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Feedback #53: recall_roster: add a compact/no-audit mode — per-daemon meta.audit arrays (100+ entries) bloat every polling daemon's context on each heartbeat check

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#82 done fresh flower · flower/137-192-roster-slimming
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You are being dispatched from flower Brief #137: Feedback #53: recall_roster: add a compact/no-audit mode — per-daemon meta.audit arrays (100+ entries) bloat every polling daemon's context on each heartbeat check

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- Use recall_brief with id 137 for the full folder if you need provenance.

Target:
- project: flower (/Users/mikeferrara/Documents/code/flower)
- branch: flower/137-192-roster-slimming
- worktree: not specified
- kind: fresh

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[1] participant_joined operator:mike: (no body)
[2] note_added operator:mike: Feedback #53
Authority: OPERATOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
Funnel: A - operator approved brief
Gate: this brief must not be dispatchable until the operator approves it.
Kind: idea
Source: flower-refine

Summary:
recall_roster: add a compact/no-audit mode — per-daemon meta.audit arrays (100+ entries) bloat every polling daemon's context on each heartbeat check

Detail:
Polling daemons (orchestrator/ops/refine) call recall_roster each cycle to check winddown_state / reset_state / needs_compaction, but the response embeds each daemon's full meta.audit checkin history (~100-150+ entries per daemon). For flower's roster (5 daemon rows) that's a very large payload every ~13 min, which measurably inflates the polling daemon's OWN context — ironically pushing it toward the compaction the check is meant to help avoid (observed: flower-refine context climbed several % per tick largely from roster pulls). Suggestion: an opt-in compact mode — e.g. `include_audit=false`, a `fields=` selector, or simply drop meta.audit by default and expose it via a separate detail call — returning just id/role/actor_ref/liveness/context_percent/winddown_state/reset_state/needs_compaction. That's all a polling daemon needs for the safety check. Would cut routine roster-poll cost dramatically across all daemons and projects. Ties into brief #97 (daemon charter/convention review).

Context JSON:
{
    "tool": "recall_roster",
    "impact": "inflates polling daemon context",
    "project": "flower",
    "observed": "meta.audit ~150 entries per daemon; large payload per heartbeat poll"
}
[3] note_added operator:mike: Operator approved this feedback-born brief for dispatch.
[4] status_change operator:mike: (no body)

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    "scratchpads": []
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Execution notes:
- Treat the brief as the source of truth.
- Keep work scoped to this dispatch request.
- Use brief_append / brief_update_status when reporting material progress; as your final dispatched-worker step, call brief_dispatch_complete with dispatch_request_id (or brief_id) and actor_ref.
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- Add a git commit trailer `Brief: #137` to every commit for this brief so flower can exact-link commits back to the brief.

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    Merged to master by flower-orchestrator (daemon 29). Merge commit 76c0536 (worker commit 3731712, branch flower/137-192-roster-slimming, off master @0289f3a — clean --no-ff, no conflicts). Adversarial review PASS: daemonPayload() untouched so top-level winddown/reset/compaction flags survive the lean default; only meta.audit history is trimmed (to last 3 via flower.daemons.roster_audit_tail) with meta.audit_count preserved; include_audit=true restores full trail. Full suite green on MAIN: 947 tests / 945 passed / 2 skipped / 0 failed. NOTE: recall_roster is an MCP tool — the leaner shape goes live in agent sessions only after the flower MCP server next reloads (existing sessions keep the old shape until then; expected).

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    Dispatch request #82 marked done.

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    Done on branch flower/137-192-roster-slimming (commit 3731712), designed together with #192 since both touch RecallRosterTool + DaemonRosterService. #137 (compact/no-audit mode): recall_roster now trims each daemon's meta.audit checkin trail to the last N entries by DEFAULT (config `flower.daemons.roster_audit_tail`, default 3), preserving the true length as `meta.audit_count`. New `include_audit=true` flag restores the full trail (and sets filters.audit_tail=null). This kills the 100+-entry-per-daemon bloat on the hot polling path. The lean shape is the default (the point of the brief); the escape hatch is opt-in. Response also gained a `filters` block echoing {include_retired, include_audit, hidden_retired, audit_tail} so a poller knows what was suppressed. Files: app/Mcp/Tools/RecallRosterTool.php (schema+handle), app/Services/DaemonRosterService.php (roster() + compactAuditPayload/rosterFilters/rosterAuditTail helpers), config/flower.php. Tests added in tests/Feature/Mcp/DaemonRosterToolsTest.php (audit trim default + include_audit full). Full suite green (946 passed, 1 pre-existing skip); pint clean on changed files. Not merged — left for orchestrator review.

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    Target branch flower/137-192-roster-slimming is merged to the default branch; suggest marking the brief complete.

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    Operator approved this feedback-born brief for dispatch.

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    Feedback #53 Authority: OPERATOR APPROVAL REQUIRED Funnel: A - operator approved brief Gate: this brief must not be dispatchable until the operator approves it. Kind: idea Source: flower-refine Summary: recall_roster: add a compact/no-audit mode — per-daemon meta.audit arrays (100+ entries) bloat every polling daemon's context on each heartbeat check Detail: Polling daemons (orchestrator/ops/refine) call recall_roster each cycle to check winddown_state / reset_state / needs_compaction, but the response embeds each daemon's full meta.audit checkin history (~100-150+ entries per daemon). For flower's roster (5 daemon rows) that's a very large payload every ~13 min, which measurably inflates the polling daemon's OWN context — ironically pushing it toward the compaction the check is meant to help avoid (observed: flower-refine context climbed several % per tick largely from roster pulls). Suggestion: an opt-in compact mode — e.g. `include_audit=false`, a `fields=` selector, or simply drop meta.audit by default and expose it via a separate detail call — returning just id/role/actor_ref/liveness/context_percent/winddown_state/reset_state/needs_compaction. That's all a polling daemon needs for the safety check. Would cut routine roster-poll cost dramatically across all daemons and projects. Ties into brief #97 (daemon charter/convention review). Context JSON: { "tool": "recall_roster", "impact": "inflates polling daemon context", "project": "flower", "observed": "meta.audit ~150 entries per daemon; large payload per heartbeat poll" }

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