test(auto-decide): the printed handoff may precede Step 0E's provenance log; replay census 37182865432; TODOS for two rotating census reds

TODOS.md

@@ -137,6 +137,24 @@ Deferred from the approved severe fix wave (docs/designs/SEVERE_FIX_WAVE_2026_10
   is `test/fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-line-e354.json`). Local paid trials after
   the repair: auto-decide-preserved 1/1, plan-ceo-mode-routing 1/1 (both modes);
   every session ran the helper.
+- **plan-ceo-section-loading misses correctly worded stale-fill findings** —
+  censuses 37178734784 (65d94f2) and 37182865432 (44ef18c) failed
+  `hasStaleFillRaceFinding` although the review found the race. In 44ef18c it
+  named schedule S2 ("a read can fetch an old copy, pause, and only then put
+  it in the cache… every later reader gets stale data") and approved a
+  fill-admission guard. The detector is a regex family over phrasings; adding a
+  spelling per failure is the wrong fix. Bind the case to a structured finding
+  record (or an LLM judge with a fixed rubric) instead. 2 of the last 3
+  censuses, 0 of the 16 before. Effort M. **Priority:** P2.
+- **auq-matrix recommendation-substance judge rotates red** — census
+  37182865432 scored plan-design-review's "A because the plan is thin
+  everywhere, so skipping dimensions mostly skips gaps" 3 < 4. The same case
+  was red in 5 of the 16 earlier censuses (37151477069 on main,
+  36898545245, 36787269090, 36641820398, 36633323521) across skills and checks
+  (a two-`(recommended)` option count; office-hours substance). It is kind
+  `rule` but gates on one judge sample. Decide under EVAL_POLICY whether it is
+  a `judge` case (3 samples, mean) and supply pass-rate evidence before
+  changing the kind. Effort S. **Priority:** P2.
 - **Floor runner cannot grant an owned Edit when the TTY collapses spaces** —
   PR run 37176835584 (7249f01): plan-ceo-finding-floor timed out at 600 s with
   the native "Do you want to make this edit to gstack-test-plan-ceo-floor.md?"

test/ceo-mode-handoff.test.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ describe('native handoff evidence', () => {
     sent.tools.push(...handoff(sent.options.sessionId, loggedAt + 1000, `${CMD} "HOLD SCOPE" --auto`, AUTO_LINE));
     expect(decide(sent)).toMatchObject({ option: 'HOLD SCOPE', annotation: AUTO_LINE, stateRecord: sent.options.stateEvidence.records[0] });
     const { f: early } = attempt();
-    early.tools.push(...handoff(early.options.sessionId, loggedAt - 5000, `${CMD} "HOLD SCOPE" --auto`, AUTO_LINE));
+    const started = Date.parse(early.tools.find((e: any) => e.kind === 'result' && String(e.content).includes('SKILL_START_PROTO')).timestamp);
+    early.tools.push(...handoff(early.options.sessionId, started - 5000, `${CMD} "HOLD SCOPE" --auto`, AUTO_LINE));
     expect(decide(early)).toBeNull();
     const { f: changed, loggedAt: changedAt } = attempt();
     changed.tools.push(...handoff(changed.options.sessionId, changedAt + 1000, `${CMD} "HOLD SCOPE" --auto`, AUTO_LINE));
@@ -143,6 +144,39 @@ describe('native handoff evidence', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('census 37182865432: the printed handoff before the provenance log is the declaration', () => {
+    const captured = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(import.meta.dir, 'fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-before-log-37182865432.json'), 'utf8'));
+    const attempt = () => {
+      const f = structuredClone(captured);
+      const use = f.tools.find((e: any) => e.kind === 'use' && e.input?.command?.includes('gstack-question-log'));
+      const record = JSON.parse(/gstack-question-log '(\{[^\n]*\})'/.exec(use.input.command)![1]!);
+      record.source = 'agent';
+      record.ts = f.tools.find((e: any) => e.kind === 'result' && e.toolUseId === use.toolUseId).timestamp;
+      f.options.stateEvidence = { questionId: 'plan-ceo-review-mode', preference: 'never-ask', records: [record] };
+      return f;
+    };
+    const decide = (f: any) => findNativeAutoDecision(f.transcript, f.tools, f.options);
+    // As captured, the closing "**Mode decided: HOLD SCOPE.**" chat also declares the mode.
+    expect(decide(attempt())).toMatchObject({ option: 'HOLD SCOPE' });
+    const handoffOnly = () => {
+      const f = attempt();
+      f.transcript.assistantMessages.find((m: any) => m.text.startsWith('**Mode decided:')).text = 'Wrapping up this invocation.';
+      return f;
+    };
+    expect(decide(handoffOnly())).toMatchObject({ option: 'HOLD SCOPE', annotation: AUTO_LINE });
+    for (const [name, mutate] of Object.entries({
+      'handoff output altered': (f: any) => { f.tools.find((e: any) => e.kind === 'result' && e.content === AUTO_LINE).content = AUTO_LINE.replace('HOLD SCOPE', 'SCOPE EXPANSION'); },
+      'record names another mode': (f: any) => { f.options.stateEvidence.records[0].user_choice = 'SCOPE EXPANSION'; f.options.stateEvidence.records[0].recommended = 'SCOPE EXPANSION'; },
+      'later withdrawal': (f: any) => { f.transcript.assistantMessages.push({ sessionId: f.options.sessionId, timestamp: new Date(f.options.now - 1000).toISOString(), text: 'Correction: I withdraw this decision.' }); },
+      'missing record': (f: any) => { f.options.stateEvidence.records = []; },
+    })) {
+      const f = handoffOnly(); mutate(f); expect(decide(f), name).toBeNull();
+    }
+    const pending = attempt();
+    pending.transcript.assistantMessages.find((m: any) => m.text.startsWith('**Mode decided:')).text = '**Mode pending: HOLD SCOPE.**';
+    expect(decide(pending)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   test('an answered mode handoff establishes that mode posture, and only that mode', () => {
     const records = structuredClone(expansionCapture.records);
     const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ceo-mode-handoff-'));

test/fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-before-log-37182865432.json

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+{
+ "source": "Periodic census 37182865432 (44ef18c), auto-decide-preserved slice 20: the model ran gstack-ceo-mode-handoff, then logged provenance as Step 0E orders; the detector required the handoff after the log and timed out.",
+ "options": {
+  "skillName": "plan-ceo-review",
+  "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+  "commandStartedAt": 1791095476944,
+  "now": 1791095559635
+ },
+ "transcript": {
+  "status": "ready",
+  "calls": [],
+  "assistantMessages": [
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "Received. I have the draft plan for deterministic skill-list ordering as context, along with your instructions: this is a mode-only handoff, no review mode has been selected yet, and the audit record's user_choice and recommended fields plus the mode handoff line should carry the full selected mode name rather than a menu letter. I'll wait for your slash command before starting anything.",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:31:16.610Z"
+   },
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "Starting the plan-ceo-review preamble now. Per your instructions, I'll scope this run to the mode decision only: skip the Office Hours offer and setup prompts, gather just enough plan context to recommend a mode, ask the four-mode question, then run the handoff and audit record.",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:31:24.520Z"
+   },
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "Preamble checks out, and with Conductor session and question tuning active, I'll check mode preference and send decision briefs as prose. I'm deferring the routing-rules setup since you'll handle it separately and plan mode blocks CLAUDE.md edits anyway\u2014moving on to gather plan context.\n\n",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:31:37.194Z"
+   },
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "I've gathered context: only the plan fixture exists in the repo, no remote, so the base branch defaults to `main`, and the saved preference (AUTO_DECIDE) means I'll go with my recommendation of HOLD SCOPE. Running the mode handoff now.\n\n",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:32:05.754Z"
+   },
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "I'm defaulting to HOLD SCOPE review mode since this is a small, tightly-invariant fix (deterministic sort on an existing listing path, ~1-3 files) with no new approach needed\u2014focus will be on sort correctness (case handling, tie-breaking, enumeration-order tests). Recording provenance and wrapping up this invocation.\n\n",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:32:19.720Z"
+   },
+   {
+    "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+    "text": "**Mode decided: HOLD SCOPE.** The substantive review has not started, per your request.\n\nWhat this run did:\n- **Preamble** ran healthy. Conductor session, interactive, question tuning on.\n- **Mode selection** resolved by your saved preference for the mode question, which returned AUTO_DECIDE, so no question was asked. The handoff command printed the auto-decided line above.\n- **Audit record** logged with question id `plan-ceo-review-mode`, user_choice and recommended both set to the full name HOLD SCOPE, auto_decided true.\n- **Telemetry** recorded with outcome abort, since the review was intentionally stopped after the mode step.\n\nWhat this run skipped, by your instruction:\n- The Office Hours offer. No design doc exists for this branch, so it would normally fire.\n- The routing-rules setup prompt from skill-start. It is marker-based and will fire again on the next healthy run. Plan mode would also have blocked the CLAUDE.md edit and commit.\n- Review Sections 1 to 11, the plan file report, and ExitPlanMode. Nothing was written to the plan file.\n\nWhen you resume, HOLD SCOPE routes through 0G complexity check, 0I temporal interrogation, then the full review sections. Points worth pressing then: byte-order versus case-insensitive sorting for mixed-case names, tie-breaking for names that differ only by case, and whether the tests truly vary directory enumeration order instead of relying on the filesystem.\n\nSTATUS: DONE\nNo durable learnings this session.",
+    "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:32:34.635Z"
+   }
+  ]
+ },
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+   "kind": "use",
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+    "description": "Run gstack CEO mode handoff for HOLD SCOPE"
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+   "toolUseId": "toolu_01JuPbmLq6ZmKbP3t91p9szw",
+   "kind": "result",
+   "content": "Auto-decided review mode \u2192 HOLD SCOPE (your preference). Change with /plan-tune. Approved decisions: none.",
+   "isError": false
+  },
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+    "description": "Log auto-decided mode question to audit record"
+   },
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+   "name": "Bash",
+   "input": {
+    "command": "~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-skill-end --skill \"plan-ceo-review\" --outcome abort --session-id \"1582-1791095486-11f777bc\" --tel-start \"1791095486\" --used-browse no --error-message \"\" --failed-step \"\" 2>/dev/null || true; echo \"TEL_EXIT: $?\"",
+    "description": "Run skill-end telemetry for the mode-only run"
+   },
+   "messageId": "msg_011CfgjDWBvJPKDwNcYbjB7h",
+   "requestId": "req_011CfgjDVy2SFveysWKw5SbU"
+  },
+  {
+   "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+   "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:32:23.792Z",
+   "toolUseId": "toolu_01PbxZacUu8Ph611URXMobAZ",
+   "kind": "result",
+   "content": "QLOG_EXIT: 0",
+   "isError": false
+  },
+  {
+   "sessionId": "1d84eb71-de32-4e99-a62e-9046d0850c10",
+   "timestamp": "2026-10-04T06:32:23.918Z",
+   "toolUseId": "toolu_01RKKa2pmNcBXzN8VTEWWaM6",
+   "kind": "result",
+   "content": "SKILL_END: recorded outcome=abort duration_s=57\nTEL_EXIT: 0",
+   "isError": false
+  }
+ ]
+}

test/helpers/native-auto-decide.ts

@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ function modeField(line: string): { value: string; completed: boolean } | null {
   const match = /^(?:(?:Correction|Actually|Update):\s*)?(?<label>(?:Review )?Mode(?: decision)?|Decision)(?: (?<status>[^:\r\n]+))?:\s*(?<value>.*)$/i.exec(line.replace(/^\s*[-*+]\s+/, '').trim());
   if (!match) return null;
   // "Mode" and "Mode decision" are both field labels. If an explicit status
-  // follows, only the completion class is supported. Pending, cancelled,
+  // follows, only the completion class (including decided/selected/chosen) is
+  // supported. Pending, cancelled,
   // unfinished and unknown statuses also invalidate an earlier declaration.
   const { label, status, value: rawValue } = match.groups!;
-  const completeStatus = !status || /^(?:done|complete|completed)$/i.test(status.trim());
+  const completeStatus = !status || /^(?:done|complete|completed|decided|selected|chosen)$/i.test(status.trim());
   const explicitMode = /^(?:the )?(?:review )?mode\b(?:\s+is\b|:|\s*=(?!=))?\s*/i;
   // An unqualified Decision field owns a review mode only when its value
   // names that vocabulary. Keep unrelated decisions out of withdrawal checks;
@@ -317,7 +318,8 @@ function structuredModeDecision(transcript: PlanCountTranscript, tools: NativePu
   if (starts.length !== 1) return null;
   const start = starts[0]!, questionId = `${opts.skillName}-mode`;
   // The handoff helper's printed AUTO_DECIDE line is the current declaration
-  // when it follows the decision record and nothing later withdraws or changes it.
+  // when it follows the preference check and nothing later withdraws or changes
+  // it. Step 0E records provenance after the handoff, so the log may follow it.
   const autoHandoff = (after: number, option: string, summary: string) => {
     const handoff = ceoModeHandoffs(owned, opts.sessionId).find(h => h.auto && h.option === option &&
       timely(h.timestamp) && time(h.timestamp) >= after);
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ function structuredModeDecision(transcript: PlanCountTranscript, tools: NativePu
           row.auto_decided === true && modeValue(row.user_choice) && modeValue(row.user_choice) === modeValue(row.recommended) &&
           typeof row.question_summary === 'string' && row.question_summary.trim() &&
           loggedAt >= time(start.result.timestamp) && loggedAt <= opts.now) {
-        const handoff = autoHandoff(loggedAt, modeValue(row.user_choice)!, row.question_summary);
+        const handoff = autoHandoff(time(start.result.timestamp), modeValue(row.user_choice)!, row.question_summary);
         if (handoff) return { ...handoff, summary: row.question_summary, preambleToolUseId: start.use.toolUseId, stateRecord: row };
         for (const message of current) {
           const declared = currentModeStatement(message.text, row.question_summary);
@@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ function structuredModeDecision(transcript: PlanCountTranscript, tools: NativePu
   });
   if (logs.length !== 1 || !logs[0]!.result) return null;
   const logged = logs[0]!;
-  const handoff = autoHandoff(time(logged.result!.timestamp), modeValue(logged.log.user_choice)!, logged.log.question_summary);
+  const handoff = autoHandoff(time(check.result!.timestamp), modeValue(logged.log.user_choice)!, logged.log.question_summary);
   if (handoff) return { ...handoff, summary: logged.log.question_summary, preambleToolUseId: start.use.toolUseId,
     preferenceToolUseId: check.use.toolUseId, questionLogToolUseId: logged.use.toolUseId };
   for (const message of current) {

test/helpers/touchfiles-data.ts

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ export const E2E_TOUCHFILES: Record<string, string[]> = {
   // written a never-ask preference, AUQ should still auto-decide rather than
   // surfacing the question. Touches the question-tuning + preference
   // infrastructure plus the resolvers that own the AUTO_DECIDE preamble.
-  'auto-decide-preserved':        ['bin/gstack-ceo-mode-handoff', 'test/fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-line-e354.json', 'bin/gstack-state-root.sh', 'lib/state-root.ts', 'lib/claude-public-transcript.ts',
+  'auto-decide-preserved':        ['bin/gstack-ceo-mode-handoff', 'test/fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-line-e354.json', 'test/fixtures/auto-decide-handoff-before-log-37182865432.json', 'bin/gstack-state-root.sh', 'lib/state-root.ts', 'lib/claude-public-transcript.ts',
     
     'test/fixtures/auto-decide-recommendation-361c.json',