rdmsm4x-changelog-20260904-0718-codex-load-normalization

Normalized canonical Codex loading, compacted the root instruction router, updated the fleet registry, and committed the durable diagnosis without touching the dirty shared fleet checkout.

Scope and reason

• Fleet scope: all six Macs; this record covers changes on canonical rdmsm4x.
• Ticket: ISSUE-20260904-03, child of INC-20260904-01; Tyrell follow-up FEAT-20260904-06.

Files changed

• /Users/richh/.codex/config.toml
• /Users/richh/dev/AGENTS.md
• /Users/richh/dev/PROJECTS.md
• /Users/richh/dev/_handoff/codex-load-normalization-20260904/
• Isolated worktree /Users/richh/dev/_worktrees/fleet-codex-load-normalization-20260904/dev-root-docs/snapshot/AGENTS.md
• Isolated worktree /Users/richh/dev/_worktrees/fleet-codex-load-normalization-20260904/dev-root-docs/docs/CODEX-LOAD-NORMALIZATION-REPORT-20260904.md

Configuration and documentation result

• Plugin tables: 58 enabled before; 15 enabled and 43 disabled after. Disabled packs remain installed and reversible; OpenAI plugins/connected apps, Hookify, Frontend Design, Mem0, Firecrawl, and explicit MCP definitions remain.
• Exact byte-identical skill copies suppressed: 9; identical ~/.agents/skills copies remain enabled.
• Explicit skill-catalog budget: 10,000 tokens.
• Final config SHA-256: 09fe277a3a8612b2e3c733974c12acd39d9e45f0c2a275e046f47cfac5a82ef1.
• Root AGENTS.md: 19,614 bytes to 3,091 bytes; final SHA-256 3e3afa762e0d6e77a71ab3e7ee5e11122a069bf5c76c24efed7f93b8e81a029b.
• Effective prompt probes prove the root file loads for /Users/richh/dev but not inside the nested Tyrell or RTTy Git roots, so /init was not the failure source for those projects.
• Fleet documentation commit: 4fd3bd74dbdc47d32fd422b9d3eab0e0a4252866 on branch codex/codex-load-normalization-20260904 in an isolated linked worktree.

Commands and verification

• Ran read-only loading/instruction/config/cache/descriptor audits, staged normalization, strict-config doctor, exact-duplicate comparison, and codex debug prompt-input controls.
• codex --strict-config doctor --json: live config loads and parses successfully.
• git diff --check: clean for the documentation change.
• Gitleaks 8.30.1 pipe scan: 17.79 KB scanned, no leaks found.
• The shared /Users/richh/dev/fleet checkout was observed dirty with other agents' work and was not edited.

Backups and undo

• Config: /Users/richh/.agent-coordination/backups/codex-load-normalization-20260904T0615/rdmsm4x/config.toml.before plus phase backups under codex-load-normalization-20260904T0630-budget, codex-skill-dedupe-20260904T0650-filepaths, and codex-inert-skill-override-cleanup-20260904T0700.
• Root instruction file: /Users/richh/.agent-coordination/backups/codex-load-normalization-20260904T0615/rdmsm4x/dev-AGENTS.md.before.
• Root registry: /Users/richh/.agent-coordination/backups/codex-load-normalization-20260904T0710/rdmsm4x/PROJECTS.md.before.
• Undo only after a current hash comparison and a new backup; atomically restore the chosen before-file and re-run strict doctor or prompt-input verification.

Outstanding actions

• The isolated documentation commit awaits owner review/integration; it was not pushed to shared main.
• Apple Notes publication is pending because the remote session is Background, not Aqua.
• The configured full-state backup wrapper is absent; exact independent backups above are the verified rollback state.