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 {"id":"bd-etyv","title":"Smart --var detection for mol distill","description":"Implemented bidirectional syntax support for mol distill --var flag.\n\n**Problem:**\n- spawn uses: --var variable=value (assignment style)\n- distill used: --var value=variable (substitution style)\n- Agents would naturally guess spawn-style for both\n\n**Solution:**\nSmart detection that accepts BOTH syntaxes by checking which side appears in the epic text:\n- --var branch=feature-auth → finds 'feature-auth' in text → works\n- --var feature-auth=branch → finds 'feature-auth' in text → also works\n\n**Changes:**\n- Added parseDistillVar() with smart detection\n- Added collectSubgraphText() helper\n- Restructured runMolDistill to load subgraph before parsing vars\n- Updated help text to document both syntaxes\n- Added comprehensive tests in mol_test.go\n\n**Edge cases handled:**\n- Both sides found: prefers spawn-style (more common guess)\n- Neither found: helpful error message\n- Empty sides: validation error\n- Values containing '=' (e.g., KEY=VALUE): works via SplitN\n\nEmbodies the Beads philosophy: watch what agents do, make their guess correct.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T11:08:50.83923-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T11:08:56.432536-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T11:08:56.432536-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented"}
 {"id":"bd-exy3","title":"Ephemeral patrol molecules leaking into beads","description":"## Problem\n\nEphemeral patrol orchestration molecules (e.g., mol-deacon-patrol, wisp step issues) keep appearing in `bd ready` output in gastown beads.\n\nThese are ephemeral/wisp issues that should:\n1. Never be synced to the beads-sync branch\n2. Live only in .beads-wisp/ (ephemeral storage)\n3. Be squashed to digests, not persisted as regular beads\n\n## Examples found\n\n- gt-wisp-6ue: mol-deacon-patrol\n- gt-pacdm: mol-deacon-patrol  \n- gt-wisp-mpm: Check own context limit\n- gt-wisp-lkc: Clean dead sessions\n\n## Investigation needed\n\n1. Where are these being created? (gt mol bond? manual bd create?)\n2. Why are they using the gt- prefix instead of staying ephemeral?\n3. Is the wisp storage (.beads-wisp/) being used correctly?\n4. Is bd sync accidentally picking up ephemeral issues?\n\n## Expected behavior\n\nPatrol molecules and their steps should be ephemeral and never appear in `bd ready` or `bd list`.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-27T17:04:16.51075-08:00","created_by":"gastown/crew/joe","updated_at":"2025-12-27T19:18:16.809273-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-27T19:18:16.809273-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to gastown: gt-glisw"}
 {"id":"bd-eyto","title":"Time-dependent tests may be flaky near TTL boundary","description":"Several tombstone merge tests use time.Now() to create test data: time.Now().Add(-24 * time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-60 * 24 * time.Hour), etc. While these work reliably in practice (24h vs 30d TTL has large margin), they could theoretically be flaky if: 1) Tests run slowly, 2) System clock changes during test, 3) TTL constants change. Recommendation: Consider using a fixed reference time or time injection for deterministic tests. Lower priority since current margin is large. Files: internal/merge/merge_test.go:1337-1338, 1352-1353, 1548-1549, 1590-1591","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-05T16:37:02.348143-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-05T16:37:02.348143-08:00"}
-{"id":"bd-f0wm","title":"Swarm status doesn't update after task completions","description":"During swarm bd-784c, the swarm status remained at '9% (1/11 tasks merged)' even after 5 tasks were completed and closed.\n\n**Observed:**\n```\ngt swarm status bd-784c\nProgress: 9% (1/11 tasks merged)\n```\n\nBut bd list showed 4+ issues closed:\n- bd-j3dj, bd-kkka, bd-1tkd, bd-9btu all closed\n\n**Expected:**\nSwarm status should reflect actual completion count, either by:\n1. Polling issue status from beads\n2. Updating when polecats close issues\n3. Updating when commits are pushed to integration branch\n\n**Impact:**\nCoordinator (me) had to manually check bd list to know actual progress.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:49.27816-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:49.27816-08:00"}
+{"id":"bd-f0wm","title":"Swarm status doesn't update after task completions","description":"During swarm bd-784c, the swarm status remained at '9% (1/11 tasks merged)' even after 5 tasks were completed and closed.\n\n**Observed:**\n```\ngt swarm status bd-784c\nProgress: 9% (1/11 tasks merged)\n```\n\nBut bd list showed 4+ issues closed:\n- bd-j3dj, bd-kkka, bd-1tkd, bd-9btu all closed\n\n**Expected:**\nSwarm status should reflect actual completion count, either by:\n1. Polling issue status from beads\n2. Updating when polecats close issues\n3. Updating when commits are pushed to integration branch\n\n**Impact:**\nCoordinator (me) had to manually check bd list to know actual progress.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:49.27816-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:20.098792-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:20.098792-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to gastown: gt-1rxz5"}
 {"id":"bd-f3ll","title":"Merge: bd-ot0w","description":"branch: polecat/dementus\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: bd-ot0w\nrig: beads","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T23:20:33.495772-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:27.000252-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:27.000252-08:00","close_reason":"Branches nuked, MRs obsolete"}
 {"id":"bd-f526","title":"Deacon Patrol","description":"Mayor's daemon patrol loop for handling callbacks, health checks, and cleanup.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"molecule","created_at":"2025-12-27T18:14:20.809207-08:00","created_by":"deacon","updated_at":"2025-12-27T18:14:20.809207-08:00"}
 {"id":"bd-f5cc","title":"Thread Test","description":"Testing the thread feature","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","created_at":"2025-12-16T18:21:01.244501-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-f5cc","depends_on_id":"bd-x36g","type":"supersedes","created_at":"2025-12-18T13:45:31.137191-08:00","created_by":"migration"}],"deleted_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"message"}
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 {"id":"bd-fbl9","title":"Test parent task","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-27T23:26:53.012747-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/emma","updated_at":"2025-12-27T23:27:40.44858-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-27T23:27:40.44858-08:00","close_reason":"Test issues, cleanup"}
 {"id":"bd-fcl1","title":"Merge: bd-au0.5","description":"branch: polecat/Searcher\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: bd-au0.5\nrig: beads","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:39:11.946667-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T19:12:08.346454-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T19:12:08.346454-08:00","close_reason":"Stale merge-requests from orphaned polecat branches - refinery not processing"}
 {"id":"bd-fd0w","title":"Witness Patrol","description":"Per-rig worker monitor patrol loop with progressive nudging.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"molecule","created_at":"2025-12-27T18:14:26.008274-08:00","created_by":"deacon","updated_at":"2025-12-27T18:14:26.008274-08:00"}
-{"id":"bd-fedb","title":"Polecats should spawn with auto-accept mode enabled","description":"During swarm bd-784c, polecats (Toast, Nux) were spawned without --dangerously-skip-permissions or equivalent auto-accept mode.\n\n**Problem:**\nEvery edit, bash command, and tool use required manual confirmation via tmux send-keys. This defeats the purpose of autonomous polecat operation.\n\n**Expected:**\nPolecats in a swarm should run with permissions bypassed so they can work autonomously.\n\n**Workaround used:**\n- Manually sent Enter keys via tmux to accept prompts\n- Eventually polecats entered 'bypass permissions on' mode after restart\n\n**Suggestion:**\n- gt sling should pass --dangerously-skip-permissions by default for polecats\n- Or polecats should have a .claude/settings.local.json pre-configured for auto-accept","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:47.061327-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:47.061327-08:00"}
+{"id":"bd-fedb","title":"Polecats should spawn with auto-accept mode enabled","description":"During swarm bd-784c, polecats (Toast, Nux) were spawned without --dangerously-skip-permissions or equivalent auto-accept mode.\n\n**Problem:**\nEvery edit, bash command, and tool use required manual confirmation via tmux send-keys. This defeats the purpose of autonomous polecat operation.\n\n**Expected:**\nPolecats in a swarm should run with permissions bypassed so they can work autonomously.\n\n**Workaround used:**\n- Manually sent Enter keys via tmux to accept prompts\n- Eventually polecats entered 'bypass permissions on' mode after restart\n\n**Suggestion:**\n- gt sling should pass --dangerously-skip-permissions by default for polecats\n- Or polecats should have a .claude/settings.local.json pre-configured for auto-accept","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:47.061327-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:19.109728-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:19.109728-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to gastown: gt-8f0zv"}
 {"id":"bd-fej5","title":"bd hook: detect agent from cwd instead of defaulting to $USER","description":"**Problem:**\n`bd hook` without `--agent` defaults to `$USER` (e.g., \"stevey\") instead of detecting the agent identity from the current working directory.\n\n**Expected behavior:**\nWhen running from `/Users/stevey/gt/beads/crew/dave`, the agent should be detected as `beads/crew/dave`.\n\n**Current behavior:**\n```bash\n$ pwd\n/Users/stevey/gt/beads/crew/dave\n$ bd hook\nHook: stevey\n  (empty)\n\n$ bd hook --agent beads/crew/dave\nHook: beads/crew/dave\n  📌 bd-hobo (mol) - open\n```\n\n**Fix:**\nbd hook should use the same cwd-based agent detection that other commands use (similar to how `gt mail` determines identity from cwd).","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-24T20:01:27.613892-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-25T12:41:10.65257-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-25T12:41:10.65257-08:00","close_reason":"Obsolete: fix belongs in gastown - gt should set BD_ACTOR env var when spawning agents. bd already checks BD_ACTOR."}
 {"id":"bd-ffjt","title":"Unify template.go and mol.go under bd mol","description":"Consolidate the two DAG-template systems into one under the mol command. mol.go (on rictus branch) has the right UX (catalog/show/bond), template.go has the mechanics. Merge them, deprecate bd template commands.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T23:52:13.208972-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T00:01:59.283765-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T00:01:59.283765-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented mol commands with deprecation for template commands"}
 {"id":"bd-fgw3","title":"Update local installation","description":"Run install script or brew upgrade to get new version locally: curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:05.052016-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T00:49:51.928221-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T00:25:52.805029-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-fgw3","depends_on_id":"bd-6s61","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:15.248427-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"bd-fgw3","depends_on_id":"bd-si4g","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:23.497325-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 {"id":"bd-rp4o","title":"Deleted issues resurrect during bd sync (tombstones not propagating)","description":"## Problem\n\nWhen issues are deleted with bd delete --force, they get deleted from the local DB but resurrect during the next bd sync.\n\n## Reproduction\n\n1. Observe orphan warnings (bd-cb64c226.*, bd-cbed9619.*)\n2. Delete them: bd delete bd-cb64c226.1 ... --force\n3. Run bd sync\n4. Orphan warnings reappear - issues were resurrected!\n\n## Root Cause Hypothesis\n\nThe sync branch workflow (beads-sync) has the old state before deletions. When bd sync pulls from beads-sync and copies JSONL to main, the deleted issues are re-imported.\n\nTombstones may not be properly:\n1. Written to beads-sync during export\n2. Propagated during pull/merge\n3. Honored during import\n\n## Related\n\n- bd-7b7h: chicken-and-egg sync.branch bug (same workflow)\n- bd-ncwo: ID-based fallback matching to prevent ghost resurrection\n\n## Files to Investigate\n\n- cmd/bd/sync.go (export/import flow)\n- internal/syncbranch/worktree.go (PullFromSyncBranch, copyJSONLToMainRepo)\n- internal/importer/ (tombstone handling)","status":"tombstone","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:09:43.072696-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"bug"}
 {"id":"bd-rrjo","title":"Swarm: Test coordinator display","description":"Swarm molecule orchestrating epic bd-2rkr.\n\nEpic: bd-2rkr\nCoordinator: ","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"molecule","created_at":"2025-12-28T22:00:50.527754-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T22:00:50.527754-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-rrjo","depends_on_id":"bd-2rkr","type":"relates-to","created_at":"2025-12-28T22:00:50.528518-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave"}]}
 {"id":"bd-rs5a","title":"Test agent bead","description":"Testing new agent type","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-27T23:36:57.594945-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-27T23:37:15.583616-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-27T23:37:15.583616-08:00","close_reason":"Test beads for schema change"}
-{"id":"bd-ruio","title":"Polecat sessions terminate unexpectedly during work","description":"During swarm bd-784c, polecat sessions (Toast, Nux) terminated mid-task without completing their work.\n\n**Observed:**\n- Polecats were actively working (edits in progress, tests running)\n- Sessions suddenly showed 'not running' in gt polecat status\n- tmux sessions existed but were empty/reset\n- Work was partially complete (some commits made, issue still open)\n\n**Timeline example:**\n1. Toast working on bd-1tkd, making edits\n2. Check status 30s later - session empty, state shows 'idle'\n3. Had to re-sling to restart\n\n**Impact:**\n- Lost work progress\n- Required manual intervention to restart\n- Unclear if work was saved/committed\n\n**Possible causes:**\n- Session timeout?\n- Claude Code crash?\n- Resource limit?\n\n**Suggestion:**\n- Add session health monitoring\n- Auto-restart on unexpected termination\n- Log session exit reasons","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:18:09.014372-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T16:18:09.014372-08:00"}
+{"id":"bd-ruio","title":"Polecat sessions terminate unexpectedly during work","description":"During swarm bd-784c, polecat sessions (Toast, Nux) terminated mid-task without completing their work.\n\n**Observed:**\n- Polecats were actively working (edits in progress, tests running)\n- Sessions suddenly showed 'not running' in gt polecat status\n- tmux sessions existed but were empty/reset\n- Work was partially complete (some commits made, issue still open)\n\n**Timeline example:**\n1. Toast working on bd-1tkd, making edits\n2. Check status 30s later - session empty, state shows 'idle'\n3. Had to re-sling to restart\n\n**Impact:**\n- Lost work progress\n- Required manual intervention to restart\n- Unclear if work was saved/committed\n\n**Possible causes:**\n- Session timeout?\n- Claude Code crash?\n- Resource limit?\n\n**Suggestion:**\n- Add session health monitoring\n- Auto-restart on unexpected termination\n- Log session exit reasons","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:18:09.014372-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:20.983555-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:20.983555-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to gastown: gt-i7wcn"}
 {"id":"bd-rupw","title":"Run bump-version.sh 0.30.7","description":"Run ./scripts/bump-version.sh 0.30.7 to update version in all files","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:48.649647-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T22:57:31.512956-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T22:57:31.512956-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-rupw","depends_on_id":"bd-8pyn","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:48.653475-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]}
 {"id":"bd-rx6o","title":"Test Child Task","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-27T22:15:23.27506-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-27T22:16:35.925357-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T22:16:35.925357-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"bd-rze6","title":"Digest: Release v0.34.0 @ 2025-12-22 12:16","description":"Released v0.34.0: wisp commands, chemistry UX, cross-project deps","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:16:53.033119-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T12:16:53.033119-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T12:16:53.033025-08:00","close_reason":"Squashed from wisp bd-25c (20 issues)"}
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
 {"id":"bd-si4g","title":"Verify release artifacts","description":"Check GitHub releases page - binaries for darwin/linux/windows should be available","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:04.183029-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T00:49:51.92894-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T00:25:52.720816-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-si4g","depends_on_id":"bd-6s61","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:15.173619-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"bd-si4g","depends_on_id":"bd-otli","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:56:23.428507-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"bd-siz1","title":"GH#532: bd sync circular error (suggests running bd sync)","description":"bd sync error message recommends running bd sync to fix the bd sync error. Fix error handling to provide useful guidance. See GitHub issue #532.","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-16T01:04:00.543573-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-17T16:11:17.070763-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"bug"}
 {"id":"bd-sj5y","title":"Daemon should be singleton and aggressively kill stale instances","description":"Found 2 bd daemons running (PIDs 76868, 77515) during shutdown. The daemon should:\n\n1. Be a singleton - only one instance per rig allowed\n2. On startup, check for existing daemon and kill it before starting\n3. Use a PID file or lock file to enforce this\n\nCurrently stale daemons can accumulate, causing confusion and resource waste.","notes":"**Investigation 2025-12-21:**\n\nThe singleton mechanism is already implemented and working correctly:\n\n1. **daemon.lock** uses flock (exclusive non-blocking) to prevent duplicate daemons\n2. **bd.sock.startlock** coordinates concurrent auto-starts via O_CREATE|O_EXCL\n3. **Registry** tracks all daemons globally in ~/.beads/registry.json\n\nTesting shows:\n- Trying to start a second daemon gives: 'Error: daemon already running (PID X)'\n- Multiple daemons for *different* rigs is expected/correct behavior\n\nThe original report ('Found 2 bd daemons running PIDs 76868, 77515') was likely:\n1. Two daemons for different rigs (expected), OR\n2. An edge case that's since been fixed\n\nConsider closing as RESOLVED or clarifying the original scenario.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-21T01:29:14.778949-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T11:27:34.302585-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T11:27:34.302585-08:00","close_reason":"Singleton mechanism already implemented and verified working. Uses flock-based daemon.lock + O_CREATE|O_EXCL startlock. Testing confirms 'daemon already running' error on duplicate start attempts."}
-{"id":"bd-soig","title":"Sling reports 'already pinned' but mol status shows empty hook","description":"During swarm operations, gt sling reported beads were 'already pinned' but gt mol status showed nothing on the hook.\n\n**Observed:**\n```\n$ gt sling bd-9btu beads/Nux\nError: bead bd-9btu is already pinned to gt-beads-nux\n\n$ gt mol status beads/Nux\nNothing on hook - no work slung\n```\n\n**Expected:**\nIf a bead is pinned, mol status should show it. If mol status shows empty, sling should work.\n\n**Workaround:**\nUsed --force flag to re-sling, which worked.\n\n**Root cause hypothesis:**\nAgent bead state may be stored in town beads but polecat's local view doesn't see it, or the pin record exists but session state is stale.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:50.561021-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:50.561021-08:00"}
+{"id":"bd-soig","title":"Sling reports 'already pinned' but mol status shows empty hook","description":"During swarm operations, gt sling reported beads were 'already pinned' but gt mol status showed nothing on the hook.\n\n**Observed:**\n```\n$ gt sling bd-9btu beads/Nux\nError: bead bd-9btu is already pinned to gt-beads-nux\n\n$ gt mol status beads/Nux\nNothing on hook - no work slung\n```\n\n**Expected:**\nIf a bead is pinned, mol status should show it. If mol status shows empty, sling should work.\n\n**Workaround:**\nUsed --force flag to re-sling, which worked.\n\n**Root cause hypothesis:**\nAgent bead state may be stored in town beads but polecat's local view doesn't see it, or the pin record exists but session state is stale.","status":"closed","priority":3,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-28T16:17:50.561021-08:00","created_by":"beads/crew/dave","updated_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:22.838484-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-28T22:14:22.838484-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to gastown: gt-m7tz0"}
 {"id":"bd-srsk","title":"Gate eval: Add error visibility for gh CLI failures","description":"Currently evalGHRunGate and evalGHPRGate silently swallow errors when the gh CLI fails (lines 738-741, 780-783 in gate.go).\n\nThis makes debugging difficult - if gh isn't installed, auth fails, or network issues occur, gates silently stall forever with no indication of why.\n\nOptions:\n1. Add debug logging when gh fails\n2. Return error info in the skipped list for aggregate reporting\n3. Add a --verbose flag to gate eval that shows failures\n\nLow priority since the fail-safe behavior (don't close gate on error) is correct.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-25T23:13:11.718635-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-25T23:13:11.718635-08:00"}
 {"id":"bd-su45","title":"Protect pinned issues from bd cleanup/compact","description":"Update bd cleanup and bd compact to never delete pinned issues, even if they are closed. Pinned issues should persist indefinitely as reference material.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T23:33:46.204783-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T17:43:35.712617-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T00:43:04.06406-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"bd-su45","depends_on_id":"bd-0vg","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T23:33:56.64582-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"bd-su45","depends_on_id":"bd-7h5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T23:34:07.857586-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"bd-sumr","title":"Merge: bd-t4sb","description":"branch: polecat/capable\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: bd-t4sb\nrig: beads","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T23:22:21.343724-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:26.997992-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:26.997992-08:00","close_reason":"Branches nuked, MRs obsolete"}