pi-goal-x 0.24.0 → 0.25.1

package/docs/.pi/goals/active_goal_2026080612411949_mshg3jex-svqfyt.md

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+{
+  "version": 3,
+  "id": "mshg3jex-svqfyt",
+  "objective": "Benchmark every non-agent flow of pi-goal-x on current main with the existing agent-free B1–B9 harness (extended to also cover the 0.24.0 unified-dashboard render surface that shipped after the harness was built), then optimize each non-agent flow that has meaningful headroom so it measures at least an order of magnitude (≥10x) faster than a freshly captured BEFORE baseline on current main — with zero regressions on the rest.\n\nSuccess criteria: (1) fresh BEFORE baseline captured on main before any optimization: agent-free run (no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes), harness extended so the full current non-agent surface is covered (including unified dashboard task-list / expanded / audit render rows), `npm run bench:gate` passes pre-change, baseline JSON + BENCH-BEFORE.md committed; (2) explicit headroom/exemption list defined in the spec (noise-floor rows = local p50 <0.5ms with ≤1 fs op are exempt from 10x but must not regress; everything else has headroom); (3) AFTER run shows ≥10x p50 improvement vs the fresh BEFORE baseline on its primary cost metric (wall-clock p50, fs ops/turn, or estimated prompt tokens where a flow is prompt-bound) for every headroom row — no exemptions left unexplained; (4) B6 gate extended with a ≥10x invariant for headroom rows and a no-regression rule for exempt rows — gate PASSES; (5) `npm test` 0 failures and `npm run check` (tsc --noEmit) clean; (6) AGENTS.md conventions followed: new spec dir specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/ with PRODUCT.md (where behavior-relevant), TECH.md (as useful), MILESTONES.md log, and BENCH-BEFORE/AFTER/DIFF.md committed; (7) user signs off on the before/after tables in a real terminal.\n\nBoundaries: in scope = the full non-agent surface on current main as covered by B1–B9 plus the dashboard-render additions, performance-only optimizations that preserve behavior (unit tests pin it), bench-harness extension, and docs. Out of scope = anything requiring live agent sessions or model/network calls (LLM latency cannot be guaranteed 10x), auditor agent-session logic, feature changes, new slash commands, branch/merge mechanics, and the still-blocked 2026-08-04 review-plan goal's signoff (separate concern; its work is already merged to main).\n\nConstraints: benchmarks stay agent-free (B8: no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes); fresh BEFORE baselines must be captured before any optimization change; no new runtime dependencies without explicit user approval; the four goal dialogs (questionnaire, accept-goal confirmation, task-list confirmation, escape dialog) and goal tool-call headings stay byte-identical unless a change is flagged to the user first and approved; no new slash commands; optimizations must not change behavior (tests stay green); AGENTS.md spec conventions; descriptive commits via commit_changes.\n\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.",
+  "status": "paused",
+  "autoContinue": false,
+  "usage": {
+    "tokensUsed": 318093,
+    "activeSeconds": 2189
+  },
+  "sisyphus": false,
+  "createdAt": "2026-08-06T11:41:19.497Z",
+  "updatedAt": "2026-08-06T12:54:33.984Z",
+  "activePath": ".pi/goals/active_goal_2026080612411949_mshg3jex-svqfyt.md",
+  "stopReason": "agent",
+  "pauseReason": "All deliverables verified and committed; the goal cannot complete without the user's signoff (criterion 7) and their acceptance of the documented B4 content-floor exemption (recommendation (a)). Presenting for review in the terminal.",
+  "pauseSuggestedAction": "Open specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md and sign off: confirm the B4 content-floor exemption (or run /goal-tweak to relax targets / authorize guidance removal instead). Then tell me to complete the goal.",
+  "skipAuditor": true,
+  "revision": 162,
+  "taskList": {
+    "tasks": [
+      {
+        "id": "task-1",
+        "title": "Baseline + coverage: extend harness to cover dashboard flows, fresh agent-free BEFORE run on main, gate PASS, commit baseline + BENCH-BEFORE.md + spec scaffolding; define the explicit headroom vs noise-floor exemption list",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T11:55:42.332Z",
+        "evidence": "Harness extended (B7 section D: 15 dashboard rows; B1/B5 op counts; campaign isolation via campaigns.mjs + run-bench/b6-gate parameterization). Fresh agent-free BEFORE: 87 rows, 0 B8 violations, commi"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-2",
+        "title": "Optimize: implement ≥10x improvements for every non-agent flow with headroom (per-flow before→after verified by the harness, each tracked in MILESTONES.md)",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T12:12:21.664Z",
+        "evidence": "Implemented: zero-op write-through session caches (settings/pool/ledger) invalidated on extension writes + session_start; direct batched ledger appends (per-dir mkdir memo); lock default window 8x25ms"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-3",
+        "title": "AFTER run + gate: re-run bench, commit BENCH-AFTER.md + BENCH-DIFF.md + budgets, extend B6 gate with the ≥10x headroom invariant and no-regression rule for exempt rows — gate PASS",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T12:21:11.192Z",
+        "evidence": "AFTER run regenerated (87 rows, agent-free). BENCH-AFTER.md + BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md regenerated and committed (5bc2d3f). b6-gate.mjs is campaign-aware: no-regression rule for ALL rows (p50 + ops"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-4",
+        "title": "Validation + signoff: npm test 0 failures, tsc clean, PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES + CHANGELOG updated, dialogs byte-identical check, user signoff in real terminal",
+        "status": "pending"
+      }
+    ],
+    "blockCompletion": false,
+    "proposedAt": "2026-08-06T11:38:58.636Z"
+  },
+  "currentTaskId": "task-4",
+  "verificationContract": "run `npm run bench` (fresh BEFORE committed, then AFTER), `npm run bench:gate` PASS (including the new ≥10x invariant), `npm test` 0 failures, `npm run check` clean, re-read this goal and confirm every success criterion is met, then user signoff in a real terminal."
+}
+
+# Goal Prompt
+
+Benchmark every non-agent flow of pi-goal-x on current main with the existing agent-free B1–B9 harness (extended to also cover the 0.24.0 unified-dashboard render surface that shipped after the harness was built), then optimize each non-agent flow that has meaningful headroom so it measures at least an order of magnitude (≥10x) faster than a freshly captured BEFORE baseline on current main — with zero regressions on the rest.
+
+Success criteria: (1) fresh BEFORE baseline captured on main before any optimization: agent-free run (no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes), harness extended so the full current non-agent surface is covered (including unified dashboard task-list / expanded / audit render rows), `npm run bench:gate` passes pre-change, baseline JSON + BENCH-BEFORE.md committed; (2) explicit headroom/exemption list defined in the spec (noise-floor rows = local p50 <0.5ms with ≤1 fs op are exempt from 10x but must not regress; everything else has headroom); (3) AFTER run shows ≥10x p50 improvement vs the fresh BEFORE baseline on its primary cost metric (wall-clock p50, fs ops/turn, or estimated prompt tokens where a flow is prompt-bound) for every headroom row — no exemptions left unexplained; (4) B6 gate extended with a ≥10x invariant for headroom rows and a no-regression rule for exempt rows — gate PASSES; (5) `npm test` 0 failures and `npm run check` (tsc --noEmit) clean; (6) AGENTS.md conventions followed: new spec dir specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/ with PRODUCT.md (where behavior-relevant), TECH.md (as useful), MILESTONES.md log, and BENCH-BEFORE/AFTER/DIFF.md committed; (7) user signs off on the before/after tables in a real terminal.
+
+Boundaries: in scope = the full non-agent surface on current main as covered by B1–B9 plus the dashboard-render additions, performance-only optimizations that preserve behavior (unit tests pin it), bench-harness extension, and docs. Out of scope = anything requiring live agent sessions or model/network calls (LLM latency cannot be guaranteed 10x), auditor agent-session logic, feature changes, new slash commands, branch/merge mechanics, and the still-blocked 2026-08-04 review-plan goal's signoff (separate concern; its work is already merged to main).
+
+Constraints: benchmarks stay agent-free (B8: no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes); fresh BEFORE baselines must be captured before any optimization change; no new runtime dependencies without explicit user approval; the four goal dialogs (questionnaire, accept-goal confirmation, task-list confirmation, escape dialog) and goal tool-call headings stay byte-identical unless a change is flagged to the user first and approved; no new slash commands; optimizations must not change behavior (tests stay green); AGENTS.md spec conventions; descriptive commits via commit_changes.
+
+
+If blocked: stop and ask the user.
+
+## Progress
+
+- Status: paused (agent)
+- Auto-continue: off
+- Sisyphus mode: no
+- Time spent: 36m29s
+- Tokens used: 318K (318,093) tokens
+- Verification contract: run `npm run bench` (fresh BEFORE committed, then AFTER), `npm run bench:gate` PASS (including the new ≥10x invariant), `npm test` 0 failures, `npm run check` clean, re-read this goal and confirm every success criterion is met, then user signoff in a real terminal.
+## Tasks
+
+<!-- blockCompletion: false -->
+- [x] task-1: Baseline + coverage: extend harness to cover dashboard flows, fresh agent-free BEFORE run on main, gate PASS, commit baseline + BENCH-BEFORE.md + spec scaffolding; define the explicit headroom vs noise-floor exemption list — evidence: Harness extended (B7 section D: 15 dashboard rows; B1/B5 op counts; campaign isolation via campaigns.mjs + run-bench/b6-gate parameterization). Fresh agent-free BEFORE: 87 rows, 0 B8 violations, commi
+- [x] task-2: Optimize: implement ≥10x improvements for every non-agent flow with headroom (per-flow before→after verified by the harness, each tracked in MILESTONES.md) — evidence: Implemented: zero-op write-through session caches (settings/pool/ledger) invalidated on extension writes + session_start; direct batched ledger appends (per-dir mkdir memo); lock default window 8x25ms
+- [x] task-3: AFTER run + gate: re-run bench, commit BENCH-AFTER.md + BENCH-DIFF.md + budgets, extend B6 gate with the ≥10x headroom invariant and no-regression rule for exempt rows — gate PASS — evidence: AFTER run regenerated (87 rows, agent-free). BENCH-AFTER.md + BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md regenerated and committed (5bc2d3f). b6-gate.mjs is campaign-aware: no-regression rule for ALL rows (p50 + ops
+- [ ] task-4: Validation + signoff: npm test 0 failures, tsc clean, PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES + CHANGELOG updated, dialogs byte-identical check, user signoff in real terminal
+
+- Agent pause reason: All deliverables verified and committed; the goal cannot complete without the user's signoff (criterion 7) and their acceptance of the documented B4 content-floor exemption (recommendation (a)). Presenting for review in the terminal.
+- Agent suggests: Open specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md and sign off: confirm the B4 content-floor exemption (or run /goal-tweak to relax targets / authorize guidance removal instead). Then tell me to complete the goal.

package/docs/.pi/goals/active_goal_2026080613564540_mshisjml-bl1gar.md

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+{
+  "version": 3,
+  "id": "mshisjml-bl1gar",
+  "objective": "On a new branch off main (proposed name: fix/open-issues), fix the four actionable open issues on tmonk/pi-goal-x — #19 (settings menu positive-integer rows: row-driven lower bound so stall timeout can be set), #20 (parseAuditorDecision: verdict marker must be the final line, not anywhere in the report), #21 (auditor prompt: delimiter-safe interpolation of objective/completion summary), #22 (update_goal blocked/paused flows must surface failure instead of reporting success) — with regression tests, a spec dir (specs/2026-08-06-fix-open-issues/ with MILESTONES.md, plus PRODUCT.md/TECH.md as needed per AGENTS.md), a CHANGELOG entry with patch bump (0.25.1), and the full test suite + typecheck green. Also close the four junk issues #15–18 via gh with an explanatory comment (user-confirmed).",
+  "status": "paused",
+  "autoContinue": false,
+  "usage": {
+    "tokensUsed": 115927,
+    "activeSeconds": 475
+  },
+  "sisyphus": false,
+  "createdAt": "2026-08-06T12:56:45.405Z",
+  "updatedAt": "2026-08-06T13:05:26.542Z",
+  "activePath": ".pi/goals/active_goal_2026080613564540_mshisjml-bl1gar.md",
+  "stopReason": "user",
+  "skipAuditor": true,
+  "revision": 80,
+  "taskList": {
+    "tasks": [
+      {
+        "id": "task-1",
+        "title": "Create branch fix/open-issues off main and scaffold specs/2026-08-06-fix-open-issues/ (MILESTONES.md; PRODUCT.md/TECH.md if planning is useful)",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T12:58:01.791Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-2",
+        "title": "Fix #19: settings menu positive-integer rows use a row-driven lower bound (stallTimeoutMinutes accepts 0+, subtaskDepth 1+) + regression test",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T12:59:12.353Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-3",
+        "title": "Fix #20 + #21: parseAuditorDecision matches only the final non-empty line; buildGoalAuditorPrompt interpolates objective/completion summary safely (escaping or non-colliding delimiters) + regression tests",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:01:27.636Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-4",
+        "title": "Fix #22: runGoalBlockedFlow and the agent-pause flow return the apply() failure message when the mutation failed instead of claiming success + regression test",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:03:18.851Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-5",
+        "title": "Close junk issues #15–18 via gh with a comment noting they are invalid empty-body duplicates of #19–22",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:03:37.231Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-6",
+        "title": "Validation & wrap-up: npm run check clean, npm test 0 failures, CHANGELOG entry + patch bump, MILESTONES.md maps each issue fix to evidence, all committed on the branch",
+        "status": "pending"
+      }
+    ],
+    "blockCompletion": true,
+    "proposedAt": "2026-08-06T12:56:41.516Z"
+  },
+  "currentTaskId": "task-6"
+}
+
+# Goal Prompt
+
+On a new branch off main (proposed name: fix/open-issues), fix the four actionable open issues on tmonk/pi-goal-x — #19 (settings menu positive-integer rows: row-driven lower bound so stall timeout can be set), #20 (parseAuditorDecision: verdict marker must be the final line, not anywhere in the report), #21 (auditor prompt: delimiter-safe interpolation of objective/completion summary), #22 (update_goal blocked/paused flows must surface failure instead of reporting success) — with regression tests, a spec dir (specs/2026-08-06-fix-open-issues/ with MILESTONES.md, plus PRODUCT.md/TECH.md as needed per AGENTS.md), a CHANGELOG entry with patch bump (0.25.1), and the full test suite + typecheck green. Also close the four junk issues #15–18 via gh with an explanatory comment (user-confirmed).
+
+## Progress
+
+- Status: paused
+- Auto-continue: off
+- Sisyphus mode: no
+- Time spent: 7m55s
+- Tokens used: 116K (115,927) tokens
+## Tasks
+
+<!-- blockCompletion: true -->
+- [x] task-1: Create branch fix/open-issues off main and scaffold specs/2026-08-06-fix-open-issues/ (MILESTONES.md; PRODUCT.md/TECH.md if planning is useful)
+- [x] task-2: Fix #19: settings menu positive-integer rows use a row-driven lower bound (stallTimeoutMinutes accepts 0+, subtaskDepth 1+) + regression test
+- [x] task-3: Fix #20 + #21: parseAuditorDecision matches only the final non-empty line; buildGoalAuditorPrompt interpolates objective/completion summary safely (escaping or non-colliding delimiters) + regression tests
+- [x] task-4: Fix #22: runGoalBlockedFlow and the agent-pause flow return the apply() failure message when the mutation failed instead of claiming success + regression test
+- [x] task-5: Close junk issues #15–18 via gh with a comment noting they are invalid empty-body duplicates of #19–22
+- [ ] task-6: Validation & wrap-up: npm run check clean, npm test 0 failures, CHANGELOG entry + patch bump, MILESTONES.md maps each issue fix to evidence, all committed on the branch
+

package/docs/.pi/goals/archived/goal_2026080614173417_mshjewld-9z3e9p.md

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+{
+  "version": 3,
+  "id": "mshjewld-9z3e9p",
+  "objective": "Fix the goal-widget Escape handling so that pressing Escape stops the working as well as pausing: on a live (active + autoContinue) goal, Escape still pauses the goal but is no longer consumed — it is passed back to pi so the running tool execution / current turn is aborted too — and on an already-paused goal, Escape is passed back to pi to stop the current turn without changing goal state (restoring the pre-fix behavior). Continue on the existing fix/open-issues branch: first commit the validated pending issue fixes (#19–#22 + tests + CHANGELOG + spec docs) directly, then implement the escape fix with regression tests, spec-doc updates, and a full green validation.",
+  "status": "complete",
+  "autoContinue": true,
+  "usage": {
+    "tokensUsed": 49792,
+    "activeSeconds": 107
+  },
+  "sisyphus": false,
+  "createdAt": "2026-08-06T13:14:08.641Z",
+  "updatedAt": "2026-08-06T13:17:34.176Z",
+  "stopReason": "agent",
+  "skipAuditor": true,
+  "revision": 30,
+  "taskList": {
+    "tasks": [
+      {
+        "id": "task-1",
+        "title": "Commit the pending validated fix/open-issues work (issues #19–22 fixes, tests, CHANGELOG 0.25.1, spec docs) directly on fix/open-issues",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:15:43.315Z",
+        "evidence": "Direct git commit 9bd218f on fix/open-issues: 12 staged files (4 issue fixes + tests + spec docs + CHANGELOG 0.25.1); working tree clean after commit."
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-2",
+        "title": "Fix goal-widget.ts Escape handling: live-goal Escape still calls pauseActiveGoal but returns undefined (passes Escape to pi so the running turn stops); confirm paused-goal Escape already passes through; update the handler comments to explain consume-vs-passthrough split",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:16:04.725Z",
+        "evidence": "goal-widget.ts: live-pause branch keeps pauseActiveGoal but returns undefined (Escape passes to pi, aborting the running turn); top comment updated to explain consume-vs-passthrough split; paused-goal"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-3",
+        "title": "Regression tests in tests/goal-modal-escape.test.ts: live-goal Escape pauses AND is not consumed; paused-goal Escape returns undefined and leaves the goal paused with no state change; existing escape tests still pass",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:16:32.821Z",
+        "evidence": "tests/goal-modal-escape.test.ts: added 2 regression tests (live-goal Escape pauses + returns undefined/passthrough; paused-goal Escape passes through with no re-pause/state change). npx tsx --test tes"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "task-4",
+        "title": "Docs + validation + commit: fold the escape fix into the 0.25.1 CHANGELOG entry and the branch's PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES docs, npm run check clean, npm test 0 failures, commit on fix/open-issues",
+        "status": "complete",
+        "completedAt": "2026-08-06T13:17:29.781Z",
+        "evidence": "CHANGELOG 0.25.1 + PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES docs updated; npm run check clean; npm test 664/664 pass (2 new escape tests); committed ddf4a28 on fix/open-issues, tree clean."
+      }
+    ],
+    "blockCompletion": true,
+    "proposedAt": "2026-08-06T13:13:49.755Z"
+  },
+  "archivedPath": ".pi/goals/archived/goal_2026080614173417_mshjewld-9z3e9p.md"
+}
+
+# Goal Prompt
+
+Fix the goal-widget Escape handling so that pressing Escape stops the working as well as pausing: on a live (active + autoContinue) goal, Escape still pauses the goal but is no longer consumed — it is passed back to pi so the running tool execution / current turn is aborted too — and on an already-paused goal, Escape is passed back to pi to stop the current turn without changing goal state (restoring the pre-fix behavior). Continue on the existing fix/open-issues branch: first commit the validated pending issue fixes (#19–#22 + tests + CHANGELOG + spec docs) directly, then implement the escape fix with regression tests, spec-doc updates, and a full green validation.
+
+## Progress
+
+- Status: complete
+- Auto-continue: on
+- Sisyphus mode: no
+- Time spent: 1m47s
+- Tokens used: 50K (49,792) tokens
+## Tasks
+
+<!-- blockCompletion: true -->
+- [x] task-1: Commit the pending validated fix/open-issues work (issues #19–22 fixes, tests, CHANGELOG 0.25.1, spec docs) directly on fix/open-issues — evidence: Direct git commit 9bd218f on fix/open-issues: 12 staged files (4 issue fixes + tests + spec docs + CHANGELOG 0.25.1); working tree clean after commit.
+- [x] task-2: Fix goal-widget.ts Escape handling: live-goal Escape still calls pauseActiveGoal but returns undefined (passes Escape to pi so the running turn stops); confirm paused-goal Escape already passes through; update the handler comments to explain consume-vs-passthrough split — evidence: goal-widget.ts: live-pause branch keeps pauseActiveGoal but returns undefined (Escape passes to pi, aborting the running turn); top comment updated to explain consume-vs-passthrough split; paused-goal
+- [x] task-3: Regression tests in tests/goal-modal-escape.test.ts: live-goal Escape pauses AND is not consumed; paused-goal Escape returns undefined and leaves the goal paused with no state change; existing escape tests still pass — evidence: tests/goal-modal-escape.test.ts: added 2 regression tests (live-goal Escape pauses + returns undefined/passthrough; paused-goal Escape passes through with no re-pause/state change). npx tsx --test tes
+- [x] task-4: Docs + validation + commit: fold the escape fix into the 0.25.1 CHANGELOG entry and the branch's PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES docs, npm run check clean, npm test 0 failures, commit on fix/open-issues — evidence: CHANGELOG 0.25.1 + PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES docs updated; npm run check clean; npm test 664/664 pass (2 new escape tests); committed ddf4a28 on fix/open-issues, tree clean.
+

package/docs/.pi/goals/goal_events.jsonl

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+{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","objective":"Benchmark every non-agent flow of pi-goal-x on current main with the existing agent-free B1–B9 harness (extended to also cover the 0.24.0 unified-dashboard render surface that shipped after the harness was built), then optimize each non-agent flow that has meaningful headroom so it measures at least an order of magnitude (≥10x) faster than a freshly captured BEFORE baseline on current main — with zero regressions on the rest.\n\nSuccess criteria: (1) fresh BEFORE baseline captured on main before any optimization: agent-free run (no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes), harness extended so the full current non-agent surface is covered (including unified dashboard task-list / expanded / audit render rows), `npm run bench:gate` passes pre-change, baseline JSON + BENCH-BEFORE.md committed; (2) explicit headroom/exemption list defined in the spec (noise-floor rows = local p50 <0.5ms with ≤1 fs op are exempt from 10x but must not regress; everything else has headroom); (3) AFTER run shows ≥10x p50 improvement vs the fresh BEFORE baseline on its primary cost metric (wall-clock p50, fs ops/turn, or estimated prompt tokens where a flow is prompt-bound) for every headroom row — no exemptions left unexplained; (4) B6 gate extended with a ≥10x invariant for headroom rows and a no-regression rule for exempt rows — gate PASSES; (5) `npm test` 0 failures and `npm run check` (tsc --noEmit) clean; (6) AGENTS.md conventions followed: new spec dir specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/ with PRODUCT.md (where behavior-relevant), TECH.md (as useful), MILESTONES.md log, and BENCH-BEFORE/AFTER/DIFF.md committed; (7) user signs off on the before/after tables in a real terminal.\n\nBoundaries: in scope = the full non-agent surface on current main as covered by B1–B9 plus the dashboard-render additions, performance-only optimizations that preserve behavior (unit tests pin it), bench-harness extension, and docs. Out of scope = anything requiring live agent sessions or model/network calls (LLM latency cannot be guaranteed 10x), auditor agent-session logic, feature changes, new slash commands, branch/merge mechanics, and the still-blocked 2026-08-04 review-plan goal's signoff (separate concern; its work is already merged to main).\n\nConstraints: benchmarks stay agent-free (B8: no live agents, no network, no unauthorized child processes); fresh BEFORE baselines must be captured before any optimization change; no new runtime dependencies without explicit user approval; the four goal dialogs (questionnaire, accept-goal confirmation, task-list confirmation, escape dialog) and goal tool-call headings stay byte-identical unless a change is flagged to the user first and approved; no new slash commands; optimizations must not change behavior (tests stay green); AGENTS.md spec conventions; descriptive commits via commit_changes.\n\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-08-06T11:41:19.497Z"}
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+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-08-06T11:41:24.247Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Harness extended (B7 section D: 15 dashboard rows; B1/B5 op counts; campaign isolation via campaigns.mjs + run-bench/b6-gate parameterization). Fresh agent-free BEFORE: 87 rows, 0 B8 violations, commi","at":"2026-08-06T11:55:42.332Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-08-06T11:55:46.276Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Implemented: zero-op write-through session caches (settings/pool/ledger) invalidated on extension writes + session_start; direct batched ledger appends (per-dir mkdir memo); lock default window 8x25ms","at":"2026-08-06T12:12:21.664Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-08-06T12:12:25.979Z"}
+{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","reason":"Contract decision required: the 6 B4 prompt-token rows (taskListBlock/continuationPrompt/goalPrompt at 10t/50t) cannot reach their 10x token targets without deleting agent-facing guidance (the [OUTCOMES] policy, audit-before-complete and blocker instructions, tools line ≈ 548 tokens of the 1084-token continuation prompt) — that is a behavior change the goal's no-behavior-change constraint forbids. The gate now encodes the full 10x contract and fails on exactly these 6 rows; all other 22 headroom rows meet their targets and zero rows regressed. I need the user to choose how to handle B4 before the goal can complete.","suggestedAction":"Pick one: (a) accept the documented content-floor exemption for B4 (recommended — guidance is the extension's behavioral contract with the agent; the safe formatting compaction stays), (b) /goal-tweak to relax the B4 target to something achievable (e.g. ≥2x on the goal block), or (c) authorize trimming the guidance text (behavior change). Then review the before/after tables in BENCH-DIFF.md and sign off in the terminal.","source":"agent","at":"2026-08-06T12:14:57.475Z"}
+{"type":"goal_resumed","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","reason":"user","at":"2026-08-06T12:17:12.498Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"AFTER run regenerated (87 rows, agent-free). BENCH-AFTER.md + BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md regenerated and committed (5bc2d3f). b6-gate.mjs is campaign-aware: no-regression rule for ALL rows (p50 + ops","at":"2026-08-06T12:21:11.193Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-08-06T12:21:13.775Z"}
+{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mshg3jex-svqfyt","reason":"All deliverables verified and committed; the goal cannot complete without the user's signoff (criterion 7) and their acceptance of the documented B4 content-floor exemption (recommendation (a)). Presenting for review in the terminal.","suggestedAction":"Open specs/2026-08-06-non-agent-flow-optimization/BENCH-DIFF.md + HEADROOM.md and sign off: confirm the B4 content-floor exemption (or run /goal-tweak to relax targets / authorize guidance removal instead). Then tell me to complete the goal.","source":"agent","at":"2026-08-06T12:21:22.570Z"}
+{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","objective":"On a new branch off main (proposed name: fix/open-issues), fix the four actionable open issues on tmonk/pi-goal-x — #19 (settings menu positive-integer rows: row-driven lower bound so stall timeout can be set), #20 (parseAuditorDecision: verdict marker must be the final line, not anywhere in the report), #21 (auditor prompt: delimiter-safe interpolation of objective/completion summary), #22 (update_goal blocked/paused flows must surface failure instead of reporting success) — with regression tests, a spec dir (specs/2026-08-06-fix-open-issues/ with MILESTONES.md, plus PRODUCT.md/TECH.md as needed per AGENTS.md), a CHANGELOG entry with patch bump (0.25.1), and the full test suite + typecheck green. Also close the four junk issues #15–18 via gh with an explanatory comment (user-confirmed).","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-08-06T12:56:45.405Z"}
+{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskCount":6,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-08-06T12:56:45.405Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-08-06T12:56:52.283Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-08-06T12:58:01.791Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-08-06T12:58:01.792Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-08-06T12:59:12.353Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-08-06T12:59:12.355Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-08-06T13:01:27.636Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-08-06T13:01:27.637Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-08-06T13:03:18.851Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-08-06T13:03:18.852Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-08-06T13:03:37.231Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-08-06T13:03:37.232Z"}
+{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mshisjml-bl1gar","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-08-06T13:05:26.541Z"}
+{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","objective":"Fix the goal-widget Escape handling so that pressing Escape stops the working as well as pausing: on a live (active + autoContinue) goal, Escape still pauses the goal but is no longer consumed — it is passed back to pi so the running tool execution / current turn is aborted too — and on an already-paused goal, Escape is passed back to pi to stop the current turn without changing goal state (restoring the pre-fix behavior). Continue on the existing fix/open-issues branch: first commit the validated pending issue fixes (#19–#22 + tests + CHANGELOG + spec docs) directly, then implement the escape fix with regression tests, spec-doc updates, and a full green validation.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-08-06T13:14:08.641Z"}
+{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskCount":4,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-08-06T13:14:08.641Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-08-06T13:15:33.912Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Direct git commit 9bd218f on fix/open-issues: 12 staged files (4 issue fixes + tests + spec docs + CHANGELOG 0.25.1); working tree clean after commit.","at":"2026-08-06T13:15:43.315Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-08-06T13:15:43.317Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"goal-widget.ts: live-pause branch keeps pauseActiveGoal but returns undefined (Escape passes to pi, aborting the running turn); top comment updated to explain consume-vs-passthrough split; paused-goal","at":"2026-08-06T13:16:04.725Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-08-06T13:16:04.726Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"tests/goal-modal-escape.test.ts: added 2 regression tests (live-goal Escape pauses + returns undefined/passthrough; paused-goal Escape passes through with no re-pause/state change). npx tsx --test tes","at":"2026-08-06T13:16:32.821Z"}
+{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-08-06T13:16:32.823Z"}
+{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"CHANGELOG 0.25.1 + PRODUCT/TECH/MILESTONES docs updated; npm run check clean; npm test 664/664 pass (2 new escape tests); committed ddf4a28 on fix/open-issues, tree clean.","at":"2026-08-06T13:17:29.781Z"}
+{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","at":"2026-08-06T13:17:34.171Z"}
+{"type":"audit_skipped","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","reason":"disabled","at":"2026-08-06T13:17:34.172Z"}
+{"type":"goal_completed","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","archivePath":".pi/goals/archived/goal_2026080614173417_mshjewld-9z3e9p.md","at":"2026-08-06T13:17:34.177Z"}
+{"type":"goal_archived","goalId":"mshjewld-9z3e9p","archivePath":".pi/goals/archived/goal_2026080614173417_mshjewld-9z3e9p.md","at":"2026-08-06T13:17:34.178Z"}

package/extensions/goal-auditor.ts

@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ function asThinkingLevel(value: unknown): ThinkingLevel | undefined {
 
 
 export function parseAuditorDecision(output: string): { approved: boolean; disapproved: boolean } {
-	const approved = /<approved\s*\/>/.test(output);
-	const disapproved = /<disapproved\s*\/>/.test(output);
-	return { approved: approved && !disapproved, disapproved };
+	// The prompt contract: the verdict marker must be the FINAL line of the
+	// report. Matching anywhere lets a prose mention of the marker (e.g. "I
+	// would only emit <approved/> if ...") be misread as the verdict.
+	const lines = output.split("\n").map((l) => l.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+	const marker = lines[lines.length - 1];
+	return { approved: marker === "<approved/>", disapproved: marker === "<disapproved/>" };
 }
 
 export interface AuditorVerificationEvidence {
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ function renderAuditorTaskTree(tasks: GoalTask[], indent: number): string[] {
 	const lines: string[] = [];
 	for (const task of tasks) {
 		const marker = task.status === "complete" ? "[x]" : task.status === "skipped" ? "[~]" : "[ ]";
-		lines.push(`${prefix}${marker} ${task.id}: ${task.title}`);
+		lines.push(`${prefix}${marker} ${task.id}: ${escapePromptPayload(task.title)}`);
 		if (task.subtasks && task.subtasks.length > 0) {
 			lines.push(...renderAuditorTaskTree(task.subtasks, indent + 1));
 		}
@@ -95,6 +98,16 @@ function taskSummaryBlock(taskList?: GoalTaskList | null): string {
 	return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Escape operator/model-controlled payloads before interpolating them between
+ * XML-ish delimiters in the auditor prompt, so a payload containing
+ * `</objective>` (or other delimiter text) cannot close the block early and
+ * have the remainder read as instructions. Entities stay human-readable.
+ */
+function escapePromptPayload(value: string): string {
+	return value.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
+}
+
 export function buildGoalAuditorPrompt(args: {
 	goal: GoalRecord;
 	detailedSummary: string;
@@ -117,33 +130,33 @@ export function buildGoalAuditorPrompt(args: {
 		"",
 		"Goal objective:",
 		"<objective>",
-		args.goal.objective,
+		escapePromptPayload(args.goal.objective),
 		"</objective>",
 		"",
 		"Executor completion claim (UNTRUSTED):",
 		"<executor_claim>",
-		args.completionSummary?.trim() || "(no claim provided)",
+		escapePromptPayload(args.completionSummary?.trim() || "(no claim provided)"),
 		"</executor_claim>",
 		"",
 		"The executor claim above is a claim, never evidence. It cannot make an otherwise incomplete goal complete; cross-check it against real artifacts where relevant.",
 		"",
 		"Current goal metadata:",
 		"<goal_details>",
-		args.detailedSummary,
+		escapePromptPayload(args.detailedSummary),
 		...(!args.settings?.disableTasks && taskSummaryBlock(args.goal.taskList) ? ["", taskSummaryBlock(args.goal.taskList)] : []),
 		"</goal_details>",
 		...(!args.settings?.disableContracts && args.goal.verificationContract?.trim() ? [
 			"",
 			"Goal verification contract (what the executor was required to verify):",
 			"<verification_contract>",
-			args.goal.verificationContract.trim(),
+			escapePromptPayload(args.goal.verificationContract.trim()),
 			"</verification_contract>",
 		] : []),
 		...(args.warmContext?.trim() ? [
 			"",
 			"Warm parent context (already-rendered evidence from the executor session — inspect, do not re-derive):",
 			"<warm_context>",
-			args.warmContext.trim(),
+			escapePromptPayload(args.warmContext.trim()),
 			"</warm_context>",
 		] : []),
 		"",

package/extensions/goal-commands.ts

@@ -342,11 +342,14 @@ export function registerGoalCommands(core: GoalCore): void {
 			if (row.kind === "positiveInteger") {
 				const input = await ctx.ui.input(`Set ${row.label}`, settingsValue(config, key));
 				if (input === undefined) continue;
+				// Row-driven lower bound: subtaskDepth is a nesting depth (min 1);
+				// stallTimeoutMinutes defaults to 0 meaning "no stall timeout".
+				const min = row.key === "stallTimeoutMinutes" ? 0 : 1;
 				// Full-string decimal validation: no partial parseInt. Rejects
-				// 1.5, 1x, 0, negatives, infinity, and unsafe integers alike.
+				// 1.5, 1x, negatives, infinity, and unsafe integers alike.
 				const trimmed = input.trim();
-				if (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(trimmed) || !Number.isSafeInteger(Number(trimmed)) || Number(trimmed) < 1) {
-					ctx.ui.notify(`${row.label} must be a positive integer (e.g. 1, 2, 3)`, "warning");
+				if (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(trimmed) || !Number.isSafeInteger(Number(trimmed)) || Number(trimmed) < min) {
+					ctx.ui.notify(`${row.label} must be an integer >= ${min} (e.g. ${min}, ${min + 1}, ${min + 2})`, "warning");
 					continue;
 				}
 				const next = { ...config, [key]: Number(trimmed) };

package/extensions/goal-core-tools.ts

@@ -205,14 +205,22 @@ async function runGoalBlockedFlow(ctx: ExtensionContext): Promise<AgentToolResul
 		core.clearActiveAccounting();
 		if (result.goal) core.runtime.markTurnStopped(result.goal.id);
 		core.updateUI(ctx);
+		return {
+			content: [{
+				type: "text",
+				text: "Goal blocked. Continuation stopped; the goal is waiting for the user to resume, revise, or clear it. Stop now; do not start another tool call.",
+			}],
+			details: goalDetails(core.state.goal),
+			terminate: true,
+		};
 	}
+	// The mutation failed (lock contention, revision conflict, goal archived by
+	// another process): surface the conflict instead of claiming the goal is
+	// blocked, and keep the turn alive so the agent can retry.
 	return {
-		content: [{
-			type: "text",
-			text: "Goal blocked. Continuation stopped; the goal is waiting for the user to resume, revise, or clear it. Stop now; do not start another tool call.",
-		}],
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: `Goal blocked state update failed: ${result.message ?? "the state mutation was rejected"}. The goal was NOT marked blocked. Retry after resolving the conflict.` }],
 		details: goalDetails(core.state.goal),
-		terminate: true,
+		terminate: false,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -262,12 +270,19 @@ async function runGoalAgentPauseFlow(ctx: ExtensionContext, reason: string | und
 		core.clearActiveAccounting();
 		if (result.goal) core.runtime.markTurnStopped(result.goal.id);
 		core.updateUI(ctx);
+		const suggestion = trimmedAction ? ` Suggested next step: ${trimmedAction}` : "";
+		return {
+			content: [{ type: "text", text: `Goal paused by the agent: ${trimmedReason}.${suggestion} Stop now; the user can resume with /goal-resume or revise with /goal-tweak.` }],
+			details: goalDetails(core.state.goal, `Pause reason: ${trimmedReason}${trimmedAction ? `\nSuggested action: ${trimmedAction}` : ""}`), // E7
+			terminate: true,
+		};
 	}
-	const suggestion = trimmedAction ? ` Suggested next step: ${trimmedAction}` : "";
+	// The mutation failed: surface the conflict instead of claiming the goal is
+	// paused, and keep the turn alive so the agent can retry.
 	return {
-		content: [{ type: "text", text: `Goal paused by the agent: ${trimmedReason}.${suggestion} Stop now; the user can resume with /goal-resume or revise with /goal-tweak.` }],
-		details: goalDetails(core.state.goal, `Pause reason: ${trimmedReason}${trimmedAction ? `\nSuggested action: ${trimmedAction}` : ""}`), // E7
-		terminate: true,
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: `Goal pause update failed: ${result.message ?? "the state mutation was rejected"}. The goal was NOT paused. Retry after resolving the conflict.` }],
+		details: goalDetails(core.state.goal),
+		terminate: false,
 	};
 }
 

package/extensions/goal-events.ts

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import {
 	isToolUseAssistantMessage,
 } from "./goal-format.ts";
 import { buildCompactionSummary } from "./goal-compaction.ts";
-import { latestAuditorResultForGoal, readGoalLedger } from "./goal-ledger.ts";
+import { latestAuditorResultForGoal, readGoalLedger, invalidateGoalLedgerCache } from "./goal-ledger.ts";
 import { shouldArmPostCompactReminder, shouldInjectPostCompactReminder } from "./goal-policy.ts";
 import { formatTokenValue } from "./goal-core.ts";
-import { loadGoalSettings } from "./goal-settings.ts";
+import { loadGoalSettings, invalidateGoalSettingsCache } from "./goal-settings.ts";
 import { budgetLine, budgetRemaining } from "./goal-accounting.ts";
 import { asRecord, nowIso, type AssistantMessageLike } from "./goal-record.ts";
 import { goalSelectorLabel } from "./goal-pool.ts";
-import {
+import { invalidateGoalPoolCache } from "./storage/goal-files.ts";import {
 	goalPrompt,
 	staleContinuationPrompt,
 	unfocusedOpenGoalsPrompt,
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ export function registerGoalEvents(core: GoalCore): void {
 	});
 
 	pi.on("session_start", async (event, ctx) => {
+		// NAF: the zero-op read caches are session-scoped — a new session always
+		// re-reads settings/pool/ledger fresh from disk (cross-process and
+		// hand-edited changes are picked up at the session boundary).
+		invalidateGoalSettingsCache();
+		invalidateGoalPoolCache();
+		invalidateGoalLedgerCache();
 		core.goalService.flushTurn(ctx); // P1-3: persist any buffered transaction before reload
 		await core.loadState(ctx);
 		core.installGoalToolProfile(!loadGoalSettings(ctx.cwd).disableTasks);