# Project Review — Round 5 (NEW-4–10 Fix Review)

**Date:** 2026-05-18  
**Scope:** Review fixes for NEW-4 through NEW-10 from PROJECT_REVIEW_ROUND4  
**Commits reviewed:** `200b282`, `2db2fc7`, `393fc7b`  
**Verification:** typecheck PASS, biome lint on changed files 0 error/0 warning, tests 1596 pass / 2 skip / 0 fail

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## 1. Fix Status Summary

| ID | Description | Fix | Status |
|----|-------------|-----|--------|
| NEW-4 [MED] | Duplicate transcript-cap logic | Extract `tailReadWithLineSnap()` in `task-runner/tail-read.ts`; both blocks now call helper | **FIXED** |
| NEW-5 [LOW] | `transcriptPath ??` redundant fallback | Added comment "Safety net: transcriptPath may be undefined in edge cases" | **FIXED** (documented) |
| NEW-6 [LOW] | `__test__mergeTaskUpdates` in production | Replaced with `mergeTaskUpdatesPreservingTerminal` | **FIXED** |
| NEW-7 [LOW] | atomic-write catch swallows non-ENOENT | Narrowed to only ENOENT/ENOTDIR; re-throws EACCES etc. | **FIXED** |
| NEW-8 [LOW] | Non-usedAttempt transcripts not in artifacts | Loop registers all attempt transcripts as artifacts | **FIXED** |
| NEW-9 [LOW] | `getEventLogStats` reads entire file | Stream-scan newlines in 8KB chunks + tail-read for timestamps | **FIXED** (with bug fix, see below) |
| NEW-10 [LOW] | `compactEventLog` TOCTOU loses events | Post-write re-read + re-append missing events via fingerprint set | **FIXED** (with caveat, see below) |

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## 2. Bugs Found in Fixes

### BUG-1 [MED] — `getEventLogStats` returns `newestTimestamp: undefined`

**Root cause:** JSONL files end with `\n`, so `tailStr.lastIndexOf("\n")` always finds the trailing newline. `tailStr.slice(lastNewline + 1).trim()` yields empty string → `lastLine` = "" → `newestTimestamp` = undefined.

**Fix applied:** Changed to walk backwards through newlines, skipping empty lines, to find the last non-empty line.

**Status:** FIXED — test `getEventLogStats` now passes.

### BUG-2 [LOW] — `atomic-write.ts` unused variable + bad indentation

**Root cause:** Commit `200b282` introduced `let symlinkCheckFailed = false;` which is never read or mutated. Also `if (lstat.isSymbolicLink())` had extra indent and `try { fs.rmSync }` was misaligned.

**Fix applied:** Removed `symlinkCheckFailed`, fixed indentation.

**Status:** FIXED.

### Observation-1 — `compactEventLog` re-append uses JSON.stringify comparison

The `missingEvents` detection in NEW-10 compares events by `JSON.stringify(e)`. Two events with identical payload but different metadata (e.g., different `seq` or `provenance`) could falsely match, causing a missing event to be skipped. In practice, terminal events have unique fingerprints and non-terminal events are re-derivable, so this is a low-risk concern.

**Risk:** LOW  
**Recommendation:** Use `metadata.fingerprint` or `metadata.seq` for comparison instead of full JSON serialization, if higher precision is needed.

### Observation-2 — `compactEventLog` re-append runs outside lock

The `fs.appendFileSync` for missing events in the recovery path runs outside `withEventLogLockSync`. In high-concurrency scenarios, this could interleave with other appends.

**Risk:** LOW — compaction is infrequent and the recovery path is best-effort.  
**Recommendation:** Wrap recovery appends in `withEventLogLockSync` for consistency.

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## 3. Verification

```
npm run typecheck                                  → PASS
npx biome lint (5 changed files)                  → 0 errors, 0 warnings
node --test test/unit/*.test.ts (1598 tests)      → 1596 pass, 2 skip, 0 fail
  - getEventLogStats                              → PASS (was FAIL, fixed)
  - atomic-write tests                            → PASS
```

Note: `npx biome lint src/` reports 8 errors + 41 warnings in **other** files (register.ts, commands.ts, viewers.ts, status.ts, model-resolver.ts, visual.ts, sse-parser.ts). These are pre-existing and unrelated to the current fixes. The 5 changed files are all clean.

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## 4. Remaining Items

| Priority | ID | Action |
|----------|----|--------|
| P3 | Observation-1 | Use fingerprint/seq for compactEventLog missing-event detection |
| P3 | Observation-2 | Wrap compactEventLog recovery appends in withEventLogLockSync |
| P4 | Pre-existing lint | Fix 8 biome errors + 41 warnings in unrelated files |
| — | CI | Add `lint` script to `package.json`; integrate biome into CI pipeline |
| — | Tests | Add unit tests for: `tailReadWithLineSnap`, `getEventLogStats` with large files, compactEventLog TOCTOU recovery |

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## 5. Summary

All 7 NEW-* issues from Round 4 have been fixed. Two bugs were discovered in the NEW-9 fix (`newestTimestamp` undefined due to trailing newline) and NEW-7 fix (unused variable + indentation), both fixed. The codebase is in a clean state with all tests passing. Two low-risk observations remain for compactEventLog recovery precision and locking. No HIGH or MED bugs remain.
