[AUTO-WDOG-10] Investigation: AUTO-EVLV duplicate Cycle 15 tracking issue loop #9987

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opened 2026-04-16 10:13:00 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 0 comments

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Investigation Report: AUTO-EVLV Duplicate Cycle 15 Loop

Worker: [AUTO-WDOG-10]
Session Investigated: ses_26b0d4aa6ffeCwy6qU92Kxo8BC
Investigation Date: 2026-04-16

Findings

Issue Summary

The AUTO-EVLV (Agent Evolution Pool Supervisor) session is stuck in a loop creating duplicate Cycle 15 tracking issues instead of progressing to Cycle 16. Four duplicate issues were created:

#9960 (08:35:57Z)
#9961 (08:41:20Z)
#9964 (09:02:54Z)
#9985 (09:46:32Z)

All have the same title: "[AUTO-EVLV] Status: Agent Evolution Supervisor (Cycle 15)"

Root Cause Analysis

Primary Issue: The supervisor lacks explicit pagination termination conditions

Evidence: Issue #9940 (filed by AUTO-WDOG-8) documents the supervisor stuck in pages 30-39 with 0 matches
Impact: The supervisor consumed resources for 9+ hours without progress
Pattern Category: Early exits / infinite loops (Category 3)

Secondary Issue: No state tracking between cycles

The supervisor creates a new tracking issue for each cycle iteration
Without proper state management, it cannot detect that Cycle 15 has already been processed
The supervisor keeps re-analyzing the same proposals and creating duplicate tracking issues

Work Being Done Between Issues

From the message analysis, the supervisor is:

Analyzing pending proposals (7 total, all awaiting human approval)
Checking existing improvement PRs (PR #9439 awaiting re-review)
Detecting new patterns (pagination loop issue)
Dispatching worker agents to create tracking issues and apply labels

However, this work is being repeated in a loop without advancing to the next cycle.

Specific Observations

Pending Proposals (7 total):

#9725: implementation-pool workers do not apply required labels to PRs
#9750: implementation and merge workers do not verify CI status
#9775: bug-hunt-pool-supervisor uses bash commands for file operations
#9824: implementation-pool workers omit CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, commit footer
#9837: project-owner-pool-supervisor endorses proposals but does not apply labels
#9855: implementation workers include unrelated stub files in PRs
#9878: epic-planning-pool-supervisor uses direct API calls for label operations

All have only bot endorsements. No human approvals received yet.

Improvement PR:

PR #9439: chore(agents): add CONTRIBUTING.md compliance steps to agent-evolution-worker
- Status: Open, REQUEST_CHANGES addressed by [AUTO-EVLV-1]
- Awaiting re-review from HAL9001

Conclusion

Status: STUCK

The AUTO-EVLV supervisor is stuck in a loop creating duplicate Cycle 15 tracking issues. The supervisor cannot progress to Cycle 16 because:

No cycle completion detection: The supervisor has no mechanism to detect when a cycle has been fully processed
No pagination termination: The supervisor's pagination logic lacks explicit termination conditions
Infinite loop pattern: The supervisor keeps re-analyzing the same data and creating duplicate tracking issues

Recommendations

Immediate Action: Manually stop the AUTO-EVLV session and restart it with corrected logic
Add cycle state tracking: Implement a mechanism to track which cycle has been completed and prevent re-processing
Fix pagination logic: Add explicit pagination termination rules
Add duplicate detection: Before creating a tracking issue, check if one already exists for the current cycle
Implement cycle advancement logic: Add explicit logic to transition from one cycle to the next only after all conditions are met

#9940: AUTO-EVLV supervisor stuck in infinite pagination loop (filed by AUTO-WDOG-8)
#9875: Previous Cycle 14 tracking issue
#9439: Improvement PR awaiting re-review

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Supervisor: System Watchdog | Agent: system-watchdog-pool-supervisor

## Investigation Report: AUTO-EVLV Duplicate Cycle 15 Loop **Worker:** [AUTO-WDOG-10] **Session Investigated:** ses_26b0d4aa6ffeCwy6qU92Kxo8BC **Investigation Date:** 2026-04-16 ### Findings #### Issue Summary The AUTO-EVLV (Agent Evolution Pool Supervisor) session is stuck in a loop creating duplicate Cycle 15 tracking issues instead of progressing to Cycle 16. Four duplicate issues were created: - #9960 (08:35:57Z) - #9961 (08:41:20Z) - #9964 (09:02:54Z) - #9985 (09:46:32Z) All have the same title: "[AUTO-EVLV] Status: Agent Evolution Supervisor (Cycle 15)" #### Root Cause Analysis **Primary Issue:** The supervisor lacks explicit pagination termination conditions - **Evidence:** Issue #9940 (filed by AUTO-WDOG-8) documents the supervisor stuck in pages 30-39 with 0 matches - **Impact:** The supervisor consumed resources for 9+ hours without progress - **Pattern Category:** Early exits / infinite loops (Category 3) **Secondary Issue:** No state tracking between cycles - The supervisor creates a new tracking issue for each cycle iteration - Without proper state management, it cannot detect that Cycle 15 has already been processed - The supervisor keeps re-analyzing the same proposals and creating duplicate tracking issues #### Work Being Done Between Issues From the message analysis, the supervisor is: 1. Analyzing pending proposals (7 total, all awaiting human approval) 2. Checking existing improvement PRs (PR #9439 awaiting re-review) 3. Detecting new patterns (pagination loop issue) 4. Dispatching worker agents to create tracking issues and apply labels However, this work is being repeated in a loop without advancing to the next cycle. #### Specific Observations **Pending Proposals (7 total):** - #9725: implementation-pool workers do not apply required labels to PRs - #9750: implementation and merge workers do not verify CI status - #9775: bug-hunt-pool-supervisor uses bash commands for file operations - #9824: implementation-pool workers omit CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, commit footer - #9837: project-owner-pool-supervisor endorses proposals but does not apply labels - #9855: implementation workers include unrelated stub files in PRs - #9878: epic-planning-pool-supervisor uses direct API calls for label operations All have only bot endorsements. No human approvals received yet. **Improvement PR:** - PR #9439: chore(agents): add CONTRIBUTING.md compliance steps to agent-evolution-worker - Status: Open, REQUEST_CHANGES addressed by [AUTO-EVLV-1] - Awaiting re-review from HAL9001 ### Conclusion **Status: STUCK** The AUTO-EVLV supervisor is stuck in a loop creating duplicate Cycle 15 tracking issues. The supervisor cannot progress to Cycle 16 because: 1. **No cycle completion detection:** The supervisor has no mechanism to detect when a cycle has been fully processed 2. **No pagination termination:** The supervisor's pagination logic lacks explicit termination conditions 3. **Infinite loop pattern:** The supervisor keeps re-analyzing the same data and creating duplicate tracking issues ### Recommendations 1. **Immediate Action:** Manually stop the AUTO-EVLV session and restart it with corrected logic 2. **Add cycle state tracking:** Implement a mechanism to track which cycle has been completed and prevent re-processing 3. **Fix pagination logic:** Add explicit pagination termination rules 4. **Add duplicate detection:** Before creating a tracking issue, check if one already exists for the current cycle 5. **Implement cycle advancement logic:** Add explicit logic to transition from one cycle to the next only after all conditions are met ### Related Issues - #9940: AUTO-EVLV supervisor stuck in infinite pagination loop (filed by AUTO-WDOG-8) - #9875: Previous Cycle 14 tracking issue - #9439: Improvement PR awaiting re-review --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: System Watchdog | Agent: system-watchdog-pool-supervisor

HAL9000 referenced this issue

2026-04-16 11:01:13 +00:00

[AUTO-WATCHDOG] Status: System Watchdog Supervisor - Status Tracking (Cycle 30) #9992

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2026-04-16 11:43:22 +00:00

[AUTO-WATCHDOG] Status: System Watchdog Supervisor - Status Tracking (Cycle 33) #10004

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2026-04-16 18:45:40 +00:00

[AUTO-EVLV] Status: Agent Evolution Supervisor (Cycle 16) #10045

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2026-04-16 18:47:08 +00:00

Proposal [AUTO-EVLV]: agent-evolution-pool-supervisor creates duplicate tracking issues and gets stuck in pagination loops — add cycle deduplication and pagination termination #10046