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Hermione (Process Monitor) detected Step Planner as stuck: running since 2026-07-13 09:22:08 (>30 min). Pipeline to remediate; Hermione will re-trigger SP-01 as acceptance testing before this initiative may close.

--- Hermione triage --- Likely root cause: Scheduled process SP-01 has been stuck in running state for over 30 minutes, indicating a liveness failure Recommended scope: Fix the scheduled task executor for process SP-01 to handle stalls and implement timeout recovery

⚖️Decisions

• Current state at filing (Elrond validity check): Step Planner (SP-01) remains in running status since 2026-07-13 09:22:08 — over 30 minutes without completing. The Pipeline Orchestrator is running and the process monitor shows the stall. No prior closed initiative has re-triggered SP-01 successfully. (elrond)
• Follow-on to parent INI 999901600 (elrond)
• Scope inherited verbatim from parent INI 999901600 per CAROL-INI-361. (elrond.initiative_author)
• [status-router] planned -> dispatched | event=dispatch | dispatcher queued (ds-s1)
• [pre-verify-gate] pass | PASS — no issues (CAROL-INI-2128) (ds-s1)
• [status-router] dispatched -> executing | event=dispatcher_transition | dispatcher state change (ds-s1)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=review_inferred | review row present (el-review-inferer)
• [rework-plan] reviewer rework (phase 2) added 1 step(s): Address: Hermione's re-trigger of Step Planner (SP-01) completes as passed in th (ir-s1)
• [status-router] reviewing -> executing | event=reviewer_rework | reviewer reopened for rework (ir-s1)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=dispatcher_transition | dispatcher state change (ds-s1)
• [rework-plan] reviewer rework (phase 3) added 1 step(s): Address: Hermione's re-trigger of Step Planner (SP-01) completes as passed in th (ir-s1)
• [status-router] reviewing -> executing | event=reviewer_rework | reviewer reopened for rework (ir-s1)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=review_inferred | review row present (el-review-inferer)
• [rework-plan] reviewer rework (phase 4) added 1 step(s): Address: Hermione's re-trigger of Step Planner (SP-01) completes as passed in th (ir-s1)
• [status-router] reviewing -> executing | event=reviewer_rework | reviewer reopened for rework (ir-s1)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=dispatcher_transition | dispatcher state change (ds-s1)
• [status-router] reviewing -> blocked | event=review_cycles_exhausted | 1 criteria: 0 pass / 1 fail. Gate=closed (spend=4.6386/5.0, cycles=3/3). Verdict=cycles_exceeded_terminal. Action=block_terminal. Materiality: 1 material / 0 immaterial (all unmet criteria machine-checkable -> material (CAROL-INI-2883)) (IR-S1)
• [status-router] blocked -> diagnosis | event=diagnosis_start | RSI loop: leverage pick cause=review_cycles_exhausted group_size=1 (blocked since 2026-07-18 04:58:30); Albus META-diagnosis INI 999901631 (el-rsi-loop-01)
• Orion remediation in progress: INI-999901631 bypass opened — CAROL-INI-696: an Orion-driven bypass has been opened to remediate this parent. The canonical Orion remediated: marker will be posted on close — see cookbook 156 / 155. (shared.bypass.bypass_start)
• Albus RSI diagnosis (root cause): [rsi-process, confidence high] The RSI process keeps failing because every previous diagnosis identified upstream causes (queue-full at attempt 0-1, bypass.py corruption at attempt 2-3) but NONE caught the actual blocking mechanism: phase_coach.coach_phase() in /home/caroladmin/dev/shared/phase_coach.py (line 97) calls albus_coach._run_claude_cli(PHASE_SYSTEM_PROMPT, user_prompt, model, timeout) WITHOUT passing the agent_id parameter. Since agent_id defaults to None, call_llm hits verify_llm_gate(None) which rejects the call with 'LLM call rejected: no agent_id provided' (policy P.04.01.06.08). The exception is caught, the skeleton fallback always returns 'fail', and every review cycle consumes a cycle with a deterministic 'fail' verdict. After 3 cycles the initiative is terminally blocked. The step-level coach (albus_coach.coach()) correctly accepts and passes agent_id — the phase-level variant was simply never wired. Additionally, design_alignment.py (line ~249) has a syntax error (':' expected after dictionary key) that injects a second failing gap 'design_alignment_unavailable', compounding the failure. (albus)
• Albus RSI recommendations: [concrete: 4/4 items verified] [evidence: 2/2 claims verified] - FIX /home/caroladmin/dev/shared/phase_coach.py coach_phase() function: add an `agent_id: str | None = None` parameter to the signature, then change line 97 from `raw = runner(PHASE_SYSTEM_PROMPT, user_prompt, model, timeout)` to `raw = runner(PHASE_SYSTEM_PROMPT, user_prompt, model, timeout, agent_id=agent_id)` — mirroring how albus_coach.coach() already passes agent_id through _run_claude_cli. - FIX /home/caroladmin/dev/shared/design_alignment.py syntax error at approximately line 249 (':' expected after dictionary key) that causes design_alignment_unavailable gaps in every review. - After both fixes, restore CAROL-INI-2723-03 (id 999901626) to 'reviewing' status — do NOT re-trigger the pipeline. The existing plan steps are already done; the fix enables the phase_coach to make real LLM calls and produce proper coaching that can break the deadlock. - CONSIDER adding agent_id to the public contract of coach_phase() in the docstring at line 20-25 of phase_coach.py so callers (e.g. ir_s1.py) know to pass the droid's own DROID_ID. || Next attempt succeeds because: The fix is a one-line parameter addition and one-line call change, exactly mirroring the already-working pattern in albus_coach.coach(). Once agent_id is passed, the phase_coach LLM calls will pass the gate, produce real coaching briefings instead of skeleton fallbacks, and the review can properly evaluate criteria instead of deterministically failing every cycle. (albus)
• Albus RSI bypass troubleshooting decision: NO - derived deterministically by the harness (the LLM run recorded no decision; failure_type=rsi-process). Diagnose-only; recommendations attach to the retrigger (CAROL-INI-2741). (albus)
• Orion remediated: INI-999901631 bypass closed — CAROL-INI-696 close-marker: the Orion bypass INI-999901631 filed against this parent reached terminal state (closed). This row's literal prefix Orion remediated: is the canonical signal the cookbook-155 dispatcher gate looks for. (shared.bypass.bypass_end)
• Orion remediated: Albus RSI diagnosis: [rsi-process, confidence high] The RSI process keeps failing because every previous diagnosis identified upstream causes (queue-full at attempt 0-1, bypass.py corruption at attempt 2-3) but NONE caught the actual blocking mechanism: phase_coach.coach_phase() in /home/caroladmin/dev/shared/phase_coach.py (line 97) calls albus_coach._run_claude_cli(PHASE_SYSTEM_PROMPT, user_prompt, model, timeout) WITHOUT passing the agent_id parameter. Since agent_id defaults to None, call_llm hits verify_llm_gate(None) which rejects the call with 'LLM call rejected: no agent_id p (orion)
• [status-router] diagnosis -> closed | event=operator_put | PUT /api/initiatives (operator)
• Closed: superseded by follow-on INI 999901645 (CAROL-INI-2723-04: Auto-detected stuck process: Step Planner (SP-01)) (elrond.initiative_author)
• [status-router] closed -> discarded | event=diagnosis_complete | RSI diagnosis complete on INI 999901626; retriggered as INI 999901645 (planner mode, auto-enqueued=False). Recommendations: [rsi-process, confidence high] The RSI process keeps failing because every previous diagnosis identified upstream causes (queue-full at attempt 0-1, bypass.py corruption at attempt 2-3) but NONE caught the actual blocking mechanism: phase_coach.coach_phase() in /home/caroladmin/dev/shared/phase_coac (el-rsi-loop-01)
• [status-router] discarded -> closed | event=superseded | superseded sibling closed by Author (ia-s1)
• Superseded by INI 999901661 (Auto-detected stuck process: Step Planner (SP-01)) per CAROL-INI-401. Closed by Author (was status=discarded). (Author)

✅Success criteria

• Hermione's re-trigger of Step Planner (SP-01) completes as passed in the run audit — the process is visibly healthy again on the process monitor. (must_have)