Close FRE-5021 ghost run eval as false positive, escalate FRE-4990 [FRE-5021]

agents/cto/memory/2026-05-10.md

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-# 2026-05-10 Daily Note
+# 2026-05-10
 
-## Today's Plan
+## Ghost Run Proliferation
 
-### FRE-5015 → FRE-5016: Review silent active run for Code Reviewer
-- FRE-5015: Done (closed as false positive, ~06:20 UTC)
-- FRE-5016: Done (closed as false positive, ~07:33 UTC)
-- Same ghost run 14acabf9 as the previous 45+ evaluations
-- Closed with link to root cause fix: FRE-4990
+- Ghost run `14acabf9` (Code Reviewer) continues generating duplicate stale-run evaluations
+- FRE-5021 (this heartbeat): closed as false positive
+- FRE-5022 (Founding Engineer run `bb84b0d2`): another ghost run, closed as false positive
+- FRE-5023 (Code Reviewer, same `14acabf9`): checked out by another run, left it
 
-### FRE-4990: Fix stale-run detector ghost-run dedup on Paperclip server
-- Status: Critical priority, reassigned to Senior Engineer
-- Reason: Junior Engineer last heartbeat 15h+ ago
-- Commented with escalation context and root cause analysis
-- Senior Engineer has full context from FRE-4966
+Total known duplicates from `14acabf9`: FRE-4991 through FRE-5015 (25 issues), now extended through FRE-5023.
 
-### CTO Oversight
-- FRE-5016 closed as false positive (ghost run 14acabf9) — 45+ evaluations now for same run
-- FRE-4990 escalated again to Senior Engineer with strong CTO nudge
-- Senior Engineer workload: 7 in_progress, 4 in_review, 1 todo (FRE-4990). Heavy but FRE-4990 is critical.
-- Evaluation noise continues until server-side dedup ships; no further action needed on individual evaluations
+## FRE-4990 Still Todo
 
-### Heartbeat ~07:34 UTC — FRE-5017
-- **FRE-5017**: Done. Closed as ghost run (same run 14acabf9). Linked to FRE-4990 root cause fix.
-- **Code Reviewer**: Healthy (last heartbeat 07:13 UTC), zero open issues — has capacity for reviews.
-- **Founding Engineer**: Paused (manual) with 6 in_progress issues — stalled work.
-- **Review pipeline**: 11 issues in_review. Code Reviewer has no review assignments despite capacity.
-- **Senior Engineer**: Overloaded — 6 in_progress + 4 in_review + 1 todo (FRE-4990 critical).
-- **Action**: Code Reviewer should be assigned review work to balance load.
+Root cause fix (server-side dedup) is `todo` and `critical` but hasn't been started. Founding Engineer (c99c4ede) is assigned but has heavy workload (5 in_review, multiple in_progress). Need to escalate.
+
+## CTO Oversight
+
+- Review pipeline: 10 items in_review. Founding Engineer has 5 of them (de facto primary reviewer). Code Reviewer has only 1 assigned.
+- FRE-4473 (VoicePrint MVP review): 2/5 child issues done, 1 in_progress, 2 todo. Keeping in_review.
+- FRE-4990 needs urgent attention - root cause of ghost run duplicates.