumer) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-05-authored-history-write-primitive-proposed-acc.md

  • [2026-07-05] #347 v1 wire validated as reference consumer (GREEN) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-05-347-v1-wire-validated-as-reference-consumer-g.md

  • [2026-07-06] Sindra role character-rp -> character (operator) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-sindra-role-character-rp-character-operator.md

  • [2026-07-06] Sindra persona/OCEAN DECLARED -> mood fixed (the full diagnostic converged on a stale personal container) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-sindra-persona-ocean-declared-mood-fixed-the.md

  • [2026-07-06] OpenAPI re-vendored 2.2.0->2.3.0 (75da676, pin-only no bump) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-openapi-re-vendored-2-2-0-2-3-0-75da676-pin-o.md

  • [2026-07-06] #347 authored-history-write CONSUMER SIDE SHIPPED (v0.19.6) — direct in-session TDD → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-347-authored-history-write-consumer-side-ship.md

  • [2026-07-06] Tail-2 SHIPPED (v0.19.7) — Tier-3 prose docs re-vendored + persona_state body-shape aligned → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-tail-2-shipped-v0-19-7-tier-3-prose-docs-re-v.md

  • [2026-07-06] Sindra rewritten onto a #347 authored first-message + first-message-preset AUTO-SEED SHIPPED (v0.19.8) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-sindra-rewritten-onto-a-347-authored-first-me.md

  • [2026-07-06] Web UI now RENDERS the seeded first-message (v0.19.9) — operator-reported "i don't see Sindra's greeting on the web ui" → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-web-ui-now-renders-the-seeded-first-message-v.md

  • [2026-07-06] Web UI: pivot from incremental CSS polish to a designed prototype (Claude Design) that I wire into → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-web-ui-pivot-from-incremental-css-polish-to-a.md

  • [2026-07-07] Affect-egress reference delivered by worldtree-dev + a we-framing render DRIFT-WATCH banked → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-affect-egress-reference-delivered-by-worldtre.md

  • [2026-07-12] R34/R35 character-self-report reframe LIVE (WT b53); affect-half VALIDATED in prod, powered memory-half eval GREENLIT + designed → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-12-r34-r35-character-self-report-reframe-live-wt.md

  • [2026-07-12] Capture-path resolved → a worldtree producer-probe (ratatoskr-caught blocker) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-12-capture-path-resolved-a-worldtree-producer-pr.md

  • [2026-07-12] bifrost 1.1.1 adopted (v0.20.10, pushed) — the library-level fix for the frozen-v0.6 handshake leak → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-12-bifrost-1-1-1-adopted-v0-20-10-pushed-the-lib.md

  • [2026-07-10] Bifrost bound-handshake blocker → bifrost 1.1.0 broke frozen-v0.6; fixed by Worldtree b47/wire-v0.7, our side needed ZERO change → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-10-bifrost-bound-handshake-blocker-bifrost-1-1-0.md

  • [2026-07-09] Sindra PATCHed to character-rp → Deckard reasoning-RP seat (operator-directed, INTERIM) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-09-sindra-patched-to-character-rp-deckard-reason.md

  • [2026-07-08] PAD display relaxed for R32-1B unbounded-z, done PROACTIVELY (v0.20.9, patch, operator-directed "sindra full and unbounded") → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-08-pad-display-relaxed-for-r32-1b-unbounded-z-do.md

  • [2026-07-07] Web-UI iteration-3 SHIPPED (v0.20.7, patch) — all three queued items + the memory 0/0 root-caused → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-web-ui-iteration-3-shipped-v0-20-7-patch-all.md

  • [2026-07-07] Web-UI next-work QUEUED for a fresh-context session (operator-directed /snapshot handoff) — full specs in Current state § ⏭ QUEUED → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-web-ui-next-work-queued-for-a-fresh-context-s.md

  • [2026-07-07] Markdown pass-1 SHIPPED (v0.20.6) — RP semantic coloring + paragraph reflow (operator-directed markdown rework, step ①) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-markdown-pass-1-shipped-v0-20-6-rp-semantic-c.md

  • [2026-07-07] Affect-derived tooltips (v0.20.5) + transparent squirrel vendored + v0.20.0–.5 PUSHED to origin (operator-authorized) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-affect-derived-tooltips-v0-20-5-transparent-s.md

  • [2026-07-07] SVG sparklines + 3D mood cube imported from the updated Claude Design prototype (v0.20.4) — operator: "the svg sparklines and the new 3d graph" → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-svg-sparklines-3d-mood-cube-imported-from-the.md

  • [2026-07-07] Brand mark + favicon → the aurora squirrel (v0.20.3), replacing the ᛯ rune → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-brand-mark-favicon-the-aurora-squirrel-v0-20.md

  • [2026-07-07] Context-injection view SHIPPED (v0.20.2) — the console now reconstructs the FULL hidden affect block Worldtree injects into the agent's system prompt (operator: "use that canon in the interface, see as much context injection as possible") → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-07-context-injection-view-shipped-v0-20-2-the-co.md

  • [2026-07-06] Claude Design console SHIPPED (v0.20.0 MINOR, operator-approved) — see Current state for the full record → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-claude-design-console-shipped-v0-20-0-minor-o.md

  • [2026-07-13] P06 memory-half DRIVEN + SCORED — the reframe's memory mechanism is validated → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-p06-memory-half-driven-scored-the-reframe-s-m.md

  • [2026-07-13] Memory extraction turned REASONING-OFF for the eval (operator-directed) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-memory-extraction-turned-reasoning-off-for-th.md

  • [2026-07-13] Vendored the brokkr R34 psych-profile canon (Vuong-directed) — BOTH files, not just the parameters → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-vendored-the-brokkr-r34-psych-profile-canon-v.md

  • [2026-07-13] Affect-egress "coordinated re-vendor" open item RESOLVED — it was a benign R32-1B doc note, not the we-framing conditional → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-affect-egress-coordinated-re-vendor-open-item.md

  • [2026-07-13] WT #355 root-caused via ratatoskr telemetry (Vuong-routed via soong-dev) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-wt-355-root-caused-via-ratatoskr-telemetry-vu.md

  • [2026-07-13] WT #355 VALIDATION — fix CONFIRMED; the standing loop-in obligation is DISCHARGED → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-wt-355-validation-fix-confirmed-the-standing.md

  • [2026-07-13] b61 adopted as the personal target — the orthogonal over-budget TRIGGER also fixed → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-b61-adopted-as-the-personal-target-the-orthog.md

  • [2026-07-13] Cleaned + prepped for a Sindra run (operator: "clean up everything + prep") → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-cleaned-prepped-for-a-sindra-run-operator-cle.md

  • [2026-07-14] soong-lab adopted as our Tier-3 agent-authoring studio (operator-directed) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-14-soong-lab-adopted-as-our-tier-3-agent-authori.md

  • [2026-07-15] Cross-session recall failure root-caused → the person-prime scan build → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-15-cross-session-recall-failure-root-caused-the.md

  • [2026-07-15] Sindra redefined from the soong-lab bundle → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-15-sindra-redefined-from-the-soong-lab-bundle.md

  • [2026-07-16] WT #364 + brokkr R39 re-drive (DECISIVE) — name-recall root-caused Worldtree-side; the fix is the signal FAMILY, not a threshold → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-wt-364-brokkr-r39-re-drive-decisive-name-reca.md

  • [2026-07-16] bifrost ruled scan snapshot-cursor NORMATIVE (offset NOT blessed) + shipped conformance coverage in bifrost 1.1.3 → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-bifrost-ruled-scan-snapshot-cursor-normative.md

  • [2026-07-16] brokkr flagged ratatoskr as R39 Phase-2 PROBE-RUNNER (Arm-2 contradiction set = our frozen 10-chunk specimen); ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE (Vuong 2026-07-16) — formal scope + effort commit lands when Arm-2 actually spins → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-brokkr-flagged-ratatoskr-as-r39-phase-2-probe.md

  • [2026-07-17] mark_superseded verb SHIPPED + live-verified (v0.20.15, be2c577) — WT #364 durable retirement lands on our store; #364 CLOSED end-to-end both sides → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-17-marksuperseded-verb-shipped-live-verified-v0.md

  • [2026-07-17] Web-console UI (v0.20.16, pushed): code-block word-wrap + per-code-block & per-turn copy buttons → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-17-web-console-ui-v0-20-16-pushed-code-block-wor.md

  • [2026-07-17] P06-driver referential-frame A/B/C probe QUEUED (operator-ratified, deploy-gated on WT b122) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-17-p06-driver-referential-frame-a-b-c-probe-queu.md

  • [2026-07-17] Sindra live memory.db tidied to a 5-fact PRISTINE baseline for a test drive → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-17-sindra-live-memory-db-tidied-to-a-5-fact-pris.md

  • [2026-07-18] #368 (user, character) memory silo test — DONE, PASSED live (WT b127). Write + read isolation both proven end-to-end; betty (throwaway) deleted; the immediate post-clear action, closed. → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-18-368-silo-test-passed.md

  • [2026-07-18] Worldtree owns the official Conversation API SDK (#371) — Rata's client spine (sse_client/sessions/tier3) is the SEED; the SillyTavern app moved OUT to a NEW repo (template-dev), Rata does NOT fork. Rata = SDK seed + future consumer; TS ships first (Rata's repin rides the later Python milestone); internal-registry-only. → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-18-worldtree-sdk-371-and-sillytavern-app.md

  • [2026-07-18] issue #1 contract drift fixed (4bd9abd) — SSE event vocab re-canonicalized: added awaiting_llm_first_token (#201) + affect_update (#204) to the Event union + TESTS (both were parsed by _envelope_for_type and tested in test_sse_client.py, but never in #1's contract; surfaced by the #371 parity pass). Contract-only, no bump.

  • [2026-07-18] Both app products (arbo image-gen + SillyTavern chat) leave Rata to a NEW repo (template-dev standing up); Rata does NOT fork and is NOT the app base. Reverts Rata to its core — Worldtree debug-observability surface + Bifrost reference impl + Conversation-API SDK seed/future-consumer. Supersedes the 2026-07-17 'fork Rata for arbo' NEXT-MAJOR plan.

  • [2026-07-18] ephemeral-template (Echo) create SHIPPED (v0.21.2, c7016f2, #19) — config passthrough + --system-prompt + SessionInfo.kind/config + --whoami roles fix. Diagnosed from the ignored session_api_failed startup line; role/model drift resolved w/ worldtree-dev (spec re-synced v1.1). TDD + heid contract-review + bug-hunt.

  • [2026-07-18] Rata = THE reference consumer of the worldtree-sdk Python spine — parity pass (12 grounded findings) shaped its contract BEFORE build (open-world reads, caller-injected transport, per-wire role/model — adopted); coverage-map re-anchored to the SDK's 41-op ratified surface (b1fbadd); 4 ergonomics items parked post-v1 with wtsdk-dev.

  • [2026-07-18] worldtree-sdk cutover DECIDED — adopt the Python SDK for the consumer client layer (operator, overriding "stay hand-rolled"). Issue #20; contract docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md (e45640c, vor-cross'd + heid-reviewed); auto-memory project_worldtree_sdk_cutover. Consumer layer only, Bifrost provider untouched; slice-1 foundation next. See in-flight.

  • [2026-07-19] worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-1 + SLICE-2 COMPLETE + PUSHED (origin aba1730, v0.21.10, 497 green). The biggest, riskiest cutover slice done end-to-end through the full House Code Discipline (adapter→cli→web→delete→live-smoke→both heid gates); the bug-hunt caught 4 real confirmed bugs the conformance lens couldn't, and a convergent code-review finding was correctly REJECTED as category-5 (SDK envelope-parser behavior). Slice-3 next. → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-1-2-complete.md

  • [2026-07-19] worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-3 COMPLETE + pushed (ca9a339+fc256bb, v0.21.11–.12, 469 green). Persona/authored-history/first-message onto the wt adapter; last hand-rolled sessions.py paths deleted; both heid gates cleared — code-review ZERO drift, bug-hunt caught + fixed a real regression I shipped (ConnectFailed escaping both rewired probes → uncaught crash; the SDK normalizes ALL transport failures to ConnectFailed, not raw httpx) plus a finite-PAD chokepoint gap. Slice-4 (agents/tier3 + model→role) next. → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-3-complete.md

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Log of approaches that were tried and rejected, with rationale. Future-self defense against re-attempting the same cul-de-sac.

  • [2026-07-10] Reverting our provider to bifrost 1.0.0 to fix the bound-handshake schema_validation_failed — DISPROVEN, and it would've been the WRONG state → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-10-reverting-our-provider-to-bifrost-1-0-0-to-fi.md

  • [2026-06-15] Canonical sync retired the issue-scoped parser staleness. contract_parser.py synced to v2.1 (commit d85ab43): now validates issue-scoped frontmatter + four v2.1 test categories. The old "treat parser ERROR-on-issue-scoped as expected" note no longer applies.

  • [2026-06-15] Issue #17 filed. REVERSES design-brief §6's "no Bifrost-binding consumer support" — that negative clause predates ratatoskr's provider identity (2026-06-14), so the canary now owns both ends but its client couldn't drive its own provider. (Shipped 2026-06-18.)

  • [2026-06-16] scripts/contract_drift_check.py defaults GITEA_REPO to "Worldtree" (line 74), so a bare run in ratatoskr false-positives DRIFT by hashing Worldtree's same-numbered issue. Always export GITEA_REPO=ratatoskr GITEA_OWNER=vh before running the drift-checker here.

  • [2026-06-19] The SAME check_same_thread sqlite bug recurred in the MEMORY store — exposed by the contract-mandated search dispatch test (TestClient = worker thread) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-the-same-checksamethread-sqlite-bug-recurred.md

  • [2026-06-19] Full WT-driven :8392 live-smoke is infra-gated — :8392 not in WT's BIFROST_CLIENT_ALLOWED_HOSTS (bind 422s) → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-full-wt-driven-8392-live-smoke-is-infra-gated.md

  • [2026-06-19] heid-code-review pulled MORE weight than its own "marginal" self-assessment → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-heid-code-review-pulled-more-weight-than-its.md

  • [2026-06-20] The post-turn-async timing trap bit AGAIN — even a 35s post-[done] read missed the promotion upsert_many by ~2s → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-20-the-post-turn-async-timing-trap-bit-again-eve.md

  • [2026-06-30] Heimdall keys are PER-INSTANCE — a key minted on one Worldtree 401s on another → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-heimdall-keys-are-per-instance-a-key-minted-o.md

  • [2026-06-30] tea comment <N> hangs on Gitea → persistent-memory.d/2026-06-30-tea-comment-n-hangs-on-gitea.md

  • [2026-07-02] Mask-HOSTED transient characters have a STATIC mood engine — cost a whole R29 probe → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-02-mask-hosted-transient-characters-have-a-stati.md

  • [2026-07-03] The "neutral non-appraising tail" premise fails — the neutral MESSAGE choice dominates → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-03-the-neutral-non-appraising-tail-premise-fails.md

  • [2026-07-03] Two φ0-fit traps: fast-turn timescale + low-baseline conditioning → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-03-two-0-fit-traps-fast-turn-timescale-low-basel.md

  • [2026-07-06] persona_state + the agent envelope are Tier-3-BLIND -- NOT valid signals for "did a persona store" → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-personastate-the-agent-envelope-are-tier-3-bl.md

  • [2026-07-06] Raw POST /sessions is NOT Bifrost-bound -> zero affect/memory emits → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-raw-post-sessions-is-not-bifrost-bound-zero-a.md

  • [2026-07-06] A fast/"no-op" deploy can leave a STALE container running the old image -- verify the running version, not the deploy status → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-a-fast-no-op-deploy-can-leave-a-stale-contain.md

  • [2026-07-06] #348 OCEAN key-mismatch: a declared OCEAN silently resolved to neutral → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-348-ocean-key-mismatch-a-declared-ocean-silen.md

  • [2026-07-06] pkill -f "ratatoskr-web --host" SELF-MATCHES the bash command running it → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-pkill-f-ratatoskr-web-host-self-matches-the-b.md

  • [2026-07-06] Playwright: no python playwright module in the venv; use NODE playwright + an explicit executablePath → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-playwright-no-python-playwright-module-in-the.md

  • [2026-07-06] The Bash tool's grep is a ugrep-wrapper (--ignore-files -I) that silently returns NOTHING on some files → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-the-bash-tool-s-grep-is-a-ugrep-wrapper-ignor.md

  • [2026-07-06] DesignSync (claude.ai/design MCP) needs claude.ai design scopes before ANY method works → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-06-designsync-claude-ai-design-mcp-needs-claude.md

  • [2026-07-13] thinking_enabled=False on the define was a NO-OP — char-rp-reasoning ignores it → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-thinkingenabled-false-on-the-define-was-a-no.md

  • [2026-07-13] A same-image redeploy does NOT reload a bind-mounted config — the ModelRegistry boot-caches it at __init__ → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-a-same-image-redeploy-does-not-reload-a-bind.md

  • [2026-07-15] soong-lab bundle ship.native.motivational.goals/fears are bare STRINGS, but WT agents.define requires OBJECTS → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-15-soong-lab-bundle-ship-native-motivational-goa.md

  • [2026-07-15] re.sub/re.subn INTERPRETS backslash-escapes in the REPLACEMENT string → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-15-re-sub-re-subn-interprets-backslash-escapes-i.md

  • [2026-07-13] Called Deckard "hung" off a short timeout — WRONG (operator correction) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-called-deckard-hung-off-a-short-timeout-wrong.md

  • [2026-07-13] Resumed-session context-snapshot is IN-MEMORY → lost on a container recreate (agent_not_available on resume) → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-13-resumed-session-context-snapshot-is-in-memory.md

  • [2026-07-16] sortable_chunk_fields advertised WITHOUT the required type field = whole-handshake deploy-breaker; only DRIVING the real bind caught it → persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-sortablechunkfields-advertised-without-the-re.md

34 older entries (2026-05-* debug-TUI/web era + the 2026-06-14 → 06-18 foot-gun cluster) archived to archival-memory.md.

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