# Session 0069.0 — Transcript

> App: ohm (rfc-app framework repo, `ben.stull/rfc-app`)
> Start: 2026-06-03T20-45 (PST, estimated — session did not run the init claim)
> End: 2026-06-04T00-36 (PST)
> Goal: Figure out what's needed to get the `bdd` "planner" live, and make real progress on §22 M3.
> Outcome: **M3-0 (test foundation) built + merged to `main` (PR #9)**; the two parallel M3 efforts **reconciled**; **M3-frontend designed** (PR #10, plan deferred). Planner not yet live — critical path clarified.

## Plan

The session had no pre-claimed plan. It evolved through three nested skill flows:
1. Triage "what's next for the planner" → it needs §22 **M3**.
2. brainstorming → writing-plans → subagent-driven-development on **M3-0** (the §10.3 Tier-1 test foundation), the parallelizable foundation slice.
3. Reconcile with a concurrent **M3-backend** session, then brainstorm + spec **M3-frontend** (plan intentionally deferred).

## Pre-session state

- §22 M1+M2 merged to `main` (`1dab24e`); v0.32.0. M3 not started by this session.
- The framework had **no frontend test tooling, no Docker, no e2e, no PPE** (all greenfield).
- A **parallel session** was (unknown at start) about to work the backend half of M3 on branch `m3-backend-registry-spine`.

## Turn-by-turn arc (wrong turns included, per protocol)

1. **"What's next to get the planner live at `/bdd/{PLANNER_TOKEN}/`?"** Explored: `bdd` is a project *type*; the planner is a `bdd` project. The literal URL `/bdd/{TOKEN}/` did **not** match §22's `/p/<project>/` design or any token feature. Surfaced the mismatch → user confirmed: an **`unlisted` project at `/p/bdd/`**, no token feature. Answer: needs M3 (registry+routing+branding), then M5 for bdd surfaces.
2. **`/executing-plans M3`** — but there was **no implementation plan**, only the §22 roadmap slice. *Correctly stopped* instead of bulldozing, and redirected to brainstorming → writing-plans first.
3. **Brainstormed M3.** Found 3 decisions already resolved upstream (`ad2ece1`). Decomposed M3 into **M3-0 (test foundation) + M3a–M3d** sequential sub-plans. Decided: hard-cut branding + loud fail; §4.1 reconciler pattern; OHM is **Stage 1** (table rebuild OK as one migration). Wrote M3 design doc (`7703fa2` → `main`).
4. **Test-strategy generalization.** User wanted all test levels + Docker + PPE for all real apps. Discovered the handbook **§10.3 already defines two-tier testing** (local Docker → PPE). Concluded: don't duplicate the standard into per-repo memory; **activate it via a `SessionStart` hook in the dev plugin** (spun off as a task chip). Refined "all critical knowledge in the hook" → **"hook as a compact, deterministic router."** app.json has no app-type field (discriminator = "deploys the §8 stack", not `contains: code`).
5. **Wrote the M3-0 plan.** Resolved the one architecture fork: **real disposable Gitea** in the Docker stack (not a stub), because PPE Tier-2 also uses real Gitea → identical suite behavior across tiers (§10.3's goal).
6. **Executed M3-0 subagent-driven** (8 tasks; per-task spec + quality review). The live bring-up caught **three real bugs** no unit/build check would: missing `COPY VERSION` (backend crash), Gitea CLI refusing root (`user: git`), and a `.PHONY` no-op shadowing `make e2e`. Verified green twice.
7. **Concurrency discovery (a real hazard, caught):** the shared checkout's branch had switched under me to `m3-backend-registry-spine`, and my M3-0 plan commit had landed on **that** branch. Stopped, **isolated M3-0 into its own worktree off `main`**, cherry-picked the plan commit, left the parallel session's checkout untouched.
8. **Finished M3-0:** pushed, opened + merged **PR #9** → `main` `f1b03df` (real Gitea PR via the wgl-gitea-admin secure-token helper). Removed the merged worktree.
9. **Reconciled with the M3-backend spec.** Their decomposition (backend/frontend seam + **Plan A/Plan B** split) is *better* than our M3a/M3b lumping (PK rebuilds + writer-threading deferred to right-before-M4). Adopted it. Resolved the one conflict — **versioning: bump per breaking slice** (supersedes the "one bump at M7" plan). Updated memory.
10. **Brainstormed M3-frontend.** Pinned: keep BrowserRouter+nested Routes + DeploymentProvider/ProjectLayout; **N=1 `/` redirects to the sole visible project**; **real server-side 308** redirects; `VITE_APP_NAME` hard cut (`brandTitle` fallback); theme via `setProperty`; philosophy deferred (no backend pointer). Surfaced honest low-confidence concerns: the unscoped-calls **footgun → a guard placeholder**; and that **M3-frontend is not the critical path** (Plan B is). Wrote the spec (PR #10) and **deferred the implementation plan** (don't plan against unbuilt APIs).
11. **Meanwhile the parallel session finished M3-backend Plan A** (434 tests, v0.33.0, ready to integrate, not merged) — memory was jointly updated to reflect it.

## Cut state (end of session)

| Artifact | State |
| --- | --- |
| `main` | `f1b03df` — **PR #9 merged** (M3-0 test foundation + M3 design/plan docs) |
| `feat/m3-frontend` | `87ddb84`, **PR #10 open** (M3-frontend design spec, doc only) — worktree **kept** |
| `m3-backend-registry-spine` | parallel session's; **Plan A implemented, NOT merged** (not mine); has an uncommitted `CLAUDE.md` edit (theirs — left untouched) |
| Memory | `project_rfc_app_multiproject.md` updated (M3-0 landed, reconciliation, versioning decision, M3-frontend status, Plan A status) |
| Spun-off task | chip: `SessionStart` router hook in the dev plugin to activate §10.3 |

M3-0 deliverables on `main`: Vitest unit harness; `testing/` 4-service `docker compose` (backend + nginx SPA + seeded **real** Gitea + Mailpit); `e2e/` Playwright (BASE_URL + Mailpit OTC login) + smoke spec; Make targets `tier1-up/down/logs`, `e2e`, `e2e-install`, `fe-unit`.

## What lands on the operator's plate

- **Integrate M3-backend Plan A to `main`** (ready; parallel session's branch) — the gating step.
- Then **write + execute the M3-frontend plan** from its spec, on the M3-0 harness.
- Decide PR #10 (M3-frontend spec): merge now vs with the implementation.
- **PPE standup** (flotilla `rfc-app-ppe.<base>`) for the Tier-2 e2e gate.
- The **`SessionStart` hook** chip (dev plugin + handbook §10.3 activation).
- Assign the **308-redirect ownership** seam (FastAPI route + nginx rule, needs `DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID`).

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
Resume rfc-app §22 M3. Read memory first:
~/.claude/projects/.../memory/project_rfc_app_multiproject.md

State: M3-0 (test foundation) merged to main (PR #9, f1b03df). M3-backend Plan A
is IMPLEMENTED on branch m3-backend-registry-spine (434 tests green, VERSION
0.33.0) but NOT merged. M3-frontend is DESIGNED (PR #10; spec at
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-03-m3-frontend-design.md), plan deferred.

First move: integrate M3-backend Plan A to main via
superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch (review the branch, then PR/merge —
its memory note says ready). THEN, with /api/deployment + /api/projects/:id on
main, write the M3-frontend implementation plan from its spec (writing-plans)
and execute it via subagent-driven-development on the M3-0 Tier-1 harness.

Don't: write the M3-frontend plan before Plan A is merged (don't plan against an
unmerged branch); don't touch the m3-backend session's uncommitted CLAUDE.md
edit unless you're the one finishing it.
```
