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issue: 338
issue_title: "Collapse the index.ts closure bags into object references"
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# Retro: #338 — Collapse the `index.ts` closure bags into object references

## Stage: Planning (2026-06-06T00:00:00Z)

### Session summary

Produced the implementation plan for Phase 4 Step 5 (Track B): collapsing the `index.ts` adapter closures into direct collaborator references now that Steps 2–4 made config a store, the logger an injectable object, and `PermissionManager` / `SessionRules` single shared instances.
The plan reshapes the deps interfaces on `ConfigStore`, `PermissionForwarder`, `PermissionPrompter`, the RPC handlers, the command controller, and `PermissionSession`, unifying all logging on the single `SessionLogger` object via new narrow `ReviewLogger` / `DebugReviewLogger` seams.
Seven commit cycles (six `refactor:` consumer migrations + one `docs:` metric update), each folding the consumer interface change, its test updates, and the matching `index.ts` wiring into one commit.

### Observations

- Two design forks were surfaced via `ask_user`.
  Decision 1: the logger's `getConfig` and `notify` forward-reference closures stay as idiomatic forward-reference closures (the pi-subagents pattern) — no setter methods, objects instantiated complete.
  Decision 2: include `ConfigStore` and `PermissionForwarder` in the deps-shrinking scope (the issue's step-2 list omitted them, but their closures must collapse to hit the target).
- The roadmap's "≤ 8" target for `index.ts` is not reachable under the no-setter direction: the two logger cycle closures are a permanent idiomatic floor.
  Realistic budget after this step is 11 (6 `pi.on` + 2 `toolRegistry` + 2 logger cycle + 1 transitional `canRequestPermissionConfirmation`), dropping to 10 after Step 6 ([#339]).
  The plan updates the architecture metric to 20 → 11 with a budget breakdown rather than leaving the optimistic ≤ 8.
- `canRequestPermissionConfirmation` is deliberately left as a closure: collapsing it would require injecting `subagentRegistry` into `PermissionSession` only to extract it again in Step 6's `PromptingGateway`.
  Avoided that churn.
- Forwarder cleanup is a genuine win beyond closure removal: merging the duplicated top-level `writeReviewLog` with the io `logger` into one `logger` retires the [#316] duplication.
- Verified no import cycle (`yolo-mode` imports only `extension-config` + `types`; `config-store` does not import the forwarder) and that `ConfigStoreLogger` / `ForwardedPermissionLogger` are referenced only in historical plan/retro docs, not in `.pi/skills/`.
- Largest single cycle is the forwarder + io-logger rename (cycle 4): only 4 internal `io.ts` call sites, but ~28 `writeReviewLog` references in `permission-prompter.test.ts` make cycle 2 the heaviest test-churn step.

[#316]: https://github.com/gotgenes/pi-packages/issues/316
[#339]: https://github.com/gotgenes/pi-packages/issues/339

## Stage: Implementation — TDD (2026-06-06T21:54:00Z)

### Session summary

Executed all seven TDD cycles: six `refactor:` consumer migrations (cycles 1–6) plus one `docs:` metric update (cycle 7).
The suite remained at 86 test files / 1815 tests throughout (0 delta); all 1815 pass green.
All planned interface changes landed — `ConfigStoreLogger` and `ForwardedPermissionLogger` deleted; `ReviewLogger` / `DebugReviewLogger` introduced; `index.ts` closure count confirmed at 11.

### Observations

- Cycle 1 (`ConfigStore`): the batch edit for `config-store.ts` failed on the first attempt because the batch validator matched `oldText` against the original file (before any in-batch edits applied) but one `oldText` contained a context line that had already been mutated by an earlier entry in the same batch.
  Re-read the exact line text via `Read` at offset, then split the batch to avoid the overlapping-context issue.
- Cycle 4 (`PermissionForwarder` + io logger): `io.ts` had 8 `ForwardedPermissionLogger` occurrences spread across function parameter signatures after the first Edit batch ran.
  Used `sed -i ''` for the bulk rename rather than 8 individual `Edit` entries — faster and less error-prone for a mechanical global replace with no ambiguity.
- Cycle 5 (`config-modal`): `Ruleset` was used in test controller objects but not yet imported.
  Added the import alongside the other changes in the same commit — caught by `pnpm run check` before commit.
- `test/composition-root.test.ts` listed in the plan but not modified: the existing "gate session-approval visible to RPC check" test already covers the injected-object behavior through the real factory; no new assertion was needed.
  Noted as a minor deviation.
- One stray unused import (`Rule` in `permission-event-rpc.ts`) surfaced at lint time after cycle 3; fixed as a `style:` commit since it was separated from the originating commit by later commits.
- Pre-completion reviewer: **PASS** — all deterministic checks green, no structural concerns, architecture.md Mermaid diagrams valid.

## Stage: Final Retrospective (2026-06-06T22:30:00Z)

### Session summary

A single long session carried #338 from planning through shipping: explored the composition root, surfaced two design forks via `ask_user`, wrote the plan, executed seven TDD cycles (six `refactor:` + one `docs:`), passed pre-completion review, and shipped (CI green, issue closed, no release-please PR since `refactor:`/`style:`/`docs:` commits do not trigger a release).
The suite held at 86 files / 1815 tests with zero delta; `index.ts` closures dropped 20 → 11 exactly as the plan's budget table predicted.
Execution was clean — friction was confined to two minor tool-mechanics blips, no rework to committed code.

### Observations

#### What went well

- The two-question `ask_user` at planning surfaced genuine design forks (no-setter / forward-reference-closure direction; include `ConfigStore` + `PermissionForwarder` in scope) that shaped the whole plan and steered away from the wrong path of setter injection.
  Novel: both answers materially changed the design rather than rubber-stamping it.
- The mid-session conceptual Q&A (Observer pattern vs. event-bus pub-sub for the logger `notify` cycle) turned a clarifying question into a committed Phase 5 roadmap note in `architecture.md` (commit `723310c0`).
  Novel: a Q&A interlude becoming a durable architecture artifact rather than ephemeral chat.
- Lift-and-shift folding (consumer interface change + its test updates + the matching `index.ts` wiring, all in one commit per consumer) ran across all six refactor cycles with no type-checker deadlock and a clean Red→Green at each step.
  Validated the planning rule about folding interface + tests + single call-site into one commit.
- Planning accuracy: the plan honestly revised the roadmap's optimistic "≤ 8" closure target to a realistic 11 with a budget breakdown, and the final count landed at exactly 11 (pre-completion confirmed).

#### What caused friction (agent side)

- `missing-context` — Cycle 1 (`config-store.ts`): constructed the `Edit` batch `oldText` from memory rather than reading the exact lines first; the batch was rejected ("Could not find edits[3]" — indentation/content mismatch) and atomically discarded.
  Impact: ~3 extra tool calls (grep + two reads + re-apply); no rework to committed code.
- `other` (feedback-loop gap) — `pnpm run lint` ran only at the end of implementation, so the unused `Rule` import left behind when cycle 3 dropped `getSessionRules(): Rule[]` surfaced post-implementation and needed a separate `style:` commit (`939af088`).
  Impact: one extra commit; `pnpm run check` (tsc) ran incrementally and passed, but does not flag unused type imports — biome does.

#### What caused friction (user side)

- None.
  User involvement was strategic at every decision boundary (two planning forks, the proactive untangling Q&A, the ship-time batching decision) — no mechanical oversight, no corrections requiring rework.
- Minor opportunity, not friction: the logger-cycle answer ("same as we did for pi-subagents") required investigating `pi-subagents/src/index.ts` to recover the exact pattern; a file pointer would have saved one exploration step, but the reference was reasonable and unambiguous in hindsight.

### Diagnostic details

- **Model-performance correlation** — one subagent dispatch (`pre-completion-reviewer`) ran on `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6`; appropriate for judgment-heavy review (acceptance criteria, code design, docs staleness).
  No mismatch.
- **Escalation-delay tracking** — no `rabbit-hole` friction; the Cycle 1 batch-edit rejection resolved in ~2 tool calls, well under the 5-call escalation threshold.
- **Unused-tool detection** — none notable; planning exploration used `grep`/`Read` efficiently and no `missing-context` point would have been better served by an Explore subagent or `colgrep`.
- **Feedback-loop gap analysis** — `pnpm run test` (per-file) and `pnpm run check` ran incrementally after each cycle (good); `pnpm run lint` ran only at the end, which is the sole gap and the direct cause of the late unused-import catch.

### Changes made

1. Appended this Final Retrospective stage entry to `packages/pi-permission-system/docs/retro/0338-collapse-index-closure-bags.md`.
   No `AGENTS.md` or prompt changes — the two friction points (Edit-batch-from-memory; late lint) are already covered by existing guidance or too marginal to warrant a rule (user confirmed: land retro only).
