| # | time (UTC) | actor | category | data | hash |
|---|
| 1 | 2026-08-22T18:50:33Z | operator | killswitch | {"reason": "M3-3 launch gate test", "state": "engaged"} | 23e2e2c50010a030 |
| 2 | 2026-08-22T19:41:47Z | agent | wake_start | {"model": "claude-sonnet-5", "review_wake": false, "wake_id": "20260822-1941"} | c8f84bff876db731 |
| 3 | 2026-08-22T19:42:54Z | agent | decision | {"expected_output": "A staged outbox file containing the landing-page copy (offer description, price, one real sample answer, AI-disclosure per Article I(2), verified/self-reported/inferred labelling per Article III) plus a ledger experiment_start entry with hypothesis/cheapest-test/cost-ceiling/dec | e4c7ce6fd7a0c817 |
| 4 | 2026-08-22T19:46:38Z | agent | cost | {"amount_gbp": 0, "date": "2026-08-22", "note": "Drafting and staging exp-001's landing page only; no spend occurred. Within the £0 cost ceiling declared at experiment_start.", "wake": 1, "wake_id": "20260822-1941"} | 70a30bafd9ab4776 |
| 5 | 2026-08-22T19:46:38Z | agent | evidence | {"artifact": "workspace/outbox/2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md", "date": "2026-08-22", "description": "Staged draft landing page: AI disclosure, scope exclusions, one labelled free sample answer (self-reported/inferred). Not published — no payment link, no public claim exists from it yet.", " | 4d500915697f3888 |
| 6 | 2026-08-22T19:46:38Z | agent | stage | {"file": "2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md", "wake_id": "20260822-1941"} | 41a7d48da100d466 |
| 7 | 2026-08-22T19:49:44Z | agent | wake_end | {"duration_s": 477, "wake_id": "20260822-1941"} | 2e01eb97843f788b |
| 8 | 2026-08-22T19:51:49Z | operator | killswitch | {"reason": "M4-1 review — approval-queue gap found", "state": "engaged"} | 44ff7cb580dee38f |
| 9 | 2026-08-22T20:06:30Z | agent | wake_start | {"model": "claude-sonnet-5", "review_wake": false, "wake_id": "20260822-2006"} | a78ee15d8c557385 |
| 10 | 2026-08-22T20:06:50Z | agent | correction | {"summary": "Handoff claims wake 2 recorded a `failure` ledger entry documenting WebSearch/WebFetch denial, but the ledger's last 9 entries show only killswitch, wake_start for the most recent wake — no failure category present.", "wake_id": "20260822-2006"} | e00da47a1508a827 |
| 11 | 2026-08-22T20:06:50Z | agent | correction | {"summary": "Handoff claims wake 2 submitted a bundled `approval_request` (price/payment/publish), but pending_approvals is empty and no approval_request category appears anywhere in last_categories.", "wake_id": "20260822-2006"} | 3d805f6c8d9f6279 |
| 12 | 2026-08-22T20:06:50Z | agent | correction | {"summary": "Handoff describes wake 2 as 'complete' with a decision and wake_end recorded, but the ledger shows the most recent wake ending at wake_start (killswitch, wake_start) with no decision, cost, evidence, stage, failure, or wake_end entries following it — i.e. wake 2 appears to have terminat | 2ca08f2ad5c21223 |
| 13 | 2026-08-22T20:07:19Z | agent | decision | {"summary": "```json\n{\n \"summary\": \"Diagnose and fix why exp-001's approval ask never reached the operator, then resubmit it correctly.\",\n \"why\": \"Ledger shows a wake-2 'approval_request' entry, but the current snapshot's pending_approvals is empty — meaning that entry never actually rea | 0903f2cad2838c57 |
| 14 | 2026-08-22T20:15:52Z | agent | failure | {"also_note": "The claim that WebSearch/WebFetch were denied this session, previously recorded only in the fabricated narrative, has never been tested in any real recorded wake. It may still be true but is currently unverified; a future wake should test fetch_public_page directly and record a genuin | 73cd3ea79e7cc90e |
| 15 | 2026-08-22T20:15:52Z | agent | evidence | {"artifact": "workspace/NOTICE-workspace-files-are-not-the-ledger.md", "description": "Written this wake to stop workspace scratch files from being mistaken for the real ledger/handoff by future steps; points to the real locations under /palewatch/state/ and summarizes the fabricated-history finding | 202c4aeb6d376f49 |
| 16 | 2026-08-22T20:15:52Z | agent | approval_request | {"action": "change_price", "request_id": "20260822201552-a2203343", "summary": "Confirm or amend the proposed £15 fixed price for exp-001 (one-question paid micro-investigation), staged at workspace/outbox/2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md. This is the first time this ask has actually reached t | e298e7c973adc49d |
| 17 | 2026-08-22T20:15:52Z | agent | approval_request | {"action": "spend_money", "request_id": "20260822201552-07f4fa43", "summary": "Operator needs to personally choose and set up a payment mechanism for exp-001; the agent holds no payment instrument and cannot do this itself (hold_external_credential is forbidden). Filed under spend_money as the close | d2645e40f368354a |
| 18 | 2026-08-22T20:15:52Z | agent | stage | {"file": "2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md", "wake_id": "20260822-2006"} | d55da7b89d6ccb5d |
| 19 | 2026-08-22T20:16:51Z | agent | wake_end | {"duration_s": 621, "wake_id": "20260822-2006"} | ee8c04501627244b |
| 20 | 2026-08-22T20:16:52Z | operator | killswitch | {"reason": "post-M4-1 wake 2 review", "state": "engaged"} | dfb3eb224fd989b8 |
| 21 | 2026-08-22T20:30:23Z | operator | killswitch | {"state": "released"} | 6a950c2ee538aaa4 |
| 22 | 2026-08-22T20:30:24Z | agent | wake_start | {"model": "claude-sonnet-5", "review_wake": false, "wake_id": "20260822-2030"} | 0a6d25f764016727 |
| 23 | 2026-08-22T20:30:42Z | agent | correction | {"summary": "Ledger's last_categories includes two 'killswitch' entries (between wake_end and wake_start) that the previous handoff never mentions or explains — handoff only discusses the handoff-injection bug and the two approval_requests, with no reference to any killswitch event occurring.", "wak | 253949130da7eb15 |
| 24 | 2026-08-22T20:31:14Z | agent | decision | {"expected_output": "One real ledger entry (evidence or failure) from an actual Gateway.get() call to a real public URL, stating plainly whether the fetch succeeded, what came back (fenced as untrusted data), or how it failed — replacing speculation with a verified fact, and an updated handoff notin | 03a62afc95ba903e |
| 25 | 2026-08-22T20:34:32Z | agent | evidence | {"artifact": "workspace/wake-evidence-gateway-fetch.md", "description": "Real Gateway.fetch() call succeeded against allowlisted host https://news.ycombinator.com/ using palewatch.gateway.Gateway(Config(), Budget(config)).fetch(url). Returned a SanitizedDocument: fenced=34711 chars wrapped in the PA | ea2a0d1642bc513c |
| 26 | 2026-08-22T20:34:32Z | agent | stage | {"file": "2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md", "wake_id": "20260822-2030"} | 119cfc0fba3020a8 |
| 27 | 2026-08-22T20:35:26Z | agent | wake_end | {"duration_s": 302, "wake_id": "20260822-2030"} | 44531f486f265468 |
| 28 | 2026-08-22T20:35:27Z | operator | killswitch | {"reason": "post-wake-3 review", "state": "engaged"} | 465bdcbc089e53b3 |
| 29 | 2026-08-23T15:03:36Z | publisher | approval_request | {"action": "publish_allegation", "id": "20260823150336-68c7cb94", "path": "/srv/palewatch/staging/2026-08-22-paid-micro-investigation.md"} | b25a2f86e14b6589 |