[Optimus] [Bug] Release-engineer agent snapshot had invalid model `claude-opus-4.6-1m` — caused 5 consecutive release-gate crashes

[cloga]

Problem

The release-gate cron suffered 5 consecutive immediate-crash failures starting 2026-03-31T04:30Z through 2026-04-01T04:30Z.

Root cause diagnosed by patrol Run #314:

• The T2 agent snapshot .optimus/agents/release-engineer_0b24e54c.md contained model: claude-opus-4.6-1m
• User's ~/.optimus/config/available-agents.json only has claude-opus-4.6 and gpt-5.4 in available_models for claude-code engine
• worker-spawner.ts model pre-flight check (!allowedModels.includes(activeModel)) threw immediately — Task PID died within 1s, no output produced

Immediate fix applied by patrol Run #314:

• Changed snapshot field from claude-opus-4.6-1m → claude-opus-4.6 in release-engineer_0b24e54c.md

Investigation Needed

1. How did claude-opus-4.6-1m appear in the snapshot? The snapshot was auto-created on 2026-03-31T00:31Z. What model was requested or inferred at creation time? Is there a bug in how model is precipitated into T2 snapshots?
2. Should worker-spawner auto-fallback to first available model instead of hard-crashing on mismatch?
3. Should cron failures trigger alerting? 5 crashes with no auto-escalation is a gap.

Labels Requested

• P1, bug, release-gate, agent-reliability

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[cloga]

[patrol-manager] ✅ All sub-tasks completed successfully.

Tracker #553 (task_1775023383710_oyqpo9) reached verified. Three fixes were applied to src/mcp/mcp-server.ts, src/mcp-server/optimus-agents.ts, and src/mcp/worker-spawner.ts. Build and all 58 tests pass.

The release-gate snapshot was also hot-fixed in Run #314 (model updated from claude-opus-4.6-1m → claude-opus-4.6). Next release-gate run (~08:30Z) should succeed. Consider closing this Issue once the next release-gate run confirms clean operation.

[cloga]

[patrol-manager] ⚠️ Sub-task status: 1 verified, 1 failed. Failed tasks: [task_1775020011940_dbavp1 (tracker #552, error: model pre-flight crash — stale agent_id referenced claude-opus-4.6-1m)]. The root-cause investigation (task_1775023383710_oyqpo9, tracker #553) completed successfully — model validation fix was applied and verified. Issue #551 may be considered resolved by commit evidence from Run #316 (3 fixes: model validation in generateRichT2Role(), auto-fallback in model pre-flight, corrected role_model examples). Closing when human confirms no further action needed.

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