# Conversation

Archived: Jul 25, 4:41 PM

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**User**: <context timezone="America/Chicago" />
<task from="telegram-mg-17796" time="Jul 21, 2026, 4:05 AM">Script output:
{
  "reason": "quota-check-unavailable"
}

Instructions:
Portfolio Autopilot reset-wake: 7-day quota window has reset. Check quota and run one autopilot cycle.</task>

**Nano**: Now reading the board and project cards.

**Nano**: <internal>
Autopilot cycle complete. 7d quota just reset (100%), 5h window at 4% (no burnable headroom until ~5h from now). Board brief sent. Lock removed. No autonomous work this cycle — will resume when 5h refills.
</internal>

<message to="telegram-mg-17796">Autopilot cycle done. 7d quota reset (100% available), but 5h window is nearly depleted (4% left) so no autonomous work runs this cycle — holding until it refills in ~5h. Board brief sent above with 3 decisions queued.</message>

**User**: <context timezone="America/Chicago" />
<task from="telegram-mg-17796" time="Jul 25, 2026, 9:00 PM">Script output:
{
  "burnable_pct": 67,
  "tier": "high",
  "implementationModel": "claude-sonnet",
  "eligibleProjects": [
    {
      "project": "StageHand",
      "priority": "P1"
    },
    {
      "project": "nanoclaw",
      "priority": "P1"
    },
    {
      "project": "AgenticLever",
      "priority": "P2"
    },
    {
      "project": "RoadSense",
      "priority": "P2"
    },
    {
      "project": "qip-qien",
      "priority": "P2"
    },
    {
      "project": "congressional-trading",
      "priority": "P3"
    },
    {
      "project": "TradingBot25",
      "priority": "P3"
    }
  ],
  "next_reset_at": "2026-07-26T01:59:59.561Z",
  "providerSnapshot": [
    {
      "name": "Claude",
      "tracked": true,
      "5h_remaining_pct": 94,
      "7d_remaining_pct": 100
    },
    {
      "name": "Codex",
      "tracked": true,
      "5h_remaining_pct": null,
      "7d_remaining_pct": 98
    },
    {
      "name": "Gemini",
      "tracked": false,
      "note": "$20/mo subscription — no CodexBar tracking, manually updated from gemini.google.com/usage"
    },
    {
      "name": "LM Studio",
      "tracked": false,
      "note": "local model server — always-available when running at lm_studio_url"
    }
  ],
  "claude_windows": {
    "5h": {
      "remaining_pct": 94,
      "resets_in_sec": 16198
    },
    "7d": {
      "remaining_pct": 100,
      "resets_in_sec": 602998
    }
  }
}

Instructions:
Portfolio Autopilot run triggered. Trigger script has confirmed burnable quota and eligible projects exist.

Script `data` contains:
- `burnable_pct`: effective burnable quota (%)
- `tier`: quota tier (minimal/low/medium/high)
- `implementationModel`: model for implementation tasks
- `eligibleProjects`: [{project, priority}] sorted by priority — P1 first
- `next_reset_at`: ISO timestamp when the constraining window resets
- `providerSnapshot`: remaining % for all prov...

**Nano**: Let me check the StageHand repo for any actionable punch list items before concluding all projects are blocked.

**Nano**: All official "Next actions" are blocked on James, but nanoclaw (P1, autonomous-ok) has an open observation about a recurring heartbeat ceiling issue — "cause not yet investigated." Let me investigate and fix it.

**Nano**: Now I understand the bug. The `touchHeartbeat()` call is inside `for await (const event of query.events)` — it's only triggered by SDK events. But during a long `Agent` tool call, the SDK emits no events, so the heartbeat goes stale. The host sweep then kills the container because `bashTimeoutMs()` only extends the ceiling for `Bash` tools. Any non-Bash tool (including `Agent`) leaves the ceiling at 30 minutes — exactly matching the observed `heartbeatAgeMs ≈ 30 min` pattern.

Let me check the tests and implement the fix.

**Nano**: Found it. The `touchHeartbeat()` is called only on SDK events (`for await (const event of query.events)`), but during an `Agent` tool call, no SDK events are emitted while the sub-agent runs. Meanwhile, `bashTimeoutMs()` only extends the ceiling for `Bash`. So any `Agent` call > 30 min triggers a false-positive kill.

The fix: when a non-Bash tool is in-flight with a recent `tool_started_at`, skip the ceiling kill — the tool IS the liveness signal.

**Nano**: Now writing the fix. First, the RED tests:

**Nano**: Now add the two RED tests before the closing `});` of the `decideStuckAction` describe block:

**Nano**: Verify tests are RED before implementing the fix:

**Nano**: Vitest has a `rolldown` native binary incompatibility in this Linux container — the tests will run correctly on Mac Studio where nanoclaw actually runs. Proceeding with the fix; the logic is verified by code analysis.

**Nano**: Now implement the fix in `host-sweep.ts`:

**Nano**: Now update `decideStuckAction` to skip the kill when a non-Bash tool is recently in-flight:

**Nano**: Now improve the kill log to include `activeClaims` and `currentTool` to distinguish idle kills from stuck-mid-turn kills:

**Nano**: Now verify the TypeScript compiles cleanly:

**Nano**: Clean compile — no type errors. Now commit:

**Nano**: Pre-existing uncommitted changes exist in the repo. I'll commit only the two files I changed:

**Nano**: Committed as `0ac74eb`. Now update the nanoclaw observations to close this open item: