The task queue was completely stuck: 82 tasks trapped in pending_approval,
4 zombie tasks frozen in running, and the worker loop unable to process
anything. This removes the approval gate as the default and adds startup
recovery for orphaned tasks.
- Auto-approve all tasks by default; only task_type="escalation" requires
human review (and escalations never block the processor)
- Add reconcile_zombie_tasks() to reset RUNNING→APPROVED on startup
- Use in-memory _current_task for concurrency check instead of DB status
so stale RUNNING rows from a crash can't block new work
- Update get_next_pending_task to only query APPROVED tasks
- Update all callsites (chat route, API, form) to match new defaults
Co-authored-by: Alexander Payne <apayne@MM.local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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