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Archive completed tasks, add cleanup commands, self-documenting dashboard UI
- Archive 79 completed framework-dev tasks from tasks/ -> tasks/complete/
- status.py: add --cleanup-done and --install-cleanup-schedule commands
- Add scripts/automaton-cleanup.sh for periodic task archiving
- Dashboard: rename 'Background' tab -> 'Agent', 'Cleanup' agent -> 'Completed Task Archiver', remove redundant group headers and pill badges, dim inactive agent placeholders
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- New tests: test_cleanup_done.py, expanded test_app.py and test_task.py
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Adversarial Bug Report: State File Enforcement

Deep Review

The .state file format and transition rules are robust. Approval sub-states create a hard gate that cannot be bypassed via --transition. Atomic writes via tmp+rename prevent corruption on crash.

Potential Issues

  1. Race condition on create: Two concurrent --create-task calls for the same name could both pass the "doesn't exist" check before one creates the directory. The atomic rename pattern mitigates this for .state writes but not for mkdir.

  2. Manual .state tampering: A user or agent could directly edit .state to write an invalid phase name. status.py handles this ("Unknown phase" error), but the error path could be clearer about what phases are valid.

  3. Stale .state after crash: If an agent crashes after producing an artifact but before transitioning .state, the .state lags behind artifacts. The artifact heuristic fallback in --audit Category 2 catches this, but it's a recovery scenario not a normal path.

Verdict: PASS — no security or logic flaws that would compromise enforcement.