Build Log · October 31, 2026

Ignite v3 earns its place,

v3 was exercised by headless sessions, promoted to master, then beat v1 on 2 of 3 blind-graded real tasks; the evaluation surfaced a live vulnerable app and a deploy breakage, both fixed before the WARD-0008 upgrade shipped to seven apps.

  • Ignite v3
  • Witness
  • Ward
  • Security
  • Deploy
real tasks where v3 beat v1, graded blind
2 of 3

real tasks where v3 beat v1, graded blind

starting context tokens, v3 vs v1
~64.5k vs ~160k

starting context tokens, v3 vs v1

apps live on next 16.4.3 (Alloy building at close)
7

apps live on next 16.4.3 (Alloy building at close)

deploy-tooling gaps found and fixed before customer requests hit them
2

deploy-tooling gaps found and fixed before customer requests hit them

Timeline

  1. Night

    Scenario evaluation and promotion

    Nine headless v3 sessions behind a write-blocking sandbox against 8 written criteria; three fixes forced (Alloy's one DB is production, Crucible enforced before first edit, a hook test that claimed main); merged 9fc1a03e

  2. Overnight

    Real work, v1 vs v3, blind

    Three backlog tasks run on both versions from a clean install; an independent judge graded each pair blind; v3 won R2 (twice, both orders) and R3, v1 won R1 narrowly

  3. Morning

    WARD-0008 shipped

    v3's verified upgrade plus residual merged (919267e3); deploy tooling fixed for next 16.4 (cc064af1, 800ed632); seven apps deployed and checked live

What shipped

  • .claude/hooks/lib/crucible-gate.mjs + tests — pre-build Crucible required before the first edit in interactive sessions

  • .claude/hooks/witness-stop.mjs + ignition-core §1.65 — a review landing on a handback ends with a standalone close (3522cb6e)

  • .claude/rules/triggers.md + CLAUDE.md — dependency sweeps cover the 13 standalone apps; residual's row restored (4f278511)

  • forgekit-os/scripts/lib/isolated-checkout.mjs + test — installs instead of linking for next >= 16.4, then builds workspace packages (cc064af1, 800ed632)

  • next 16.4.3 + patched postcss across the monorepo and residual (919267e3); community-org template lockfile (ad276394)

  • forgekit-os/ignite-v3/evaluation-2026-10-31.md and real-work-evaluation-2026-10-31.md — criteria written first, results with evidence

  • Smith daily inbox routine (trig_01NnSV6hX9hQdTbdC6kdJEsm) — STEP 1 now works priority:p0 first