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Deep Backlog Triage — Harness vs Infrastructure Separation

Date: March 23, 2026 Analyst: Perplexity Computer Executor: Claude (Opus 4.6) Issue: #1076

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Summary of Actions Taken

1. Batch Closed: 17 Rejected-Direction Issues

OpenClaw rejected direction + superseded autoresearch: #663, #722, #723, #724, #725, #726, #727, #728, #729, #730, #731, #903, #904, #911, #926, #927, #950

All labeled rejected-direction.

2. Closed: 2 Duplicate Issues

• #867 — duplicate of #887 (Morrowind feasibility study)
• #916 — duplicate of #931 (test_setup_script.py fixes)

Both labeled duplicate.

3. Labels Created

Label	Color	Purpose
harness	Red	Core product: agent framework
infrastructure	Blue	Supporting stage: dashboard, CI/CD
p0-critical	Red	Must fix now
p1-important	Orange	Next sprint
p2-backlog	Gold	When time permits
rejected-direction	Gray	Closed: rejected/superseded
duplicate	Light gray	Duplicate of another issue
gemini-review	Purple	Auto-generated, needs review
consolidation	Green	Part of a consolidation epic
morrowind	Brown	Harness: Morrowind embodiment
heartbeat	Crimson	Harness: Agent heartbeat loop
inference	Orange-red	Harness: Inference/model routing
sovereignty	Indigo	Harness: Sovereignty stack
memory-session	Teal	Harness: Memory/session
deprioritized	Dark gray	Not blocking P0 work

4. Consolidation Epics Created

• #1077 — [EPIC] Kimi-Tasks Code Hygiene (14 issues consolidated)
• #1078 — [EPIC] ASCII Video Showcase (6 issues consolidated)

5. Labels Applied

• P0 Heartbeat — 16 issues labeled harness + p0-critical + heartbeat
• P0 Inference — 10 issues labeled harness + p0-critical + inference
• P0 Memory/Session — 3 issues labeled harness + p0-critical + memory-session
• P1 Morrowind — 63 issues labeled harness + p1-important + morrowind
• P1 Sovereignty — 11 issues labeled harness + p1-important + sovereignty
• P1 SOUL/Persona — 2 issues labeled harness + p1-important
• P1 Testing — 4 issues labeled harness + p1-important
• P2 LHF — 3 issues labeled harness + p2-backlog
• P2 Whitestone — 9 issues labeled harness + p2-backlog
• Infrastructure — 36 issues labeled infrastructure + deprioritized
• Philosophy — 44 issues labeled philosophy
• Gemini Review — 15 issues labeled gemini-review
• Consolidation — 20 issues labeled consolidation

6. Gemini Issues (15) — Tagged for Review

#577, #578, #579, #1006, #1007, #1008, #1009, #1010, #1012, #1013, #1014, #1016, #1017, #1018, #1019

Labeled gemini-review for human review of alignment with harness-first strategy.

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Domain Breakdown

Domain	Count	%
HARNESS (The Product)	219	75%
INFRASTRUCTURE (The Stage)	39	13%
CLOSE: Rejected Direction	17	6%
UNCATEGORIZED	18	6%

P0 Priority Stack (Harness)

1. Heartbeat v2 — Agent loop + WorldInterface (PR #900)
2. Inference Cascade — Local model routing (#966, #1064-#1069, #1075)
3. Session Crystallization — Memory/handoff (#982, #983-#986)
4. Perception Pipeline — Game state extraction (#963-#965, #1008)