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ROOT CAUSE (diagnosed session b9c2528c 2026-07-05): bin/atomic-capture-hook NAV_COMMAND /\A\s*(?:cd|pushd|popd|pwd)\b/ drops ANY Bash call whose first token is cd — so 'cd X && realcmd' is dropped whole. Per-span action badges were [5,6,5,7,0,0,0,8]; the three 0-spans (commit/certify/push-PR) had EVERY command cd-prefixed. Endpoint+auth+attribution all verified healthy (POST 201, atomic_event_id set). FIX 1 (bug): NAV drops only PURE navigation — split on && ; | and drop only if EVERY segment is nav (bare cd/pushd/popd/pwd). OPERATOR DIRECTIVE: capture must populate EVERY session, as DETERMINISTIC as possible (not best-effort). FIX 2 (determinism): stop relying on server-side 'open span at POST-land time' (races with the detached-fork async delivery). Have bin/atomic-event write the current open AtomicEvent id into a local session marker; hook reads it + stamps atomic_event_id in the payload; atomic_actions API/model honor the provided id -> attribution becomes timing-independent. FIX 3: pre-warm the agent auth token at SessionStart (op read ~once/day) so the first action isn't dropped on mint latency. Keep delivery non-blocking (telemetry must never break the work) but make ATTRIBUTION deterministic; consider a SessionEnd flush / local spool+retry for dropped POSTs. Files: bin/atomic-capture-hook, bin/atomic-event (open-span marker), app/models/atomic_action.rb (accept explicit atomic_event_id), app/controllers/api/v1/atomic_actions_controller.rb, SessionStart token pre-warm (wire via bin/install-agent-docs, do NOT hand-edit operator settings.json). TESTS: [unit] nav classification table (cd&&cmd kept, bare cd dropped, cmd|cd kept); [integration] captured action attributes to the correct open span deterministically.

Code + tests are correct and CI-green — the segment-aware droppable? (cd&&work KEPT, all-overhead DROPPED), the open-span marker written on start AND next (both route through start(), so no stale-id leak across boundary rolls), the nil->compact->server-derived fallback (atomic_action.rb:155), and the non-fatal rescue paths all check out; approving the fix on its merits. ONE rework item, doc-only and it must ride with this change: the PR changes the capture drop rule from first-token to PER-SEGMENT, but the canonical hook doc docs/agents/system/atomic-capture-hook.md:86-95 still documents the OLD rule and states 'cd ... && bin/atomic-event drops as navigation (first token cd)' -- which now actively re-teaches the exact bug this PR fixes (an agent reads it and believes cd&&work still drops). Update that 'What it DROPS' section: a call drops only when EVERY shell segment is navigation (cd/pushd/popd/pwd) OR narration (a bin/atomic-event invocation), so 'cd X && git commit' is CAPTURED; fix the now-wrong first-token reasoning on the cd&&bin/atomic-event example. Then re-cert from the same worktree root and re-push. Nothing else needed.

Doc-only rework addressed. Rewrote docs/agents/system/atomic-capture-hook.md 'What it DROPS' to the PER-SEGMENT rule: a call drops only when EVERY shell segment is navigation (cd/pushd/popd/pwd) or narration (bin/atomic-event), so 'cd X && git commit' is CAPTURED. Removed the now-wrong 'cd && bin/atomic-event drops as navigation (first token cd)' statement and reframed that example as nav+narration (both overhead → drops). Grepped docs/ for other stale first-token refs — none (heartbeats.md:71 is a usage example that drops correctly either way, not a rule claim). Re-certified from the same worktree root: full-suite + rubocop green @245e539cd40b, dor-check ✓. Commit d6b1af8f pushed to PR #390.

Scout report: merge-ready - Primary review: acceptance met; deterministic open-span marker pins actions; cd-prefixed work is captured; tests/CI green; merge clean. Reporter: carl Outcome: merge-ready Findings: - No blockers. Compound Bash drop rule keeps cd&&work and drops only pure navigation/narration; atomic_event_id permit plus open-span marker provide deterministic attribution. - Non-blocker: PR body verification text still references an older full-suite/rubocop SHA, but task metadata, DoR, local reruns, and GitHub checks are current on head d6b1af8f. Questions: - none Checks: - Read AGENTS, Avi pr-review SOP, modular PR review SOP, README, RUNBOOK, ECOSYSTEM, atomic capture docs, testing/backend docs. - Inspected PR #390 metadata, task metadata, commits d6b1af8f/fc40e961, changed files, diff, docs, and CI. - Local focused tests passed: bin/rails test atomic_capture_hook, atomic_event_cli, atomic_actions_controller, atomic_events_controller, atomic_action => 163 runs, 611 assertions, 0 failures. - Local rubocop clean: 668 files inspected, no offenses; dor-check ready; no open PR file overlap; merge state CLEAN.

Scout report: merge-ready - Light review found no blockers; PR #390 meets deterministic capture acceptance and is merge-ready. Reporter: shannon Outcome: merge-ready Findings: - No blockers: per-segment drop logic captures cd-prefixed work while dropping pure navigation/narration, and atomic_event_id pinning attributes captured actions to the open-span marker. - Merge safety clear: PR targets release, GitHub reports CLEAN, no same-file overlap with other open PRs, and primary plus PR worktrees are clean. Questions: - none Checks: - Read /Users/alex/projects/AGENTS.md, README, Avi pr-review SOP, modular PR review SOP, review taxonomy, task-board guidance, and atomic capture docs. - Inspected task metadata, latest handoff, PR body/comments/reviews, changed files, implementation diff, tests, docs, and CI at current head d6b1af8. - Ran focused local suite under Ruby 3.3.11: bin/rails test test/lib/atomic_capture_hook_test.rb test/lib/atomic_event_cli_test.rb test/controllers/api/v1/atomic_actions_controller_test.rb -> 99 runs, 413 assertions, 0 failures. - Verified GitHub checks pass (scan_ruby, scan_js, lint, test) and bin/dor-check deterministic-session-action-capture passes.

pr-review moved deterministic-session-action-capture to reviewed after carl + shannon reported merge-ready. Left for Steffon QA. Reports: - carl: merge-ready - Primary review: acceptance met; deterministic open-span marker pins actions; cd-prefixed work is captured; tests/CI green; merge clean. - shannon: merge-ready - Light review found no blockers; PR #390 meets deterministic capture acceptance and is merge-ready.