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[Gastown] Polecats stuck in "working" state with zero code output for 5+ hours #3600

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What happened?

Multiple polecat agents (Toast, Maple, Birch) have been in "working" state for 5+ hours with ZERO code output. Despite multiple resets, detailed bead body updates, and agent reassignments, no agent has produced a single line of code or committed any changes.

Symptoms:

  • Agents show status "working" with recent last_activity_at but worktrees show zero uncommitted changes and zero new commits
  • Agents cycle between assignments (Toast on Maps, then Layout, then Maps again) but never produce output
  • Birch was assigned Maps bead (d375cca1) as in_progress but remained "idle" with dispatch_attempts: 0 and never got a worktree created
  • Maple ended up "working" with current_hook_bead_id: null (desync between bead and agent state)

Town ID: d7e50b27-0689-4080-a2ee-9133bf79d2b7
Rig ID: 815d5a92-9a57-444e-a1be-59e9e0cba3dc
Convoy: 12097b02-8a29-4e46-9cdf-f9bfda11d87f (Svelte Frontend MVP)

The agents may be stuck in an infinite planning/thinking loop without ever reaching the implementation phase. This blocks the entire convoy from making progress.

Area

Agent Dispatch / Scheduling

Context

  • Town ID: d7e50b27-0689-4080-a2ee-9133bf79d2b7
  • Agent: Mayor (255160b0-d817-471d-b21b-b36edcbfffb7)
  • Rig ID: 815d5a92-9a57-444e-a1be-59e9e0cba3dc

Filed automatically by the Mayor via gt_report_bug.

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