fix: preserve source task sections and explicit empty notes

Assistant: codex
Assistant-Model: gpt-6-astra
Assistant-Session: 01a07ff8-19d0-7820-b4d0-1353833cb7fc

workplans/STATE-WP-0090-projection-task-field-convergence.md

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+---
+id: STATE-WP-0090
+type: workplan
+title: "Preserve task descriptions and explicit empty notes in Forge projection"
+domain: infotech
+repo: state-hub
+status: active
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: infotech
+created: "2026-09-10"
+updated: "2026-09-10"
+related: [STATE-WP-0086, RMGR-WP-0017, HFACT-WP-0001]
+---
+
+HFACT-WP-0001-T02 repeatedly repairs six of 24 selected task projections after
+normal sync. Forge derivation truncates nested evidence and converts explicit
+empty intervention notes into null, disagreeing with file-authoritative deep
+consistency. Fix the original parser rather than applying another batch patch.
+
+## Reproduce and correct task-field derivation
+
+```task
+id: STATE-WP-0090-T01
+status: done
+priority: high
+```
+
+Retain nested task sections, stop at the next peer/ancestor heading or task block,
+match source-description cleanup and preserve absent/null/empty metadata meaning.
+Keep task identity, status, collision and retirement rules unchanged. Test parity
+with the existing consistency parser and real PostgreSQL/API convergence.
+
+## Promote the verified correction and prove the selected chain
+
+```task
+id: STATE-WP-0090-T02
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Run relevant projection/consistency/API regressions, commit/push, consume the
+immutable CI image and prepare the existing Helm release with reused values and
+atomic rollback. Verify the exact promoted image and healthy primary, then sync
+the three selected repositories using RMGR-WP-0017 and read back all 24 task
+fields with zero manual task PATCH repairs. Preserve unrelated untracked evidence.
+
+## Retain evidence and close the bounded defect
+
+```task
+id: STATE-WP-0090-T03
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Record source/image/Helm revisions, test results and before/after convergence.
+HFACT T02 retains other selected-backlog readiness work; native admission and
+factory execution remain their existing owner tasks. Do not mark factory G1/G2
+complete or introduce another synchronization service.
+
+Validation: all five new parser cases fail on the previous derivation. The
+corrected projection/consistency/API suite passes 242 tests on a disposable
+PostgreSQL database. Actual selected-source comparison reproduces six drifted
+tasks before the fix and zero afterward across 24 tasks. No production data
+was used by the tests; live promotion and readback remain T02.