correx/BACKLOG.md

# CORREX — BACKLOG

> **⚠️ MAINTENANCE RULE — READ FIRST**
> **When an item here is resolved, MOVE it out of this file and into `RETRO.md`.**
> Do not just tick a box and leave it. Cut the entry, paste it into `RETRO.md`
> with the resolving commit hash(es) and the date it landed/was verified. This file
> is the *live* outstanding-work list; `RETRO.md` is the archive of what got done.
> "Resolved" = built **and** verified (live-QA passed where a QA gate is noted).
> Items marked **SHIPPED (pending live-QA)** stay here until their QA gate passes,
> then they move.
>
> **QA RULE — after a feature is done, plan its QA before calling it resolved.**
> Run `/qa-plan <commits|spec>` (or copy `docs/qa/TEMPLATE.md` by hand) to produce a
> `docs/qa/QA-<feature>.md` with observable-evidence checks. A feature is not "resolved"
> until that plan passes live. On PASS → move to `RETRO.md`; on FAIL → refile the misses
> here as numbered findings.

Synthesized 2026-06-14 from the five `docs/plans/2026-06-13-*.md` design specs and
session memory. Pointers are commit hashes / spec sections, not gospel — verify
against current code before acting (memory is point-in-time).

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## ✅ RESOLVED 2026-06-20 → see `RETRO.md` (branch `feat/backlog-burndown`)

Built + unit-verified this pass (full detail + commit table in `RETRO.md`). The
matching bullets below are superseded; only the noted follow-ups remain live:

- **G** turnId `/repo`↔`/repo2` collision + WorkspaceStateProbe newline fingerprint — `784accb`
- **I** `.cs`/Godot-Mono symbols — `f715ffa`; structural `.tscn`/`.tres` validator — `0e251d6`
- **A §4** EventStore latency probe (wired) + llama-server probe — `266bbf0` *(follow-up: llama probe live wiring)*
- **B §6 + C-A3** `CritiqueFinding` type + calibration projection — `f783eed` *(follow-up: `CritiqueOutcomeCorrelatedEvent` producer)*
- **C-A1** brief echo-back gate — `1df7af5` *(follow-up: `planner.md` brief_echo + `role_pipeline` metadata to activate)*
- **C-A2** stage-level plan checkpointing — `1a1b5cc`
- **B §4** architect contradiction-check (display-only) — `eae0a0c` *(follow-up: decision emit hook + in-session L3 embedding)*
- **D** dedicated `SourceFetched`/`LowQualityExtraction` events — `b098d87`; dynamic per-session egress allowlist — `027ff1f`, **activated** `ab7e4be` (session state threaded into assessment input); batch source-list fetch-approval — `4b0024f`
- **B §5** reviewer static-first (runner + event + context-exclusion, live-wired) — `447fc7a` *(follow-up: a stage that emits `StaticFindingsRecordedEvent`)*
- **G** narration-lane lag — `eff8f8d`
- **E** tui-go go.mod directive fix — `1e6699a`; markdown rendering — `da72ee5`; session list / resume view — `1f7a5d9`; per-event render-matrix golden tests — `2a99e15`; approval ergonomics (queue + tier-gated confirm) — `d5afcd3`

- **B §2** plan-derived diff manifest — `641051b`

**Remaining (deeper / lower-verifiability):** H freestyle follow-ups (graph re-route, child-session runner); the dormant follow-up activations (A1 planner prompt, A3 producer, B§4 decision hook, B§5 static_check stage); §E plan-comparison view + idea-board→profile.
**§E tui-go remaining (UNBLOCKED — Go via `GOTOOLCHAIN=auto` go1.24.2):** plan comparison view; idea-board→profile promotion.
**Still blocked in this sandbox:** F live-QA gates + D §6 web approval client (need local model / SearXNG / GPU).

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## A. Observability spec — `docs/plans/2026-06-13-observability-spec.md`

Metrics + CLI + TUI pane and the health backbone are shipped (fe94140, 4f6bfa8,
f8fd260) — those are RETRO candidates once live-QA'd. Remaining:

- [ ] **§4 LLAMA_SERVER health probe** — liveness + tokens/sec degradation trend
      (session-scoped, needs HTTP). Same `HealthProbe` framework as the shipped disk probe.
- [ ] **§4 EVENT_STORE health probe** — append + fsync latency heartbeat.
- [ ] **§4/§3 live health TUI pane** — deferred to follow the metrics cadence
      (projection + CLI first, then pane). `correx health` CLI already exists.
- [ ] **§3 tier-2 stats** — full session-completion summary pane polish (basic pane shipped).
- 🚫 **§3 tier-3 Prometheus/Grafana export** — spec says "deferred indefinitely". **Do not build.**

## B. Role reliability spec — `docs/plans/2026-06-13-role-reliability-spec.md`

§3 analyst keystone (894969d), entity grounding (b050dc4), §2 write-manifest (4e5e4e5),
and §5 reviewer prompt/needs wiring (3467826) are shipped — RETRO candidates. Remaining:

- [ ] **§5 reviewer static-first INFRA** — run compiler/detekt/formatters as a pipeline
      step and *mechanically exclude their findings* from reviewer context. Needs a
      static-findings event representation. (Prompt half is done; infra half is unbuilt.)
- [ ] **§6 `CritiqueFinding` schema in code** — only test expectations exist today; no
      structured type. Shared by plan critic + code reviewer.
- [ ] **§6 `CriticCalibrationProjection`** (keyed by modelHash, role) — needs runtime
      history to exist first (spec ordering #5). Same projection as pipeline-addenda A3.
- [ ] **§4 architect contradiction-check** — L3 retrieval over decision journal + ADRs →
      `PossibleContradictionFlag` (display-only in v1). Unbuilt.
- [ ] **§3 symbol grounding** — deferred; needs a real symbol index (file-path grounding done).
- [ ] **§2 dynamic plan-derived diff manifest** — allowed files from the `impl_plan`
      artifact. Future refinement; static per-stage `writes = [globs]` form is shipped.
- ⚠️ **§4 architect ADR shape** (`alternativesConsidered` required non-empty) —
      **DELIBERATELY NOT TAKEN.** Conflicts with the standing "don't raise alternatives
      unless real cost/breakage" preference already encoded in `architect.md`. Revisit only
      with an explicit rationale; do not add by default.

## C. Plan pipeline addenda — `docs/plans/2026-06-13-plan-pipeline-addenda.md`

Entire spec is **unbuilt**.

- [ ] **A1 brief echo-back gate** — planner restates brief as `BriefEcho`; harness diffs
      referencedFiles/symbols/acceptanceCriteria vs original; divergence → `BriefEchoMismatchEvent`,
      halt before any plan generation. (Cheapest failure point.)
- [ ] **A2 stage-level plan checkpointing** — reconciliation compares produced artifacts vs
      the confirmed plan's produces-slots per stage; `StageCheckpointPassedEvent` /
      `StageCheckpointFailedEvent` (halt + surface).
- [ ] **A3 critique calibration tracking** — `CritiqueOutcomeCorrelatedEvent` +
      `CriticCalibrationProjection` (= role-reliability §6; build once, two consumers).

## D. Research workflow spec — `docs/plans/2026-06-13-research-workflow-spec.md`

Core workflow is **SHIPPED end-to-end, ON by default** (fb1d970..378ee39): extractor +
web_search (T1) + web_fetch (T2) in `:infrastructure:tools`, `research.toml`
(decompose→gather→report), schemas, prompts. Remaining:

- [ ] **Live-QA the full run** — could not validate in-session (no SearXNG/network in sandbox).
      Needs SearXNG running; exercise triage→fetch-approval→report→artifact viewer.
- [ ] **§6 web approval client** — the one larger unbuilt piece. Third client on the existing
      Ktor REST+WS bus: approval cards + event strip + session list. Behind WireGuard/Tailscale
      only, never public. Independent track (spec ordering #5).
- [x] **§3 batch fetch-approval at source-list level** — `4b0024f`. `POST /sessions/{id}/approve-sources`
      → one `EgressHostsGrantedEvent` for the whole list. → RETRO.
- [x] **Dedicated `SourceFetched` / `LowQualityExtraction` events** — `b098d87`. → RETRO.
- [x] **Dynamic per-session egress allowlist** — `027ff1f`, activated `ab7e4be`. → RETRO.
- [ ] **Fresh-machine runtime install** — copy `research.toml` + `prompts/` + `schemas/` and
      the `[[artifacts]]` / `[tools.research]` config entries into `~/.config/correx`
      (already done on this box; repo source is `examples/workflows/` + `docs/schemas/`).
- 🚫 No headless browser, no LLM-based extraction, no public approval endpoint (non-responsibilities).

## E. TUI requirements spec — `docs/plans/2026-06-13-tui-requirements-spec.md`

§2 last-event clock + unknown-event fallback (8b896b5) and §5.1 deterministic command-parse
card (65df3f4) are shipped — RETRO candidates. Remaining:

- [ ] **§2 full Go↔Kotlin per-event-type render matrix** — golden-fixture tests asserting a
      defined render for every event type (last §2 bullet; partially covered today).
- [ ] **§3/§4 plan comparison view** — top-2 candidates side-by-side, compact stage graphs,
      diff-highlighted, lint/critique findings inline. Lands with the planning pipeline;
      load-bearing for the future preference ranker.
- [ ] **§3 approval ergonomics audit** — single-key y/n/e for T0–T2, mandatory confirm T3+,
      queued-approval navigable list (never modal-stacked). Verify against current band impl.
- [ ] **Render markdown in chat turns** (QA feature note b) — TUI currently ignores md.
- [ ] **Session list / resume view** (QA feature note c) — after server restart + TUI reopen
      there's no way to see a prior session or its state; `GET /sessions` data exists server-side.
- [ ] **Idea board → profile promotion** — deferred hook; auto-captured ideas promote into the
      curated `.correx/project.toml` profile. (Board itself shipped 3ac0a14..02e963d.)
- ⏸ **§5.2 command-card LLM annotation layer** — deferred by spec ("ship layer 1, live with it,
      then decide whether layer 2 earns its place"). Build only after using layer 1.

## F. In-flight QA gates (move to RETRO when each passes)

These are SHIPPED in code but prompt-/server-/network-dependent and not yet live-verified:

- [ ] **Epic 15 live-QA gate** — server up → `correx events` / `correx replay` on a real
      session, confirm MDC sessionIds in logs. (Code complete a7d5211..75703ec.)
- [ ] **Idea board live-QA** — needs a real router model to emit the `{"ideas":[…]}` block.
- [ ] **Clarification loop + workflow-propose panel live-QA** — both prompt-dependent (need a
      real router/analyst model to emit the structured json blocks).
- [ ] **Research workflow live-QA** — see §D.
- [ ] **TUI kernel-steering + AMD gauge fresh live-QA** — approve+note actually revising the
      *same* stage's output; AMD VRAM/RAM gauge on the real box.
- [ ] **Unit-tested-only fixes, not live-verified:** `1a7eb05` (verdict-edge rejection),
      `e195c79` (stale-parking `OrchestrationPaused ABANDONED_STALE`), `df3ee0b` (bare-id
      narration model match).

## G. Low-severity hardening

- [ ] **turnId prefix collision** — `startsWith("repomap:$repoRoot")` can collide where one
      root path prefixes another (`/repo` vs `/repo2`). Fix = trailing `:` delimiter in 3
      places (ProjectMemoryService write+check, L3RepoKnowledgeRetriever filter).
- [ ] **Narration lane lag** — stale pause-trigger narrations blend with current workflow
      status; drop queued pause narrations once their approval resolves.
- [ ] **WorkspaceStateProbe fingerprint** — hashes `path|mtime|size` without newline separators
      though the docstring says "lines". Internally consistent/deterministic; cosmetic.
- ⚠️ **`PreemptRedirectEvent` has no producer** (QA bug #6) — B3 hard re-route is unreachable
      from the TUI. Intended flow: steering → router proposes → operator confirms. Skipped by
      design; build only if the hard-reroute path is actually wanted.

## H. Freestyle mode — deferred follow-ups (epic COMPLETE, B4 PASSED)

- [ ] **Graph re-routing by preemptive steering** — only priority-directive surfacing is built
      today; mid-execution input cannot re-route the compiled graph.
- [ ] **Child-session `SubagentRunner` impl** — seam exists (`InSessionSubagentRunner`);
      child-session is the intended drop-in swap. Sequential only (no-parallel-agents invariant).
- [ ] **Post-lock `ApprovalDecisionResolvedEvent.userSteering` → L0 promotion** — currently
      stays L2; out of freestyle's exercised path (gate is pre-lock).

## I. Gamedev / Godot readiness (operator intent)

- [ ] **`.cs` in `RepoMapIndexer` SYMBOL_PATTERNS** — add if the gamedev repo is Godot Mono
      (`.gd` and `.md` headings already shipped: 81a21bf, f521ac8).
- [ ] **Structural `.tscn` / `.tres` validator** — parse scene format, node-tree-aware diff
      preview. Prerequisite validation layer before any scene editing.
- [ ] **(far future) Scene editing behind approval+diff** + derive a fine-tuning dataset from
      the event log. ⚠️ Fine-tuning is on CLAUDE.md's intentionally-NOT-implemented list — needs
      an explicit epic + operator de-listing, not an incidental add.

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## Ops notes (not backlog items, but bite repeatedly)

- Config copies of `examples/*` in `~/.config/correx` go **stale silently** — e.g. a missing
  `inject_artifact_kinds` in a copied workflow TOML caused invented artifact kinds. Re-sync
  after editing the repo examples.
- **Do not rebuild jars while the server JVM is running** — lazy classloading breaks
  (`NoClassDefFoundError`). Stop the server first.