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Pending Rob's review.
## Experiment 35 — Test Current Handoff Maintenance (2026-08-06)
**Hypothesis:** A current handoff can remain useful if it describes only the latest stopping point, replaces stale details rather than appending history, and identifies the latest confirmed experiment and commit unambiguously.
**Stale or ambiguous wording found:**
- Section 1 named Experiment 33 and commit `b959cfa` as the current state — now stale after Experiments 34+35;
- Section 4 described only Experiment 33's completion, giving no indication that a single handoff had been created in Experiment 34;
- No explicit mention of commit `1d92aa0` anywhere in the handoff;
- Footer said "Created by Experiment 34" without acknowledging this maintenance experiment.
**Corrections made:**
- Section 1: updated to name Experiment 34 and commit `1d92aa0`; added the maintenance principle ("replace stale details rather than appending history");
- Section 4: rewritten to describe Experiment 34's consolidation work;
- Section 5: retained one genuinely open question about handoff longevity; added provisional KM completion criteria sub-section (7 criteria, marked provisional);
- Footer: updated to reference Experiment 35; added Return-to-Work Note recording all current state.
**Fresh-return test result:** PASS — from `current-handoff.md` and `task-context-packs.md` only, a fresh session can determine:
- Latest completed KM experiment: Experiment 34 ✓
- Latest commit: `1d92aa0` ✓
- Knowledge-management active, engine/UI paused ✓
- Knowledge-Management context pack is the correct routing target ✓
- No need to open full design history ✓
- Older commits not mistaken for current stopping point ✓
**Provisional completion criteria added:** Seven criteria recorded in Section 5 (see above). Not yet declared complete — pending Rob's review.
**Handoff remained concise?** Yes. 86 lines (was 68). Increase justified by the maintenance principle paragraph, updated current-state wording, and provisional completion criteria section. No historical timeline appended.
**Status:** Pending Rob's review.