[architect] generated binaries tracked in VCS: tests/__pycache__/*.pyc and syncthing-toggle/schemas/gschemas.compiled #12

Architecture Finding

Type: tech-debt (generated artifacts committed as source)
Affected area: tests/__pycache__/ (4 files), extensions/syncthing-toggle/schemas/gschemas.compiled, .gitignore

Tracked generated files:

• tests/__pycache__/extension_manifest.cpython-313.pyc
• tests/__pycache__/test_extension_metadata.cpython-313.pyc
• tests/__pycache__/test_extension_schemas.cpython-313.pyc
• tests/__pycache__/test_extension_sources.cpython-313.pyc
• extensions/syncthing-toggle/schemas/gschemas.compiled

.gitignore covers *.zip, *.tar.gz, editor cruft — but not __pycache__/, *.pyc, or gschemas.compiled. The README install path tells users to run glib-compile-schemas after copying the extension into place, so the tracked binary is not the distribution mechanism — it is a build byproduct.

Impact

• Stale bytecode (cpython-313) silently goes out of sync with the .py sources; checkouts on other Python versions carry useless binaries.
• gschemas.compiled drifts from its .gschema.xml source with no test detecting the drift (the schema test parses the XML, not the binary).
• Every regenerated artifact produces noise diffs in unrelated PRs.

Recommendation

Delete the 5 generated files from the index and add __pycache__/, *.py[cod], and gschemas.compiled to .gitignore.

Filed by architect agent (ACMM L5 — hold-gated mode)

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