Loki Mode Files

PATCH release. 7 bugs found via end-to-end testing of v7.5.16 against the real loki CLI (Bun route). Each bug was tasked individually under the one-agent-one-bug model, with 3 blind reviewers per fix (correctness + boundary + anti-fabrication). All 21 reviewers returned APPROVE unanimously.

Fixed

• BUG-001 since validation order (dashboard/server.py). The /api/council/transcripts endpoint short-circuited on missing transcripts dir BEFORE validating the since query param, so ?since=garbage returned 200 with empty list when no transcripts on disk. Fix: move ISO8601 parsing to run before the missing-dir early return.
• BUG-002 Bun Python 3.12 micro version (loki-ts/src/commands/doctor.ts). The Bun-route Python 3.12 probe requested only major.minor and displayed 3.12 instead of full 3.12.X. Fix: probe also requests micro. Restores parity with bash route which already shows 3.12.13.
• BUG-003 iter_min negative values (dashboard/server.py). ?iter_min=-5 returned ALL records (no validation). Fix: add Query(default=None, ge=0). Now returns 422 on negative; positive and zero still accepted.
• BUG-004 sentrux setup hint redirected to wrong subcommand (autonomy/loki). When sentrux binary not on PATH, loki sentrux gate said "Run 'loki sentrux baseline' for setup hints" -- but baseline ALSO needs sentrux. Fix: every not-installed branch now shows brew install sentrux/tap/sentrux + curl install line + GitHub URL. init-rules correctly does NOT show install hint.
• BUG-005 bash transcript writer hardcoded threshold (autonomy/completion-council.sh). council_write_transcript() hardcoded 'threshold': 2 in its python3 heredoc instead of reading the dynamic effective_threshold from council_vote() scope. Fix: pass effective_threshold as 5th arg (default 0 backward-compat); 5 call sites updated.
• BUG-006 single-record corrupt JSON returns 500 vs list skips (dashboard/server.py). List endpoint silently skipped corrupt JSON; single-record raised HTTPException 500. Fix: single-record returns 410 Gone with detail naming the iteration_id.
• BUG-007 latest_id KeyError on missing iteration_id (dashboard/server.py). records[0]["iteration_id"] could KeyError if a transcript shipped without the field. Fix: per-file loop now skips records with missing or non-string iteration_id (with logger.warning); return uses .get() defense-in-depth.

Verified locally

• All 7 bug-fix test suites green (totals after merge: 17 dashboard pytest, 720 Bun, 200 bash council threshold, 155 sentrux setup hints, plus pre-existing).
• bash scripts/local-ci.sh 21/21 PASS.
• 21 blind reviewers (3 per fix x 7 fixes) all returned APPROVE; zero CONCERNs.
• Bun dist rebuilt; bun-parity matrix passes.
• 13 version files at 7.5.17 (vscode-extension intentionally skipped per CLAUDE.md v7.2.0 deprecation).

Verified end-to-end on the real loki CLI before push

• All 4 v7.5.14/15 sentrux features work after bun install -g loki-mode@7.5.16: help, init-rules, doctor --json sentrux entry, web/dashboard help cross-refs.
• /api/council/transcripts endpoint returns correct shape on empty + seeded state; 404 on missing single record; 422 on bounds violations.
• The 4 dashboard/server.py merges (BUG-001, 003, 006, 007) had one trivial conflict in the test file (different methods at same line); resolved by keeping both methods.

NOT in this release (honest list)

• Dashboard panel visual smoke (Dev C couldn't browser-test); covered indirectly by the new component being present in dashboard/static/index.html.
• Real-PRD end-to-end exercise of the v7.5.16 council writer (would burn provider credits); only synthetic transcripts have been written via the test harness.
• The 3 retrospective docs (audit, postmortem, failure-modes) still pending unanimous reviewer approval; will ship in a separate retro bundle.

Migration / rollback

No migration. Each fix is additive or strict bug correction. Rollback: npm install -g loki-mode@7.5.16. No state migrations.