QA Review — MC #9726 reviewing MC #9057

QA Review — MC #9726 (reviewing MC #9057)

Reviewer: John / pi-orchestrator (Proveo persona)
Reviewed at (UTC): 2026-07-28T21:31:57Z
Source task: #9057 — AI Factory Audit — Phase 0 Kickoff (Stop the Bleeding)
Source status: done
Source priority: H
Source owner: john
Review task: #9726 — QA review: #9057

Tool-verified source task state

node ~/system/tools/mc.js show 9057 reports the source task as done, priority H, owner john, completed at 2026-04-27 16:55:14.

Durable MC DoD/agent output for #9057 says:

• Phase 0 complete.
• health-monitor already fixed/killed on 2026-04-23 as a ghost script crash loop.
• B2 backup diagnosed as storage-cap exceeded; Alem action required.
• Critical daemons healthy.
• Evidence directory: /Users/makinja/system/evidence/ai-factory-phase0-20260424-0635/.

The same MC command reports [alai/config] Mock mode active from /Users/makinja/system/tools/alai-config-mock.json; this review is therefore against the local/mock MC record plus local disk evidence, not an independently live production control-plane record.

Source evidence files read

The following durable source artifacts were present on disk and read during review:

Artifact	Status	Notes
/Users/makinja/system/specs/ai-factory-audit-plan.md	present	Phase 0 plan defines T0.1–T0.5 acceptance items.
/Users/makinja/system/evidence/ai-factory-phase0-20260424-0635/incident-1-health-monitor.md	present	Records com.alai.health-monitor crash loop resolved and .dead-2026-04-23 plist.
/Users/makinja/system/evidence/ai-factory-phase0-20260424-0635/incident-2-b2-backup.md	present	Records B2 failure as 403 storage_cap_exceeded and explicitly blocks final backup restoration on Alem action.
/Users/makinja/system/evidence/ai-factory-phase0-20260424-0635/daemons-sanity.md	present	Records 2026-04-24 daemon sanity check and /bin/bash /Users/makinja/system/tests/run-tests.sh result 25/25 passed.
/Users/makinja/system/evidence/ai-factory-phase0-20260424-0635/alem-action-required.md	present	Records required CEO action for Backblaze B2 cap.

Phase 0 acceptance review

Plan item	Evidence-backed review
T0.1 — kill com.alai.health-monitor crash loop	Supported by source evidence. incident-1-health-monitor.md says plist was unloaded/renamed .dead-2026-04-23; current launchctl list also shows no com.alai.health-monitor entry and com.john.health-monitor exit 0.
T0.2 — resolve B2 storage cap	Not complete as originally worded. Source task records diagnosis and Alem action required, not confirmed B2 restoration. Current `launchctl list
T0.3 — fix exit-78 daemons wrong node path	Source evidence says no exit-78 daemons and no /usr/local/bin/node paths at the 2026-04-24 check. Current check found no /usr/local/bin/node in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.*.plist, but did show current com.drop.api exit 78, so this part cannot be blanket-approved as still clean today.
T0.4 — kill com.alai.model-warmup missing script	Source evidence does not contain a dedicated artifact for this item. No current verification command for model-warmup was run in this review.
T0.5 — fix critical-tools-healthcheck exit 3	Supported by source evidence and current probe: launchctl list shows com.john.critical-tools-healthcheck exit 0.

QA-19 Gate Check

Ran node ~/system/tools/qa-19.js check 9057.

Result:

SCORE: 5/15 (4 skipped, 4 pending)
REQUIRED: 15/15 for H priority
GATE: PENDING

Key failing checks:

• /tmp/gotcha-task-9057.md not found.
• No GOTCHA evidence of tools/context.
• No build evidence / no hop-build marker.
• No test evidence in QA-19 format.
• /tmp/verify-9057 not found or empty.
• No destination verification evidence.

Manual checks pending: error handling, output matches spec, self-review, CEO acceptance.

Additional verification run during this review

/bin/bash /Users/makinja/system/tests/run-tests.sh was executed and passed the current system test suite:

• Overall: 34/34 passed, 0 failed.
• Included: boot, hivemind, manifest, mc, qa-19, spawn gate, GOTCHA gate, prompt injection guard, noise skip, sender trust scan, resolver filter, pi-orchestrator quality gate, verifier identity, and pi-orch collision tests.

This proves current system regression tests pass, but it does not by itself satisfy #9057's H-priority QA-19 gate because the historic task-specific GOTCHA/verify artifacts are absent.

Verdict

#9057 is partially supported but not independently approved under current H-priority QA standards.

Durable evidence supports the main Phase 0 operational story: the health-monitor crash loop was stopped, critical healthcheck was restored, and B2 was correctly diagnosed with a CEO action requirement. However, the original acceptance text for T0.2 said B2 write/backup success should be verified after cap resolution; the available #9057 evidence stops at diagnosis/blocker handoff. Current QA-19 remains PENDING 5/15 and task-specific /tmp GOTCHA/verify artifacts are absent.

Operational interpretation:

• Treat #9057 as a valid historical incident triage/stop-the-bleeding record.
• Do not treat #9057 as full independent Proveo approval of all Phase 0 acceptance criteria.
• Preserve B2 restoration and current com.drop.api exit-78 as follow-up risks if they remain relevant to today's system state.

Required artifacts written by this review

• /Users/makinja/system/evidence/9726/qa-review-9057.md
• /Users/makinja/system/evidence/9726/summary.json
• /Users/makinja/system/evidence/9726/verification.json

BookStack

Published and verified via BookStack API:

• URL: https://docs.alai.no/books/testing-qa/page/qa-review-mc-9726-reviewing-mc-9057
• Page ID: 3306