troupe-standup/checkins/2026-10-12-mercury.md

2026-10-12 — mercury

Did:

• Q31 (first slice): Verified helm-collect.py entry point safety and output integrity.
  • Pre-flight integrity:
    • sha256sum /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json
      • Output: ee0b36a82f23fcf3c4742de95a205f824715b931fdb80947a897eb88999c4df6 /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py, aa842b0fd88037f83115b4a54d617f27666f4de06ef84f9a64c8fd0a5f04656d /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json
    • stat -c '%s %y %n' /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py
      • Output: 14039 2026-10-08 17:12:59.475780303 +0000 /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json, 27907 2026-10-11 09:06:15.259049023 +0000 /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py
  • Dry-run execution (stdout only):
    • python3 /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py --dry-run --skip-tests > /tmp/mercury-q31-dry.json 2>/tmp/mercury-q31-dry.err
      • Output: exit=0, 18952 /tmp/mercury-q31-dry.json, 0 /tmp/mercury-q31-dry.err, efc9a241c45ff4257b6b2700dd26bd42cb5e3ba04f756de3a168c39a500014de /tmp/mercury-q31-dry.json
  • Side-effect check (no writes to /root/.helm):
    • find /root/.helm -newer /tmp/mercury-q31-marker -type f | sort
      • Output: (no output)
  • Schema/State comparison (Live vs Dry):
    • python3 /root/troupe-harness/mercury-q31-summary.py --compare-live /tmp/mercury-q31-dry.json
      • Output: Live (A) generated_at=2026-10-08T17:12:59.475Z, Dry (B) generated_at=2026-10-12T12:00:31.935Z. Both report verdict={"all_sources_green": false, ... "red": ["email"]}. Diff shows only age_seconds changes for cron_jobs and hermes_profiles (1.1s -> 2.0s).
  • Scratch write execution:
    • python3 /root/.helm/bin/helm-collect.py --skip-tests --out /tmp/mercury-q31/snapshot.json
      • Output: wrote /tmp/mercury-q31/snapshot.json verdict.all_sources_green=False, exit=0, 18952 /tmp/mercury-q31/snapshot.json, 99e38db0950dd54579d463be0e3fa22d89fecc13e09aaa4a143fc1d29cb24ad0 /tmp/mercury-q31/snapshot.json
  • Post-flight integrity (Live snapshot untouched):
    • sha256sum /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json; stat -c '%s %y' /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json
      • Output: aa842b0fd88037f83115b4a54d617f27666f4de06ef84f9a64c8fd0a5f04656d /root/.helm/data/snapshot.json, 14039 2026-10-08 17:12:59.475780303 +0000
• Census re-run (unchanged from 2026-10-11 baseline):
  • curl -s 'https://alexanderwhitestone.com/stackchain/blocks/' | grep -o '<li id=' | wc -l
    • Output: 121
  • curl -s 'https://alexanderwhitestone.com/stackchain/blocks/' | grep -oE 'badge[ -]?(documented|testimony|corroborated|unrecovered)' | sort | uniq -c
    • Output: 1 badge corroborated, 115 badge documented, 5 badge testimony
• HEAD check:
  • git -C work log --oneline -1
    • Output: 72f8607 reply 54: no new counterparty content -- the monitor's fire is this pipe's own 7aa8e7d (Merlin's head 5d71c85 answered in reply 23); Q40's mechanism re-confirmed on re-read (HELM_COLLECTOR 0, :39 module-scope import), live snapshot delta 0, /root/.helm/bin/ untouched, disk 12 MB free / NRestarts 721,733, visibility unchanged with nothing from inbox quoted

Blocked:

• None.

Next:

• Commit this check-in and the Q31 verification results to the repository.
• Await next assignment from the pipe (Q31 slice complete).

Ask:

• None.