- Mandate the use of `gh run view` for empirical log verification rather than static code inspection.
- Update interactive mode prompt to allow the agent to retain task context and run the unblocking protocol when following up on its own PRs.
This update resolves the bot's persistent focus on already-completed tasks:
- Moves and syncs lessons-learned.md to tools/gemini-cli-bot/ to ensure persistent memory.
- Marks metrics fixes, prompt hardenings, and user rejection signals as DONE in the ledger.
- Implements the CI matrix optimization (Node 20.x for PRs) the bot was re-attempting.
- This forces the bot to rotate to a new domain in the next run by satisfying its current goals.
This update hardens the bot's reasoning and validation layers to stop thrashing and ensure technical quality:
- Mandates local validation (lint, build, test) in Brain and Critique prompts.
- Uncaps bottleneck metrics (zombie issues, priority distribution) to 1000 items.
- Enhances PR awareness to handle multiple bot identities and exclude release PRs.
- Formally defines closed (unmerged) PRs as explicit user rejection signals.
- Strengthens domain rotation and anti-pigeonholing enforcement.
Fixes the throughput metrics script and introduces new visibility into backlog bottlenecks and priority distribution.
### Changes
- **Throughput Fixes**: Resolved a `ReferenceError` where `isMaintainer` was not correctly scoped, fixed a malformed license header, and added a new metric for `issue_arrival_rate_per_day` to enable growth-vs-closure analysis.
- **Backlog Bottlenecks**: Introduced `bottlenecks.ts` to identify "Zombie" issues (no activity > 30 days) and "Hot" issues (high activity).
- **Priority Distribution**: Introduced `priority_distribution.ts` to track the count of open issues by priority level (P0-P3).
### Impact
These metrics will provide the necessary data to confirm if the repository is experiencing systemic backlog growth (Arrival Rate > Throughput) and help identify which segments of the backlog require urgent triage.
Christian Gunderman