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+# Suggestion backlog — archived record
+
+**Scope:** the complete contents of the State Hub `suggestion-backlog` capability
+at retirement — **10 suggestions, 10 notes, 5 relevance bumps**,
+raised 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-16.
+
+**Maintained here, not in `state-hub`,** for the same reason as
+[`retired-legacy-interfaces.md`](retired-legacy-interfaces.md): State Hub is
+being archived and this record must outlive it.
+
+**Programme:** slice E1 in `state-hub/docs/retirement-cutover-slice-plan.md`,
+`STATE-WP-0079-T05`. Inventory: `SHR-INV-0001`, `suggestion-backlog`,
+disposition `retire` → `archive`.
+
+## What this was, and what replaced it
+
+The suggestion backlog was a demand-weighted queue: agents that hit an unmet
+need raised a suggestion, repeat encounters bumped its relevance, and WSJF
+scoring ordered what to build. It was superseded by the **intake** work-record
+entity, which covers the same discovery step inside the work-record framework
+rather than beside it.
+
+Mutations were retired 2026-07-21 under `CUST-WP-0061-T06` — every write path
+returns HTTP 410 pointing at `POST /intakes/`. Reads were kept live so the
+historical record stayed reachable. This file is what makes removing those reads
+safe.
+
+Migration context: [`intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md`](../intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md),
+`canon/standards/work-record-types_v0.1.md`.
+
+## Disposition
+
+**All 10 closed as `declined`, none promoted** — every `promoted_task_id`
+is null. They were declined together in the 2026-07-21 close-out and migrated to
+intake records, so the backlog was drained deliberately rather than abandoned.
+The per-entry notes below carry each one's migration target.
+
+| Origin | Suggestions |
+| --- | --- |
+| `WARDEN-WP-0012` | 7 |
+| `STATE-WP-0069` | 1 |
+| `STATE-WP-0073` | 1 |
+| *(unset)* | 1 |
+
+## The entries
+
+### Issue-core ingestion API key OpenBao path
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `issue-core-ingestion-api-key`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 1 over 1 event(s), 1 bump(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0001 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Activity-core issue sink consumer key custody
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `activity-core-issue-sink`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 1 over 1 event(s), 1 bump(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0002 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### OpenRouter llm-connect OpenBao → K8s Secret path
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `openrouter-llm-connect`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 0 over 0 event(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0003 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Object storage STS vending path (NK-WP-0007)
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `object-storage-sts`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 0 over 0 event(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0004 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Human OIDC login via key-cape / Keycloak
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `human-oidc-login`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 1 over 1 event(s), 1 bump(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0005 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### flex-auth policy decision before sensitive action
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `flex-auth-resource-check`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 1 over 1 event(s), 1 bump(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0006 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### auth_principals sync for host principal deploy
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** `WARDEN-WP-0012` / `host-principal-deploy`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-06 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 1 over 1 event(s), 1 bump(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 3.0
+
+Gated routing scenario from WARDEN-WP-0012. Owner path not yet shipped; accrues relevance when agents hit this unmet need.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0007 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Roll out weekly legacy-meter review on Railiance activity-core
+
+**Domain:** `financials` · **Origin:** `STATE-WP-0069` / `weekly-legacy-meter-review-railiance-rollout`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-08 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 0 over 0 event(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 2.0
+
+**Owner repo:** `railiance-cluster` (cluster reconcile on railiance01; manifests ship from `activity-core`). Deploy the `weekly-legacy-meter-review` ActivityDefinition on railiance01 so STATE-WP-0069 retirement gating receives automated weekly evidence from production activity-core. **Why:** activity-core commit `efa3615` (STATE-WP-0069: schedule weekly legacy-meter review monitoring) adds the definition, resolver (`legacy_meter_weekly_review` → `GET /legacy-meter/weekly-review`), evidence sink (`legacy_meter_weekly_review` progress event), and K8s projection in `k8s/railiance/20-runtime.yaml`. Code is merged; cluster reconcile is pending. **Prereqs:** - activity-core checkout on railiance01 at `efa3615` or later - `actcore-state-hub-bridge` reachable at `127.0.0.1:18000` (State Hub tunnel) - `kubectl` access: `export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config-hosteurope` **Rollout (no worker restart):** 1. `kubectl apply -f k8s/railiance/20-runtime.yaml` — updates `actcore-external-activity-definitions` ConfigMap with `weekly-legacy-meter-review.md` 2. Wait ~60s for API pod volume propagation (see `scripts/smoke_admin_sync_no_restart.py`) 3. `kubectl -n activity-core exec deploy/actcore-api -- python3 -c 'import urllib.request; req=urllib.request.Request("http://localhost:8010/admin/sync?definitions=true&schedules=true", method="POST"); print(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode())'` 4. Verify definition `weekly-legacy-meter-review` is enabled in DB and Temporal schedule `30 8 * * 1` Europe/Berlin exists 5. After first Monday 08:30 run: confirm `legacy_meter_weekly_review` progress event on State Hub linked to workplan `923bb94a-d16c-422c-b81e-16328bd7b60c` **References:** `activity-core/docs/runbook.md` (Railiance01 no-restart smoke), `activity-core/k8s/railiance/README.md`, `activity-definitions/weekly-legacy-meter-review.md`.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0008 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Rebuild activity-core:railiance01-prod for legacy-meter 8h capture
+
+**Domain:** `financials` · **Origin:** `STATE-WP-0073` / `legacy-meter-8h-capture-railiance-rollout`
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-09 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 0 over 0 event(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 4.0, size 2.0
+
+Operator follow-up from STATE-WP-0073: the `legacy-meter-8h-capture` ActivityDefinition and runtime ConfigMap are applied on railiance01, but cluster pods still run a pre-`f41cf14` image — the `legacy_meter_weekly_review` resolver does not pass `hours=8`, so scheduled runs may report a 7-day window instead of the intended 8-hour retirement gate. **Why:** activity-core `f41cf14` adds `hours` through the State Hub resolver, `legacy-meter-8h-capture` cron (`0 */8 * * *` UTC), and progress sink `legacy_meter_8h_capture` for STATE-WP-0070 seven-window gating. WSL crontab captures git evidence correctly; production activity-core needs an image reconcile. **Target repo:** `railiance-cluster` (beachhead image reconcile pattern from RAIL-BS-WP-0010). **Prereqs:** - activity-core checkout ≥ `f41cf14` on railiance01 (`forgejo-remote` — `gitea-remote` may lag) - `export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml` - `actcore-state-hub-bridge` / State Hub tunnel healthy **Rollout steps:** 1. On railiance01: `cd ~/activity-core && git pull --ff-only forgejo main` (expect `f41cf14`+) 2. `docker build -t activity-core:railiance01-prod .` 3. `docker save -o /tmp/activity-core-railiance01-prod.tar activity-core:railiance01-prod` 4. `sudo k3s ctr images import /tmp/activity-core-railiance01-prod.tar` 5. Restart only if digest changed: `kubectl -n activity-core rollout restart deploy/actcore-worker deploy/actcore-api deploy/actcore-event-router` 6. Verify in worker pod: `_legacy_meter_weekly_review` source includes `hours` param 7. After next 08:00/16:00/00:00 UTC tick: confirm `legacy_meter_8h_capture` progress on State Hub with `window_label: 8h` and low/zero legacy call counts **References:** `activity-core/k8s/railiance/README.md`, `activity-definitions/legacy-meter-8h-capture.md`, `state-hub/docs/evidence/legacy-meter-delta-20260709.md`, RAIL-BS-WP-0010 image-reconcile pattern.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0009 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+### Reclassify repos and guidance docs to the new sector domain scheme
+
+**Domain:** `infotech` · **Origin:** *(unset)*
+**Stage:** `declined` · **Raised:** 2026-07-16 · **Closed:** 2026-07-20
+**Relevance:** 0 over 0 event(s) · **WSJF inputs:** value 3.0, size 3.0
+
+The hub now uses sector-style domains (agents, communication, infotech, financials, ...), but the-custodian's guidance still assumes the seven legacy domains (custodian, railiance, markitect, coulomb_social, personhood, foerster_capabilities, netkingdom) — e.g. Bernd's global CLAUDE.md instructs orientation calls against those slugs. Proposal for the-custodian: (1) publish a legacy→sector mapping, (2) update global/CLAUDE.md orientation guidance to the new scheme, (3) regenerate .repo-classification.yaml for registered repos — binky-control currently warns C-24 (classification missing) and sits under 'infotech' by codex's bootstrap choice; confirm or reassign under the new scheme. Origin: binky-control consistency check C-24 + domain-list mismatch observed 2026-07-16.
+
+- *2026-07-20*, custodian (stage `declined`) — One-time close-out (CUST-WP-0061-T06, 2026-07-21): the suggestions table is retired to read-only legacy in favor of the fresh work-record intake entity. Migrated to CUST-IN-0010 in the-custodian/intake-legacy-suggestions-migration.md -- pick it up there.
+
+## Note on the WSJF fields
+
+`base_value`, `job_size`, `relevance` and `relevance_weight` fed a
+cost-of-delay / WSJF ordering computed at read time
+(`state-hub/api/services/suggestion_wsjf.py`), never stored. The values above
+are therefore inputs, not the ranking the dashboard showed. The ranking is not
+reconstructed here — with every entry declined, it has no forward use.
+
+*Last updated: 2026-08-20*