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fix(degwatch): ignore <synthetic> placeholder model ids #51

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion bin/iak-degradation-watch.mjs
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Expand Up @@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ async function tick(cfg) {
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const accepted = agent.accepted_models || [];
if (signals.model && accepted.length) {
// "<synthetic>" is the harness placeholder on synthetic turns (usage-limit
// notices, injected system output) - not a real model slip. Alerting on it
// spammed the room every cooldown while an agent sat at its usage limit
// (petrus, 2026-07-20 00:58: "Claudemm you are spamming!").
if (signals.model && accepted.length && signals.model !== '<synthetic>') {

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P2 Badge Preserve real model checks after synthetic entries

When the newest transcript entry with a message.model is <synthetic>, latestSignals() has already overwritten the previous real model before this guard runs, so the model check is skipped entirely. In contexts such as a daemon restart or first tick after a usage-limit/injected synthetic turn, a prior non-accepted real model immediately before the synthetic entry will no longer alert until another real model message appears. To ignore placeholders without masking slips, keep the latest non-synthetic model during the transcript scan or otherwise fall back to the previous real model.

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const ok = accepted.some((prefix) => signals.model.startsWith(prefix));
await checkSignal(cfg, agent, 'model', !ok,
`🟠 degradation watch: @${agent.name}'s session has SLIPPED to model "${signals.model}" ` +
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