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RSI diagnosis (CAROL-INI-2223b/2246): Albus root-causes WHY CAROL-INI-1888-00 (row 999900068, 'CAROL-INI-1888-00: Admin Monitor: Visit-time as per-visitor stacked bar (grey/bl') blocked and records recommendations on the original so its retriggered attempt succeeds. This is a PIPELINE-FIXING initiative: any fix it implements to the pipeline MUST adhere to the cookbook (checked automatically per fix during the Albus bypass, verdicts recorded as decisions).

GROUP EVIDENCE (CAROL-INI-2311 leverage diagnosis): 19 blocked initiatives share routed cause 'operator_put'. Root-cause the SHARED mechanism, not just this representative — your recommendations will be applied to every member on retrigger. Members: [999900068, 999900071, 999900073, 999900077, 999900440, 999900446, 999900433, 999900444, 999900467, 999900468, 999900465, 999900464, 999900485, 999900482, 999900488, 999900556, 999900564, 999900615, 999900602]

⚖️Decisions

• 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)
• Follow-on to parent INI 999900647 (orion)
• Scope inherited verbatim from parent INI 999900647 per CAROL-INI-361. (elrond.initiative_author)
• [status-router] planned -> dispatched | event=dispatch | RSI: auto-promoted bypasses depth limit (CAROL-INI-2198) (spb-01)
• [status-router] dispatched -> blocked | event=stuck_10min_no_activity | Elrond safety net: initiative has had no activity for 10+ minutes. Blocking under the parallel safety mechanism. (el-watchdog)
• Elrond safety net blocked initiative: no activity for 10+ minutes. Parallel mechanism (twin of handshake). (el-watchdog)
• Elrond blocked initiative under the CAROL-INI-2162 dead-Albus protocol. Albus was supposed to wake for step 0 (cause=albus_no_show) but did not respond. Cause: albus_no_show. Reason: Elrond safety net: initiative stranded 10+ min. Albus wake failed or produced no useful result. (el-s1)
• Orion remediated: Albus RSI group diagnosis (via INI 999900432): [procedural, confidence high] Albus executor did not wake to process the initiative after dispatch, as confirmed by the empty execution history and the Elrond safety net block at 2026-07-03 01:41:55 with cause=albus_no_show (see decision 'Elrond blocked initiative under the CAROL-INI-2162 dead-Albus protocol' and rsi_loop.log entries around that time). This is a procedural failure: the executor never started work, matching a systemic pattern affecting 63 other initiatives in the same block group. (orion)
• [status-router] blocked -> closed | event=operator_put | PUT /api/initiatives (operator)
• [rsi-group-cure] Cured by the group diagnosis on INI 999900432 (shared cause stuck_10min_no_activity); retriggered as INI 999900802. Root cause: [procedural, confidence high] Albus executor did not wake to process the initiative after dispatch, as confirmed by the empty execution history and the Elrond safety net block at 2026-07-03 01:41:55 with cause=albus_no_show (see decision 'Elrond blocked initiative under the CAROL-INI-2162 dead-Albus protocol' and rsi_loop.log entries around that time). This is a procedural failure: the executor ne (elrond.rsi_loop)

✅Success criteria

• The original initiative carries an 'Albus RSI diagnosis (root cause)' decision explaining why it blocked (must_have)
• The original initiative carries an 'Albus RSI recommendations' decision with concrete instructions for the next attempt (must_have)
• Every pipeline fix implemented by this initiative passes the automatic cookbook-adherence check (verdict recorded as a decision), keeping the pipeline cookbook-compliant while enabling CAROL-INI-1888-00 to succeed on retrigger (must_have)