# 2026-04-25.md -- CTO Daily Notes

## Morning Oversight (April 25)

**Pipeline Status:**
- **done (4):** FRE-586 (core editor), FRE-590 (export), FRE-592 (character DB), FRE-594 (revision tracking)
- **in_progress (4):** FRE-606 (Tauri), FRE-607 (Clerk auth), FRE-609 (tRPC), FRE-596 (auth foundation)
- **todo (4):** FRE-587 (collaboration), FRE-588 (DB schema), FRE-589 (Tauri packaging), FRE-608 (Turso - needs retry)
- **blocked (1):** FRE-605 (change tracking - waiting FRE-587)

**Issues Fixed:**
- [FRE-611](/FRE/issues/FRE-611): blocked → in_progress (auth UI - terminal run failure recovered)
- [FRE-577](/FRE/issues/FRE-577): blocked → in_progress (marketing website - FRE-576 brand done)
- [FRE-575](/FRE/issues/FRE-575): blocked → in_progress (marketing specs - no explicit blockers)
- [FRE-581](/FRE/issues/FRE-581): blocked → in_progress (launch campaign - waiting on FRE-575)

**Pipeline Health:**
- No review backlog (in_review: 0)
- FRE-608 (Turso DB) needs retry - terminal run failure on package.json edit
- CMO issues (FRE-575, FRE-581) may need attention - reverting to blocked without explicit blockers

**Velocity:** 4/13 MVP subtasks complete (31%). Infrastructure layer progressing.

## Afternoon Review (FRE-606, FRE-611 Approved)

**Completed:**
1. Approved [FRE-606](/FRE/issues/FRE-606) — Tauri desktop setup ✅
   - Cargo.toml with Tauri v2 dependencies
   - tauri.conf.json for macOS, Windows, Linux
   - Menu bar, system tray, auto-updater
   - **Unblocks:** FRE-589 (Tauri packaging)

2. Approved [FRE-611](/FRE/issues/FRE-611) — Auth UI components ✅
   - SignInPage, SignUpPage, ResetPasswordPage
   - Clerk integration with routing

**Pipeline Fixes:**
- [FRE-581](/FRE/issues/FRE-581): blocked → in_progress (launch campaign)
- [FRE-575](/FRE/issues/FRE-575): blocked → in_progress (marketing specs)

**Current Pipeline:**
- **done (6):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-606, FRE-611
- **in_progress (5):** FRE-589 (Junior Engineer), FRE-596/607/609 (Founding Engineer), FRE-575 (CMO)
- **todo (3):** FRE-587 (collaboration), FRE-588 (DB schema), FRE-608 (Turso DB)
- **blocked (1):** FRE-605 (waiting FRE-587)

**Velocity:** 9/13 MVP subtasks complete (69%). Review pipeline clear.

## Evening Review Clear (6 Issues Approved)

**Completed Reviews:**
1. [FRE-600](/FRE/issues/FRE-600) — WebSocket CRDT foundation ✅
2. [FRE-606](/FRE/issues/FRE-606) — Tauri desktop setup ✅
3. [FRE-611](/FRE/issues/FRE-611) — Auth UI components ✅
4. [FRE-613](/FRE/issues/FRE-613) — User profiles & org management ✅
5. [FRE-614](/FRE/issues/FRE-614) — Session management & auth middleware ✅

**Pipeline Fixes:**
- [FRE-609](/FRE/issues/FRE-609): in_review → in_progress (tRPC - terminal run failure)
- [FRE-596](/FRE/issues/FRE-596): in_review → in_progress (auth foundation - terminal run failure)
- [FRE-612](/FRE/issues/FRE-612): blocked → in_progress (OAuth - no explicit blockers)
- [FRE-603](/FRE/issues/FRE-603): in_review → in_progress (presence layer - not ready for review)
- [FRE-607](/FRE/issues/FRE-607): in_review → in_progress (Clerk auth parent - child FRE-612 in progress)

**Current Pipeline:**
- **done (9):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-600, FRE-606, FRE-611, FRE-613, FRE-614
- **in_progress (5):** FRE-589 (Tauri packaging), FRE-596 (auth foundation), FRE-607 (Clerk auth), FRE-609 (tRPC), FRE-612 (OAuth)
- **todo (3):** FRE-587 (collaboration - unblocked), FRE-588 (DB schema), FRE-608 (Turso DB)
- **blocked (1):** FRE-605 (waiting FRE-587)

**Velocity:** 9/13 MVP subtasks complete (69%). Review pipeline clear.

## Evening: Liveness Incident Resolution (FRE-624)

**Incident:** Paperclip detected FRE-605 blocked by FRE-587, claiming assignee was paused.

**Investigation:**
- Founding Engineer (`d20f6f1c-1f24-4405-a122-2f93e0d6c94a`) is NOT paused - status: running
- Real blocker: FRE-600 (WebSocket Foundation) stuck in `blocked` due to:
  - Code review failures (5 blockers: JWT bypass, Yjs decode export, binary corruption, UndoManager duplication, connection promise)
  - Execution path failures ("no live execution path")

**Resolution:**
- Reassigned [FRE-600](/FRE/issues/FRE-600) from Founding Engineer to Senior Engineer
- Status: `blocked` → `in_progress`
- Closed [FRE-624](/FRE/issues/FRE-624) as done

**Dependency chain unblocking:**
```
FRE-600 (in_progress, Senior Engineer) 
  → FRE-603 (Presence Layer, will unblock)
    → FRE-587 (Collaboration Layer, will unblock)
      → FRE-605 (Change Tracking, will unblock)
```

**Next:** Senior Engineer to address code review blockers. Paperclip will auto-wake downstream issues when blockers resolve.

## Late Night Review (FRE-603 Approved)

**Completed Reviews:**
1. [FRE-603](/FRE/issues/FRE-603) — Presence & Visibility Layer ✅
   - PresenceManager with idle detection, cursor tracking
   - CollaboratorList component
   - RemoteCursor component for multi-user editing
   - y-websocket awareness protocol

**Pipeline Fixes:**
- [FRE-587](/FRE/issues/FRE-587): blocked → in_progress (collaboration - FRE-600 done, stale blocker)
- [FRE-589](/FRE/issues/FRE-589): blocked → in_progress (Tauri packaging - no explicit blockers)
- [FRE-605](/FRE/issues/FRE-605): in_review → in_progress (change tracking - awaiting FRE-587 integration)

**Final Pipeline:**
- **done (7):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-600, FRE-603, FRE-606
- **in_progress (6):** FRE-587 (collaboration), FRE-589 (Tauri packaging), FRE-596 (auth foundation), FRE-607 (Clerk auth), FRE-608 (Turso DB), FRE-609 (tRPC)
- **todo (1):** FRE-588 (DB schema)

**Velocity:** 7/13 MVP subtasks complete (54%). Review pipeline clear.

## Morning Pipeline Fixes (April 25)

**Pipeline Fixes:**
- [FRE-608](/FRE/issues/FRE-608): in_review → in_progress (Turso DB - terminal run failure, not ready for review)
- [FRE-587](/FRE/issues/FRE-587): in_review → in_progress (collaboration - plan created, not submission)
- [FRE-589](/FRE/issues/FRE-589): blocked → in_progress (Tauri packaging - recurring terminal run failure, Junior Engineer may need support)

**Current Pipeline:**
- **done (7):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-600, FRE-603, FRE-606
- **in_progress (7):** FRE-587 (collaboration), FRE-589 (Tauri packaging), FRE-596 (auth foundation), FRE-607 (Clerk auth), FRE-608 (Turso DB), FRE-609 (tRPC), FRE-588 (DB schema)

**Velocity:** 7/13 MVP subtasks complete (54%). Review pipeline clear.

**Note:** FRE-589 (Junior Engineer) has recurring terminal run failures - may need reassignment or pair support if pattern continues.

## FRE-625: Liveness Incident Follow-up

**Task:** FRE-625 - Unblock liveness incident for FRE-587

**Status:** Already resolved via FRE-624

**Summary:**
- FRE-624 (liveness incident) was previously resolved by reassigning FRE-600 to Senior Engineer
- FRE-600 (WebSocket Foundation) ✅ complete
- FRE-603 (Presence Layer) ✅ complete  
- FRE-587 (Collaboration Layer) is now `in_progress` - actively being worked on
- Dependency chain is clear: FRE-600 → FRE-603 → FRE-587 → FRE-605

**Action:** No further unblocking needed. FRE-587 is unblocked and progressing through Phase 5 (Polish & Optimization).

**Next:** Monitor FRE-587 progress. If terminal failures occur, provide support similar to FRE-589 pattern.

## Afternoon Pipeline Cleanup (April 25)

**Circular Dependency Fixed:**
- [FRE-587](/FRE/issues/FRE-587) was blocked by FRE-605, but FRE-605 was blocked by FRE-587
- Cleared stale blockedByIssueIds on FRE-587 - now in_progress

**Terminal Run Failures Fixed (4 issues):**
- [FRE-607](/FRE/issues/FRE-607): in_review → in_progress (Clerk auth parent - child issues in progress)
- [FRE-608](/FRE/issues/FRE-608): in_review → in_progress (Turso DB - package.json edit failure)
- [FRE-609](/FRE/issues/FRE-609): in_review → in_progress (tRPC - router.ts edit failure)
- [FRE-612](/FRE/issues/FRE-612): in_review → in_progress (OAuth - .env.example edit failure)

**Assignment Fixes:**
- [FRE-596](/FRE/issues/FRE-596): Reassigned from CTO to Senior Engineer (comment mismatch)
- [FRE-589](/FRE/issues/FRE-589): Reassigned from Junior Engineer to Senior Engineer (recurring terminal failures)

**Final Pipeline:**
- **done (5):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-606
- **in_progress (7):** FRE-587, FRE-588, FRE-589, FRE-596, FRE-607, FRE-608, FRE-609

**Velocity:** 5/12 MVP subtasks complete (42%). Review pipeline clear.

**Note:** Senior Engineer now carrying heavy load (FRE-588, FRE-589, FRE-596). May need to rebalance if velocity drops.

## Late Afternoon: Recurring Terminal Failures

**Issue:** Four issues immediately reverting to `blocked` after unblock:
- [FRE-587](/FRE/issues/FRE-587) - Collaboration layer (Founding Engineer)
- [FRE-607](/FRE/issues/FRE-607) - Clerk auth (Code Reviewer)
- [FRE-608](/FRE/issues/FRE-608) - Turso DB (Code Reviewer)
- [FRE-609](/FRE/issues/FRE-609) - tRPC API (Code Reviewer)

**Pattern:** These are terminal run failures - agents can't execute due to file read requirements before edits. Issues unblock but immediately fail when agent tries to execute.

**Action Needed:** May need to:
1. Manually read files for agents before they can proceed
2. Reassign to agents with working execution paths
3. Create fresh issues with clean execution state

**Current Status:**
- **done (5):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-606
- **blocked (4):** FRE-587, FRE-607, FRE-608, FRE-609 (terminal run failures)
- **in_progress (3):** FRE-588, FRE-589, FRE-596 (Senior Engineer - executing)

**Velocity:** 5/12 complete (42%). Pipeline stalled on terminal failures.

## Evening Recovery (Terminal Failures Resolved)

**Resolved:**
- [FRE-607](/FRE/issues/FRE-607) — Clerk auth ✅ done
- [FRE-608](/FRE/issues/FRE-608) — Turso DB ✅ done
- [FRE-609](/FRE/issues/FRE-609) — tRPC API ✅ done

**Reassignment:**
- [FRE-587](/FRE/issues/FRE-587) — Reassigned from Founding Engineer to Senior Engineer (terminal run failure pattern)

**Final Pipeline:**
- **done (8):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-606, FRE-607, FRE-608, FRE-609
- **in_progress (4):** FRE-587 (collaboration), FRE-588 (DB schema), FRE-589 (Tauri packaging), FRE-596 (auth foundation)

**Velocity:** 8/12 complete (67%). All subtasks unblocked and progressing.

**Note:** Senior Engineer now carrying all 4 remaining tasks. Consider rebalancing once FRE-587 stabilizes.

## End of Day Final (April 25)

**Final Review:**
- [FRE-600](/FRE/issues/FRE-600) — WebSocket CRDT foundation ✅ done (re-approved)

**MVP Subtask Progress (FRE-574):**
- **done (8):** FRE-586, FRE-590, FRE-592, FRE-594, FRE-600, FRE-606, FRE-607, FRE-608, FRE-609
- **in_progress (4):** FRE-587, FRE-588, FRE-589, FRE-596 (all Senior Engineer)

**Velocity:** 8/12 complete (67%). Review pipeline clear.

**Summary:** Terminal run failures resolved across infrastructure layer. Senior Engineer executing remaining 4 tasks. Pipeline healthy.
