The supervisor-poll alert 'status unchanged for Nmin' is a false positive for complex implementation tasks. The status is set to 'claude assessing + implementing' at the START of the `timeout 7200 claude -p ...` call and only updates after Claude finishes. Normal complex tasks (multi-file Solidity changes + forge test) take 45-90 minutes. To distinguish a false positive from a real stuck agent: check that the claude PID is alive (`ps -p <PID>`), consuming CPU (>0%), and has active threads (`pstree -p <PID>`). If the process is alive and using CPU, do NOT restart it — this wastes completed work.
The 'status unchanged for Nmin' alert is also a false positive when status is 'waiting for CI + review on PR #N (round R)'. This is an intentional sleep/poll loop — the agent is waiting for CI to pass and then for review-poll to post a review. CI can take 20–40 minutes; review follows. Do NOT restart the agent. Confirm by checking: (1) agent PID is alive, (2) CI commit status via `forge_api GET /commits/<sha>/status`, (3) review-poll log shows it will pick up the PR on next cycle.
### False Positive: Shared Status File Causes Giant Age (29M+ min)
When the status file `/tmp/dev-agent-status` doesn't exist, `stat -c %Y` fails and the supervisor falls back to epoch 0. The computed age is then `NOW_EPOCH/60 ≈ 29,567,290 min`, which is unmistakably a false positive.
Root cause: the status file is not per-project (tracked as disinto issue #423). It can be missing if: (1) the agent has not written to it yet, (2) cleanup ran early, or (3) another project's cleanup deleted it.
Fix: confirm the agent PID is alive and the tmux session shows active work, then touch the file: `printf '[%s] dev-agent #NNN: <phase> (<project>)\n' "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')" > /tmp/dev-agent-status`. This clears the alert without restarting anything.
### PR CI vs Push CI mismatch causes silent stall in awaiting_review
When push CI passes but PR CI fails (e.g., a duplicate-detection step only runs on pull_request events), the phase-handler transitions to PHASE:awaiting_review without detecting the PR CI failure. The agent then sleeps in the review-poll loop indefinitely.
Symptom: PR CI=failure but dev-agent phase=awaiting_review, status shows 'waiting for CI + review'.
Fix: inject the CI failure info into the Claude session with agent_inject_into_session, pointing to the duplicate blocks and telling Claude to fix + push + write PHASE:awaiting_ci. The phase-handler's awaiting_review loop checks for phase file mtime changes every 5 min and will re-enter the main loop automatically.
### Push CI vs PR CI mismatch — agent picks wrong pipeline number
When the phase-handler injects 'CI failed' with a push pipeline number (e.g. #622), the agent checks that push pipeline, finds it passed, and concludes 'CI OK' — setting PHASE:awaiting_review despite the PR pipeline (#623) being the one that actually failed.
Root cause: the injected event does not always carry the correct pipeline number.
Symptom: agent in awaiting_review with PR CI=failure and push CI=success.
Fix: inject with explicit pipeline #623 (the pull_request event pipeline), point to the failing step and the specific duplicate blocks to fix. Use: woodpecker_api /repos/4/pipelines?event=pull_request (or look for event=pull_request in recent pipelines list) to find the correct pipeline number before injecting.
**Symptom:** Dev-agent status unchanged at 'waiting for review on PR #N', no `review-injected-disinto-N` sentinel, but a formal review already exists on forge and `/tmp/disinto-review-output-N.json` was written before the phase file updated.
**Root cause:** review-pr.sh runs while the dev-agent is still in PHASE:awaiting_ci. inject_review_into_dev_session returns early (phase check fails). On subsequent review-poll cycles, the PR is skipped (formal review already exists for SHA), so inject is never called again.
INJECT_MSG="Review: REQUEST_CHANGES on PR #${PR_NUM}:\n\n${REVIEW_TEXT}\n\nInstructions:\n1. Address each piece of feedback carefully.\n2. Run lint and tests when done.\n3. Commit your changes and push: git push origin ${PR_BRANCH}\n4. Write: echo PHASE:awaiting_ci > "${PHASE_FILE}"\n5. Stop and wait for the next CI result."
