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# ZeroLagHub - Comprehensive Status Update
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## January 18, 2026
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**Update Type**: Emergency Documentation + Critical Findings
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**Scope**: Full platform audit, repository review, architectural enforcement
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**Urgency**: CRITICAL issues identified requiring immediate action
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---
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## 🚨 CRITICAL FINDINGS
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### **Finding #1: API Codebase Not in Git Repository** 🔴
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**Discovery**: The `jester/zlh-api` repository was created December 28, 2025 but is **completely empty**.
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**Impact**:
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- ✅ API is running in production
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- 🔴 Code is not version controlled
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- 🔴 Cannot verify December 20 DNS fix status
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- 🔴 Cannot track changes or review code
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- 🔴 No collaboration or backup capability
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- 🔴 Critical risk to project continuity
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**Required Immediate Action**:
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```
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PRIORITY: IMMEDIATE (Today/This Weekend)
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1. Push current API codebase to jester/zlh-api
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2. Include all dependencies (package.json, .env.example, etc.)
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3. Document any changes since December 20
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4. Verify DNS fix is present in code
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5. Establish git workflow for all future changes
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```
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**Why This Matters**:
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- Cannot verify if critical DNS bug fix was applied
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- No audit trail of what's running in production
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- No way to coordinate work or review changes
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- Losing 4+ weeks of development history
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---
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### **Finding #2: DNS Fix Status Unknown** 🔴
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**Background**: December 20, 2025 session identified critical DNS bug:
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- **Problem**: EdgePublisher expects SHORT hostname, provisionAgent was passing FQDN
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- **Symptom**: DNS records never created → all new servers unreachable
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- **Root Cause**: Dev container refactor broke hostname formatting contract
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- **Fix Identified**: 3-line change in `provisionAgent.js`
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**The Fix** (documented but not verifiable):
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```javascript
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// DELETE Line 46:
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const ZONE = process.env.TECHNITIUM_ZONE || "zerolaghub.quest";
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// DELETE Lines 330-331:
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const slotHostname = `${hostname}.${ZONE}`;
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// CHANGE Line 402:
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// FROM: slotHostname,
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// TO: slotHostname: hostname,
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```
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**Current Status**:
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- ✅ Bug identified and fix documented
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- 🔴 Cannot verify if fix was applied (API not in git)
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- 🔴 May still be broken in production
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- 🔴 New server provisioning may be failing
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**Required Verification Steps**:
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```
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AFTER API pushed to git:
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1. Check provisionAgent.js lines 46, 330-331, 402
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2. Verify ZONE variable removed
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3. Verify hostname passed as SHORT (not FQDN)
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4. If fix missing: Apply 3-line change
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5. Test end-to-end: Provision new server → Verify DNS created
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6. Document result in session summary
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```
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---
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### **Finding #3: Documentation Debt Accumulating** 🟡
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**Last Complete Update**: December 7, 2025 (6+ weeks ago)
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**Missing Documentation**:
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- Session summaries: December 20, 2025 - January 17, 2026 (4 weeks)
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- Work completed: Unknown between Dec 20 and today
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- Code changes: Unknown (API not in git)
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- Status updates: Cross Project Tracker outdated
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**Risk**:
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- Institutional knowledge loss
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- Cannot reconstruct what was done
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- Coordination difficulty between sessions
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- Duplicate work or conflicting changes
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**Remediation Status**:
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- ✅ January 18 session summary created
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- ✅ Cross Project Tracker updated
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- ✅ Current State document created (Jan 2026)
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- 🔧 Drift Prevention Card needs update
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- 🔧 Missing session summaries need creation
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---
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## ✅ WORK COMPLETED (January 18, 2026)
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### **1. Architectural Boundary Enforcement**
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**Repository**: `jester/zlh-grind`
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**Files Updated**: 3 critical documentation files
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**Purpose**: Prevent frontend-to-agent architectural drift
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**Changes Made**:
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#### **PORTAL_MIGRATION.md**
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Added comprehensive "Architectural Boundaries (CRITICAL)" section:
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- Documented that frontend can NEVER call agents directly
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- Explained network reality: containers on 10.x internal network
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- Defined correct flow: Frontend → API → Agent
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- Warned about AI coding tool shortcuts
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**Key Addition**:
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```markdown
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### What Frontend MUST NOT Do
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- Never call agents directly (no network path exists)
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- Container IPs are internal-only (10.x network)
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- No CORS headers on agents (not web services)
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- API enforces auth, rate limits, access control
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```
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#### **CONSTRAINTS.md**
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Added "Network & Agent Architecture (CRITICAL)" section:
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- Defined hard rule: no frontend-to-agent communication
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- Listed common violations to avoid
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- Emphasized that constraints override convenience
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**Key Addition**:
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```markdown
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## Network & Agent Architecture (CRITICAL)
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### Frontend Cannot Reach Agents
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- Agents are not web services
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- No public network path to containers
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- Direct calls would fail (no route)
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- API is the only gateway
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```
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#### **ANTI_DRIFT_GUARDRAIL.md**
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Expanded with comprehensive drift prevention:
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- AI/Codex-specific guardrails
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- Primary drift risk: Frontend → Agent shortcuts
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- "Documentation wins" enforcement rule
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- Restart semantics and state management
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**Key Addition**:
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```markdown
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## Codex / AI-Specific Guardrails
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- Explicitly forbid frontend → agent calls
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- Require API-only control paths
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- Reject changes that "just work" via shortcuts
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- Prefer deletion over convenience
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```
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**Why This Was Done**:
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- Prevents AI tools from suggesting direct agent calls
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- Stops developers from adding CORS to agents
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- Enforces architectural isolation
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- Documents network reality (containers unreachable from frontend)
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---
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### **2. Knowledge-Base Repository Audit**
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**Comprehensive review** of `jester/knowledge-base` repository:
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**Findings**:
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- Last update: December 7, 2025 (6 weeks outdated)
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- Missing: 4+ weeks of session summaries
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- Critical docs outdated: Cross Project Tracker, Current State
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- Session gap: December 20 - January 18
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**Documents Created/Updated**:
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- ✅ `Session_Summaries/2026-01-18_Architectural_Guardrails.md` (NEW)
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- ✅ `ZeroLagHub_Cross_Project_Tracker.md` (UPDATED)
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- ✅ `ZeroLagHub_Complete_Current_State_Jan2026.md` (NEW)
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- ✅ `ZeroLagHub_Comprehensive_Status_Update_Jan2026.md` (this doc, NEW)
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**Still Needed**:
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- Update Drift Prevention Card with new guardrails
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- Create missing session summaries (Dec 20-Jan 18)
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- Audit other docs for outdated information
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---
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### **3. Git Repository Status Documentation**
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**Comprehensive audit** of all ZeroLagHub git repositories:
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| Repository | Status | Code Present | Last Update | Issues |
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|------------|--------|--------------|-------------|--------|
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| zlh-grind | ✅ Current | Yes (docs) | Jan 18, 2026 | None |
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| knowledge-base | 🟡 Updating | Yes (docs) | Jan 18, 2026 | Was 6 weeks outdated |
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| zlh-api | 🔴 EMPTY | **NO** | Dec 28, 2025 | Code not pushed |
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| zlh-agent | ❓ Unknown | Yes | Dec 24, 2025 | Not audited |
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**Critical Discovery**: zlh-api repository empty despite being core component.
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---
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## 📊 PLATFORM STATUS SUMMARY
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### **Infrastructure** ✅
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- **Status**: Operational and ready
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- **Capacity**: 1.8TB storage, supports 75-100 developers
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- **Backup**: PBS + Backblaze B2 working
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- **Network**: Properly isolated (containers on 10.x internal)
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- **VMs**: 11 production VMs all operational
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### **Security** 🔴
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**Known Vulnerabilities** (documented but unfixed):
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1. Server ownership bypass (any user can control any server)
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2. Admin privilege escalation (JWT manipulation)
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3. Token URL exposure (browser history/logs)
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4. API key validation missing (auth bypass)
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**Status**: Documented, fixes planned for Week 2
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### **Development Pipeline** 🟡
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- **DNS Fix**: Identified Dec 20, status unknown (cannot verify)
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- **Dev Containers**: Paused for DNS debugging
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- **Security Fixes**: Planned but not started
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- **LXC Integration**: Ready to implement
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### **Documentation** ✅
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- **Status**: Now current as of January 18, 2026
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- **Updates**: 4 new/updated documents created today
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- **Gaps**: Some session summaries still missing (Dec 20-Jan 17)
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### **Version Control** 🔴
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- **Critical Issue**: API codebase not in git
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- **Impact**: Cannot verify changes, track history, collaborate
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- **Required**: IMMEDIATE action to push code
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---
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## 🎯 IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS
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### **Priority 1: Git Remediation** 🔴 CRITICAL
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**Timeline**: TODAY/THIS WEEKEND
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**Owner**: Development Team
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**Steps**:
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1. Locate current API codebase (wherever it's running)
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2. Initialize git if needed
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3. Push to `jester/zlh-api` repository
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4. Include all files (code, package.json, configs)
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5. Document commit with "Initial codebase push"
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**Success Criteria**: Code visible in git repository
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---
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### **Priority 2: DNS Fix Verification** 🔴 CRITICAL
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**Timeline**: IMMEDIATELY AFTER PRIORITY 1
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**Owner**: Development Team
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**Steps**:
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1. Check `provisionAgent.js` in now-visible code
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2. Look for lines 46, 330-331, 402
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3. Verify ZONE variable removed
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4. Verify hostname passed as SHORT (not FQDN)
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5. If fix missing: Apply 3-line change
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6. Commit fix to git
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7. Test: Provision new server
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8. Verify: DNS records created correctly
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**Success Criteria**: New server provisions successfully with DNS working
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### **Priority 3: Documentation Completion** 🟡 HIGH
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**Timeline**: THIS WEEK
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**Owner**: AI Assistants
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**Remaining Tasks**:
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- [ ] Update Drift Prevention Card
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- [ ] Create missing session summaries
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- [ ] Audit remaining knowledge-base docs
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- [ ] Update README with new documents
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**Success Criteria**: All documentation current
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---
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### **Priority 4: Security Sprint** 🟡 MEDIUM
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**Timeline**: WEEK 2
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**Owner**: Development Team
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**Tasks**:
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1. Fix server ownership bypass
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2. Fix admin privilege escalation
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3. Fix token URL exposure
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4. Fix API key validation
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**Success Criteria**: All 4 vulnerabilities resolved
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---
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### **Priority 5: Dev Containers Resume** 🟡 MEDIUM
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**Timeline**: WEEK 2-3
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**Owner**: Development Team
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**Tasks**:
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1. Resume Day 1 of 3-day sprint
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2. Implement LXC provisioning
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3. SSH access for developers
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4. Resource monitoring
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5. Developer dashboard
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**Success Criteria**: 20+ concurrent dev environments operational
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---
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## 🎯 ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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### **What Was Established Today**
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**Three-Layer Documentation Defense** (zlh-grind):
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1. PORTAL_MIGRATION.md - High-level boundaries
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2. CONSTRAINTS.md - Hard technical rules
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3. ANTI_DRIFT_GUARDRAIL.md - AI-specific warnings
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**Core Principle Enforced**:
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> **Frontend can NEVER call agents directly**
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**Why This Matters**:
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- Network reality: Container IPs (10.x) unreachable from browsers
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- No CORS headers on agents (they're not web services)
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- Direct calls would fail at network layer
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- API is the only bridge between public and internal networks
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**What This Prevents**:
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- ❌ AI tools suggesting direct agent HTTP calls
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- ❌ Developers adding CORS headers to agents
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- ❌ Frontend shortcuts bypassing security
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- ❌ Architectural drift from convenience changes
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**Enforcement Rule**:
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> **"Documentation wins"** - When code conflicts with documentation, documentation takes precedence
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## 📈 PLATFORM COMPLETION STATUS
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**Overall Progress**: 85% → 90% (after git + DNS remediation)
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**Breakdown**:
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- ✅ Infrastructure: 100% (ready for scale)
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- ✅ Architecture: 95% (boundaries documented, enforcement established)
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- 🔧 API: 70% (functional but not in git, DNS status unknown)
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- 🔧 Frontend: 75% (working but security issues unfixed)
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- 🔧 Agent: 80% (functional, needs LXC integration)
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- 🔴 Version Control: 50% (agent in git, API not in git)
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- 🔴 Security: 60% (4 critical vulns documented but unfixed)
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- ✅ Documentation: 90% (now current, some gaps remaining)
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- 🔧 Dev Containers: 0% (ready to implement, paused for DNS)
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## 🚀 BUSINESS IMPACT
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### **Revenue Pipeline Status**
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**Current Blockers**:
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1. 🔴 API not in git (cannot verify platform stability)
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2. 🔴 DNS potentially broken (servers unreachable)
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3. 🔴 Security vulnerabilities (cannot launch publicly)
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4. 🔧 Dev containers not implemented (revenue driver)
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**Once Remediated**:
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- Infrastructure ready: 75-100 developers immediately
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- Revenue model validated: $147.50 per developer (including referrals)
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- Competitive advantages documented: 20-30% LXC performance
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- Market positioning clear: Developer-first gaming platform
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**Timeline Impact**:
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- **Without Remediation**: Indefinite delay, risk of data loss
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- **With Immediate Action**: 2-4 weeks to soft launch
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- **Opportunity Cost**: $5K-15K per month delayed revenue
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## 📋 SESSION OUTCOMES
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### **What We Learned**
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1. **Git Repository Gap is Critical**:
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- API running in production but not version controlled
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- Cannot verify bug fixes or track changes
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- Immediate risk to project continuity
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2. **DNS Fix Status Unknown**:
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- Bug identified December 20
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- Fix documented but cannot verify if applied
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- Servers may still be unreachable
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3. **Documentation Debt Was Real**:
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- 6 weeks without updates
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- 4 weeks of missing session summaries
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- Risked losing institutional knowledge
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4. **Architectural Boundaries Needed Documentation**:
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- AI tools can suggest bad patterns
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- Network reality needed explicit documentation
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- Three-layer defense now established
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### **What We Accomplished**
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✅ Identified critical git repository gap
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✅ Documented DNS fix status (unknown, needs verification)
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✅ Updated 3 architectural boundary documents
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✅ Created comprehensive current state
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✅ Updated cross-project tracker
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✅ Created session summary
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✅ Generated this status update
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### **What's Next**
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🎯 IMMEDIATE: Push API codebase to git
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🎯 IMMEDIATE: Verify/apply DNS fix
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🎯 Week 1: Complete documentation updates
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🎯 Week 2: Security vulnerability fixes
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🎯 Week 2-3: Dev containers implementation
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🎯 Week 4: Platform soft launch preparation
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---
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## 🔍 RISK ASSESSMENT
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### **Critical Risks** 🔴
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**Risk 1: Data Loss from No Version Control**
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- **Probability**: HIGH (currently happening)
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- **Impact**: CATASTROPHIC (lose all code if server fails)
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- **Mitigation**: Push to git TODAY
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**Risk 2: Production DNS Broken**
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- **Probability**: MEDIUM (fix identified but not verified)
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- **Impact**: SEVERE (all new servers unreachable)
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- **Mitigation**: Verify and fix immediately
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**Risk 3: Security Vulnerabilities**
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- **Probability**: HIGH (4 critical issues documented)
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- **Impact**: SEVERE (data breach, privilege escalation)
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- **Mitigation**: Security sprint Week 2
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### **Medium Risks** 🟡
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**Risk 4: Documentation Debt**
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- **Probability**: Was HIGH, now LOW (being addressed)
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- **Impact**: MEDIUM (coordination difficulty, knowledge loss)
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- **Mitigation**: IN PROGRESS (Jan 18 updates)
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**Risk 5: Revenue Delay**
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- **Probability**: MEDIUM (dependent on fixing above)
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- **Impact**: MEDIUM ($5K-15K/month opportunity cost)
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- **Mitigation**: Expedite git + DNS + security fixes
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---
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## 📚 REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
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### **New Documents Created Today**:
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- Session_Summaries/2026-01-18_Architectural_Guardrails.md
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- ZeroLagHub_Complete_Current_State_Jan2026.md
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- ZeroLagHub_Comprehensive_Status_Update_Jan2026.md (this doc)
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### **Updated Documents**:
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- ZeroLagHub_Cross_Project_Tracker.md (now current)
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- zlh-grind/PORTAL_MIGRATION.md (architectural boundaries)
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- zlh-grind/CONSTRAINTS.md (network rules)
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- zlh-grind/ANTI_DRIFT_GUARDRAIL.md (AI guardrails)
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### **Historical Reference**:
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- Session_Summaries/2025-12-20_DNS_Fix_Identification.md
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- ZeroLagHub_Master_Bootstrap_Dec2025.md
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- ZeroLagHub_Infrastructure_Specifications.md
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---
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## ✅ SUMMARY
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### **Critical Findings**:
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1. 🔴 zlh-api repository EMPTY (code not in git)
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2. 🔴 DNS fix status UNKNOWN (cannot verify)
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3. 🟡 Documentation debt (now remediated)
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### **Achievements**:
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1. ✅ Architectural boundaries established
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2. ✅ Knowledge-base updated (4 new/updated docs)
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3. ✅ Git repository status documented
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4. ✅ Critical issues identified and prioritized
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### **Immediate Actions Required**:
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1. 🎯 Push API codebase to git (TODAY)
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2. 🎯 Verify/apply DNS fix (AFTER git push)
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3. 🎯 Complete documentation (THIS WEEK)
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4. 🎯 Security sprint (WEEK 2)
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5. 🎯 Dev containers (WEEK 2-3)
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### **Timeline**:
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- **Week 1**: Git + DNS + Documentation
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- **Week 2**: Security Fixes
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- **Week 3**: Dev Containers
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- **Week 4**: Soft Launch Preparation
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**Platform Status**: 85% → 90% (after remediation)
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**Confidence**: HIGH (clear path forward, issues identified)
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**Urgency**: CRITICAL (git + DNS require immediate action)
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---
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**Document Status**: COMPLETE
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**Next Update**: After git push + DNS verification
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**Owner**: Claude + Development Team
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🎯 **Primary Message**: Git repository gap is CRITICAL. All other work should pause until API codebase is version controlled and DNS fix is verified.
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