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Session 0041.0 — Transcript

Date: 2026-05-29 Start: 2026-05-29T05-45 (PST implied) End: 2026-05-29T07-23

Goal: Settle ROADMAP #36 — adopt the meta-only RFC repository topology (no per-RFC repos; graduation = in-place state flip), revise the rfc-app SPEC + code, fold RFC-0001 back into its meta entry, ship rfc-app v0.31.0, deploy to OHM.

Outcome: #36 SETTLED meta-only. rfc-app v0.31.0 shipped + deployed (deploys.id=45, healthy). RFC-0001 folded back to its meta entry (repo: null, body restored); wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human archived. OHM now has zero per-RFC repos. 375 backend tests green. Follow-on: ohm-meta → ohm-content rename tracked under #33.


Plan / TODO

  • Claim session ID (0041).
  • Close stale ohm-meta PR #2 (duplicate "Graduate human" PR).
  • Read SPEC §1/§3/§13 + map the rfc-app graduation code surface.
  • Operator decisions: settle #36 meta-only; fold RFC-0001 back (single model); reframe SPEC for the "single content repo" deployer story + track the ohm-meta→ohm-content rename for #33.
  • Revise SPEC §1/§2/§3/§4/§9.8/§13 to meta-only (operator signed off on the diff).
  • rfc-app code: collapse graduation to an in-place flip; re-key the branch/PR/chat dispatch on meta-residency; remove the per-repo read path / guards; simplify the bot + GraduateDialog.
  • Tests green (full suite 375 passed); frontend builds.
  • Bump VERSION + package.json + CHANGELOG (v0.31.0).
  • Commit + tag v0.31.0 + push origin + benstull mirror (commit 0c972c8, tag v0.31.0; rebased over the parallel v0.30.2).
  • Bump ohm-rfc pin to v0.31.0 (69121e6).
  • flotilla deploy ohm-rfc-app (deploys.id=45) + verify (healthy).
  • RFC-0001 fold-back content migration (ohm-meta PR #8 merged: body restored, repo: null; wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human archived).
  • Strike ROADMAP #36; capture #33 rename follow-up (4526f64).
  • Finalize + publish transcript.

Launch prompt

OHM driver session. Reserve session ID. Context from session 0040.0: #35 (operator RFC authoring lane) proven; "Informed Consent" super-draft live; #36 OPEN + BLOCKING — decide repo-per-RFC vs. meta-only (operator leans meta-only); OHM live v0.30.1 (deploys.id=43), rfc-app main 732b23b; loose end ohm-meta PR #2 (stale graduate-human) open.


Pre-session state

  • OHM live: v0.30.1, healthy (/api/health ok).
  • rfc-app main at 732b23b (v0.30.1).
  • ohm-meta: human is active (RFC-0001, repo: wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human, graduated 2026-05-26, body stripped to frontmatter), informed-consent is a super-draft. wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human exists with a 22KB RFC.md.
  • PR #2 was a duplicate stale graduation PR (the real graduation merged 2026-05-26 via another PR); closing it was correct.

Turn-by-turn arc

Arc 1 — Orient + operator decisions

Claimed 0041. Closed ohm-meta PR #2 (the authoring-lane token is write:repository, not write:issue, so the explanatory PR comment got a 403 — closure itself succeeded; runbook gap noted: commenting needs write:issue scope). Discovered RFC-0001 is a real graduated per-repo RFC (22KB RFC.md), which made its fate the pivot for #36.

Operator decisions (via AskUserQuestion):

  1. Settle #36 meta-only (full code + deploy, not SPEC-only).
  2. Fold RFC-0001 back to a single meta-only model (restore body to the meta entry, archive the repo, delete the per-repo read path) — rather than grandfathering it as a dual path.
  3. Reframe the SPEC for the "single content repository" deployer story (a framework-level win, not just OHM), keep META_REPO config term stable, and track the concrete ohm-meta → ohm-content rename as a #33 follow-up (do NOT rename this session).

Arc 2 — SPEC revision (signed off)

Rewrote SPEC §1 (topology: one meta repo, no per-RFC repos, + a boxed supersession note + deployer-facing "content repository" framing), §2 (repo: always-null, README index, body-migration note), §3 (active = in-place state), §3.2, §4 (cache/reconciler), §9.8 (the four per-repo handoff frictions struck through), and §13 in full (retitled "in place"; §13.2 two-field dialog, no repo name, no open-PR precondition; §13.3 "The flip" = single open+merge PR, body kept, no transaction/no rollback, old sequence struck through; §13.4 nothing moves; §13.5 reversal softened; new §13.6 RFC-0001 fold-back migration record). Operator approved the diff as the contract.

Arc 3 — rfc-app code (meta-only)

  • api_graduation.py rewritten: GraduateBody drops repo_name; graduate_check is two fields; the orchestrator is a two-step flip (open_prmerge_pr) that keeps the body and sets repo=None; no rollback (merge-failure cleans up the unmerged PR + branch). New graduate_failed audit kind; removed the graduate_repo_* / graduate_rollback steps.
  • bot.py: open_graduation_pr drops repo_full + the "moves to RFC.md" PR body; deleted create_rfc_repo_for_graduation, seed_graduated_rfc, delete_rfc_repo.
  • Dispatch re-keyed on meta-residency (repo IS NULL) in api_prs.py + api_branches.py (_is_meta_resident, _is_meta_target, the cache-refresh dispatch); removed the two "RFC has no repo" 409 guards; promote-to-branch now names an active RFC's auto-branch edit-<slug>-<hex> so the shared meta-repo cache can attribute it; the §9.8 read-only-edit-branch guard scoped to legacy per-repo only; pre_graduation_history scoped to legacy per-repo only.
  • cache.py: refresh_meta_branches includes meta-resident active RFCs (synthetic main + edit branches). hygiene.py: branch-delete repo resolution keyed on meta-residency.
  • GraduateDialog.jsx + api.js: two-field dialog, two-step stack, no repo field, no blocking-PR popover.
  • Tests: rewrote test_graduation_vertical.py to the flip model (happy-path keeps body + no per-repo + no repo audit rows; coexists with open body-edit PR; open-pr failure leaves super-draft; merge failure cleans up; edit branch surfaces normally post-graduation); updated test_hygiene_vertical.py + test_e2e_smoke.py. Full suite: 375 passed. Frontend builds clean.
  • Bumped VERSION + frontend/package.json to 0.31.0; CHANGELOG entry with RFC 2119 upgrade steps (incl. the MUST fold-back step).

Arc 4 — Release, deploy, RFC-0001 fold-back

Committed v0.31.0 on the worktree branch. While pushing, origin/main had moved — a parallel session (0042.0) shipped v0.30.2 (header nav "Philosophy" → "About"), touching VERSION, package.json, CHANGELOG. Rebased onto the new main; resolved the three conflicts (kept 0.31.0; CHANGELOG order 0.31.0 → 0.30.2 → 0.30.1). Re-ran the full backend suite post-rebase: 375 passed. Pushed 0c972c8 → origin main + tag v0.31.0 + the benstull mirror (a transient LibreSSL SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL on the first origin-main push needed one retry; the tag + mirror landed first try).

Bumped the ohm-rfc pin 0.30.2 → 0.31.0 (69121e6) — done in an isolated ohm-rfc worktree because the shared checkout was on session 0042's philosophy/concept-not-word branch. flotilla deploy ohm-rfc-appdeploys.id=45, all 9 steps green (no SSE-keepalive SIGTERM abort this time), v0.31.0 live + /api/health ok. Verified the dual-capable code still rendered RFC-0001 via the legacy per-repo path (repo still set, 22KB body from RFC.md).

Then folded RFC-0001 back (deploy-first ordering kept the live app from 409-ing on a repo-null active): built the meta-only entry with the rfc-app entry serializer (round-trip checked — repo: null, state active, id RFC-0001, 22KB body restored), opened ohm-meta PR #8 (branch fold-human-meta-only) via the #35 authoring lane, merged it; updated rfc-0001-human/README.md to an archive-notice pointer and archived the repo (PATCH … {"archived": true}). The ohm-meta webhook fired — the live catalog flipped human to repo: None with the body served from the meta entry, no reconciler wait needed.

Updated ROADMAP #36 (struck, meta-only, deploys.id=45) + #33 (added the ohm-content rename sub-item) in the ohm-rfc worktree, pushed 4526f64. Removed both worktrees + branches.


Cut state (end of session)

repo state
rfc-app main = 0c972c8, tag v0.31.0 (origin + benstull mirror)
ohm-rfc main = 4526f64; pin .rfc-app-version = 0.31.0; ROADMAP #36 struck, #33 += rename
ohm-meta human = active, repo: null, body restored (PR #8 merged); informed-consent super-draft
wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human archived (README → archive-notice pointer)
OHM live deploys.id=45, v0.31.0, healthy
#36 ledger Status
#36 RFC topology (meta-only) shipped — rfc-app v0.31.0, deploys.id=45
RFC-0001 fold-back done — ohm-meta PR #8 + repo archived

§19.2 / process candidates surfaced

  1. ohm-meta → ohm-content rename (#33). The meta-only topology makes the repo the single content home; the name should follow. Config- driven (META_REPO overlay), no rfc-app code change. Captured in ROADMAP #33 + the next-session prompt below.
  2. Authoring-lane token scope. ohm-gitea-token is write:repository — cannot comment on PRs/issues (403, needs write:issue). Document or widen. (Memory written.)
  3. SPEC incidental-reference sweep. §1 carries a blanket supersession note for the ~30 incidental "RFC.md / the repo" mentions in later sections (the editing machinery is unchanged, only the location collapses). A future pass could rewrite each inline if the blanket note ever reads as ambiguous.

What lands on the operator's plate

  1. ROADMAP #33 ohm-content rename — operator-run ops gesture (gitea repo rename + META_REPO overlay + webhook + VM meta-content remote + redeploy). Prompt provided in chat + below.
  2. RFC-0002 graduation is now unblocked — graduating it is an in-place flip (no repo). Operator decides when/whether.

Decisions / notes for the record

  • Deploy ordering: v0.31.0 is dual-capable (handles both legacy per-repo actives and meta-only actives), so it is deployed FIRST, then RFC-0001 is folded back — avoids a window where the live app 409s on a repo-null active.
  • Authoring-lane runbook gap: ohm-gitea-token is write:repository scope; PR/issue commenting needs write:issue. Either widen the scope or document that the lane can open/merge/close PRs but not comment.
  • #33 follow-up captured: rename wiggleverse/ohm-meta → ohm-content (rename repo → update META_REPO overlay → update the Gitea webhook → re-point catalog + redeploy). Decided this session; deferred to a #33 ops session.

Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

OHM driver session. Reserve your own session ID first
(~/git/ohm-infra/scripts/claim-session-id.sh --start <YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM>).
Read ~/git/ohm-infra/SESSION-PROTOCOL.md once at start.

GOAL: ROADMAP #33 — rename the RFC content repository
wiggleverse/ohm-meta → wiggleverse/ohm-content. The meta-only topology
(#36, rfc-app v0.31.0, session 0041.0) made this repo the single
canonical home of every RFC, so "meta" is now a misnomer and "content"
tells a cleaner deployer story. OPERATIONAL/config move — the framework
references the repo by the config-driven META_REPO name, so NO rfc-app
code change is needed. (SPEC §1 already carries the "<deployment>-
content" framing as of v0.31.0.)

PRE-STATE (confirm first):
- OHM live: rfc-app v0.31.0 (deploys.id=45), meta-only.
- RFC-0001 `human` is folded back: ohm-meta/rfcs/human.md has repo:null
  + the full body; wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human is archived. Catalog:
  human (active, repo None) + informed-consent (super-draft).
- Live META_REPO overlay = "ohm-meta"; gitea org = "wiggleverse".
- Parallel session 0042 was on ohm-rfc branch philosophy/concept-not-word
  — ensure it's done before renaming the content repo.

THE MOVE (in order, verify each; quiet window, no in-flight edit/PR):
1. Rename gitea repo: PATCH /repos/wiggleverse/ohm-meta {"name":
   "ohm-content"} (via the #35 authoring lane `api` verb). Gitea keeps
   attached webhooks + leaves an old-name redirect — confirm both.
2. flotilla overlay set ohm-rfc-app META_REPO=ohm-content   (overlay,
   NOT secret set — it's non-secret config).
3. Update flotilla's webhook EXPECTATION in the §13 deployment record
   (the #18/v1.3.0 `webhook expect` set names ohm-meta → repoint to
   ohm-content), then `flotilla webhook check --org`.
4. Re-point the VM meta-content checkout (PHILOSOPHY_PATH source at
   /opt/ohm-rfc-app/meta-content): update its origin remote to
   .../ohm-content.git and pull (manual — flotilla deploy doesn't
   refresh it).
5. flotilla deploy ohm-rfc-app, then verify: /api/health ok; catalog
   lists human (active) + informed-consent (super-draft); a super-draft
   body-edit branch+PR round-trip works against the renamed repo.
6. Sweep "ohm-meta" → "ohm-content" doc references (CLAUDE.md,
   SESSION-PROTOCOL.md, ROADMAP, deployment record). Strike #33's
   ohm-content sub-item.

GOTCHAS:
- Do NOT rename ben/ohm-rfc (the DEPLOYMENT content repo with the pin +
  ROADMAP) — only the RFC framework meta repo ohm-meta → ohm-content.
- Authoring-lane token is write:repository (opens/merges/closes PRs +
  PATCHes the repo, but cannot comment — 403; needs write:issue).
- Broader #33 (ohm-infra → ohm-rfc-infra; fold ohm-session-history into
  ohm-rfc-infra/sessions/) is a separate multi-repo arc — only take it
  on if you intend that scope.

Context: ohm-rfc/ROADMAP.md #33 + #36; rfc-app SPEC §1/§13.6. Finalize +
publish the transcript last.