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Detect stale Squad heartbeat and require visible progress updates.
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Based on SOC occupation classification
Require clear user-facing summaries after completed agent batches.
Keep client API calls, Express routes, and shared types aligned.
Run risk-based ai-agent-board quality gates after code-producing work.
Use telemetry evidence for Squad usage and process audits when available.
Clean up orphaned browser/test/dev-server processes safely after test bursts.
Handle ai-agent-board git worktree and merge flows safely.
| name | heartbeat-staleness-gate |
| description | Detect stale Squad heartbeat and require visible progress updates. |
| domain | process |
| confidence | medium |
| source | ai-agent-board heartbeat practice |
Use when Ralph checks status, after major work batches, or before claiming long-running work is complete.
.squad/heartbeat.md frontmatter.updated_at, agent, current_task, last_action, and status should reflect the latest meaningful state.status: committing.status: idle and record last_action.