From aff9ddd04d205e77325b6c5bdf8770fd2fb6f66e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 17:04:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix repo Face identity description bounds

---
 .../core/src/void-self-state-projection.ts    | 35 ++++++++++++++++---
 packages/core/src/void-self-state-service.ts  |  2 ++
 state/evidence.jsonl                          |  1 +
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/void-self-state-projection.ts b/packages/core/src/void-self-state-projection.ts
index 7b6ded5..d44730d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/void-self-state-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/void-self-state-projection.ts
@@ -49,14 +49,30 @@ export interface VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults {
   publicDescription?: string;
 }
 
+const MAX_PUBLIC_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 1000;
+
+export function normalizeVoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults(
+  identity: VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults,
+): VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults {
+  return {
+    ...identity,
+    publicDescription: truncateOptionalText(
+      identity.publicDescription,
+      MAX_PUBLIC_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
 export function createEmptyVoidSelfState(
   options: { createdAt?: string; identity?: VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults } = {},
 ): VoidSelfStateTypedProjection {
   const createdAt = options.createdAt ?? new Date().toISOString();
-  const identity = options.identity ?? {
-    agentId: "void-moderator",
-    publicName: "Void",
-  };
+  const identity = normalizeVoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults(
+    options.identity ?? {
+      agentId: "void-moderator",
+      publicName: "Void",
+    },
+  );
 
   return {
     selfProfile: voidSelfProfileSchema.parse({
@@ -119,6 +135,17 @@ export function createEmptyVoidSelfState(
   };
 }
 
+function truncateOptionalText(value: string | undefined, maxLength: number): string | undefined {
+  const trimmed = value?.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  if (trimmed.length <= maxLength) {
+    return trimmed;
+  }
+  return trimmed.slice(0, maxLength - 1).trimEnd();
+}
+
 export function buildVoidSelfStateContext(
   typedState: VoidSelfStateTypedProjection,
   options: VoidSelfStateProjectionOptions,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/void-self-state-service.ts b/packages/core/src/void-self-state-service.ts
index e29c1d4..acfea35 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/void-self-state-service.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/void-self-state-service.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from "./void-self-state-domain";
 import {
   createEmptyVoidSelfState,
+  normalizeVoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults,
   type VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults,
   type VoidSelfStateTypedProjection,
 } from "./void-self-state-projection";
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ function repairSelfProfileIdentity(
   state: VoidSelfStateTypedProjection,
   identity: VoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults,
 ): void {
+  identity = normalizeVoidSelfStateIdentityDefaults(identity);
   let changed = false;
 
   if (state.selfProfile.agentId !== identity.agentId) {
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index 73c26d8..d44ca80 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -148,3 +148,4 @@
 {"ts":"2026-05-18T13:53:46Z","type":"bugfix","status":"ok","note":"Operations watchdog recovery notifications can have zero issue lines; Build-OwnerNotificationMessage now accepts an empty IssueLines array so healthy recovery DMs do not create a watchdog.notification warning."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-18T14:01:49Z","type":"bugfix","status":"ok","note":"Inspection found two live-loop seams beyond the watchdog notice: repo Face state files could retain Void's default selfProfile under renderer masking, and canonical speech receipts could keep historical duplicate reply targets. Repo Face initialization now seeds/repairs typed selfProfile identity, repo Face MCP state operations pass identity defaults, and state writes normalize direct-reply receipts to keep the earliest receipt per channel/reply target."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-18T14:11:37Z","type":"research","status":"ok","note":"Nibu character-card sweep found missing Discord/story doctrines: manufactured waifu/loli companion shell and agency/non-binary presentation arc, sadistic anti-human life-support respect boundary, glitchcraft/simulation exploit progression, parallel-instance continuity horror, and broken/discarded first-contact before later triumphant Nibu. These are now crystallized into Nibu's repo Face state and repo-local identity surface."}
+{"ts":"2026-05-18T16:04:09Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Repo Face heartbeat failure traced to overlong identity publicDescription entering typed Face self-profile; capped identity defaults at the typed state boundary so rich registry doctrine can feed prompts without violating self-profile schema. Verified npm run build, manual heartbeat tick exit 0, scheduled task LastTaskResult 0, and Nibu heartbeat job 7232b2e6 completed."}