iter 175: SESSION_LOG addendum — captures iters 171-175 + the regen demotion bug catch

5d90ce1a7e3ca6f4ae8168beb1114155f4f222ea · 2026-05-06 20:26:00 -0700 · SteveStudio2

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Date:   Wed May 6 20:26:00 2026 -0700

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@@ -79,3 +79,24 @@ Backlog is genuinely drained. The remaining items all need *you*:
 Loop is paused for the night. Let me know when you're back.
 
 — ventura-corridor desk · 2026-05-06 · iter 170
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+## Addendum — loop re-fired, iters 171 → 175
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+You re-fired `/loop` after the debrief, so I kept going. Four more iters + one bug catch:
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+- **171** — wrote this debrief markdown + emailed it via George (messageId `19e0069bdd0a0be4`)
+- **172** — `/api/magazine/similar/:id` using pg_trgm word_similarity over first 480 chars. Diagnostic for editorial-body templating (deeper than headline-only).
+- **173** — `auto_dedupe_headlines.ts` enhanced to also catch trigram-templated headlines (3+ features sharing the same 3-word phrase) on top of exact-match dupes. Top trigrams confirmed at run-time: `"precision care encino's"` 5×, `"legal precision meets"` 5×, `"precision meets community"` 4×.
+- **174** — **bug fix**: `/api/magazine/:id/regen` was hard-coding `status='draft'` on success, which **demoted already-published features to draft** when auto-dedupe regenerated them. Caught it in flight: feature #30 ("Legal Expertise Rooted in Community") had been silently un-published. Restored it manually. Regen now preserves `status` (the curation state stays put). Also baked the same template-block list (iter 169) into the regen prompt for parity with fresh gen.
+- **175** — this addendum.
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+### Run-time observation
+The ad-hoc dedupe of iter 173 ran for ~10 min queued behind a `generate_features.ts 2000` job that was saturating Mac1 Ollama. 2 of 5 planned regens succeeded; 3 timed out with `fetch failed`. The 3:33 AM cron will retry under less Ollama pressure (gen workers respawn faster but in smaller bursts).
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+The lesson is that auto-dedupe should not run during a concurrent bulk-gen window. May add a "skip if generate_features.ts is running" guard later if it becomes a recurring pain.
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+Loop now genuinely paused (no further `ScheduleWakeup` until you re-fire).
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+— ventura-corridor desk · 2026-05-06 · iter 175

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