• completed: 2026-08-26 scheduled cycle
• status: complete (material maintenance required)
• source checkpoint: this report was pre-created at 2026-08-25T22:11:01Z
Runtime and memory heartbeats are healthy, but the operational state is not clean: the preferred model log has no direct user activity after 2026-08-17, the generated continuity summary still names obsolete kimi-for-coding/k2p6, and the scheduled-worker repair remains unverified. Current direct ACP context is normal at 184,658 provider tokens (17.6%) on openai/gpt-5.6-terra; no reload is indicated.
• `model-conversation-log.jsonl`: 6,342 rows; latest direct user/assistant pair is 2026-08-17T16:13Z (Google interview-talk preparation).
• `memory-heartbeat.json`: 2026-08-25T22:08Z, 7,476 entries, `semantic_changed=true`, restore `ok=true`, no row changes in generated notices/actions.
• `model-heartbeat.json`: 2026-08-25T21:48Z, `rc=0`, `acpx_rc=0`, marker `NO_CHANGE`; curator succeeded without changing curated memory.
• `context-guard.json`: normal, direct ACP, model `openai/gpt-5.6-terra`, 184,658 provider tokens, no provider compaction detected.
• `actions.jsonl` / `notices.jsonl`: the open scheduled-worker repair still targets obsolete `kimi-for-coding/k2p6`; other durable maintenance actions include decision-state freshness, semantic-memory cleanup, provider-ceiling proof, RAG, and notice-source hardening.
• `semantic-candidates.jsonl`: 588 rows, overwhelmingly historical/stale review material; no candidate was promoted by this cycle.
• `directed/latest.md`: stale metadata (last directed report May 26); `directed/index.json` was refreshed Aug 25 but contains no newer directed report.
1. **Healthy runtime, stale generated identity.** continuity-summary.txt was generated Aug 25 but says Current model: kimi-for-coding/k2p6, contradicting the live context guard and heartbeat. Fix the generator/source, not the generated file.
2. **Scheduled synthesis worker remains unproven.** The live model heartbeat succeeding does not establish that the separate scheduled worker is configured correctly. The open repair action and historical notices retain the obsolete model. Require source/config inspection plus two consecutive worker successes before resolution.
3. **No verified conversation backlog.** The model log is intentionally filtered/deduped; no inference is made from canonical-vs-model row counts. turns.jsonl was denied and observability.jsonl is absent, so missing_runtime_entries/needs_sync could not be independently checked this cycle.
4. **Semantic memory remains low precision.** semantic-memory.json still contains prompt-fragment-like explicit memories. Candidates are review material only; no promotion is proposed.
• The recurring `k2p6` identity is generated-state/source drift, not evidence that the live direct-ACP session switched models.
• Missing control-plane visibility is an access/tooling limitation rather than evidence of a sync backlog; verify through the Matrix-lite status surface when available.
• Main agent/infrastructure: repair scheduled-worker model/config selection and verify two consecutive successful scheduled runs.
• Main agent/infrastructure: trace `continuity-summary.txt` generation to the live model source and add an identity consistency check.
• Main agent/curator: refresh `decision-state.json`; audit prompt-fragment semantic memories using the candidate helper workflow, without treating candidates as facts.
• Infrastructure: expose read-only timer/subagent, `persistent_chat_log_backlog_status`, turns, and observability checks to scheduled workers; add per-worker processing cursors.
• None. The only current durable user signal is already represented: focus on Google interview-talk preparation and defer other work.
• `recent-topics.md` was updated with this cycle's runtime, stale-worker, model-identity, and verification-gap state.
• Native read of `/home/matrix-lite/state/turns.jsonl` denied by policy.
• `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/observability.jsonl` not found.
• Matrix-lite timer/subagent status tools were not exposed in the available tool namespace; extended-tool manifest exposed search/browser/vision servers only.
• No approvals requested; no subagents spawned.
The primary robustness risk is silent divergence between live model identity and generated continuity artifacts, compounded by lack of independent scheduled-worker/control-plane telemetry. Add a single authoritative model-identity source and fail/report on mismatch rather than regenerating contradictory packets.