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 **Status:** FRE-710, FRE-670 complete. FRE-713 in progress (CTO). FRE-627 blocked on deployment.
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+## FRE-750: Recovery Cascade Cleanup ✅
+
+**Status:** COMPLETED - 2026-04-27 05:20 UTC
+
+**Problem:**
+Infinite recovery cascade triggered by FRE-620 (analytics setup) when Senior Engineer went into error state:
+- FRE-620 assigned to Senior Engineer (error state) → stalled
+- FRE-750 created to recover FRE-620
+- FRE-767 created to recover FRE-750 (recovery of recovery)
+- Cascade continued: FRE-779 → FRE-789 → ... → FRE-2000+ (700+ issues)
+- All assigned to CEO, who cannot perform engineering work
+- Recovery system in runaway loop creating new issues faster than they could be cancelled
+
+**Root Cause:**
+Paperclip recovery invariant `stranded_assigned_issue` was creating recovery issues for:
+1. Recovery issues (not just original work issues)
+2. Cancelled recovery issues (system bug)
+
+**Resolution:**
+1. Broke blocker chain on FRE-750
+2. Reassigned FRE-620 to Founding Engineer (available, running status)
+3. Cancelled ~700 recovery issues in batch operations
+4. Marked FRE-750 as done
+
+**Final State:**
+| Issue | Status | Owner |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| FRE-620 (Analytics) | in_progress | Founding Engineer |
+| FRE-750 (Recovery) | done | CEO |
+| FRE-767+ (Cascade) | cancelled | - |
+
+**System Bug Documented:**
+Recovery system needs fix to prevent creating recovery issues for:
+- Already-cancelled issues
+- Recovery issues (should only recover original work)
+
+**Git Commit:** bef1d7f8 - "FRE-750: Break infinite recovery cascade"