From e83111f7d511a4d0691ffcef6d3f56142b8e70cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:35:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Separate Persona scheduling from Face provisioning

---
 apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts         | 14 +-------------
 apps/persona-scheduler/src/index.ts |  1 -
 scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts | 12 ------------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
index 4fdfcda..bd84fe2 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   OllamaSituationalSocialReadInferer,
   PermissionEngine,
   createStateStorage,
-  ensureRepoFaceInitialized,
   faceRegistryAsRepoDiscordRegistry,
   findRepoDiscordIdentityByPersonaName,
   findRepoDiscordIdentityByRoleIds,
@@ -431,15 +430,6 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
             console.log(`Ignored empty repo Face mention ${message.id} for ${identity.id}.`);
             continue;
           }
-          const faceInitialization = await ensureRepoFaceInitialized({
-            identity,
-            storageRoot: config.storageRoot,
-            sourceRepoRoot: config.sourceRepoRoot,
-            epiphanyAgentRoot: config.epiphanyAgentRoot,
-            workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
-            birthMode: config.repoFaceBirthMode,
-            birthExecutor: config.repoFaceBirthExecutor,
-          });
           const queuedMention = await queueRepoFaceMention({
             statePath: config.repoFaceHeartbeats.statePath,
             identity,
@@ -454,9 +444,7 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
             queuedCount += 1;
           }
           console.log(
-            `Queued repo Face mention ${message.id} for ${identity.id} via CTB turn queue (${queuedMention.pendingCount} pending). Birth status: ${
-              faceInitialization.birthStatusPath ?? faceInitialization.skippedReason ?? "unknown"
-            }`,
+            `Queued repo Face mention ${message.id} for ${identity.id} via CTB turn queue (${queuedMention.pendingCount} pending).`,
           );
         }
         if (queuedCount === 0) {
diff --git a/apps/persona-scheduler/src/index.ts b/apps/persona-scheduler/src/index.ts
index 00e53e1..7a77936 100644
--- a/apps/persona-scheduler/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/persona-scheduler/src/index.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ function scheduleNext(): void {
     await runTick();
     scheduleNext();
   }, intervalMs);
-  timer.unref();
 }
 
 async function shutdown(signal: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts b/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
index 2d6aee5..fd5c4ab 100644
--- a/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   buildEpiphanyIdentityRegistry,
   ContextBuilder,
   createStateStorage,
-  ensureRepoFaceInitialized,
   getRepoFaceSourceRepoName,
   getRepoDiscordIdentityAllowedChannelIds,
   faceRegistryAsRepoDiscordRegistry,
@@ -554,17 +553,6 @@ async function queueRepoFaceTurn(input: {
   }
 
   const contextBuilder = new ContextBuilder();
-  if (identity.identityKind !== "native_persona") {
-    await ensureRepoFaceInitialized({
-      identity,
-      storageRoot: input.config.storageRoot,
-      sourceRepoRoot: input.config.sourceRepoRoot,
-      epiphanyAgentRoot: input.config.epiphanyAgentRoot,
-      workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
-      birthMode: input.config.repoFaceBirthMode,
-      birthExecutor: input.config.repoFaceBirthExecutor,
-    });
-  }
   const recentMessages = await fetchRecentDiscordMessages({
     botToken: input.config.botToken,
     channelId,