resume a conversation and the model picker showed the first entry in the catalogue instead of the model the session was actually on. that was invisible for as long as the first entry was `opus`, and became obvious the day `fable` went above it — so this is a pre-existing bug my model-list change exposed, not one it introduced. two defects, stacked. the value did not survive a refresh: `initialModel` came from `props.model ?? locationState?.model`, and both are volatile — a panel channel and react-router location state. on a hard load neither exists, the settings default is skipped (it only runs for NEW chats), and ModelSelector's fallback effect fired `onModelChange(providerModels[0].id)`. and even when it did arrive it could not match. a transcript records the API model; the picker offers CLI aliases. `claude-opus-5` is in a different id space from `claude-code/opus[1m]`, and the mapping is one-way: opus and opus[1m] both serve claude-opus-5, opusplan serves whichever model answered. read out of a real 59MB transcript, the distinct values were claude-opus-5, <synthetic>, claude-sonnet-5, claude-haiku-4-5-20251001, claude-fable-5 — note the synthetic marker and the inconsistent date suffix. so the transcript cannot answer "what should the picker show", and a new table does: chat_session_models (session_id pk, model, updated_at) officer's own id space, so opus[1m] and opusplan round-trip. keyed on the TRANSCRIPT uuid rather than officer's session id, because that is what the session list joins on — which is why the write waits for the harness to announce the id rather than firing at turn start. records the EFFECTIVE model, so a refused switch stores what answered. not derived from chat_session_events, which does now hold model:switched: right data, wrong index. that table holds every assistant message and is unbounded, and "latest model for these 200 sessions" would scan far more than the question deserves. not a chat_sessions table either — a session IS its transcript, and a row holding title and cwd would be a second source of truth for two fields that already have one. BACKFILL RUNS FROM postdb:push, so every server picks it up on its next schema push. bun does fire pre/post hooks for colon-named scripts — verified on 1.3.14 before building on it, because a post hook that silently never runs is the worst outcome here. insert-only, exits 0 on every failure path (the push has already applied; a cosmetic backfill must not make it look failed). seeded 11 of 12 transcripts on this machine. it reads the FIRST model, which sounds wrong for a table storing the current one — but switching only became possible today, so no older transcript can hold two, and first costs a bounded head read instead of reading 59MB. also: the family map returns null for mythos rather than a neighbouring family (Project Glasswing only — a picker entry that 401s is worse than none), and ModelSelector no longer picks a default once a conversation has started. an unset picker is the honest state when the server cannot say. tests: the alias map against the five real transcript values, and the selector's default gated on hasStarted. re-broke the guard to confirm it bites. still to do: `model` on the session LIST rows, which the sessions-list revamp wants. the storage and the batched read (getChatSessionModels) are in place for it.
The documentation, triaged
2026-08-13. A map of what is in here, what it is for, and what should happen to it. Made because there are 42 documents and 13,000 lines, and no way to tell from the filenames which describe the system as it is and which are a record of an afternoon in July.
How much I verified: the classifications below are from filenames, status lines, and greps for things that changed on 2026-08-13. Where I actually read the document or checked the code, it says so. The rest is a starting point for a conversation, not a verdict.
Living — these describe the system and must stay true
| doc | state |
|---|---|
working-on-officer.md |
updated 2026-08-13. Operational guide. |
secret-store.md |
updated 2026-08-13. Built; rotation still open. |
install-variants.md |
new. The branch tree, for discussion. |
http-secure-context-audit.md |
new. What breaks over plain http. |
install-container-testing.md |
new. First container pass and its findings. |
per-user-linux-accounts.md |
partly updated. OFFICER_OS_USERS is gone; check the rest. |
navigation-audit.md |
authoritative on routing. Unverified against tonight's route removals. |
workspace-panels.md + workspace-panel-todo.md |
the panel framework. 1,300 lines combined — likely the biggest cleanup here. |
agent-coordination.md |
the north star for panel work. |
deprovision-os-account.md |
implemented; the 'disabled' stage it may mention was deleted tonight. |
Stale — describe things that changed on 2026-08-13
Each of these references something that no longer exists. Not yet corrected.
sidecar-topology.md— "ecosystem.config.cjs is the source of truth". It is generated now, and holds six processes.sidecar-app-store.md— derives the catalogue fromfull − light. Those files are gone, andcatalogue.test.tswas rewritten.sidecar-bootstrapping.md— "20 PM2 entries, 18 sidecar dirs". Six entries now.mobile-api-keys.md— partly corrected; recheck the origin-checking claims.wallet-key-custody.md—VAULT_STORE_KEYis now the per-purposewalletkey.push-notifications.md— "agreed design, 2026-07-31". Notify is a plugin and unmounted.chat-session-lifetime.md,chat-ui-walkthrough.md— referenceofficer-agent, renamed.
Historical — a record of a moment, and should stay one
Do not rewrite these to match today's code. They document how a decision was reached, and editing them destroys the reasoning. If they mislead, add a dated header pointing forward.
sidecar-audit-2026-07.md(1,377 lines)claude-sidecar-isolation.md— records theofficer-claude→officer-agentrename that preceded tonight'sofficer-agent→officer-claude-codeopen-threads-after-per-user-claude.mdtwo-agent-field-report-2026-08-12.mdapi-method-changes-2026-08-06.md
The opencode cluster — nine documents for one migration
opencode-fork-decision · -parity · -api-2-assessment · -phase0-review · -phase1-report ·
-phase1-review · -serve-migration-plan · -serve-path · -testing-checklist
The migration landed — opencode serve is in the sidecar, verified. So
opencode-serve-migration-plan.md saying "Nothing here is implemented" is false.
This is the clearest consolidation candidate in the whole directory: one document recording what was decided and what shipped, replacing nine that describe stages of getting there. I did not do it because it needs reading all nine, and deleting documents unread is not a thing to do at 4am.
The mobile-dav thread — three documents, one conversation
mobile-dav-provisioning · -feedback · -reply. A correspondence. Almost certainly one document.
Unclassified — I have not looked
design-language-interface · file-sync · jobs-unification · mobile-photo-sync-api ·
nextcloud-replacement · agent-git-identity
The plugin split, which affects most of the above
A core install is six processes. Everything else is a plugin, switched off tonight but present on disk. Most documents here were written when the estate was twenty processes and every one of them was simply "there", so they describe availability that no longer holds.
The useful rewrite is usually one line, not a rewrite: say whether the thing described is core or a plugin, and if a plugin, that it is not mounted on a fresh install.