Record live recurrent reinforcement follow-up

Author: cafitac

.dev/roadmap/memory-consolidation/current-progress-and-next-steps.md

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 # agent-memory memory-consolidation current progress and next steps
 
 Status: AI-authored draft. Not yet human-approved.
-Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:09 KST
+Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:41 KST
+
+## Current checkpoint: exact live recurrent reinforcement after exhausted lifecycle queue is green
+
+- Continued from the fact:5 lifecycle apply checkpoint using real live DB evidence from `/Users/reddit/.agent-memory/memory.db`.
+- Primary run directory: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z`.
+- Storage and trace quality were healthy before the next step.
+- Fresh lifecycle evidence was green with `post_apply_observation_count=7`.
+- Normal lifecycle refresh/readiness showed the queue is exhausted: no new unapplied target candidates and no exact lifecycle candidates ready.
+- Scheduled dry-run/resolution remained read-only and blocked on `decay_risk_above_threshold`, with one evidence-collection candidate and six monitor-only refs.
+- Ran exactly one recurrent reinforcement apply through policy `g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply-v1`, phrase `apply-approved-g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-v1`, and `--max-apply 1`.
+- Live recurrent result: `mutated=true`, `applied_count=1`, selected candidate `g5-recurrent-reinforcement-ed3b8f726bd20131d8847452`, audited target `episode:1`, `fresh_observation_count=992`, `default_retrieval_unchanged=true`, `ordinary_conversation_auto_approval=false`.
+- Exact recurrent table deltas: `g5_trace_candidate_applications +1`; core memory rows, relation rows, review rows, and telemetry rows unchanged during the measured command.
+- Rollback replay is green, ranking-backed recurrent application audit is green, and recurrent post-apply verification is green: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-post-apply-verification.json`, decision `recurrent_reinforcement_post_apply_verification_green_stop`.
+- Post live storage health and trace quality remain healthy.
+
+Current estimate:
+
+- Scoped local human-brain-like memory lifecycle remains effectively `100%` at the bounded/review-gated/local-first boundary.
+- Operational confidence remains `98%+` with exact live G4 reinforcement, repeated exact reviewed G5 lifecycle reinforcement, and a fresh exact recurrent reinforcement corridor completed and post-apply verified on real data.
+- Literal broad/unattended/default background mutation remains intentionally blocked.
+
+Recommended next work now:
+
+1. Stop before additional mutation; the recurrent verifier is a stop gate and reports repeat apply is not authorized.
+2. If continuing, restart from read-only live evidence and focus on scheduled/decay blocker review for the remaining `decay_risk_above_threshold` evidence-collection candidate.
+3. Keep broad ordinary conversation auto-approval, unattended default/background apply, repeated apply without fresh verification, default-ranking mutation, collapse/delete, telemetry reset, and unreviewed promotion blocked.
+
+Reference: `.dev/roadmap/memory-consolidation/references/post-v0.1.162-live-recurrent-reinforcement-after-fact5.md`
 
 ## Current checkpoint: exact reviewed live lifecycle reinforcement fact:5 apply is green
 

.dev/roadmap/memory-consolidation/references/post-v0.1.162-live-recurrent-reinforcement-after-fact5.md

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+# post-v0.1.162 live recurrent reinforcement after fact:5
+
+Status: AI-authored draft. Not yet human-approved.
+Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:41 KST
+
+## Summary
+
+Continued from the fact:5 live lifecycle reinforcement stop state using real live DB evidence from `/Users/reddit/.agent-memory/memory.db`. The normal reviewed lifecycle queue was exhausted, so this pass restarted from read-only live checks and then used the separately documented exact-approved recurrent reinforcement corridor when fresh post-apply evidence was present.
+
+Run directory: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z`
+
+## Read-only preflight evidence
+
+- Pre storage health: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_storage_health.json`
+  - `status=healthy`
+- Pre trace quality: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_trace_quality.json`
+  - `status=healthy`
+  - recommendation `consider_g4_plan`
+- Lifecycle fresh evidence preview: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-fresh-evidence-preview.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`
+  - `post_apply_observation_count=7`
+- Lifecycle candidate refresh preview: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-candidate-refresh-preview.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=false`
+  - decision `no_new_lifecycle_review_persistence_ready`
+  - `preview_candidate_count=7`
+  - `new_unapplied_target_candidate_count=0`
+  - `target_already_applied_count=7`
+- Lifecycle apply readiness: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-apply-readiness.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=false`
+  - decision `no_exact_lifecycle_apply_candidates_ready`
+- Scheduled dry-run: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-dry-run.json`
+  - remains read-only and red on `decay_risk_above_threshold`
+  - decay candidate decomposition: `candidate_count=7`, `collect_more_activation_evidence_before_decay_action=1`, `monitor_only_no_mutation=6`
+- Scheduled blocker resolution: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-blocker-resolution.json`
+  - `resolution_gate.pass=false`
+  - unresolved blocker: `decay_risk_above_threshold`
+
+## Exact recurrent reinforcement corridor
+
+- Command: `dogfood lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply`
+- Policy: `g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply-v1`
+- Approval phrase: `apply-approved-g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-v1`
+- Min observations: `5`
+- Max apply: `1`
+- Backup: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-backup-memory.db`
+- Apply report: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply.json`
+
+Apply result:
+
+- `quality_gate.pass=true`
+- decision `recurrent_reinforcement_applied_for_fresh_windows`
+- `eligible_target_count=4`
+- `selected_target_count=1`
+- `applied_count=1`
+- selected candidate `g5-recurrent-reinforcement-ed3b8f726bd20131d8847452`
+- promoted target from audit: `episode:1`
+- `fresh_observation_count=992`
+- `mutated=true`
+- `default_retrieval_unchanged=true`
+- `ordinary_conversation_auto_approval=false`
+
+Measured table delta for the exact recurrent command:
+
+- `g5_trace_candidate_applications`: `+1` (`13 -> 14`)
+- unchanged: `facts`, `procedures`, `episodes`, `relations`, `retrieval_observations`, `memory_activations`, `experience_traces`, `g5_trace_candidate_reviews`
+
+## Verification
+
+- Rollback confidence: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post-recurrent-rollback-confidence.json`
+- Rollback replay: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post-recurrent-rollback-replay.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`
+  - `application_count=14`
+- Live retrieval ranking fixtures and shadow ranking experiment:
+  - `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/live-retrieval-ranking-fixtures-report.json`
+  - `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/retrieval-ranking-experiment.json`
+  - default ranking not mutated; baseline regressions `0`
+- Ranking-backed recurrent application audit: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post-recurrent-application-audit.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`
+  - recurrent policy application count `4`
+- Recurrent post-apply verifier: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-post-apply-verification.json`
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`
+  - decision `recurrent_reinforcement_post_apply_verification_green_stop`
+  - `repeat_apply_authorized=false`
+- Post storage health: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post_storage_health.json`
+  - `status=healthy`
+- Post trace quality: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post_trace_quality.json`
+  - `status=healthy`
+  - recommendation `consider_g4_plan`
+
+## Current stop state
+
+The normal lifecycle review queue remains exhausted and scheduled bounded partial automation remains blocked by one decay evidence-collection candidate plus monitor-only decay refs. The recurrent verifier is green, but it is a stop gate and does not authorize unattended repetition.
+
+Next safe action: stop before additional live mutation. If continuing, restart from read-only live evidence again. The most concrete live follow-up is scheduled/decay blocker review for the remaining `decay_risk_above_threshold` evidence-collection candidate, not another immediate apply.
+
+Still blocked: broad G4/G5 apply, ordinary conversation auto-approval, unattended/default/background apply, repeated apply without fresh verification, default-ranking mutation, collapse/delete, telemetry reset apply, and unreviewed promotion.

.dev/status/current-handoff.md

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 # agent-memory current handoff
 
 Status: AI-authored draft. Not yet human-approved.
-Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:09 KST
+Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:41 KST
+
+## Current checkpoint: exact live recurrent reinforcement after exhausted lifecycle queue is green
+
+- Continued from the fact:5 lifecycle apply stop state using real live DB evidence from `/Users/reddit/.agent-memory/memory.db`.
+- Primary run directory: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z`.
+- Pre storage health and trace quality were healthy: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_storage_health.json`, `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_trace_quality.json`.
+- Fresh lifecycle evidence was green: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-fresh-evidence-preview.json`, `post_apply_observation_count=7`.
+- Lifecycle refresh preview had no new normal review candidates: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-candidate-refresh-preview.json`, `new_unapplied_target_candidate_count=0`, `target_already_applied_count=7`.
+- Normal lifecycle apply readiness remained stopped: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-apply-readiness.json`, decision `no_exact_lifecycle_apply_candidates_ready`.
+- Scheduled dry-run/resolution remained read-only and blocked on decay risk: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-dry-run.json`, `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-blocker-resolution.json`, unresolved `decay_risk_above_threshold`; decomposition still has one `collect_more_activation_evidence_before_decay_action` candidate and six monitor-only refs.
+- Used the separately documented exact recurrent corridor only after fresh evidence: `dogfood lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply`, policy `g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply-v1`, phrase `apply-approved-g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-v1`, `--max-apply 1`.
+- Recurrent apply report: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply.json`, `quality_gate.pass=true`, `eligible_target_count=4`, `selected_target_count=1`, `applied_count=1`, candidate `g5-recurrent-reinforcement-ed3b8f726bd20131d8847452`, audit target `episode:1`, `fresh_observation_count=992`.
+- Recurrent apply backup: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-backup-memory.db`.
+- Measured live table deltas for the exact recurrent command: `g5_trace_candidate_applications +1`; `facts`, `procedures`, `episodes`, `relations`, `retrieval_observations`, `memory_activations`, `experience_traces`, and `g5_trace_candidate_reviews` unchanged.
+- Rollback replay, ranking-backed recurrent application audit, and recurrent post-apply verification are green: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post-recurrent-rollback-replay.json`, `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/post-recurrent-application-audit.json`, `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-post-apply-verification.json`.
+- Recurrent verifier decision: `recurrent_reinforcement_post_apply_verification_green_stop`; `repeat_apply_authorized=false`.
+- Post live storage health and trace quality remain healthy.
+- Still blocked: broad G4/G5 apply, ordinary conversation auto-approval, unattended/default/background apply, repeated apply without fresh verification, default-ranking mutation, collapse/delete, telemetry reset apply, and unreviewed promotion.
+
+Next step: stop before further live mutation. If continuing, restart from read-only live evidence again; the concrete follow-up is scheduled/decay blocker review for the remaining `decay_risk_above_threshold` evidence-collection candidate, not another immediate apply.
+
+Reference: `.dev/roadmap/memory-consolidation/references/post-v0.1.162-live-recurrent-reinforcement-after-fact5.md`
 
 ## Current checkpoint: live lifecycle reinforcement fact:5 apply is green; pending queue exhausted
 

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 # agent-memory next action
 
 Status: AI-authored draft. Not yet human-approved.
-Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:09 KST
+Last updated: 2026-05-28 02:41 KST
+
+## Current checkpoint: live recurrent reinforcement completed and verified on real data
+
+Completed the next safe path after the normal lifecycle queue was exhausted: read-only live checks first, then one exact-approved recurrent reinforcement apply because fresh post-apply evidence was available.
+
+Completed work:
+
+- Run directory: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z`.
+- Read-only health checks:
+  - `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_storage_health.json`: `status=healthy`.
+  - `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/pre_trace_quality.json`: `status=healthy`, recommendation `consider_g4_plan`.
+- Fresh evidence preview: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-fresh-evidence-preview.json`.
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`, `post_apply_observation_count=7`.
+- Lifecycle refresh preview: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-candidate-refresh-preview.json`.
+  - `quality_gate.pass=false`, decision `no_new_lifecycle_review_persistence_ready`.
+  - `new_unapplied_target_candidate_count=0`, `target_already_applied_count=7`.
+- Normal apply readiness: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-apply-readiness.json`.
+  - no exact lifecycle candidates ready.
+- Scheduled dry-run/resolution:
+  - `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-dry-run.json` and `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/scheduled-blocker-resolution.json` remain read-only and red on `decay_risk_above_threshold`.
+- Exact recurrent apply:
+  - Candidate: `g5-recurrent-reinforcement-ed3b8f726bd20131d8847452`.
+  - Audited target: `episode:1`.
+  - Policy: `g5-lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply-v1`.
+  - Backup: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-backup-memory.db`.
+  - Apply report: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-apply.json`.
+  - Result: `mutated=true`, `applied_count=1`, `default_retrieval_unchanged=true`, `ordinary_conversation_auto_approval=false`.
+- Post-apply verification: `/tmp/agent-memory-next-live-readonly-recurrent-20260527T174013Z/lifecycle-recurrent-reinforcement-post-apply-verification.json`.
+  - `quality_gate.pass=true`, decision `recurrent_reinforcement_post_apply_verification_green_stop`.
+  - `repeat_apply_authorized=false`.
+- Rollback replay, ranking-backed application audit, post storage health, and post trace quality are green/healthy.
+
+Next safe action:
+
+1. Stop before further live mutation.
+2. If continuing, restart from read-only live checks again.
+3. The concrete follow-up is scheduled/decay blocker review for the remaining `decay_risk_above_threshold` evidence-collection candidate; do not repeat recurrent apply without fresh verification.
+4. Keep broad/background/default mutation, ordinary conversation auto-approval, repeated apply without fresh verification, default-ranking migration, collapse/delete, telemetry reset, and unreviewed promotion blocked.
+5. Continue to prefer real live DB/read-only or exact bounded live evidence over mocks; use focused tests only when code changes are made.
+
+Reference: `.dev/roadmap/memory-consolidation/references/post-v0.1.162-live-recurrent-reinforcement-after-fact5.md`
 
 ## Current checkpoint: live lifecycle reinforcement fact:5 apply completed and verified on real data