coordination-engine/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0004-orwell-canon-review.md

---
id: COORDINATION-WP-0004
type: workplan
title: "OrwellLoggingDiagnostics canon review"
domain: communication
repo: coordination-engine
status: active
flavor: planning
owner: codex
topic_slug: communication
created: "2026-09-07"
updated: "2026-09-24"
state_hub_workstream_id: "bf08c283-0f43-5a8d-9e63-17c4b96ded11"
---

# OrwellLoggingDiagnostics canon review

Operator-approved follow-up to COORDINATION-WP-0003-T04, transferred on
2026-09-07 so canonical review does not block the completed worker runtime.
The candidate is `docs/orwell-logging-diagnostics-candidate.md`; TAMQ is its
known consumer and info-tech-canon is the canonical owner.

Reviewed against the current candidate and the owner's documented assimilation
process. The candidate exists; no matching registered artifact or explicit owner
disposition has been established. This workplan tracks the outstanding obligation
without claiming canonical acceptance or authorizing unsafe runtime logging.

## Obtain canonical owner disposition

```task
id: COORDINATION-WP-0004-T01
status: done
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "c1342268-6e04-5892-a0c9-4dfc3527d466"
```

Bring the prepared candidate through info-tech-canon's assimilation process and
obtain the owner's explicit observe/map/adapt/adopt/reject disposition. Compare
with existing observability/data-handling practices and record the decision and
any requested changes. Follow the owner's repository instructions and obtain
message authorization before contacting another agent if none is already given.

Done when the owner's disposition is linked here with its rationale and the
candidate reflects any agreed changes. An unreviewed candidate alone is not
canonical acceptance.

2026-09-22: operator authorized contacting the owner. Assimilation request sent
to info-tech-canon as State Hub message `3f8f46c0-5fbb-4995-838f-c8820af174f1`,
asking for an explicit observe/map/adapt/adopt/reject disposition on
`practice-pattern/orwell-logging-diagnostics`. The request treats the candidate
as `incoming/` material under the owner's intake-and-assimilation practice, does
not write into their repo, and offers to send the file content on request.
2026-09-24: disposition received and verified — **adapt**, decided 2026-09-22
under `INFO-DEC-2026-003` by the canon owner. Reply message
`fff06b47-040b-4a97-8849-aeecbdbfed05`; record at info-tech-canon
`infospace/assimilation/orwell-logging-diagnostics/ASSIMILATION.md`
(commit `5a1ea90`), with our candidate frozen under `source/` at `628f984`.

Rationale, as recorded by the owner: no existing canon artifact separates
verbosity from disclosure, and neither the Data nor the Security model
describes a controlled, temporary exception to omission, so the candidate is
not a duplicate. It is pattern-shaped and fits `PracticePatternScheme`. It is
adapted rather than adopted because the name and the `--orwell` flag are
consumer-specific; the canon form takes a neutral name, the scheme's layout and
imported concepts, while the six practice points carry over unchanged. tmux-amq
`04de219` is an implemented and tested known use, so the pattern enters at
`candidate` lifecycle status. **No changes to our candidate were requested.**

The disposition does not authorize unsafe logging in any runtime, and this repo
introduces none. T01 is closed: the owner's disposition is linked here with its
rationale and the candidate needs no agreed changes.

## Record registration or final disposition

```task
id: COORDINATION-WP-0004-T02
status: wait
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "0260b21a-2786-5548-976b-c71f788f3d23"
```

Depends on T01. For adopt/adapt, record the owner-registered artifact ID,
canonical path, version/index entry and validation evidence, then update the
candidate and relevant consumer references. Canonical changes belong to
info-tech-canon and follow its owner-gated assimilation process.

For observe/map/reject, record the final owner disposition and its implications
instead of inventing a canonical registration. Close this follow-up when the
owner's chosen outcome is documented and the consumer references are accurate.

2026-09-24: still waiting, now on a known artifact rather than an unknown
disposition. Canon placement is info-tech-canon `INFO-WP-0030`
(`workplans/INFO-WP-0030-explicit-unsafe-diagnostics-pattern.md`), status
`proposed` as of this check, so no registered artifact exists yet — `canon.yaml`
and `infospace/artifacts/index.yaml` currently list only the assimilation
record, not a practice pattern. The owner will send the registered artifact ID,
canonical path and canon version when INFO-WP-0030 finishes. Record them here
with validation evidence, refresh the consumer references, then close. Do not
anticipate the canonical name or path before registration.