Distillation

Date: Sep 10, 2026

• 🟡 (11:35) User asked to continue work on PR #1558.
• 🟡 (11:35) Assistant resumed from reviewed head fc5d50e2324e2b6bb2067976bf1515dab45224fb and set the ordered execution plan: 1. verify the PR worktree, branch, and diff after restart; 2. add fail-first regressions for omitted targets, canonical parent help, and required variadic tables; 3. implement the three narrow correctness fixes; 4. regenerate docs and run focused plus full validation; 5. obtain an independent correctness review of the immutable corrected head; 6. push the reviewed head to PR #1558 and update PR metadata; 7. resolve bot threads, monitor CI, and merge PR #1558.
• 🟡 (11:36) Restart verification found the branch still at fc5d50e2324e2b6bb2067976bf1515dab45224fb with base bd065083c3b82677747b97a6cc7f5cf57532d3bc; branch status remained fix/agent-conversation-reference-root-cause...origin/pr-1558 [gone].
• 🟡 (11:36) Verified aggregate patch remained unchanged at 35 files, 394 insertions, and 157 deletions; no new implementation or commit was recorded.