manual_slop/conductor/directives/graceful_optional_dependency_degradation/meta.md

graceful_optional_dependency_degradation

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Why this iteration: Lifted from docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-15-profiling-system-design.md §"Graceful Degradation" (lines 138-143) + the tracy_integration.py reference implementation (lines 144-197). When an optional dependency (e.g., pytracy for Tracy profiling) is not installed or not connected, the app must continue normally. The pattern: wrap the import in try/except Exception, set a module-level _tracy_available: bool = False flag, gate every zone call on the flag, log a startup warning. No crash, no feature breakage. Source: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-15-profiling-system-design.md:138-197

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Lifted: 2026-07-03 (scavenge sweep batch 2/5: docs/superpowers/specs/)