Morning Briefing late/missed 06:30 SLA — 06-May-2026

What

Heartbeat evidence check at 12:13 IST on 06-May-2026 found no ledger evidence of a 06:30 IST Morning Briefing. A runtime-delivered “COO Bridge Sync — Morning 06-May-2026” exists at 09:34 IST, so the briefing/sync appears to have happened late, not on the sacred 06:30 cadence.

Why

This is the second consecutive day with no on-time 06:30 briefing evidence (05-May miss, 06-May late). Per COO doctrine: miss once → root cause; miss twice → fire/fix the process.

Action Taken

  • Logged 06-May as late in ops/morning-briefing-ledger.md.
  • Preserved prep artifact: ops/morning-briefings/2026-05-06-prep.md.
  • Existing Morning Briefing SOP exists at ops/sops/morning-briefing-delivery-sop.md.

Required Follow-up

  1. Install/verify a deterministic 06:25 prep + 06:30 delivery trigger; hourly heartbeat is insufficient.
  2. Auto-write ledger evidence immediately after delivery.
  3. Add 06:35 miss watchdog independent of the normal heartbeat cycle.
  4. Close only after two consecutive on-time briefings are logged.

Progress Update

  • 08-May-2026: briefing delivered on time at 06:30 IST and logged. One on-time briefing logged since miss.
  • Remaining: one more consecutive on-time briefing required before closure.

Progress Update

  • 08-May-2026: briefing delivered on time at 06:30 IST and logged.
  • 09-May-2026: briefing delivered late at 12:13 IST. Cron failed due to --thinking high unsupported on moonshot/kimi-k2.6. Streak broken. Reset counter.