Work log: Authexis — March 15, 2026

What shipped today

Massive autonomous pipeline session — 19 PRs merged across two major themes: hardening and test coverage. The session ran the full /triage --auto → /issue prep --auto → /issue exec --auto loop repeatedly, clearing the entire issue queue without manual intervention.

Input validation and error handling sweep. Scout-discovered issues from yesterday’s session were triaged and executed in rapid succession. Client-side maxLength attributes were added to all form inputs (#1222). Server-side length validation landed across three layers: API write endpoints (#1223), content server actions (#1240), idea server actions (#1239), and bookmarks/settings actions (#1241). Stripe webhook handlers and content server actions now check database update results instead of silently ignoring failures (#1226, #1227). The engine’s settings_enrich and voice_infer handlers got proper error handling for unchecked DB updates (#1237). This closes the entire input validation gap that scout identified.

Engine performance improvements. Search result scoring in google_search_scan now runs in parallel via asyncio.gather instead of sequential loops (#1210). Duplicate URL checks in rss_scan and google_search_scan were batched into single queries (#1209). Mastodon and Threads social metrics fetching was parallelized (#1229). Blog queue reorder now uses a database RPC function for atomicity (#1211).

Briefing enhancements. Failed social posts now appear in the daily briefing email (#1212). Upcoming posts in the briefing are now clickable links (#1217). Blog queue destructive actions (clear, shuffle) now have confirmation dialogs (#1228).

Engine handler test coverage — phase 2 complete. The big deliverable: decomposed #1230 into 4 child issues and executed all of them. Added 144 unit tests across 12 handler test files covering: interview_generate, idea_generate, content_research_sources, chat_message, newsletter_process, outbound_draft, feed_discovery, content_generate_meta, workspace_analyze, prospect_create, and voice_infer. Each file tests pure helper functions directly plus handler lifecycle with mocked DB/Claude calls. The test patterns (mock sequencing, side_effect callables for per-call failures, BudgetExceededError instantiation) are now well-established for future handler tests.

Completed

• #1209 — Batch duplicate URL checks in rss_scan and google_search_scan
• #1210 — Parallelize search result scoring in google_search_scan
• #1211 — Atomic blog queue reorder via database RPC function
• #1212 — Add failed social posts section to daily briefing email
• #1213 — Missing input length validation (decomposed into #1222-#1224)
• #1217 — Make upcoming posts clickable in briefing email
• #1222 — Add maxLength to client-side form inputs
• #1223 — Add server-side length validation to API write endpoints
• #1224 — Add length validation to server actions (decomposed into #1239-#1241)
• #1226 — Check database update results in Stripe webhook handlers
• #1227 — Check database update results in content server actions
• #1228 — Add confirmation dialogs for blog queue destructive actions
• #1229 — Parallelize Mastodon and Threads metrics fetching
• #1230 — Engine handler test coverage gaps phase 2 (decomposed into #1246-#1249)
• #1237 — Add error handling to unchecked DB updates in settings_enrich and voice_infer
• #1239 — Add length validation to idea server actions
• #1240 — Add length validation to content server actions
• #1241 — Add length validation to bookmarks and settings server actions
• #1246 — Tests for interview_generate and idea_generate handlers
• #1247 — Tests for content_research_sources and chat_message handlers
• #1248 — Tests for newsletter_process, outbound_draft, and feed_discovery handlers
• #1249 — Tests for content_generate_meta, workspace_analyze, prospect_create, and voice_infer handlers

Sentry duplicates closed: #1218, #1231, #1243, #1250, #1254, #1256, #1258, #1259, #1260

Release progress

• v1.5: 11/12 closed (1 open — #743 Dashboard redesign, backlog)
• v2: 20/20 closed
• v1-outbound: 19/19 closed

Carry-over

• #1215 — Humanizer phrases (needs-clarification, no author reply yet)
• #1036 — In-memory rate limiter (blocked on Upstash setup)
• Dirty working tree from prior sessions (modified web/actions/admin.ts, settings workspace files, engine/uv.lock) — not from this session’s work

Risks

• Sentry auto-create integration is out of control. AUTHEXIS-11 TimeoutError generated 8 duplicate GitHub issues today alone. AUTHEXIS-12 also started duplicating. The Sentry→GitHub integration needs its auto-create rules disabled or filtered for these recurring issues, or it will keep flooding the queue.

Flags and watch-outs

• The dirty working tree files (admin.ts, workspace settings, uv.lock) have been modified but uncommitted across multiple sessions. Worth investigating whether these are intentional WIP or accidental leftovers.
• All 144 new engine tests use mocked DB — no integration tests. The mock patterns are solid but can’t catch real DB schema mismatches.

Next session

1. Fix Sentry auto-create spam. Either disable the GitHub integration for AUTHEXIS-11/12, or add a dedup filter. This is the most urgent operational issue.
2. Investigate dirty working tree. The modified admin.ts and workspace settings files have been sitting uncommitted — determine if they’re WIP or should be reverted.
3. Run /scout --auto to find the next batch of improvements now that the queue is empty.
4. Check #1215 — follow up with Paul on the humanizer phrases clarification.