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test(docking): prove the keyboard-restore path; the reload clobber is real
The last unproven half of bec826b, and it needed a keyboard that stays behind
when the dock leaves. The dev box's by-tech hangs off the BenQ's own hub, so
it always walked away with the cable — a Logitech K400 with its receiver in
the laptop is the real case, and Bernardo happened to plug one in.

Both halves measured on hardware (dev box, 2026-07-14):

  - PRIMARY: across a real unplug + the fixed transition, the K400 kept its
    remembered `us`. Panel back, layout intact.
  - CONTROL: a bare `hyprctl reload` with no restore took the same board from
    `us` to the session's `gb`.

The control matters more than the pass. That reload clobbers runtime
`device[<name>]:kb_layout` was an inference from the mechanism when
restore_keyboards was written — reasonable, but unmeasured, and this session
has already shown what unmeasured reasoning about this watcher is worth.
It holds: without that call the undock's escalation would have silently
broken the layout of every keyboard that outlives the cable, trading a black
panel for a keyboard that types the wrong characters at the password prompt.

Verified V2 again after the comment/doc edits: nix flake check --no-build,
checks.docking-ux, shellcheck clean.

Round 8 now asks only for what is still open: relogin (the watcher calls the
transition by baked store path, so exec-once means it runs the old build
until then) and repetition — 5+ unplugs, one with the lid shut.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 12:35:23 +01:00

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# Journal — append-only iteration log
One entry per iteration, **newest first**. This is the loop's short-term
memory: the next session reads the last 35 entries to orient. Keep an
entry under ~15 lines; durable lessons go to MEMORY.md, not here. When
this file grows past ~25 entries, rotate the tail to
[JOURNAL-ARCHIVE.md](JOURNAL-ARCHIVE.md) (history, never edited).
Template:
```markdown
## YYYY-MM-DD — <task title> (<commit sha, or "no commit">)
- **Task:** which BACKLOG item (or QA sweep / bootstrap / escalation)
- **Did:** what changed, in 24 lines
- **Verified:** tier reached (V0/V1/V2) + the actual commands/checks run
- **Pending:** V3 queued? follow-ups filed? anything [stuck]?
- **Next suggestion:** what the following iteration should probably take
```
---
## 2026-07-14 — docking round 7 FAILED; the keyword was inert, not raced (this commit)
- **Task:** HARDWARE-QUEUE docking round 7 result (Bernardo, AMD dev box) —
56 consecutive unplugs, the panel never came back. Round 6's fix did
nothing because round 6's diagnosis was wrong.
- **Did:** Probed it live instead of re-reading the journal. With ZERO enabled
outputs, `hyprctl keyword monitor eDP-1,preferred,auto,1` is *inert*
accepted, `ok`, exit 0, and never flushed until a DRM event arrives. Not a
race: inert across 4s and 5s in two runs. `dispatch forcerendererreload` is
inert too; only `hyprctl reload` escapes (99ms / 289ms, cable out). So the
transition issues the keyword, and escalates to `reload` only when
`monitors` proves it inert — then re-asserts the rule and calls
`nomarchy-keyboard-layout restore` per device, since a reload drops runtime
`device[…]:kb_layout` keywords. Also made the menu's `enable` prove itself.
- **The lesson, worth more than the fix:** round 6 built its race theory on
`enable-timeout` ×2 + `result=ok` ×1, and I extended it with a "phantom
re-add" theory from the `added= DP-2` lines. Both were the same artifact:
**every `result=ok` was Bernardo replugging the cable** because the screen
was black — his hotplug flushed the queued rule and the next poll claimed
the win. A watcher whose success is indistinguishable from the user working
around it will keep confirming whatever story you bring. The probe cost 10
minutes and killed two rounds of theory.
- **Verified:** V3 (partial) — the fixed `nomarchy-display-transition undock
eDP-1` driven through two real unplugs on the dev box: panel on, workspaces
13 home, 1.8s, `keyword=inert escalate=reload` → `enable=via-reload` →
`result=ok`. Keyboard-restore proven too, on a K400 whose receiver is in the
laptop (so it survives the cable): kept its remembered `us`, while a control
bare `hyprctl reload` dropped it to the session `gb` — the clobber was an
inference until measured, and it makes `restore_keyboards` load-bearing.
Plus V2: `nix flake check --no-build` all pass; `checks.docking-ux` +
`checks.dock-audio` + `monitor-fallback.nix` pass; shellcheck clean on
display-transition (profile-watch's lone SC2125 is pre-existing).
- **Pending:** HARDWARE-QUEUE round 8 — the *watcher-driven* path needs a
relogin (exec-once, baked store path) and repetition (5+ unplugs, one with
the lid shut). New BACKLOG #114 (PROPOSED): tuigreet ignores per-device
layouts.
- **Next suggestion:** #114, or the dock direction's unverified panel-off
(it disables the panel trusting hyprctl's exit code — same class, latent).
## 2026-07-14 — docking round 6: undock left the laptop panel black (superseded by round 7 above)
- **Task:** HARDWARE-QUEUE docking round 6 result (Bernardo, AMD dev box).
Plug side all passed (auto-dock, audio to the monitor, wallpaper on the
external); unplugging left the panel black until re-docked.
- **Did:** Bernardo's journal was decisive — 3 undocks, 2×
`result=enable-timeout` + 1× `result=ok`, so an intermittent race. Two
fixes in modules/home/hyprland.nix: (1) the undock `hyprctl keyword monitor
eDP-1,preferred,auto,1` exits 0 but is dropped when it lands mid-teardown
of the departing external — now re-issued every poll for 5s, with
`monitors` listing the panel as the only proof; (2) the watcher marked the
departure handled via `"$TRANSITION" undock … || true` + `awaiting_lid_open=1`
and `known_outputs` had already moved, so nothing ever retried — one lost
keyword = a dark panel. The undock is now a queued invariant driven on the
1s tick (6 attempts, then `result=gave-up`).
- **Verified:** V2 — `nix flake check --no-build` all checks passed;
`nix build --impure -f tools/monitor-fallback.nix` exit 0 in 57s (reaches
the final `lid-open transition` checkpoint); shellcheck clean on both
generated scripts (the lone SC2125 is pre-existing + intentional).
**Honest limit:** the harness CANNOT reach this race — QEMU's headless
backend aborts Hyprland if the last active output is deleted while the DRM
output is disabled, so it must undock before removing DP-1 and never
collides the two. The fix itself is **V3 pending**; comment added at
tools/monitor-fallback.nix so a reader doesn't mistake a pass for coverage.
- **Pending:** V3 → HARDWARE-QUEUE round 7 (unplug ≥5×; old failure was only
~2 in 3). Rounds 46 opened 5 counts: 4 are now confirmed fixed on hardware
(wallpaper, auto-dock, monitor audio, keyboard prompting once — Bernardo),
the undock is this commit, and **headphone jack-follow is still untested** —
now its own entry, to fold into the round 7 session.
- **Next suggestion:** wait on round 7 before touching the dock path again.
## 2026-07-13 — #99 live-seed git-init; theme-switch failure filed as #113 (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #99 — false "theme-state.json NOT git-tracked" doctor/
Waybar warning in the live session; resolve the held question from Fable.
- **Did:** hosts/live.nix `nomarchy-seed-flake` now `git init`+`add`+`commit`s
the seeded `~/.nomarchy` (like nomarchy-install.sh:654), so the live
checkout is a committed repo. Also committed #94's live-posture comment in
flake.nix (separate commit).
- **Verified:** V2 — focused serial-log VM run (`/tmp/nomarchy-v2-theme-99/`):
doctor prints `✔ theme-state.json is git-tracked` + `✔ flake checkout is
clean`, `GIT_REPO_OK`/`TRACKED_OK` markers. Held question RESOLVED: the
same run's offline gruvbox switch failed with a 1176-drv source rebuild,
but a local drv-equivalence test proved the failing
`bvl30ggn…home-manager-generation.drv` is BYTE-IDENTICAL path-seeded vs
git-seeded → the git-seed is exonerated; the failure is a pre-existing
ISO-pinning gap (unpinned non-default-theme generation), now filed as #113.
- **Pending:** #113 (offline theme-switch contract); #94 launch check; #97
V2 click; #96 V3 + #101 round 2 (HARDWARE-QUEUE).
- **Next suggestion:** #113 — decide pin-all-themes vs scope the offline promise.
## 2026-07-13 — #96+#97 menu gates explain instead of vanish/raw-fail (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #96 (battery-limit row silently absent on threshold-less
firmware) and #97 (raw "Connection to BlueZ failed").
- **Did:** rofi.nix — Battery limit row now gates on `has_system_battery`
(like Power profile); the leaf explains a missing
`charge_control_end_threshold` as a firmware capability. Bluetooth leaf
checks `bluetooth.service` before exec'ing blueman and explains the
service-down vs no-adapter (`/sys/class/bluetooth` empty) cases with
rfkill/firmware hints.
- **Verified:** V1 — built nomarchy-menu, bash -n green, both new paths
present in the generated script; V0 flake check green. VM can't fake a
threshold-less battery or a BT adapter, so the behavioral checks are
queued: #96 → HARDWARE-QUEUE (Acer + T14s row check); #97 → the no-adapter
message is exercisable in the next QEMU run (planned with #94's
test-install pass; VMs have no BT adapter).
- **Pending:** #97 V2 click-check in the next VM run; #96 V3 on the Acer.
- **Next suggestion:** #94 test-install run (chromium launch + BT click).
## 2026-07-13 — #107 direct System/Tools menu keybinds (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #107 — conflict-free direct bindings via keybinds.nix.
- **Did:** `SUPER+CTRL+I` → `nomarchy-menu system` (Super+I settings muscle
memory), `SUPER+CTRL+T` → `nomarchy-menu tools` in keybinds.nix (single
source: Hyprland + cheatsheet); root-menu Tools/System rows now carry
`menuHint` shortcut hints.
- **Verified:** V2 — eval: 41 binds, zero duplicate mods+key; both binds in
the generated Hyprland config; built nomarchy-menu bash -n green with
cheatsheet rows + hints rendered. In-session on the live ISO: VIEWED
`/tmp/nomarchy-v2-swap-93/40-system-menu.png` + `41-tools-menu.png` —
both submenus open directly from the binds. V0 flake check green.
- **Pending:** nothing.
- **Next suggestion:** #99 pending the focused doctor/theme-switch VM run.
## 2026-07-13 — #93 installer swap prompt labeled + explained (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #93 — the swap field was a bare prefilled gum input (no
visible section, label, or unit; the placeholder never shows once a value
is prefilled).
- **Did:** `nomarchy-install.sh`: visible "Swap & hibernation" section, two
info lines (default = RAM ⇒ hibernation-ready; 0 = no swap), a labeled
`--header` on the input, and unambiguous info + Review lines
("N GiB swapfile (enables hibernation)" / "none (hibernation disabled)").
- **Verified:** V2 — full interactive KVM UI drive on the built ISO; VIEWED
`/tmp/nomarchy-v2-swap-93/10-swap-prompt.png` (section, both info lines,
labeled prefilled input) and `…/30-doctor.png` (Review box:
"Swap: 6 GiB swapfile (enables hibernation)"); wipe confirm aborted by
mismatch, nothing touched. bash -n + V0 flake check green.
- **Pending:** side-finding: QEMU exposed `/dev/fd0` as the FIRST picker row
— recorded as live repro evidence on #112.
- **Next suggestion:** #99/#107 commits from the same evidence run.
## 2026-07-13 — charge-limit start-limit-hit on spaced AC storms (this commit)
- **Task:** Live V3 failure of #101 (TuringMachine doctor badge, 18:16): a
spaced dock/AC event storm → 5 successful starts in 10s →
`start-limit-hit`, unit marked failed though every run succeeded.
- **Did:** `unitConfig.StartLimitIntervalSec = 0` on
`nomarchy-battery-charge-limit` (idempotent sub-second write — rate
limiting only manufactures false failures); extended
`checks.battery-charge-limit` with the exemption assert + an 8× sequential
start loop and a clean-state check.
- **Verified:** V2 — the check passes under KVM (exit 0: exemption asserted,
8 spaced starts, not failed, no start-limit-hit; original coalescing
phase still green). V0 flake check green.
- **Pending:** V3 round 2 re-queued in HARDWARE-QUEUE (#101 entry updated).
- **Next suggestion:** land the in-flight #93/#99/#107 evidence run.
## 2026-07-13 — #102 Nextcloud Desktop opt-in in the template (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #102 — document upstream HM `services.nextcloud-client`
as a downstream-template opt-in; no Nomarchy wrapper.
- **Did:** Commented `services.nextcloud-client` block in
`templates/downstream/home.nix` (enable + startInBackground), and pointed
the bare `# nextcloud-client` package line at it (service = app + session
lifecycle; re-comment removes both).
- **Verified:** V1 — pinned HM 26.05 module confirmed
(enable/package/startInBackground); eval test on an uncommented template
copy via `lib.mkFlake`: unit ExecStart `nextcloud --background`,
WantedBy/PartOf `graphical-session.target`. `nix flake check --no-build`
green (includes template-sot + downstream-template-home).
- **Pending:** nothing — runtime lifecycle is the upstream module's contract.
- **Next suggestion:** #93/#99/#107 land next (shared live-VM evidence run).
## 2026-07-13 — User-promoted NEXT queue curation (#102#112; this commit)
- **Task:** Audit Bernardo's live-ISO, application, menu, and device follow-ups
against shipped behavior and curate the executable queue.
- **Did:** Promoted scoped work as NEXT #102#112, with `[big]` split gates for
System-menu IA and Control Center retirement. Reused NOW #96 for the Acer
threshold finding; #106/#108 start from shipped navigation/bind coverage.
- **Verified:** V0 — read-only source/option/menu audit and `git diff --check`.
- **Pending:** #105 and #110 must be split before implementation; no runtime
behavior changed.
- **Next suggestion:** #93 remains the NOW head; #102 is the first NEXT item.
## 2026-07-13 — #92 catalog-only installer keyboard selection (this commit)
- **Task:** Make installer layout/variant choices understandable without
allowing arbitrary XKB values to break generated Nix.
- **Did:** Added a pinned human-readable XKB catalog, a one-step US/default
path, strict searchable layout/variant pickers, shared exact validation for
interactive and unattended input, and a resolved review summary.
- **Verified:** V2 — full flake eval; installer safety/keyboard/package builds;
shell/Python/diff checks; real validator accepts valid layout-specific rows
and rejects fabricated/prefix/wrong-layout values before installer setup.
Exact-current-ISO KVM UI review captured catalog, variant, and review screens;
strict unmatched input was rejected and the blank disk remained untouched.
- **Pending:** V3 real-hardware install remains; V2 artifacts are under
`/tmp/nomarchy-v2-keyboard-92-current/`.
- **Next suggestion:** #93 swap-size prompt and explanation.
## 2026-07-13 — #91 installer no-variant normalization (this commit)
- **Task:** Stop the keyboard picker's display-only `(none)` value from
breaking generated `xkb-console-keymap.drv` and the whole installation.
- **Did:** Normalize at the shared input boundary and defensively in the real
template patcher. Added a `us` + sentinel fixture, actual console-keymap
build, and made the offline installer VM carry the literal sentinel.
- **Verified:** V2 — full flake eval; focused installer-keyboard/safety/
template builds; shell/Python/Nix syntax and diff checks; KVM
`tools/test-install.sh` installed offline with LUKS + swap, powered off after
~400s, unlocked, and booted the themed desktop. Inspected install progress,
LUKS, and first-boot captures under `/tmp/nomarchy-vm/`.
- **Pending:** #92 now explicitly forbids free-form XKB values. Expanded the
existing per-device keyboard hardware check for the connected-at-login menu.
- **Next suggestion:** #92 installer keyboard selection clarity/safety.
## 2026-07-13 — #101 charge-limit AC-event burst recovery (this commit)
- **Task:** Fix `nomarchy-battery-charge-limit.service` failing when USB-C
dock power events arrive while its settling write is still active.
- **Did:** The oneshot now returns inactive after success; immediate and
delayed udev paths use coalescing `start` jobs instead of interrupting
`restart` jobs. Strengthened the focused VM with a 12-event Mains burst
during an extended active run and explicit failed/start-limit assertions.
- **Verified:** V0 `nix flake check --no-build`, module parse, and
`git diff --check`; V2
`nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.battery-charge-limit --no-link -L`
under KVM — the 12-event active-run burst finished inactive/success,
changed InvocationID, and produced no failed/start-limit journal result.
- **Pending:** V3 post-rebuild dock-power burst check in HARDWARE-QUEUE.
- **Next suggestion:** run V3 #101 alongside docking round 4, then #91.
## 2026-07-13 — #100 dock transition recovery (this commit)
- **Task:** Fix the real T14s dangling workspace, closed-lid cable-removal
suspend/apparent crash, and BenQ audio miss after 7ebfab4.
- **Did:** Added one atomic dock/internal-first undock helper; the IPC watcher
owns a verified low-level lid inhibitor through physical lid-open, with
validated stale-process cleanup. `monitoradded` now debounces a settled
PipeWire/WirePlumber reprobe then picks an available dock sink; generic
audio events never override a manual choice. Named clamshell profiles share
the safe transition. Replaced the fallback VM tool with a bounded hotplug
workspace/output/inhibitor test and strengthened generated-artifact guards.
- **Verified:** V2 — `nix flake check --no-build`; targeted docking-UX,
option-docs, and template-SoT builds; and
`nix build --impure -f tools/monitor-fallback.nix --no-link -L` all green.
The KVM guest proved atomic workspace handoff, internal-first restoration,
inhibitor retention with the simulated lid closed, and release on lid-open.
The harness restores the DRM output before deleting QEMU's last synthetic
headless output because that backend-specific zero-output state aborts
Hyprland before a usable removal lifecycle is delivered.
- **Pending:** V3 exact closed-lid BenQ round 4 in HARDWARE-QUEUE. No
real-hardware or real monitor-audio claim.
- **Next suggestion:** run V3 round 4, then take installer #91.
## 2026-07-13 — Live ISO hardware findings queued (#91#99)
- **Task:** Transcribe Bernardo's Acer Aspire M5-481T install/session notes
and installer failure photo into the executable queue.
- **Did:** Added nine separate NOW items: literal `(none)` XKB install
failure, keyboard/swap installer clarity, missing browser, Ghostty launch,
charge-threshold discoverability, BlueZ failure, Boreal button contrast,
and the false-looking untracked-theme warning.
- **Verified:** V0 — exact backlog IDs/content reviewed; Nix failure's first
causal error preserved separately from cascading dependency failures;
`git diff --check` green.
- **Pending:** implementation and item-specific V1V3 verification.
- **Next suggestion:** #91 — fix the installation-blocking keyboard variant.
## 2026-07-13 — Docking hardware-QA corrections (interactive feedback)
- **Task:** Bernardo's real clamshell QA: menu on hidden eDP, no keyboard
layout route, audio stayed on speakers, laptop-off lost apps, abrupt
undock never restored eDP.
- **Did:** Rofi → focused output; replaced eDP disable with safe Dock mode
(move workspaces/focus, keep fallback); display watcher now unconditional,
reconnecting and race-tolerant. Keyboard watcher runs by default with all
XKB layouts + System Keyboard. Audio also reacts to card/port changes;
monitor-added re-applies the current awww wallpaper to the new output.
Corrected the fallback harness assumption; added `checks.docking-ux` and
synced README/template/ROADMAP/hardware queue.
- **Verified:** V1 — `nix flake check --no-build`; `checks.docking-ux`
built the real HM generation and passed syntax/invariant/layout-catalog
assertions; option docs 90/90, template SoT 4/4; Nix parse + Python
compile + diff check. V2 unavailable (no readable KVM).
- **Pending:** hardware retest in HARDWARE-QUEUE (docking correction round 3).
- **Next suggestion:** hardware retest this exact dock sequence.
## 2026-07-12 — #89 slice 3: Documented Signal tray icon limitation (no commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #89 slice 3 — Signal's tray icon is full-colour blue and doesn't match the monochrome bar.
- **Did:** Researched Signal's Linux tray icon behavior. Found it is a hardcoded, dynamically generated pixmap (`Signal_status_icon_1`) driven by its Electron wrapper with no built-in toggle for a monochrome icon. Added an entry to `docs/ROADMAP.md`'s known issues noting that certain Electron apps cannot be natively themed. Closed out #89 from the backlog without introducing brittle `app.asar` repacking hacks.
- **Verified:** N/A (Documentation only).
- **Pending:** #89 is fully closed.
- **Next suggestion:** Pick the next item from the BACKLOG.
## 2026-07-12 — CI OOM: memory-bounded eval for check.yml/bump.yml
- **Task:** Bernardo: check.yml always red since he capped the runner
container at 2 GB (uncapped it OOM'd the whole 4 GB VPS); bump.yml
status unknown.
- **Did:** Measured (GNU time, eval-cache off): one-process `nix flake
check --no-build` peaks **6.0 GB** RSS — that's the whole story. New
`tools/ci-eval.sh`: same coverage, ONE output per nix process (heap
freed between outputs); both workflows now call it. bump.yml also got
max-jobs=1/cores=2. Facts: bump.yml WORKS — landed 8fded63 on
2026-07-06, on schedule; ROADMAP's "no CI today" was stale → fixed.
- **Verified:** V1+ — ci-eval.sh ran green locally end-to-end (3:22);
per-output cold peaks measured: worst check 0.99 GB
(hardware-toggles), nomarchy toplevel 0.78 GB, HM 0.60 GB, **except
nomarchy-live 2.69 GB** (live ISO eval) — fits only with the
container's swap allowance (docker default --memory-swap = 2×memory);
if Bernardo set swap off, that one output still OOMs → server-side
one-liner (--memory=2g --memory-swap=6g) or a skip-hatch decision.
- **Pending:** real proof is the next push's Actions run on the VPS —
watch nomarchy-live's step; can't be verified from this machine.
- **Next suggestion:** confirm green run on the remote, then hardware
V3 batch.
## 2026-07-12 — parallel fingerprint-or-password (interactive, promoted)
- **Task:** Bernardo promoted the PROPOSED "fingerprint or password in
parallel" item live; wants it default-on for fingerprint-PAM users.
- **Did:** Packaged pam-fprint-grosshack v0.3.0 (pkgs/, source-reviewed
first: all failure paths → PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL, typed password only
ferried via AUTHTOK to pam_unix try_first_pass — can't lock out
password login). New `nomarchy.hardware.fingerprint.parallel`
(default true; false = stock sequential). Wiring swaps stock fprintd's
rule modulePath (mkForce) so ordering is inherited. README/template
rows; BACKLOG PROPOSED entry closed into ROADMAP ✓.
- **Verified:** V2 — checks.hardware-toggles extended to three nodes and
green: parallel node asserts grosshack line before pam_unix in
/etc/pam.d/sudo AND `sudo -S` with the right password succeeds /
wrong password fails with NO reader present (the lockout invariant);
seqpam node = stock pam_fprintd, no grosshack; nopam = neither.
Package builds (meson needed libpam-wrapper + python3). flake check
green.
- **Pending:** V3 on the AMD dev box (HARDWARE-QUEUE): the actual
type-or-touch race, fprintd-stopped fallback, hyprlock/greeter
behavior after a fingerprint win (pthread_cancel'd prompt quirk).
- **Next suggestion:** dock + fingerprint V3 batch on hardware, then
#89 slice 3.
## 2026-07-12 — undock blackout rescue (interactive follow-up)
- **Task:** Bernardo: "if I turn the laptop screen off and undock, does
the panel come back?" Answer had to be tested, not recalled.
- **Did:** Built tools/monitor-fallback.nix (softGL desktop VM, crib of
theme-shot): headless "external" + menu's exact disable + output
remove. Verdict: Hyprland 0.55.4 does NOT re-enable → shipped
`rescue_blackout` in the display hotplug watcher (immediate + retried
keyword re-enable of disabled outputs on zero-active, toast).
- **Verified:** V2 for the hazard (VM reproduced the dead state);
rescue itself is V1+components — the VM crashes before rescue can act
in 4/5 runs (aquamarine ABRT in dispatchIdle on the zero-output
state; control with panel active survives 5/5 — discriminator run).
Crash predates rescue (run with rescue provably inert also crashed).
Also fixed: `grep -c .` exit-1-at-zero disabling the rescue's own
trigger. flake check green.
- **Pending:** real-dock V3 (HARDWARE-QUEUE, "nothing important open"
warning); if real DRM crashes too → rework row (mirror) or wait for
Hyprland bump; consider reporting upstream with the coredump.
- **Next suggestion:** dock V3 results, then #89 slice 3.
## 2026-07-12 — dock audio auto-follow + docked menu rows (interactive)
- **Task:** Bernardo's dock test (= #87's V3): audio stayed on speakers,
had to hand-tweak EasyEffects; wants docked Display/Audio menu options.
- **Did:** Root-caused live on Newton: WirePlumber's stored default
(default-nodes) outranks the #87 priority rules (control test: new
sink, no watcher → default pinned), and the running gen lacked the
rules anyway; EE 8 follows the default fine (kcfg default true +
observed links move). Shipped `modules/home/dock-audio.nix`
(`nomarchy.dockAudio.enable`, on): pactl-subscribe watcher
set-default-sinks new dock-class sinks (regexes imported from
dock-audio-rules.nix) + toast + startup sweep. Menu: Display gains
laptop-off/screen-on/move-workspace/swap rows (live-only keywords);
Audio gains self-gated "Send output → <dock sink>" row.
- **Verified:** V2-equivalent live on Newton — watcher: fake dock-named
null sink → default followed, unplug → fell back, EE links moved
mid-playback (pw-link); menu: generated script bash -n, dock-row jq
exercised against real pactl JSON, dispatchers probed on live
Hyprland. flake check green; option-docs green. Beware: kill the
subscribe pipe by PID — pkill -f self-matches the test shell.
- **Pending:** real-dock V3 ×2 in HARDWARE-QUEUE (watcher may miss
sinks that pre-exist and only flip route availability — capture pactl
subscribe + sink JSON if it fails again).
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 3 (Signal pixmap) or dock V3 feedback.
## 2026-07-12 — auto-commit sweep before pull/rebuild/home (interactive)
- **Task:** Bernardo's request (no BACKLOG item): with autoCommit on,
hand edits to `~/.nomarchy` (his had 4) stayed forever-dirty —
theme-sync's commit is pathspec-limited to theme-state.json by design.
- **Did:** New internal `nomarchy-autocommit` in nomarchy-lifecycle:
live-reads `settings.autoCommit`, commits *everything* dirty with
message `nomarchy: auto-commit before <label>` + file list in the
body; called (`|| true`, never blocks) at the top of nomarchy-pull /
-rebuild / -home. Exposed as `passthru.autocommit`; package exported.
Docs/comments swept: README, RECOVERY, ROADMAP ✓ entry, rofi toggle
text, control-center prompt, theme-sync docstring.
- **Verified:** V1+ — `nix flake check --no-build` green; new permanent
`checks.lifecycle-autocommit` builds (real binary, sandbox repos:
sweep/clean/off/non-repo); end-to-end on a *copy* of the real
~/.nomarchy via built nomarchy-rebuild with stubbed sudo/rebuild —
the 4 real dirty files landed in one commit, tree clean. No VM boot:
no session-visible surface. Real-machine confirmation lands after the
next nomarchy-pull picks up this rev.
- **Pending:** nothing queued; Bernardo's actual ~/.nomarchy still has
its 4 uncommitted files until his next pull/rebuild with the new rev.
- **Next suggestion:** back to BACKLOG (#89 slice 3, Signal pixmap).
## 2026-07-12 — #89 slice 2: EasyEffects tray icon themed monochrome (b98248f)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #89 slice 2 — EasyEffects SNI shows Papirus' full-
colour blue equaliser, clashing with the monochrome tray.
- **Did:** Wrapped the resolved icon set in a `Nomarchy-icons` child
theme (theme.nix) that Inherits it + ships a scalable, palette-`text`-
coloured monochrome easyeffects glyph (the app's own -symbolic shape);
made it the session icon theme. Single shared layer, so it covers all
themes (all resolve to Papirus-*); colour tracks each theme via
`checked.colors.text`. iconTheme feeds stylix+rofi, both fine via
Inherits. Fixed a slip: `git add -A` swept a settings.local.json.tmp.*
into the commit → untracked + gitignored (f9d5e2c).
- **Verified:** **V3 in Boreal** (Bernardo confirmed live). Mechanism
pre-validated by GTK IconTheme lookup (override wins 1632px; udiskie/
nm/folder still Papirus). No theme uses a custom icon pack, so Boreal+
Papirus covers the set. NB: cursor-warp doesn't refresh the tray —
needs a waybar restart (new icon-theme cache).
- **Pending:** slice 3 — Signal (`:1.227`, generated pixmap, full-colour
blue round icon); pixmap apps can't be fixed by name override.
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 3 (Signal) or close #89 if pixmap apps
are accepted as documented-not-fixable.
## 2026-07-12 — tray menus truly fixed: counter-rules must live in waybar.css (8eb672b, 72e53e2)
- **Task:** Bernardo: icons still missing in the REAL nm-applet menu.
- **Did:** e8658fe's gtk.css cure worked in a plain GTK app but not in
Waybar: Waybar adds its provider at GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_USER
too (src/client.cpp) and wins the tie in practice (GTK 3.24) — proven
by repro at priority 900 matching the live menu exactly. Only rules in
the SAME stylesheet out-specify its `*`, so every waybar.css now
carries a menu block after the reset: arrow 16px, check/radio 14px,
separator 1px, `menu, menu *` font (labels are matched directly by
`*`, inheritance never applies). D-Bus GetLayout first proved
nm-applet exports per-network icon-data.
- **Verified:** **V3 on the real menu** — opened nm-applet's tray menu
via wlrctl virtual-pointer clicks, grim captures: arrows, checkmarks,
separators, Inter labels, Pica's icon, and every network's signal icon
in the Available-networks submenu. Bar pills intact. NB: cursor-warp
hover does not open GTK submenus (no motion events) — click the item.
- **Pending:** nothing for this item.
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 2 — the override-icon layer.
## 2026-07-12 — #90 correction: scoping regressed the bar; USER-priority cure (e8658fe)
- **Task:** Bernardo reports ac7e6bd broke Boreal's bar + icons still missing.
- **Did:** Two lessons. (1) `window#waybar *` carries id specificity, so
the reset started *beating* the later class rules (pill radius/borders)
that plain `*` correctly lost to — reverted all three stylesheets;
arrows restored instead via stylix gtk.css (`menu menuitem arrow
{ min-width/height:16px }`) — USER priority (800) outranks waybar's
APPLICATION (600) regardless of specificity, same mechanism as the
existing check/radio rule. NB comments guard each `*` block.
(2) The "missing icons" were also GTK3's `gtk-menu-images` default-off:
set `gtk.gtk3.extraConfig.gtk-menu-images = 1`.
- **Verified:** **V3** — repro (no forced always-show-image): icon, check
and arrow all render even with Boreal's reset injected screen-wide;
bar screenshot shows pills restored. Flake check green.
- **Pending:** Bernardo eyeballs the real nm-applet menu (icons + arrow).
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 2 — the override-icon layer.
## 2026-07-12 — #76 closed: hibernate V3 PASSED on TuringMachine (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #76 `[human]` closure — Bernardo reports the V3 check.
- **Did:** Bernardo ran the real power-cycle on the T14s (LUKS + btrfs
`@swap` swapfile): hibernate → power off → single LUKS unlock →
session restored, "flawlessly". Deleted #76; HARDWARE-QUEUE resume
entry pruned (outcome recorded here + ROADMAP ✓-entry updated);
Decisions note marked shipped. The **no-swap Hibernate notify** check
stays open in HARDWARE-QUEUE as the one leftover.
- **Verified:** V3 (human, real hardware). Docs-only commit otherwise.
- **Pending:** no-swap notify check (needs a swapless session or
temporary `swapoff -a`).
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 2 — the override-icon layer.
## 2026-07-12 — #90 tray submenu arrows: root cause was waybar CSS (this commit)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #90 `[stuck]` (interactive, Bernardo driving on T14s).
- **Did:** Diagnosis was wrong — Papirus-Dark resolves `pan-end-symbolic`
fine via its breeze-dark inheritance (breeze ships inside the nixpkgs
papirus output). Real cause: Waybar's stylesheet applies process-wide,
and the `* { min-height: 0; }` block collapsed the arrow node in the
SNI tray menus Waybar hosts. Scoped the `*` block to `window#waybar`
in boreal + executive-slate waybar.css and waybar.nix generatedStyle
(tooltip rules restate the font — tooltips are separate toplevels);
removed the go-next-symbolic remap workaround from stylix.nix.
- **Verified:** **V3** — live GTK3 repro app popping a dbusmenu-shaped
menu, screenshotted via grim: arrow vanishes with old CSS injected
screen-wide, renders with fixed CSS; property bisect pinned
`min-height: 0` as the sole culprit. V1 flake check green.
- **Pending:** post-switch check that the real nm-applet menu shows the
arrow (needs a human click on the tray icon).
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 2 — the override-icon layer.
## 2026-07-11 — interactive T14s session: migration follow-ups (50a5586…6967d89)
- **Task:** Escalation — Bernardo driving, live on the migrated T14s
(first full session on real Nomarchy hardware; 7 commits).
- **Did:** autologin restored (migration missed the LUKS-machine line —
fixed downstream + MIGRATION.md example); SUPER+0 → workspace 10;
VPN tooltip names active VPNs (stuck-shield confusion was Tailscale);
battery "Not charging" hold-band tooltip (+ 4 whole-swap themes);
GTK submenu arrows (bundled SVG — Papirus lacks pan-end-symbolic and
inherits uninstalled breeze); xdg.userDirs.setSessionVariables pinned
(HM 26.05 flip); easyeffects gated on a live tray host (After=
waybar.service was inert — waybar is supervisor-run, not a unit);
#89 slice-1 SNI inventory recorded; #76 unblocked → `[human]`.
- **Verified:** **V3** throughout — live binds via `hyprctl binds`, GTK
menu screenshot (arrow + check render), SNI watcher registration,
deployed configs inspected; V1 flake check green on every commit.
- **Pending:** Bernardo: `nomarchy-rebuild` (autologin + new services),
then the #76 hibernate power-cycle. #89 targets narrowed to
EasyEffects (slice 2) + Signal (slice 3).
- **Next suggestion:** #89 slice 2 — the override-icon layer.
## 2026-07-11 — hotfix: Left=Back bound over rofi default → every menu dead
- **Task:** Escalation — V3 on the migrated T14s: all `nomarchy-menu`
entry points (main, battery, power-profile, VPN) showed rofi's
"Binding 'Left' is already bound" error dialog instead of a menu.
- **Did:** `rofi.nix` — release `kb-move-char-back` to `Control+b` before
binding `-kb-custom-1 Left`, in both `rofi_menu` copies (menu + vpn).
rofi hard-fails on duplicate bindings, and reports it in a GUI dialog,
not stderr — stub tests and `bash -n` can never catch this class.
Filed PROPOSED: EasyEffects 8 blue tray icon; parallel finger/password.
- **Verified:** **V3** — real rofi on the T14s: old flags reproduce the
error dialog (screenshot), fixed flags render the menu; after HM
switch, `nomarchy-menu` renders end-to-end. V0 flake check green.
- **Pending:** flatpak apps missing from drun = stale session env
(relogin), not a code bug. EasyEffects icon + pam items in PROPOSED.
- **Next suggestion:** V3 sweep of the remaining 05bab55 session items.
## 2026-07-11 — post-migration fix batch (05bab55; entry backfilled)
- **Task:** Escalation — first real-hardware migration (TuringMachine →
Nomarchy) surfaced a batch of annoyances; session crashed before
journaling, entry written by the follow-up session.
- **Did:** Force fprintAuth off unless `fingerprint.pam`; first-boot toast
waits for swaync + retries; night-light handles masked units; VPN menu
`rofi_menu` no-op fixed; ← = Back in list menus; GTK menu contrast;
mic-mute LED udev rule + sync; EasyEffects after tray; MIGRATION.md notes.
- **Verified:** V0 flake check; checks.first-boot; checks.hardware-toggles.
- **Pending:** V3 on the migrated machine. Follow-up found the downstream
`~/.nomarchy` lock still pinned the *previous* commit — the user's rebuild
excluded this batch (mic LED "regression" was just that). Also: HM
`programs.chromium.extensions` from the old config wasn't carried over, so
Chromium externally-uninstalled all extensions **and their data** (wallets
included); recovered from the `pre-nomarchy-home` btrfs snapshot.
MIGRATION.md browser note rewritten with the real mechanism.
- **Next suggestion:** V3 sweep of the 05bab55 items after a locked rebuild.
## 2026-07-11 — #88 neon-glass polish / finish
- **Task:** NEXT #88 — finish neon-glass (`VISION § D`), not quarantine.
- **Did:** Rewrote `themes/neon-glass/rofi.rasi` (was invalid `var()` CSS;
now Boreal-style glass with `@colors`, cyan edge, soft selection).
btop accent titles/selection; JSON ui rounding 14 + slight glass
opacity; `preview.png` from theme-shot desktop. No waybar.css.
- **Verified:** **V2** — contrast 24×7 pass; theme-wholeswap green;
theme-shot neon-glass desktop+menu viewed (cyan bar + glass menu);
boreal theme-shot regression green (menu/bar intact).
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** post-install hardware hints PROPOSED, or human
HARDWARE-QUEUE.
## 2026-07-11 — Promote neon-glass → NEXT #88 (Bernardo)
- **Task:** human triage: promote neon-glass PROPOSED.
- **Did:** NEXT **#88** neon-glass polish/finish (`VISION § D`); path =
**finish** (not quarantine). Notes: no broken waybar.css reintro without
wholeswap parity; V2 theme-shot required. PROPOSED pitch removed;
VISION pointers updated. **No implementation** this commit.
- **Verified:** V0 (backlog/docs only).
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** implement #88 (theme-shot V2).
## 2026-07-11 — VISION hygiene + PROPOSED (queue empty)
- **Task:** QA/docs loop — NEXT still only #76 `[blocked:hw]`; no product
item to implement without inventing work.
- **Did:** Marked Theme A/B/C shipped rows in `docs/VISION.md` (Firmware
#43, Fingerprint #55, doctor stack, rebuild errors #56, Boreal default,
hibernate confidence #77). Rewrote “Suggested agent slices” to open
work only. PROPOSED: post-install hardware hints; neon-glass
finish/quarantine `[human]`.
- **Verified:** **V0** — docs/backlog only (no module change). Prior
iterations V2 suite still stands; no regression claimed here.
- **Pending:** human triage of PROPOSED; HARDWARE-QUEUE V3.
- **Next suggestion:** promote post-install hints → NEXT, or human
HARDWARE-QUEUE / neon-glass call.
## 2026-07-11 — QA sweep (queue empty but #76)
- **Task:** QA sweep — NEXT only has #76 `[blocked:hw]`; no other
actionable items.
- **Did:** option-docs (88 opts) + template-sot green; HM generation has
What changed? / doctor float / first-boot unit; rotated JOURNAL.md
41→18 entries (tail → JOURNAL-ARCHIVE). No product code change.
- **Verified:** **V2** — `nix flake check --no-build`; rebuilt green:
doctor, first-boot, what-changed, clamshell-logind, dock-audio,
windowrule-syntax, battery-notify, zram-swap, nightlight-geo.
- **Pending:** #76 V3 hibernate on Nomarchy hardware; #86/#87 V3 dock QA.
- **Next suggestion:** HARDWARE-QUEUE pass by human, or promote LATER
wallpapers split / triage PROPOSED.
## 2026-07-11 — #87 dock audio sink priority
- **Task:** NEXT #87 — default audio follows dock plug/unplug.
- **Did:** WirePlumber `90-nomarchy-dock-audio` (HDMI/DP session prio
1100, USB 1050) via `modules/nixos/dock-audio-rules.nix` + default.nix
pipewire. `checks.dock-audio` pure rule asserts + conf-file VM. V3
hotplug steps in HARDWARE-QUEUE. Closed #87.
- **Verified:** **V2** — `nix flake check --no-build`; `checks.dock-audio`
green (pure rule asserts + conf installed under wireplumber.conf.d).
- **Pending:** V3 real HDMI/USB-dock hotplug (HARDWARE-QUEUE).
- **Next suggestion:** QA sweep or LATER wallpapers split if promoted.
## 2026-07-11 — #86 clamshell HandleLidSwitchDocked
- **Task:** NEXT #86 — lid closed + external monitor must not suspend.
- **Did:** Explicit `HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore` in
`modules/nixos/power.nix` (logind settings.Login). Undocked lid
behaviour unchanged. idle.nix comment corrected. `checks.clamshell-logind`
asserts conf + active logind. V3 steps in HARDWARE-QUEUE. Closed #86.
- **Verified:** **V2** — `nix flake check --no-build`;
`checks.clamshell-logind` green (`HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore` +
logind active).
- **Pending:** V3 real lid+external on laptop (HARDWARE-QUEUE).
- **Next suggestion:** #87 dock audio sink follow.
## 2026-07-11 — #85 hardware hall of fame + split #84
- **Task:** NEXT #85 docs hall of fame; #84 was `[big]` → split.
- **Did:** HARDWARE.md §9 install-tested table (T14s Gen 4 AMD, Latitude
5410/5310) + DMI PR invite; renumbered following sections. #84 → #86
clamshell + #87 dock audio. VISION/ROADMAP; closed #85.
- **Verified:** V0 (docs only).
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** #86 clamshell or #87 dock audio (both product).
## 2026-07-11 — #83 doctor first-boot pre-activate flag
- **Task:** NEXT #83 — doctor points at failed installer HM pre-activate.
- **Did:** doctor row: if `/var/log/nomarchy-hm-preactivate.log` is present
and no Home Manager generation exists → ✖ +
`home-manager switch --flake ~/.nomarchy -b bak`. Skip/ok otherwise.
Extended `checks.doctor` (fail arm + recovered gen). Closed #83.
- **Verified:** **V2** — checks.doctor green (fail arm + recovered gen);
local smoke with NOMARCHY_HM_PREACTIVATE_LOG / empty HOME.
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** #85 docs hall of fame (cheap) or split #84 dock.
## 2026-07-11 — #82 generation readability
- **Task:** NEXT #82 — plain-language “what changed last rebuild”.
- **Did:** `pkgs/nomarchy-what-changed` (nvd → “N added, M removed, K
updated”); wired into lifecycle post-`nomarchy-rebuild` / `nomarchy-home`
(full nvd + notify toast); System What changed? (toast + floating
full report). `checks.what-changed` with NOMARCHY_NVD fixture. Closed #82.
- **Verified:** **V2** — checks.what-changed green; local smoke on real
HM gens (“Desktop: 1 added, 1 removed”) + fixture counts.
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** #83 doctor pre-activate fail flag or #85 docs.
## 2026-07-11 — #81 first-boot welcome toast
- **Task:** NEXT #81 — dismissible “you're set” card (`VISION § B`).
- **Did:** `pkgs/nomarchy-first-boot` + user oneshot
(`modules/home/first-boot.nix`): notify once with SUPER+M/T/? + Network
+ Doctor pointers; marker `settings.firstBootShown` via theme-sync
`--no-switch` (in-checkout state). Skip live hostname. Option
`nomarchy.firstBootWelcome.enable` (default on). `checks.first-boot`.
ROADMAP/VISION/README; closed #81.
- **Verified:** **V2** — `nix flake check --no-build`; `checks.first-boot`
green (toast + marker + silent re-run + live skip); local shim smoke;
downstream-template-home carries the user unit.
- **Pending:** V3 — real swaync rendering on first installed login
(toast body is pure text; not queued unless it misbehaves).
- **Next suggestion:** #82 generation readability or #85 docs hall of fame.
## 2026-07-11 — #80 doctor battery health readout
- **Task:** NEXT #80 — battery health in `nomarchy-doctor` (`VISION § C`).
- **Did:** Doctor row: `cycle_count` + retained capacity
(`charge_full`/`design` or `energy_*`) as `% of design`; system
batteries only; soft warn &lt;70% design; skip when attrs absent.
`NOMARCHY_POWER_SUPPLY_ROOT` for the VM fixture. Extended
`checks.doctor` (fake BAT0 + Device-scope MOUSE0 ignore). HARDWARE §10,
ROADMAP ✓, VISION ✓; closed #80.
- **Verified:** **V2** — `nix flake check --no-build`; `checks.doctor`
green; local smoke on real BAT0 (342 cycles, 81% via energy_*) + fixture.
- **Pending:** Power-menu surface left optional/out of scope (doctor is
the product surface for report-only health).
- **Next suggestion:** #81 first-boot welcome card (highest product ROI)
or #85 docs-only hall of fame.
## 2026-07-11 — Triage: VISION-gap PROPOSED → NEXT #80#85 (Bernardo)
- **Task:** Bernardo promoted five of the six fresh VISION-gap pitches
(all but the wallpapers split, which stays LATER).
- **Did:** NEXT gains #80 battery health readout, #81 first-boot welcome
card, #82 generation readability, #83 doctor pre-activate fail flag,
#84 dock life polish `[big]`, #85 hardware hall of fame. PROPOSED
placeholder left. **No implementation started** (explicit instruction).
- **Verified:** V0 (backlog only).
- **Pending:** —
- **Next suggestion:** #80 (smallest) or #81 (highest product ROI); #84
must be split first.
## 2026-07-11 — Quick wins: exit-node locations + geo tooltip
- **Task:** BACKLOG LATER "VPN exit-node richer display" + a geo-mode
tooltip nit from the previous iteration (human asked for quick wins).
- **Did:** Tailscale Exit node picker rows now "hostname — Country City",
sliced by the header's fixed-width column offsets (COUNTRY/CITY are
multi-word; never field-split), locationless nodes stay bare, pick strips
back to hostname at the first space. Nightlight Waybar tooltip says
"follows your location" in geo mode. Queue's VPN entry updated.
- **Verified:** V1 — awk proven against a fabricated 3-case fixture
(Mullvad 1-word + multi-word city + bare node); flake check exit 0;
downstream-template-home builds (writeShellScriptBin syntax-gates both
scripts). Real tailscale output is V3 (existing VPN queue entry).
- **Pending:** V3 VPN menu live paths (extended, not new).
- **Next suggestion:** wallpapers artifact split (LATER, decided).
## 2026-07-11 — Night-light geo mode (lat/long → wlsunset)
- **Task:** BACKLOG LATER "Night-light geo mode" (human-picked).
- **Did:** `nomarchy.nightlight.latitude`/`.longitude` (both set = geo mode):
`services.wlsunset` (location-computed sunrise/sunset, `.temperature` →
night temp) replaces hyprsunset; the toggle script's `unit=` and the
live-state ExecCondition follow via one `unit` let-binding. Template
example lines, README row, ROADMAP ✓. New `checks.nightlight-geo`:
pure-eval asserts on the rendered units (coords + temp in ExecStart,
ExecCondition present, hyprsunset off). Declarative-only (no menu writer —
coords are machine config like keyboard layout).
- **Verified:** V1 — `nix flake check --no-build` exit 0 (evals the new
asserts + option-docs); built `downstream-template-home` (default
hyprsunset path unregressed) + the check drv. Caught en route: HM renders
`ExecStart` as a list (`toString` needed in eval asserts).
- **Pending:** V3 queued (HARDWARE-QUEUE § Any machine): visible warm shift
at location night + toggle/persistence on the swapped unit.
- **Next suggestion:** wallpapers artifact split (LATER, decided).
## 2026-07-11 — Sync-sweep rule + grooming + zram user docs (human-requested)
- **Task:** Bernardo: groom stale items and codify the check so they don't
recur; close the zram user-doc gap.
- **Did:** LOOP.md §5 gains step 4 **Sync sweep** (grep item/feature across
agent/+docs/ on ship; prune recorded `[x]` queue entries) + an AGENTS.md
rule line. Applied it: BACKLOG PROPOSED pruned (auto-theme pitch was
stale — shipped as #79; shipped/promoted placeholders removed; v1.0
pointer rewritten; FUTURE promoted-stub dropped). HARDWARE-QUEUE pruned
29 checked `[x]` entries (363→~250 lines), dangling refs reworded,
prune rule in header. README §3 now documents the zram default +
hibernation out-of-the-box + MIGRATION pointer.
- **Verified:** V0 (docs/meta only) — grep sweep for dangling refs clean.
- **Pending:** night-light geo mode next (same session).
- **Next suggestion:** wallpapers artifact split (LATER, decided).
## 2026-07-11 — Vendor-neutral agent docs restructure (human-requested)
- **Task:** Bernardo: de-vendor the agent instructions (multi-model repo),
clean stale files, better docs/agent/.claude structure.
- **Did:** New root `AGENTS.md` entry (CLAUDE.md → symlink). Skill bodies
moved to `agent/`: VERIFICATION.md (enforcement, ex-nomarchy skill),
DELEGATION.md (tiers light/standard/frontier + scout/runner contracts +
fan-out; consolidates CLAUDE.md table + LOOP §economy + skill §6.5),
THEME-DESIGN.md (ex-theme skill, now with frontmatterd shim). `.claude/`
is a thin adapter (shims route into `agent/`). Maps updated (agent/,
docs/, README tree). Stale: `.gitignore` old_distro entry dropped; local
result*/__pycache__ removed. JOURNAL rotated (29 kept, 120 →
JOURNAL-ARCHIVE.md).
- **Verified:** V0 — `nix flake check --no-build` exit 0 with the symlink
tracked; vendor-name grep clean outside DELEGATION's mapping table.
- **Pending:** nothing; other harnesses add their own adapter row when used.
- **Next suggestion:** #76/#79 remain [blocked:hw]; otherwise groom PROPOSED.
## 2026-07-11 — #76 checks.hibernate-swapfile (VM-verify the swapfile+offset)
- **Task:** Bernardo — push #76's swapfile-resume residual into a VM (like
the auto-theme sunset trick).
- **Did:** Tried a full runtime-swapfile hibernate→resume test; it hit a
bounded, definitive **`CanHibernate=no`** — systemd won't hibernate to a
swap that isn't declared in the boot config, and a runtime-computed
`resume_offset` can't reach the boot cmdline (the genuine chicken-and-egg).
First cut also had an **unbounded `wait_for_shutdown`** that hung → killed
it, bounded the wait in a thread (180s) + a `CanHibernate` pre-check, which
is what surfaced the clean verdict. Pivoted `checks.hibernate-swapfile` to
what a VM *can* prove deterministically and the partition test can't: the
installer swapfile **build + offset** — NOCOW `mkswapfile`, file-type
swapon, valid `map-swapfile -r` offset accepted by `/sys/power/resume_offset`,
zram above it. (Device fix: `/dev/vdb` once `useNixStoreImage` was dropped.)
- **Verified:** **V2 PASS** (fresh build, exit 0). BACKLOG/ROADMAP updated;
#76 residual narrowed to the literal encrypted power-cycle (dev box runs it).
- **Lesson:** the sunset-trick spirit applies but not always the full cycle —
when systemd/kernel gates the behaviour (CanHibernate), verify the
*construction* deterministically and leave only the physical cycle to HW.
Always bound `wait_for_shutdown` (no timeout param → thread + join).
- **Next suggestion:** #76/#79 both `[blocked:hw]`; QA / PROPOSED otherwise.
## 2026-07-11 — Code-review fixes (parallel review of the session batch)
- **Task:** Bernardo asked for parallel work; spawned a fresh-eyes opus
review of `2055842..HEAD` (static). It found the batch sound — 2 real LOW
edge bugs, 1 false positive, 1 cosmetic.
- **Did:** (1) `cmd_auto` — inverted sunrise/sunset (sunrise > sunset) went
perpetually day; replaced the `not between` shortcut with a real
wrap-around `mins >= sunrise or mins < sunset`, so a cross-midnight day
window switches both ways. (2) `rofi.nix` autotheme HH:MM guard tightened
`[0-2][0-9]` → `[01][0-9]|2[0-3]` so 2429 are rejected. Dismissed the
`breeze` finding (papirus DOES ship breeze/breeze-dark — verified) and the
cosmetic doctor-RAM one.
- **Verified:** py_compile; boundary truth-table (normal + wrap-around);
HH:MM case table (23:00/19:59/20:00 accept, 24/25/30:00 reject); `auto
--which` normal-case unchanged; menu bash -n; flake check green. Normal
case unchanged so `checks.auto-theme` still holds.
- **Pending:** hibernate-swapfile VM test still running (uncommitted flake.nix).
- **Next suggestion:** land hibernate-swapfile once its VM test returns.
## 2026-07-10 — #79 V2: checks.auto-theme (simulated sunset) — was mis-framed V3
- **Task:** Bernardo challenged the "V3 real-session" framing — a simulated
sunset IS VM-testable. He's right; I'd conflated "needs a real desktop"
with "needs the generic home-manager switch."
- **Did:** Added `checks.auto-theme` runNixOSTest: installs nomarchy-theme-sync,
points `NOMARCHY_DEFAULT_THEMES` at presets, stubs the switch via
`NOMARCHY_REBUILD` (a marker), configures the pair+schedule, then **walks
the VM clock** 19:55→20:05→20:06→next-day 07:30 asserting slug goes
summer-day → night (1 rebuild) → night (idempotent, still 1) → day (2). The
self-gating I relied on: presets via env, wallpaper/notify no-op headless,
run_switch honors NOMARCHY_REBUILD + waybar nudge is check=False.
- **Verified:** **V2 PASS** — `nix build .#checks…auto-theme` fresh, exit 0.
Dropped #79's `[blocked:hw]`; it's done (V2). Updated ROADMAP.
- **Lesson:** don't default "timer/session feature" to V3 — stub only the
generic step (the real HM switch, covered elsewhere) and simulate the rest
(clock) headlessly. Only the literal timer-fires-on-OnCalendar is on-HW,
and its schedule is systemd-analyze-validated.
- **Next suggestion:** NEXT head #76 `[blocked:hw]`; else QA / PROPOSED.
## 2026-07-10 — #79 slice 3: Look & Feel Auto theme menu (#79 complete)
- **Task:** BACKLOG #79 slice 3 — the menu; completes the feature.
- **Did:** `rofi.nix` — "Auto theme (on/off)" row in Look & Feel + an
`autotheme)` submenu: toggle, pick day/night (from
`nomarchy-theme-sync list`), set sunrise/sunset (HH:MM input, validated).
Enable writes the flag + defaults the summer pair `--no-switch`, then
`exec auto --force` — one rebuild installs the timer AND applies the right
theme. Disable is instant `--no-switch` (`auto` self-gates; the lingering
timer no-ops). Day/night/times are live `--no-switch`.
- **Verified:** **V1** — HM generation builds (`writeShellScriptBin` bash -n
on nomarchy-menu passes) + bash -n on the built menu. **Logic test**
(stubbed rofi/theme-sync/notify): selecting "Auto theme (off)" runs exactly
`set day summer-day`, `set night summer-night`, `set enable true`
(all `--no-switch`), then `auto --force` — the intended one-rebuild path.
Disable path is static-clear (set false `--no-switch`, no `auto`); a
stateful-stub dynamic test would loop (stub doesn't reflect the flip). V0
flake check green. **#79 collapsed to `[blocked:hw]`** (all 3 slices done;
only live-session switch remains, needs a Nomarchy machine).
- **Pending:** V3 real-session (timer switches day↔night across sunset).
- **Next suggestion:** NEXT head #76/#79 both `[blocked:hw]`; QA/PROPOSED.
## 2026-07-10 — #79 slice 2: auto-theme systemd timer
- **Task:** BACKLOG #79 slice 2 — the timer/hook.
- **Did:** `modules/home/autotheme.nix` (imported in home default.nix):
`systemd.user.{service,timer}.nomarchy-auto-theme`, install gated on
`config.nomarchy.settings.autoTheme.enable or false` (state-driven, like
updates.nix gates on its enable). Service runs `nomarchy-theme-sync auto`
with a PATH for `home-manager`; timer `OnStartupSec=1min` +
`OnCalendar=*:0/15` + `Persistent`. Chose periodic over exact
sunrise/sunset timers — robust to suspend/DST, and `auto` is idempotent so
ticks are cheap (rebuild only at the transition).
- **Verified:** **V1** — real-config eval (state temp-enabled, restored):
`settings.autoTheme.enable`→true, timer `OnCalendar`=`*:0/15`, service
ExecStart=`… nomarchy-theme-sync auto`; disabled→no units (isolation eval
condition=false). `systemd-analyze calendar '*:0/15'` valid. **V0** flake
check green. (Gotcha: a new .nix file is invisible to the flake until
`git add` — flake eval only sees tracked files.)
- **Pending:** live timer→`home-manager switch` on a real Nomarchy session
(needs a Nomarchy machine, like #76). Slice 3 (menu) next.
- **Next suggestion:** #79 slice 3 — Look & Feel Auto theme menu.
## 2026-07-10 — #79 slice 1: auto time-of-day theme CLI primitive
- **Task:** Split BACKLOG #79 (`VISION § D`, `[big]`) into 3 slices (CLI /
timer / menu); took slice 1.
- **Did:** `nomarchy-theme-sync auto` — reads
`settings.autoTheme.{enable,day,night,sunrise,sunset}`, computes day/night
by the local clock, and applies the matching preset **only if different**
(idempotent → the slice-2 timer won't rebuild needlessly). `--which`
prints the decision without switching; `--force`/`--no-switch` too.
Factored `cmd_apply`'s core into `apply_named` so `auto` reuses the exact
same one engine (GOALS: no second pipeline).
- **Verified:** **V1** package builds; functional tests on the built bin
against scratch state: wide-day→day slug, 00:0000:01 window→night,
disabled→no-op, missing day/night→die, `auto --no-switch` writes state,
re-run→"already on" no-op, plain `apply` still writes (refactor intact).
**V0** py_compile + flake check + `checks.theme-sync-validate` green.
- **Pending:** slices 2 (systemd sunrise/sunset timers + login apply, V2)
and 3 (Look & Feel menu) remain under #79.
- **Next suggestion:** #79 slice 2 — the timer/hook (V2 runNixOSTest).