Repository source: docs/plans/personal_inbox/personal_inbox_debug_log.md
personal_inbox debug log
2026-11-07T11:11:45Z - Step 1
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AGENTS.md, "searchdocs/feedback/items/for a matching item": PF-20261030-F05 says visiting must not mark items read. That turned an open choice into a rule shared by every option. Retain.step1_solution_assessment.md, "≥2 solution options": writing the browser and server options side by side made the cross-device cost of Option A explicit, given that DM unread already works across devices. Retain.concepts.md, Planning: the recent conversation concept states "no personal read tracking", so this cycle changes it rather than adding beside it. Retain.
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RAILSPIKE.md, Directory structure rule: applies only after Approved Step 3.step1_solution_assessment.md, /new reminder: no discussion preceded this Step 1.
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RAILSPIKE.md, Agent attribution: the model name comes from session metadata; reasoning effort was not verified and is omitted.
2026-11-07T12:01:03Z - Step 2
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implementation_standards.md, "inspect existing implementations": checking the schema showed no index on a post's parent. That became a risk and raised the estimate before planning. Retain.step2_feature_description.md, "Surface material risks": the backdated-post risk would otherwise hide inside the mark rule. Retain.
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step2_feature_description.md, Known user or environment: the request names no user or machine.Documentation-only scope rules: this is an application change.
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step2_feature_description.md, "avoid … database schema": the parent index is named because it drives a risk and the CONTRIBUTING schema rules. The guardrail does not say whether naming an index counts as schema detail.
2026-11-07T12:02:51Z - Step 2 revision
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step2_feature_description.md, Enhancement Requests and revision rules: the flag is a scope change from the maintainer, so it went under Revised Direction with a new scope version instead of silently editing requirements. Retain.CONTRIBUTING.md, Feature flag presentation order: fixed the flag's group and position without a separate decision. Retain.
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RAILSPIKE.md, Directory structure rule: applies only after Approved Step 3.
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AGENTS.mdand Railspike give no default for a new flag's initial value. Off was chosen to match a staged rollout; the maintainer may prefer on.
2026-11-07T12:05:17Z - Step 3
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implementation_standards.md, "Resolve material risks before dependent implementation": checkingSignedPostBundleValidatorshowed signed posts are at most 10 minutes off the server clock. That turned an open backdating risk into a bounded rule before Stage 3. Retain.step3_development_plan_after.md, stage ordering check: caught a count stage that depended on a later navigation stage; the two were swapped. Retain.
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step3_development_plan_do.md, known user or environment replay stage: Step 2 names no user or environment.
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step3_development_plan_do.md, "about <=1 hour or <=50 lines" per stage: Stages 1 and 3 likely exceed 50 lines including tests. They are each one vertical behavior, so they were not split further.
2026-11-07T13:20:04Z - Step 4
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step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol step 2 before step 5: Stage 2 was committed before its smoke failure was read. The protocol made the miss visible, and the fix went in a separate commit instead of an amend. Retain; consider "read the test result before committing" as an explicit line.implementation_standards.md, "inspect existing implementations": led to reusing Recent's query and row shaping and the deploy same-origin check, instead of new equivalents. Retain.step3_development_plan_do.mdrisk validation carried into Step 4: the maintainer's navigation review at the end of Stage 5 happened as planned and prompted the reflow question before Stage 6. Retain.implementation_standards.md, "Complete the recorded outcome through its ordinary entry and required recovery": the Stage 7 walk-through exercised the real server, a no-JavaScript browser, a broken store and the flag switch, which no unit test covered together. Retain.
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RAILSPIKE.md, Follow-up Cycles Before Merge: not a follow-up cycle.Documentation-only verification rules: application change.
Uncertain assessments
step4_implementation_do.md, "Work stages sequentially, keeping each stage <2 hours": the walk-through stage changed no code. It is unclear whether a verification-only stage should carry its own commit; it did, holding only the summary.AGENTS.md, feedback items: the rule says to updateWorkflowwhen a commit addresses an item, but gives no state for a partial delivery. The item kept its state with a dated note.