Distillation

🟡 (16:58) Retry security review task ses_f73f7789affeDjEvYjO7RdXEo2 completed with empty output; because the security reviewer had returned empty output twice, the assistant deemed it unusable.
🟡 (16:58) Assistant replaced only the unusable security reviewer with a fresh independent auditor; the workflow lifecycle retry remained active and the reviewed tree stayed frozen.
🟡 (16:59) Replacement security audit task ses_f73be021fffer93zFy0PjlPDOy started and was running in the background. Its tool contract prohibited sleeping, polling for progress, requesting status, or duplicating work on the same files or topics.
🟡 (16:59) The replacement security audit and workflow lifecycle retry were both running against the frozen tree; the merge gate remained closed.

Observations