Nomarchy/agent/BACKLOG.md

Backlog — the prioritized task queue

This is the only executable work list for agents. Product themes and v1.0 intent live in docs/VISION.md; design history in docs/ROADMAP.md; map in docs/README.md and agent/README.md.

Rules:

• Agents take the topmost actionable item (see LOOP.md). Finished items are deleted here — the journal + git log are the record; durable design notes get a ✓-entry in docs/ROADMAP.md (and/or a note in VISION) if worth keeping.
• Item numbers are stable IDs — never renumbered or reused. A gap in the sequence means shipped (or dropped) work; new items take the next free number regardless of tier.
• Tags: [blocked:hw] needs real hardware (see HARDWARE-QUEUE.md) · [human] needs Bernardo · [stuck] two failed attempts, needs help · [big] must be split before starting.
• Agents may append to PROPOSED and Decisions freely (include VISION § … or ROADMAP § … when relevant); only Bernardo moves items out of PROPOSED into the tiers.

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NOW

(empty — NEXT's top item is the queue head)

NEXT

76. Hibernation default + zram [big]

Product intent (Bernardo 2026-07-10): hibernation on by default; zram on alongside for live memory pressure. Disk swap ≥ RAM for the hibernate image; zram high-priority for day-to-day swap (not sufficient alone for resume).

Scope (split before/while implementing — do not land as one mega-PR):

1. Design — installer disk layout (swapfile size = RAM? partition?), resume/resume_offset, LUKS + systemd-initrd resume, priority (zram > disk), interaction with existing @swap / swapSize disko path, what to do when swap was installed as "0".
2. Module — NixOS: zramSwap.enable, disk swap + hibernation (boot.resumeDevice / swapfile resume), menu or documented power path for Hibernate (already in Power menu if swap works).
3. Installer — new installs create hibernation-capable swap by default; document migration for existing machines (add swapfile + rebuild).
4. Verify — V0/V1: eval + unit/config assertions; V2: VM resume if feasible; V3: real laptop hibernate → power off → resume (HARDWARE-QUEUE). Encrypted root is the hard case.

Out of scope: TLP changes; formatter. Prefer boring NixOS knobs over custom scripts.

LATER

• Wallpapers artifact split (ROADMAP § Faster switches — decided, deferred): pinned Nomarchy-wallpapers input so a state write stops re-copying 86 MB. Follow-on: pre-built theme variants if switches are still slow after.
• Installer round 2 (ROADMAP § Installer): multi-disk BTRFS RAID, impermanence, BIOS/legacy boot.
• Boot-from-snapshot: a systemd-boot equivalent of grub-btrfs.
• Night-light geo mode: lat/long auto sunset/sunrise (means wlsunset).
• Per-theme icon overrides / more icon packs (ROADMAP § Icon themes).
• MIPI/IPU software-ISP camera support (no-UVC machines).
• VPN exit-node richer display (country/city) (optional).
• NixOS release bump → v2 [human]: deliberate, hand-edited, never automated; the previous attempt was discarded (2026-06-22) over a Hyprland OOM blocker — see MEMORY.md before retrying (NOW#3 should also soften that blocker class).

FUTURE (decided deferred — not the agent queue head)

Work we intend someday but explicitly not NEXT. Agents do not pick these unless Bernardo promotes one into NEXT/NOW.

20. KVM runner → VM suite in CI [human]

Status (2026-07-10): keep eval-only CI on the current Gitea stack (act_runner in docker-compose on the 4c/4 GB IONOS VPS). Nested KVM + RAM headroom on that host are a poor fit next to Gitea; full checks.* VMs stay local / promotion-time until a separate KVM-capable machine exists.

When ready: register a second runner (host-mode nix + /dev/kvm, label nix-kvm — not the existing docker eval runner), then uncomment the vm-checks job in .gitea/workflows/check.yml (runs-on: nix-kvm, nix flake check + toplevel/HM builds). Do not enable the job until that label is online (Gitea queues forever otherwise).

Formatter — adopt later [human]

Intent: add a Nix formatter (likely nixfmt-rfc-style) in a dedicated pass: reformat the tree once, document in CONVENTIONS, optional CI check. Not the queue head — no drive-by reformats until that pass.

Hibernation default + optional zram

Intent: hibernation on by default (disk swap + resume). zram is compatible if disk swap remains for the hibernation image; zram only helps live memory pressure (compressed RAM swap), not resume-after- poweroff. Prefer: high-priority zram for day-to-day + lower-priority disk swap ≥ RAM for hibernate. Design before NEXT (installer layout, encrypted root, resume_offset).

PROPOSED (agent suggestions — await human triage)

Agents: append here with a one-paragraph pitch (what/why/cost). Do not implement. Bernardo moves accepted items into a tier.

Open work only. Shipped exam/A–C items (#47–#63, #14, #52 theme high-ROI, etc.) live in the journal + ROADMAP — not here.

Product / day-2

(Battery charge-limit instant → shipped 2026-07-10; V3 PASS Latitude 5310: Custom charge type + live menu + unplug re-apply.)

(Portal/Flatpak IR camera → #71 docs (a); (b)/(c) still need T14s.)

(Post-install hardware hints residual → #73.)

(Look & Feel submenu → already shipped (Theme / wallpaper / night light); 2026-07-10: Reset wallpaper (auto) row; root stays six.)

• NVIDIA first-class options — deferred past v1 (Bernardo 2026-07-10). Keep #59 commented install guidance; no nomarchy.hardware.nvidia.* until a hybrid maintainer + queue.

Installer / template

(Installer ↔ template SoT CI → #72; V2 install → #75.) (Installer chown flake dir → #65.) (MIGRATION.md snapshot layout → #64.) (Unattended-install test matrix → #74.) (Friendlier mkFlake theme-state errors → #66.)

Theme polish

(#52 residual ANSI → #68 ✓.) (Fidelity / hierarchy nits → #67 ✓.) (Import pipeline hierarchy → #70 ✓.) (audit-theme-design identity exemptions → #69 ✓.) (summer-day/night pair polish + status CSS + preview recapture → shipped 2026-07-10: JSON SoT, status states, theme-shot previews for executive-slate + neon-glass.)

(Identity taste retunes + hand btop.theme for white/vantablack/lumon/ hackerman/matte-black/miasma/neon-glass/boreal/executive-slate → shipped 2026-07-10.)

v1.0 pointer

See VISION. Open PROPOSED: NVIDIA wrappers deferred past v1; IR portal (b)/(c) hardware. Browser default = Chromium; power = PPD.

Decisions [human]

Open calls only Bernardo can make; agents add options/evidence but never decide. Resolved entries stay for history; agents treat them as closed.

Resolved (2026-07-10)

• Docs site vs Markdown-in-repo — markdown in-repo for now (docs/, README). A rendered docs site is FUTURE if wanted.
• Default browser — ship Chromium in templates/downstream/home.nix; mime → chromium-browser.desktop. Opt out: delete the line / override mime.
• Default power backend — keep PPD (nomarchy.system.power.backend default). TLP remains the one-line opt-in. Rationale: stability + live profile API for menu/Waybar; Omarchy’s TLP experiment reverted.

Resolved (2026-07-10, more)

• Formatter adoption — yes, but not now. Tracked as FUTURE (below). Nix-source style only (nixfmt-rfc-style or similar); one bulk reformat + CI/check when promoted. Until then: hand-aligned style per CONVENTIONS.

• Hibernation — want by default (product intent). Needs a disk-backed swap (file or partition) sized for resume; not zram alone. Implementation is a future/NEXT item when designed (installer + resume device + encrypted-root story).

Still open (design, not binary yes/no)

• zram alongside hibernation: compatible — see FUTURE note. Decide default on (zram + disk swap) vs disk-only when hibernation ships.