Repository source: docs/plans/instance_image_import/instance_image_import_debug_log.md
instance_image_import debug log
2026-11-06T15:45:46Z - Step 1
Necessary/useful instructions
step1_solution_assessment.md, "≥2 solution options": the earlier conversation had already recommended automatic import. Writing the flag and separate-command options made the trade-off (forgotten flag versus partial results from sources without image backups) explicit for the maintainer. Retain.RAILSPIKE.md, Original Query preservation with Understood Intent: the query says "do this", which only makes sense with the earlier image-transfer discussion. Understood Intent carried that context without rewriting the query. Retain.RAILSPIKE.md, Experimental Effort Estimation, standing enrollment: no selection question was needed. Retain.
Redundant/unnecessary instructions
No supported findings.
Inapplicable instructions
RAILSPIKE.md, Follow-up Cycles Before Merge: not a follow-up cycle.RAILSPIKE.md, Directory structure rule: applies only after Approved Step 3.
Uncertain assessments
step1_solution_assessment.md, Next: Step 1 must stay uncommitted, but this cloud session's container can be reclaimed while waiting for approval. The instructions do not say how to protect uncommitted planning in an ephemeral environment. Earlier cycles committed before approval at a stop hook's request. Consider stating that case explicitly.
2026-11-06T15:48:38Z - Step 2
Necessary/useful instructions
implementation_standards.md, inspect existing implementations: readingImageRestore.phpshowed its restore path cannot be reused (matching revision, empty store) but its ZIP reader can. That decided the single new class. Retain.step2_feature_description.md, Risks with earliest validation: it surfaced that--resumetakes no source URL, which the Step 1 recommendation had glossed over. Retain.step2_feature_description.md, Completion boundary: listing every recovery case kept the rerun promise testable. Retain.
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No supported findings.
Inapplicable instructions
step2_feature_description.md, Known user or environment: the request names no user or machine.Documentation-only scope rules: this is an application change.
Uncertain assessments
step2_feature_description.md, "avoid implementation details": the shared component inventory requires source paths and reuse decisions. The line between those and implementation detail is unclear for a CLI feature whose user surface is mostly existing classes.
2026-11-06T15:51:09Z - Step 3
Necessary/useful instructions
step3_development_plan_before.md, reconcile requests against Step 2: the sync request arrived between Step 2 delivery and approval. Recording it as separate work before planning kept it out of the stages. Retain.implementation_standards.md, inspect existing implementations: checkingLocalWriteService.phpshowed uploads write images under the forum write lock, which settled the concurrency mitigation. Retain.step3_development_plan_do.md, "split stories into vertical slices": Stage 3 is the first stage an operator can use; Stages 1–2 are its prerequisites. Retain.
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No supported findings.
Inapplicable instructions
step3_development_plan_do.md, known user or environment replay stage: Step 2 names no user or environment.
Uncertain assessments
step3_development_plan_after.md, "Keep Step 1-3 planning docs uncommitted": this cloud session's stop hook requires commits, so Steps 1–2 were committed before approval. The Step 4 planning commit will then contain only the organization moves. The instructions do not cover that case.
2026-11-06T16:06:17Z - Step 4
Necessary/useful instructions
step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol: one commit per stage, each with its summary, kept every stage reviewable and pushed. That mattered in an ephemeral container. Retain.implementation_standards.md, "Replay each reported failure" and the baseline-failure rule: running the failing docs test at the starting revision in a separate worktree showed the failure predates this cycle. Retain.step4_implementation_do.md, Enhancement Requests classification:ImageStore::putAllwas recorded as an in-scope refinement from new understanding instead of silent drift from "reuseputunchanged". Retain.implementation_standards.md, complete the outcome through ordinary entry: the real two-instance import with a browser check confirmed display, which the CLI tests only checked through the/images/route. Retain.
Redundant/unnecessary instructions
step4_implementation_before.md, planning-commit gate items 2 and 4 ("confirm Step 1-3 planning docs are present and unstaged"): with Steps 1–3 already committed at the stop hook's request, these checks had nothing to confirm. Suggest clarifying the gate for pre-committed planning.
Inapplicable instructions
Documentation-only rules: application change.
Known user or environment replay: none named.
Navigation icon checks (host AGENTS.md): no navigation change.
Uncertain assessments
RAILSPIKE.md, Follow-up Cycles Before Merge: the session's designated branch served as the feature branch instead of a newfeat/branch. The instructions do not cover a branch fixed by the environment.