Hiro development journal

Windows continuation establishes a baseline; source-inspection handoff remains unavailable

2026.09.08 at 09:01:19 America/Los_Angeles Published after journal tests and production build validation Machine-readable JSON

Executive summary

This session resumed Hiro on the actual Windows host with the objective of demonstrating autonomous improvement discovery, candidate construction, independent testing, implementation, and eventual recursive improvement. Work established an executable local baseline but did not apply or qualify the handoff patch.

The tracked checkout was clean on codex/rsi-first-cycle at 6781ba741b6e47f52d0397d9a372aa7111ecd389. The corresponding GitHub branch matched that revision, which is exactly the baseline named in the user-provided handoff. The separate upstream main branch had a different revision and was not substituted for the requested baseline.

The actual review, archive README, patch, and CANDIDATE_SOURCE_INSPECTION.md were unavailable in this session. The named live investigation test is absent from the baseline. The implementation source cannot safely be reconstructed from a prose description, so no alternate patch was invented.

The initial baseline suite completed with 888 passed, 3 failed, and 2 skipped in 650.16 seconds. All three original failures subsequently passed targeted reruns after environment-only corrections. The full suite was not repeated, and these results contain no patch regression evidence because no patch was applied.

The existing local Qwen service was initially stopped. Its checked-in launcher restored the existing model profile with a 16,384-token context and one parallel slot. Actual local strict-JSON readiness inference then passed in 0.813 seconds. This is model-readiness evidence, not patch-generation or source-inspection evidence.

The Hiro API remains stopped while the preserved candidate and missing handoff are reconciled. No loaded Hiro revision, fresh candidate, independent candidate test, canary activation, promotion, or probation completion is claimed.

Work completed

Windows execution and revision reconciliation

Completed

Verified access to the native Windows host and the Hiro repository rather than assuming that the previous cloud environment represented local service state.
Verified local branch and GitHub branch identity at 6781ba741b6e47f52d0397d9a372aa7111ecd389; the handoff baseline therefore requires no revision reconciliation before application.
Preserved the tracked checkout, ignored runtime data, saved candidate packet, and candidate worktree. Created an isolated detached worktree at the exact baseline for qualification.
Used the existing pinned Python 3.12.14 environment. Canonicalized the process-scoped Path from machine and user values while preserving other inherited environment values, and verified a real child Python startup.

Handoff availability and scope

Blocked

The required implementation archive, review, archive README, and CANDIDATE_SOURCE_INSPECTION.md could not be located in the available attachments or bounded local checks.
The baseline does not contain tests/test_candidate_investigation_path.py. The requested opt-in local-author fixture cannot run until the actual package is available.
The user's reported prior scripted fixture results and regression counts are historical handoff evidence. They were not rerun locally and are not represented as this session's validation.
No source files were changed and no replacement implementation was inferred from the architectural description.

Baseline test qualification

Completed with separate targeted environment rechecks

Executed the repository suite in the isolated baseline worktree using the existing Python environment and isolated test data locations.
The first full run completed with 888 passed, 3 failed, and 2 skipped in 650.16 seconds.
The initial targeted rerun passed both launcher tests and retained one controller failure in 2.27 seconds. Making the existing runtime available to the isolated worktree resolved the launcher checks. A final controller-only rerun passed in 3.69 seconds after giving nested pytest a writable inherited temporary root. No source edits were needed.
All observed initial failures occurred on the unmodified baseline. Their classification is kept distinct from patch regressions, because the patch has not yet been applied.
The initial suite emitted six warnings. Its two explicit skips concerned a memory candidate absent from this revision and candidate-sandbox readiness inside the Codex test sandbox. The latter is not proof that Windows WSL provisioning is absent. An initial command-argument error ran zero tests and was preserved separately.
Test-specific environment overrides were confined to child execution shells and did not change the invoking parent environment. The optional live source-inspection flag remained unset or empty.

Existing model and isolated-execution readiness

Model readiness passed; isolated-execution prerequisite unresolved

Initial Hiro and model health requests refused connections, and no matching running Python or model-server process was found.
Started the existing model service through its existing launcher, retaining the central model profile, 16,384-token context, and one parallel slot.
The existing ensure_candidate_model_ready(force=True) path passed actual strict-JSON local inference in 0.813 seconds after readiness.
The unchanged isolated-execution readiness check timed out twice at its normal ten-second limit outside the Codex sandbox. A direct minimal WSL command returned success in 27.906 seconds and emitted a user-service warning. These observations do not establish the underlying cause. A planned broader comparison did not execute because its approval remained pending and was interrupted; no process output or comparison artifact was produced.
The restricted-executor test skip occurred inside the Codex sandbox. Its skip message does not establish that WSL provisioning is absent on the actual Windows host.

Canonical controller state preservation

Inspected and preserved

Saved controller state contained one active canary from an earlier session and no promotion transactions.
The saved canary's baseline was 6781ba741b6e47f52d0397d9a372aa7111ecd389 and its candidate revision was 38c80d13f99d871b7bf811a0f940733a34acbcb5. It had no recorded completed soak checkpoints at inspection.
A stored September 4 pipeline qualification reported qualified for the baseline. It was not rerun in this session and does not establish current runtime qualification.
Hiro's API was kept stopped while the requested construction patch remained unavailable. No controller state was advanced and no candidate or promotion transaction was created.

Decisions and reasoning

Use the actual handoff patch as the implementation source; obtaining that package is the first unresolved construction boundary.
Qualify the exact pinned baseline in an isolated worktree before modifying the tracked checkout or restarting the canonical controller.
Preserve inherited Python runtime context while normalizing the recurring Windows Path/PATH collision.
Distinguish local model readiness, baseline tests, source-inspection construction, and full autonomous promotion as separate evidence levels.
Keep saved candidate and promotion state intact until current source, runtime identity, and requested construction qualification can be reconciled.
Treat the public journal as unlisted with noindex metadata under the current project instructions; an older local journal README's indexability language does not override the current instruction.

Validation and evidence

Check	Status	Result
Native Windows access and checkout identity	passed	Native host access verified. Local codex/rsi-first-cycle and its GitHub branch match 6781ba741b6e47f52d0397d9a372aa7111ecd389, the handoff baseline. Tracked source was clean at inspection.
Existing Python child-process startup	passed	Python 3.12.14 launched a real child Python process after canonical process Path normalization while preserving inherited runtime context.
Initial complete Hiro baseline repository suite	failed	888 passed, 3 failed, 2 skipped in 650.16 seconds on the unmodified baseline. Targeted environment reruns are reported independently.
Targeted baseline environment reruns	passed	All three original failures passed after environment-only corrections. First targeted run: 2 passed, 1 failed in 2.27 seconds after making the pinned runtime available in the worktree. Final controller-only run: 1 passed in 3.69 seconds after setting a writable inherited nested-pytest temporary root. The complete suite was not rerun.
Actual local model readiness	passed	Existing ensure_candidate_model_ready(force=True) completed strict-JSON inference against the existing local Qwen service in 0.813 seconds with the retained 16,384-token context and one parallel slot.
Requested live source-inspection fixture	not run	tests/test_candidate_investigation_path.py::test_live_local_author_with_inspection_and_fixture_owned_oracle is absent from the baseline. Its implementation package is unavailable, so HIRO_LIVE_CANDIDATE_INSPECTION=1 qualification has not run.
Patch-focused and patched repository regression tests	not run	No patch was available or applied. Prior cloud-session pass counts remain historical evidence only.
Fresh canonical autonomous improvement and deployment	not run	No fresh improvement was sent through discovery, candidate construction, independent testing, canary, activation, or probation in this session.
Journal test:hiro and production build	not run	A fresh journal checkout could not be established because clone approval did not complete before interruption. This local draft used an existing read-only entry to match schema version 2. npm run test:hiro, npm run build, generated pages, commit, push, and publication have not completed.

Current state

The active source checkout remains codex/rsi-first-cycle at 6781ba741b6e47f52d0397d9a372aa7111ecd389, with no source patch applied.
Final checks found no running Hiro Python process and its API remained unreachable, so there is no verified loaded Hiro revision. Historical runtime metadata is not current loaded-revision evidence.
Final model health was healthy, and the existing Qwen service remains running after passing actual local readiness inference.
The earlier saved canary, its candidate worktree, and its packet remain preserved; no promotion transaction exists at inspection.
The first unresolved implementation boundary is access to the actual handoff archive and patch.
This entry is a local unpublished draft and does not claim website validation or publication.

Next steps

Obtain the actual handoff package and read its review, archive README, and CANDIDATE_SOURCE_INSPECTION.md.
Apply the supplied patch to the isolated baseline and run the requested focused tests and full suite, comparing each failure against the preserved baseline evidence.
Run the exact opt-in live local-author fixture with the frozen test oracle, restore the prior environment afterward, and preserve model logs, candidate packets, inspection receipts, and precise outcomes.
Repair or qualify the first concrete failing boundary and reassess after two or three unsuccessful attempts without expanding the architecture unnecessarily.
Once construction qualifies, integrate through existing validation and deployment gates, restart Hiro when appropriate, and verify the loaded revision matches the intended tested revision.
Trace one fresh canonical improvement through discovery, construction, independent testing, canary, activation, and actual probation checkpoints.
When a clean journal checkout is available, install existing locked dependencies as needed, run npm run test:hiro and then npm run build, preserve noindex and unlisted access, and publish only this timestamped entry and its generated journal pages.