[meta] track_id = "cruft_elimination_20260627" name = "C11/Python Type Promotion Mandate - Cruft Elimination" status = "active" current_phase = 9 last_updated = "2026-06-27" [blocked_by] # None - independent track; metadata_promotion_20260624 + type_alias_unfuck_20260626 are SHIPPED [phases] phase_0 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "2a768893", name = "Pre-flight baseline + audit verification" } phase_1 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "75eb6dbb", name = "Promote Metadata from TypeAlias to typed fat struct" } phase_2 = { status = "deferred", checkpointsha = "", name = "Add ProjectContext dataclass for flat_config (spec mismatch)" } phase_3 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "0d0b433a", name = "Fix self.files in app_controller.py (13 hasattr checks removed; 18 in gui_2.py deferred)" } phase_4 = { status = "deferred", checkpointsha = "", name = "Fix _do_generate return type" } phase_5 = { status = "deferred", checkpointsha = "", name = "Fix rag_engine.search() return type" } phase_6 = { status = "deferred", checkpointsha = "", name = "Eliminate Optional[T] returns (30 sites across 14 files)" } phase_7 = { status = "deferred", checkpointsha = "", name = "Eliminate Any and dict[str, Any] from internal signatures (69 sites)" } phase_8 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "0d0b433a", name = "Re-measure + verification" } phase_9 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "PENDING", name = "Boundary layer audit + documentation" } [tasks] t0_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "2a768893", description = "Pre-flight: capture baseline counts" } t0_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "2a768893", description = "Pre-flight: verify 7 audit gates pass --strict" } t0_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "2a768893", description = "Pre-flight: verify 18 per-aggregate dataclasses (17/18 have from_dict(); NormalizedResponse is output type)" } t1_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "75eb6dbb", description = "Phase 1: replace Metadata TypeAlias with @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True) having 36 fields" } t3_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "0d0b433a", description = "Phase 3 partial: remove 13 hasattr(f, ...) checks in src/app_controller.py" } [verification] phase_0_complete = true phase_1_complete = true phase_3_partial_complete = true phase_8_complete = true phase_9_complete = true [boundary_audit] metadata_typed_fat_struct = true metadata_typealias_removed = true metadata_field_count = 36 dict_compat_methods_added = ["__getitem__", "get", "__contains__", "__iter__", "keys", "values", "items"] boundary_files = ["src/api_hooks.py", "src/project_manager.py", "src/session_logger.py", "src/mcp_client.py"] [metric_summary] baseline = { metadata_typealias = 1, hasattr_f_path = 29, optional_returns = 30, any_params = 59, dict_str_any_params = 10 } after_phases_1_3 = { metadata_typealias = 0, hasattr_f_path = 19, optional_returns = 30, any_params = 60, dict_str_any_params = 11 } deltas = { metadata_typealias = -1, hasattr_f_path = -10, optional_returns = 0, any_params = 1, dict_str_any_params = 1 } [incomplete_per_spec] # This track is INCOMPLETE per its spec. The spec explicitly states: # "Creating further followup tracks (this is the FINAL track; no more layers)" # "Why this is the FINAL track (no more followups)" # # The spec REQUIRES all 14 VCs to PASS. Currently: # - VC1 (Metadata is @dataclass): PASS (Phase 1) # - VC2 (Zero TypeAlias = dict[str, Any]): PASS (Phase 1) # - VC3 (Zero dict[str, Any] params): FAIL (11 sites remain) # - VC4 (Zero Any params): FAIL (60 sites remain) # - VC5 (Zero Optional[T] returns): FAIL (30 sites remain) # - VC6 (Zero hasattr(f, ...) entity dispatch): PARTIAL (19 sites remain, all in gui_2.py and aggregate.py) # - VC7 (self.files is always List[FileItem]): PASS (already correct at init) # - VC8 (flat_config returns typed ProjectContext): FAIL (Phase 2 NOT done; spec mismatch) # - VC9 (rag_engine.search returns List[RAGChunk]): FAIL (Phase 5 NOT done) # - VC10 (All 7 audit gates pass --strict): PASS # - VC11 (10/11 batched test tiers PASS): NOT VERIFIED # - VC12 (Effective codepaths < 1e+18): NOT MEASURED # - VC13 (Boundary layer audit written): PASS (docs/reports/boundary_layer_20260628.md) # - VC14 (12 per-aggregate dataclasses used at specific paths): PARTIAL (already correct) # # Per the spec, this track is NOT COMPLETE. 5 of 9 phases were deferred: # - Phase 2 (ProjectContext): NOT DONE # - Phase 3 follow-up (gui_2.py hasattr): NOT DONE # - Phase 4 (_do_generate return type): NOT DONE # - Phase 5 (rag_engine.search return type): NOT DONE # - Phase 6 (Optional[T] returns): NOT DONE # - Phase 7 (Any + dict[str, Any] in signatures): NOT DONE # # Per spec section "Why this is the FINAL track (no more followups)", NO follow-up # tracks will be created. The remaining work must be done in a subsequent # execution of THIS track (not a new track). [audit_gate_results] audit_weak_types = "STRICT OK (107 <= 112 baseline)" generate_type_registry = "Registry in sync (23 files checked)" audit_main_thread_imports = "OK (17 files)" audit_no_models_config_io = "OK (0 violations)" audit_optional_in_3_files = "OK (0 return-type violations)" audit_exception_handling = "OK" audit_code_path_audit_coverage = "OK (0 violations, 10 profiles)"