# Session 0022.0 — Transcript

> App: engineering
> Start: 2026-06-11T21-50 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-11T22-14 (PST)
> Type: planning-and-executing
> Claude-Session: 427aaeb4-622f-427f-b4fe-277b0f944a93
> Posture: autonomous (yolo)
> Status: **FINALIZED**

## Launch prompt

`/goal next` → resumed the stored next-goal from memory:
**Build gitea-forge-backups SLICE-4** — restore runbook (RB-1/RB-2 →
`infra/backup-restore-gitea.md`) + one proving drill onto a scratch Gitea,
T-2 green, drill recorded, per `specs/gitea-forge-backups.md` §7.2 (engineering#30).

## Outcome (one line)

SLICE-4 shipped: restore runbook + re-runnable drill harness written, **T-2
restore drill green** on a scratch Gitea (recovery now proven, BO-3), PR #56
merged, engineering#30 updated. Only SLICE-5 (freshness alert) remains.

## Pre-state

- engineering#30 (Gitea forge backups, type/feature P1). Solution Design graduated
  session 0010 (`specs/gitea-forge-backups.md`, v0.2.2). SLICE-1/2/3 complete
  (off-host bucket+IAM+scope; 4-hourly `gitea dump` timer with live ~1.1 GB dumps;
  T-4 retention proven). SLICE-4 was the next slice (recovery proven, BO-3).
- Clean baseline: branch `gitea-backups-slice-4` off `origin/main` at `9c8926f`,
  isolated worktree. Three in-flight `--INPROGRESS` placeholders surfaced at claim
  (0009, 0017 from 2026-06-10 — stale; 0021 from 21-42 — concurrent); autonomous
  posture + already-isolated worktree → proceeded.

## Session arc (turn-by-turn, uncurated)

1. **Gate + claim.** `/goal next` classified as planning-and-executing →
   `wgl-planning-and-executing`. Claimed session **0022** (atomic push). Eligibility
   check: **ELIGIBLE (R2a)** — anchored on the graduated Solution Design.

2. **Ground the plan (§3.3 spec read).** Read spec §6.5 (restore mechanics: `gitea
   dump` has no symmetric `gitea restore`), §6.8 (T-2 = restore drill onto scratch
   Gitea is the bootstrap-infra gate), §7.2 SLICE-4 (work + DoD), §10.1/§11 (RB-1/2/5,
   DOC-1 `infra/backup-restore-gitea.md`). Probed the live system:
   - forge = **SQLite**, single Docker container, **Gitea 1.26.2** (`/api/v1/version`).
   - bucket healthy: 7 snapshots, newest `gitea-dump-20260612T041529Z.zip` (~1.1 GB).
   - Docker 28.x + `gitea` gcloud config (read) present on the laptop → laptop is
     the scratch target (no new cloud resource; spec D-6 bootstrap infra).
   - **Anomaly found:** marker `markers/last-success.json` read `20260611T044540Z`
     while six newer dumps had landed — archive upload healthy, marker-refresh
     looks broken. Logged as a SLICE-5 deferred decision.

3. **Wrote the plan** (`superpowers:writing-plans`) →
   `plans/2026-06-11-gitea-backups-slice-4.md`. Seeded the transcript `## Plan`
   block + checkpoint-published.

4. **Task 1 — DOC-1** `infra/backup-restore-gitea.md` (RB-1 full-forge, RB-2
   single-repo, RB-3/4 stubbed→SLICE-5, RB-5 drill + drill log). Committed.

5. **Task 2 — drill harness** `infra/gitea-backup/restore-drill.sh`
   (`fetch`/`restore`/`verify`/`teardown`/`drill`). Committed.

6. **Tasks 3–4 — execute the drill (the risk-bearing part; iterated 3×, the R-2
   "restore proves harder than expected" risk SLICE-4 exists to surface):**
   - fetch: 1.05 GiB snapshot downloaded + `unzip -t` clean.
   - **bug 1:** inspected the archive — `data/` maps to APP_DATA_PATH (`/data/gitea`)
     and carries a prod conf copy + a raw `gitea.db`; the original overlay order
     would clobber my fresh `app.ini` + SQL-loaded DB. Fixed: lay `data/` first,
     then overwrite `app.ini`, then load `gitea-db.sql` on top.
   - **bug 2:** first restore put files at malformed paths (`/data/  /data/...`) —
     `ini_get` left leading whitespace in parsed app.ini values. Rewrote the awk to
     split on the first `=` and trim. Restore then succeeded; scratch forge up at
     1.26.2.
   - **bug 3:** verify's sample-repo clone failed "Update your password" — the
     drill admin was created with `must_change_password=true`. Fixed with
     `--must-change-password=false` + delete-before-create (idempotent); also
     tightened verify so an unreadable scratch HEAD fails T-2 instead of falsely
     printing GREEN.
   - **T-2 GREEN:** DB row counts 32 repos / 398 issues / 268 PRs / 5 users (loaded
     from `gitea-db.sql`); `wiggleverse/engineering` HEAD cloned from the scratch
     forge (`9c8926f`) **matched** the live forge's `git ls-remote` — faithful
     restore, not mere presence.

7. **Task 5 — RB-2 evidence + teardown.** Sample clone showed 116 commits + all
   branches recovered (single-repo recoverable → BO-2). Teardown scrubbed the
   container + secret-bearing work dir (INV-3/§6.6 confirmed gone).

8. **Task 6 — record.** DOC-1 drill log first entry; infra-doc build-state SLICE-4
   bullet; spec change log → **v0.2.3**. Committed the harness fixes + the record
   in two logical commits.

9. **Task 7 — ship.** Pushed `gitea-backups-slice-4`; opened **PR #56** (Gitea
   API, admin Keychain token); merged (`7a1ba81`, branch auto-deleted); commented
   SLICE-4-complete + the stale-marker finding on **engineering#30**.

10. **Finalize.** Archived the plan to `engineering` `plans/` (`d1e1e61`); updated
    memory; removed the merged worktree + local branch; published this transcript.

## Wrong turns / notes

- The three restore-drill bugs (overlay order, ini whitespace, admin password) were
  all execution-time discoveries, not plan defects — the plan correctly anticipated
  iteration (R-2) and the harness now bakes in the fixes for the semi-annual re-run.
- No prod state touched; the live forge was read-only (`git ls-remote`,
  `/api/v1/version`). Bucket access was read-only.

## Spec / handbook citations

- `specs/gitea-forge-backups.md` §6.5 (manual restore), §6.8 (T-2), §7.2 SLICE-4,
  §10.1 (RB-1/2/5 + drill cadence), §11 (DOC-1), §6.6/INV-3 (secrets hygiene),
  R-5 (version match), BO-2/BO-3, INV-6.
- Handbook §4.1/§4.2 (doc-leads-automation; deterministic harness for the
  repeatable drill), §5.4 (branch→PR→merge, worktree isolation), §6.5 (autonomous).

## Deferred decisions

- **Stale freshness marker (carried to SLICE-5).** `markers/last-success.json`
  read `20260611T044540Z` while six newer `gitea-dump-*.zip` objects (through
  `20260612T041529Z`) landed — archive upload healthy, **marker-refresh path looks
  broken**. Judged out of SLICE-4 scope (restore picks the newest real object, not
  the marker), folded into the SLICE-5 next-goal, and filed as a comment on
  engineering#30. *Operator: confirm or redirect for SLICE-5.*

## Next-session prompt

```
/goal Build gitea-forge-backups SLICE-5 — off-VM freshness/failure alert (Cloud Scheduler → Cloud Run/Function reading bucket object/marker age; T-3 green; finalize RB-3/RB-4), AND fix the broken marker-refresh path in gitea-backup.sh (markers/last-success.json is ~24h stale while dumps land), per specs/gitea-forge-backups.md §7.2 (engineering#30)
```

Read `project_gitea_forge_backups.md` first. SLICE-5 closes the capability
(failure visibility, BO-5). The marker bug must be fixed before/with the checker,
else ALR-1 fires a false staleness alarm.
