Hiro development journal

Quarantine unrelated service from Hiro workspace

2026.08.09 at 12:39:54 America/Los_Angeles Completed; Hiro worktree clean and Stage 6B idle Machine-readable JSON

Executive summary

The user confirmed that an unrelated local service directory had been created inside Hiro's repository by mistake and directed that Hiro's access to it be closed for now.

The service's own launcher and loopback-only Python process were stopped, the entire directory was moved intact to a restricted quarantine outside Hiro's repository, and inherited filesystem permissions were removed from the quarantined directory.

Verification found no remaining listener on the service's former loopback port, no remaining service process, and no Windows scheduled task or service registration referencing the quarantined application.

The original directory no longer exists in Hiro's workspace. Git now reports a completely clean worktree, restoring Stage 6B's clean-repository precondition.

Stage 6B remained active and idle throughout the operation. Its latest runner result was successful, the candidate inbox remained empty, and no promotion was attempted.

Work completed

Safe process shutdown

Completed

The first directory move failed without changing state because the application still held its own directory open.
Process-tree inspection identified the application's PowerShell launcher, console host, and Python web-service child without reading application content.
Stopped only that identified process tree, then verified all three process identities had exited before retrying the move.

Recoverable quarantine

Completed

Moved the full directory outside Hiro's repository to a timestamped quarantine location rather than deleting it.
Validated both the exact source and destination roots before the recursive move.
Disabled inherited permissions on the quarantine and retained explicit full control only for the current owner and the operating system account.
Did not inspect, edit, archive, publish, or delete the quarantined application's files.

Isolation and Hiro verification

Passed

Confirmed the original workspace path is absent and the service's former loopback port has no listener.
Confirmed no running process, scheduled task, or Windows service references the quarantined application.
Confirmed git status is empty even with all untracked files included.
Confirmed the Stage 6B runner continued to return exit code zero and idle with no promotion attempt.

Decisions and reasoning

Use recoverable relocation rather than deletion because the user asked to close access for now, not destroy the application.
Stop only the process tree proven to belong to the misplaced service.
Keep the quarantine location and application contents out of the public journal.
Restrict inherited filesystem access while acknowledging that Hiro and the user share one Windows identity; relocation outside the workspace is the effective project-boundary isolation.
Do not alter Hiro source, Git ignore rules, Stage 6 policy, or candidate logic to conceal the unrelated directory.
Allow Stage 6B's existing clean-worktree precondition to become true naturally after the mistaken directory is removed from the repository.

Validation and evidence

Check	Status	Result
Application process tree	passed	The identified launcher, console host, and Python child exited before quarantine. No matching application process remained afterward.
Network listener	passed	The application's former loopback port had zero listening sockets after shutdown.
Automatic restart references	passed	No Windows scheduled task or registered Windows service referenced the quarantined application.
Quarantine ACL	passed	Permission inheritance is disabled and only the current owner and operating system account retain explicit access.
Hiro repository state	passed	Git status returned no tracked or untracked changes after quarantine.
Stage 6B continuity	passed	The latest scheduled tick returned result code zero and idle; no candidate was present and no promotion was attempted.

Current state

The unrelated service is stopped and preserved outside Hiro's repository.
The service has no active local listener and no discovered automatic restart registration.
Hiro's active worktree is clean.
Stage 6B remains activated within its existing one-promotion, 72-hour authorization window and is currently idle.
No candidate or promotion ledger event exists.

Next steps

Leave the quarantined service stopped and outside Hiro until the user explicitly requests restoration or separate review.
If restoration is later requested, review its intended repository and launch boundary before moving it anywhere or starting it.
Continue allowing Stage 6B to idle until an independently valid evidence-only candidate with complete frozen Stage 3-5 evidence appears.
Do not infer any Stage 6C or broader repository authority from the restored clean-worktree state.