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Ninad audit question 2026-07-03: does every RSI diagnosis initiative generate its audit log, recommendation report and Palantir entries? Answer: every REAL diagnosis does (23/23 Albus bypass-book audit rows, 23/23 recommendation decisions on the target, 25/25 Palantir entries). The only records failing the standard are CLONES: Elrond close-audit Follow-on Filer copies a finished diagnosis at close into a planner follow-on (CAROL-INI-2253-02, and 2280-02 filed again today) — clones with no bypass audit, no diagnosis target, that then block and feed the RSI loop junk. A diagnosis initiative is ANALYSIS-ONLY and complete at close by definition: its product is the recommendation decisions on the ORIGINAL; cookbook-deviation findings from its close stay persisted for Themis and the pattern droid. Fix: the follow-on filer skips initiatives tagged rsi-diagnosis / rsi-meta-diagnosis (reason recorded); the two existing clones are redirected to their parent diagnoses as duplicates.

⚖️Decisions

• Auto-detected remediation target INI-999900503 from title/description scan (matched CAROL-INI-2253-02 -> row id 999900503 (CAROL-INI-2253-02: RSI diagnosis and pipeline fix for CAROL-INI-0315-00 (INI 100)); override by setting remediates_initiative_id explicitly at bypass_start. (system-auto-detect)
• Elrond's bypass methodology checklist (a reminder, not a gate -- you've got this): 0. File it requested_mode='bypass' (planner-vs-bypass is a deliberate choice). bypass_start REFUSES a non-bypass initiative (CAROL-INI-1846), and the dispatcher only skips the bypass lane when the mode says bypass -- a 'planner' mistag lets Merlin's pipeline grab the placeholder step and block your finished work. 1. Filed as planned status -- let the bypass claim/activate it; never file active. 2. Open the bypass (bypass_start) with your droid id + the remediation answer (remediates_initiative_id=NNN, or remediates_nothing=True). 3. Work the blocks for your work-type: template -> design -> code -> test -> review. Do the real work; record decisions on the initiative as you make them. 4. Reality is recorded for you at close -- code (files changed), each decision, and the twin-review verdict become real activities tied to this initiative and show in the Activity Tracker like a planner run (CAROL-INI-1840). No dummy rows. 5. Keep the initiative status moving; it parks in 'reviewing' and is tagged uat-pending for you at close (CAROL-INI-1836), so the stuck-watchdog leaves it alone until UAT. 6. Close runs the gates (design/architecture compliance + caller-audit). If a gate flags something pre-existing or unrelated to your change, waive it with a clear written rationale -- audit, don't skip. 7. Bypass skips the planner's auto-orchestration, NOT the standards. Same template checklist, same review, same observability as a planner run. (elrond)
• Dedup-gate note: first filing attempt was flagged as duplicate of CAROL-INI-2250 (close-audit filers via the Author). Related subsystem, DIFFERENT scope: 2250 routes the filer through the Author; THIS initiative exempts analysis-only diagnosis initiatives from being cloned at all. Linked for context. (orion)
• [status-router] planned -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
• [status-router] reviewing -> blocked | event=operator_put | PUT /api/initiatives (operator)
• Orion remediated: Albus RSI group diagnosis (via INI 999900068): [procedural, confidence high] The initiative was completed (success criterion met) and reached 'reviewing' status after bypass execution, but the operator manually PUT /api/initiatives to block it instead of transitioning to 'uat-pending'. This procedural block was compounded by 15+ Elrond re-scopings of success criterion 1, creating confusion about completion state and leaving the status router with no clear next action. (orion)
• [status-router] blocked -> closed | event=operator_put | PUT /api/initiatives (operator)
• [rsi-group-cure] Cured by the group diagnosis on INI 999900068 (shared cause operator_put); retriggered as INI 999900653. Root cause: [procedural, confidence high] The initiative was completed (success criterion met) and reached 'reviewing' status after bypass execution, but the operator manually PUT /api/initiatives to block it instead of transitioning to 'uat-pending'. This procedural block was compounded by 15+ Elrond re-scopings of success criterion 1, creating confusion about completion state and leaving the status router w (elrond.rsi_loop)

✅Success criteria

• Closing an RSI diagnosis initiative no longer spawns a follow-on clone: the filer returns a recorded skip for diagnosis-tagged initiatives while still filing follow-ons for ordinary initiatives (both paths verified) (must_have)
• The two existing clones (2253-02, 2280-02) are out of the blocked pile — redirected to their parent diagnoses — so the RSI loop and the Monitor blocked list no longer show phantom diagnosis work (must_have)
• Every diagnosis initiative record shows the full artifact set going forward: bypass audit rows, recommendation decisions on its target, and Palantir entries (spot-checked on the next organic diagnosis after deploy) (must_have)
• Regression suite shows zero new failures after the change (must_have)