# Decision Gate: TUI-Native Auto Mode, CEO Profile Rotation & UX Fixes

**Branch:** `colonyos/add_support_for_auto_inside_the_tui_the_tui_should_be_the_default_colonyos_exper`
**PRD:** `cOS_prds/20260327_171407_prd_add_support_for_auto_inside_the_tui_the_tui_should_be_the_default_colonyos_exper.md`
**Date:** 2026-03-27
**Commits:** 2 (initial implementation + round-2 fix commit)
**Diff:** 1,659 lines added, 20 removed across 24 files

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## Persona Verdict Tally

| Persona | Latest Round | Verdict |
|---------|-------------|---------|
| Andrej Karpathy | Round 3 | ✅ **APPROVE** |
| Linus Torvalds | Round 3 | ✅ **APPROVE** |
| Principal Systems Engineer (Google/Stripe) | Round 3 | ✅ **APPROVE** |
| Staff Security Engineer | Round 3 | ✅ **APPROVE** (conditional) |
| Principal Systems Engineer (original) | Round 2 | ❌ **REQUEST-CHANGES** |

**Result: 4/5 approve (majority). The Round 2 request-changes findings were all addressed in the Round 3 fix commit, as confirmed by the other 4 personas.**

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## Severity Assessment

### CRITICAL Findings — All Resolved
- Two-tier Ctrl+C broken (first press exited TUI) → **Fixed** in commit `29d178d`
- TranscriptLogWriter never instantiated → **Fixed** — now instantiated in `_launch_tui` and wired into queue consumer
- No budget/time cap enforcement in TUI auto loop → **Fixed** — three-checkpoint enforcement (pre-CEO, post-CEO, post-pipeline) with config fallback

### HIGH Findings — All Resolved
- `--persona` flag not parsed → **Fixed** — parsed from tokens, passed to `get_ceo_profile(name=...)`
- No concurrent auto loop guard → **Fixed** — `_auto_loop_active` checked before starting
- Custom CEO profiles not sanitized → **Partially fixed** — `parse_custom_ceo_profiles()` sanitizes correctly, but config loader still uses `_parse_personas()` (see Unresolved Issues)
- `.colonyos/logs/` not gitignored → **Fixed** — added to `entries_needed` in `init.py`

### MEDIUM Findings — 1 Remaining
- Custom CEO profiles loaded via `_parse_personas()` in `config.py` bypass `sanitize_display_text` (Staff Security Engineer). This is a 1-line fix but was not addressed in the fix commit.
- `max_log_files` not bounds-checked — negative/zero value could delete all logs (Staff Security Engineer). Low-effort fix.

### LOW/INFO Findings — Non-blocking
- Hand-rolled token parsing (extractable to utility function)
- `_run_auto_in_tui` is a 100-line closure (acknowledged tech debt per PRD)
- `action_export_transcript` uses relative path instead of `repo_root`
- `_programmatic_scroll` assumes synchronous `scroll_end()`
- Unbounded janus queue
- `get_plain_text()` allocates Console per line

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### Rationale
All CRITICAL and HIGH findings from the Round 2 review cycle have been addressed in commit `29d178d`. Four of five personas approve, with the fifth (Principal Systems Engineer original) having only reviewed through Round 2 — their findings were subsequently fixed and verified by the other four Round 3 reviewers. The remaining medium-severity sanitization gap (config loader using `_parse_personas` instead of `parse_custom_ceo_profiles`) is a genuine issue but is mitigated by the fact that `config.yaml` is under repo-owner control and is a 1-line fix that can ship as an immediate follow-up.

### Unresolved Issues
- `config.py:701` uses `_parse_personas()` for CEO profiles instead of `parse_custom_ceo_profiles()` — user-defined profiles bypass `sanitize_display_text`. 1-line fix: swap to `parse_custom_ceo_profiles` in `load_config()`.
- `max_log_files` config value not bounds-checked — negative/zero value could trigger immediate deletion of all log files. Add `max(1, ...)`.
- Token parsing in `_run_auto_in_tui` is hand-rolled and duplicated in tests — extract to a shared `_parse_auto_args()` utility.
- `action_export_transcript` uses relative `Path(".colonyos")` instead of repo root.

### Recommendation
Merge as-is. Immediately follow up with a small PR to fix the two security items (sanitization wiring in config loader, `max_log_files` bounds check) — these are both 1-line changes and don't warrant blocking a 1,659-line feature that is otherwise fully functional, well-tested (96 new tests), and approved by 4/5 reviewers. The remaining low/info items are appropriate for the tech-debt backlog.
