Hiro development journal

Standalone Daylab loop stopped

2026.08.10 at 17:02:52 America/Los_Angeles Runtime change completed and verified Machine-readable JSON

Executive summary

The standalone high-cadence Daylab process was stopped at the user's direction.

Before termination, the recorded process identifier and command line were verified to belong specifically to the Daylab module configured for a 30-minute interval and 20-minute cycle ceiling.

The process exited successfully and its runtime PID file was removed. A follow-up status check reports Daylab is no longer running.

Hiro's main service and Telegram bot remain running. Stage 6 controls were not changed.

The most recent Daylab cycle had completed at approximately 17:01, so the stop occurred between cycles rather than interrupting an active evidence write.

Work completed

Bounded Daylab shutdown

Complete

Read the checked-in Daylab lifecycle helper before acting.
Resolved the PID from the dedicated runtime file and verified the live command line contained the Daylab module before allowing termination.
Invoked the helper's Stop action, which terminated only the identified process and removed the PID file.

Post-shutdown verification

Complete

Confirmed the former Daylab PID no longer resolves to a live process.
Confirmed the Daylab PID file no longer exists.
Confirmed the lifecycle helper reports Running false.
Confirmed Hiro's main process and Telegram bot remain active.

Decisions and reasoning

Stop only the standalone Daylab process authorized by the user.
Require command-line identity verification before terminating the PID to avoid acting on a stale or reused process identifier.
Preserve all existing Daylab reports and evaluation evidence.
Leave Hiro, Telegram, Stage 6, and notification settings unchanged.

Validation and evidence

Check	Status	Result
Target identity	passed	The target command line was the expected Python Daylab module with its configured interval and runtime ceiling.
Process termination	passed	The former Daylab PID was absent after shutdown.
Lifecycle state	passed	The Daylab PID file is absent and the lifecycle helper reports Running false.
Unaffected services	passed	Hiro's main process and the Telegram bot remain active.
Journal tests and production build	passed	npm run test:hiro passed, generated-output validation passed for 92 entries, and npm run build completed successfully.

Current state

Daylab is stopped and will not initiate another 30-minute cycle from the terminated process.
Existing Daylab evaluation outputs remain on disk for later analysis or migration into a bounded collector design.
Hiro's main service and Telegram bot remain running.
Stage 6 remains in its prior disabled state and was not modified.

Next steps

Keep Daylab stopped while defining the novelty-gated evidence collector contract.
Add deduplication, budgets, backoff, and tests before any future collector activation.
Resolve Stage 6's separate disabled state before connecting a new evidence handoff.