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[Bug]: fw doctor warns TURN DRIVER is not armed for every interactive claude-fw session that never used continuous mode #101
Description
Bug Description
bin/fw:3189 prints OK Continuous-run wrapper last recorded ARMED from continuous-run.jsonl, written by bin/claude-fw for the budget auto-restart. Since T-3225, bin/fw:3210 then checks the turn driver and, when it is not armed, prints:
WARN ...but the TURN DRIVER is not armed — the loop takes no turns
reason: state-unreadable-or-empty
Arm it: bin/fw continuous arm --hours N --iterations N
T-3225 fixed a real blind spot (a lapsed directive behind a green line). But the check fires the same way when continuous mode was never wanted: the operator launches claude-fw only for the budget auto-restart, works interactively, and has never run fw continuous arm (.context/working/.continuous-mode.yaml and .next-directive.yaml do not exist; fw continuous status: STOPPED). The advice "Arm it" points to unattended mode, which this operator does not want.
Steps to Reproduce
- Start an interactive session with
claude-fw(nofw continuous armever run in the project). fw continuous statusprintsContinuous mode: STOPPED,Reason (live): state-unreadable-or-empty.fw doctorprints the WARN above.
Expected Behavior
Warn when continuous mode was armed and has lapsed (state file present, directive expired), as T-3225 intends. When it was never armed, an OK or INFO line such as turn driver: not in use (interactive sessions).
Actual Behavior
A permanent WARN for every interactive claude-fw user, with advice to arm unattended mode.
fw doctor output
AI Agent
Claude Code
Operating System
Linux
Additional Context
1.8.11 (e42aa41), vendored consumer, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, systemd 245), Claude Code.
Activity
DimitriGeelen commentedon Oct 18, 2026
[AEF intake] Received — 2026-10-18
Thank you. This issue has been ingested into the Agentic Engineering Framework's intake as INTAKE-0017. Next step: classification (type, affected area, severity, whether it reproduces on the current release and on bleeding-edge). You will get a comment here at each step: classified → decision → in progress → fixed on bleeding-edge → available for testing → released.
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DimitriGeelen commentedon Oct 18, 2026
[AEF intake] Classified — 2026-10-18
Type: bug. Area:
fw doctorcontinuous-run check. Severity: low (advisory WARN, but it fires on every interactive session). Reproduces on v1.8.11: yes, in the code (bin/fw:3207–3225). Duplicates: none. Related: T-3225 (origin of the check), T-3226 (a different spurious doctor FAIL, completed).Awaiting the maintainer's decision.
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DimitriGeelen commentedon Oct 18, 2026
[AEF intake] Accepted — 2026-10-18
Tracked as T-4358, prioritised (horizon: now). Next update here: in progress.
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DimitriGeelen commentedon Oct 20, 2026
[AEF intake] In progress — 2026-10-20
Work has started under T-4358. Next update here: fixed on bleeding-edge.
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T-4358: fw doctor WARNs on an unarmed turn driver only when continuou…
DimitriGeelen commentedon Oct 20, 2026
[AEF intake] Fixed on bleeding-edge — 2026-10-20
Fixed under T-4358 in commit 84e43c9 (on the
bleeding-edgebranch; not yet in a release).To test it before the release:
timeout 120 bats tests/unit/t4358_doctor_turn_driver_interactive.bats > /tmp/.t4358.out 2>&1 && ! grep -q "^not ok" /tmp/.t4358.outFeedback here is welcome. Next update here: released.These status updates are automated, but Dimitri personally looks at every issue and decides what happens to it. Replies on this issue are read.