## Census before / after
```
before after
COLUMN guards (backlog) 10 2
DELIBERATE-LITERAL 138 148
```
Baseline re-recorded in the same commit; `--strict` green.
## This converts nothing — the tail was never backlog
All ten remaining guards already carried an explicit in-code decision.
**None carried the `DELIBERATE-LITERAL` marker the census reads**, so
each re-appeared to every fleet pass as if unexamined. That is the whole
defect this fixes.
| site | the reasoning already at the site |
| --- | --- |
| `audit-ops.ts`, `moves.ts` | the degraded fallback arm of an
**already-converted** site; the live arm uses the resolved lane set |
| `scheduler.ts` ×2 | *"LEFT COUNTED"* — an await behind the
`tracked.has` re-entrance guard lets two updates double-start a monitor;
the sibling is the measured-expensive `task:updated` emit path (26 sites
against 7) |
| `notification-service.ts` | this method and its only caller are
**sync**, reached from a listener the store invokes as `(task: Task):
void`; resolving makes the chain async and reorders notification
classification against every other `task:updated` handler |
| `lifecycle-ops.ts` | *"Recorded rather than converted"* — dead code |
| `task-id-integrity.ts` | sync, no store-scoped read; converting alone
would disagree with `getLiveTaskColumn` |
| `triage.ts` | *"LEFT COUNTED until then"* — wants a non-sync-resolved
lane answer |
## Marker placement is load-bearing, and I got it wrong twice
The census reads a node's **leading** comments. A marker in a nearby
block comment attaches to the wrong node and is **silently ignored** —
it reads as reviewed while the count still lists the site.
- `task-id-integrity.ts` — my first marker went into the block comment
above the `const`; the literal is in the `return`. Count stayed at 1
until I moved it.
- `ResearchTaskActionModal.tsx` — marker added, **measured that it did
not register**, reverted.
Every edit was verified by re-running the census, not assumed. That is
the only reason the count actually moved.
## Two sites deliberately left counted
- **`ResearchTaskActionModal.tsx`** — the literal sits mid-expression
inside a `.then()` chain, so no marker can attach. The census's own
guidance is to hoist it into a named helper; the site's note asks for
that to be someone's deliberate change rather than a drive-by, so it
stays counted and honest.
- **`self-healing.ts`** — the memo closure I converted and reverted in
#3049. Its note: a renamed board costs a duplicate log line, not a wrong
lifecycle decision.
## Correction I owe on the measurement itself
For many turns I reported "zero unclaimed guards". That came from a bug
in **my own** query — `byFile` is an array of `[file, count]` pairs and
I had switched to `Object.entries()`, which yields `[index, pair]`, so
`n > 0` was always false and the filter returned zero regardless of
state. It agreed with reality while open PRs held every file, which is
why it went unnoticed; it was still wrong, and a constant zero against a
falling backlog should have prompted me to check it sooner.
## Verification (measured)
- engine `self-healing` + `scheduler` suites — **1003 passed / 56
files**
- core `task-id` / `moves` suites — green
- `tsc --noEmit` clean in core, engine and dashboard; `eslint` clean
- `pnpm test:gate` — green
- `lifecycle-column-census --strict`, `check-lane-wiring`,
`check-sql-column-literals`, `check-fnxc-future-dates` — green
No changeset: `@fusion/core`, `@fusion/engine` and `@fusion/dashboard`
are private, and no runtime behaviour changes.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Clarified internal annotations for archived, in-progress, and
in-review workflow states.
* Documented fallback behavior and timing safeguards across lifecycle,
scheduling, notification, and triage flows.
* **Chores**
* Updated internal lifecycle tracking baselines to reflect current
annotations and state coverage.
* **Bug Fixes**
* No user-visible behavior changes.
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