# Session Log - 2026-08-17

Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 5 (claude-sonnet-5)
P4 identity used: bot_Claude_Anthropic (except where noted)

## Summary

New day, new session (picking up from `SessionLog-2026-08-11.md`, which covered
2026-08-11 through 2026-08-13). Session opened with a `bot_Claude_Anthropic` ticket
renewal on both the Public Depot and PPN servers (expired after the multi-day gap;
user renewed directly since this agent can't supply an interactive password).
Confirmed clean state across all three active workspaces (`test-install_sdp`,
`p4-sdp_dev_rebrand`, and the Gen7 `BattleSchool` PPN workspace) -- nothing left
opened, no out-of-band changes since the last submits except two small, unrelated
utility additions the user made himself in `p4-sdp_dev_rebrand` on 2026-08-14 (epoch
time conversion, MAC address utility).

## Where Things Stand

- **Task 1 (SDP Installer Test Suite) is complete**: all 7 fleet machines pass the
  full suite cleanly (287/287).
- **Task 2 (prepare SDP-QA-Gen7) is in progress**, in the `//BattleSchool/Gen7` stream
  (PPN server), workspace `/Users/ttyler/ppn/7c`. One concrete item fixed so far: the
  Server-AMI build runbook's stale ITS data source (see
  `//BattleSchool/Gen7/ai/session-log-2026-08-13.md` for full detail). Broader scope of
  what "prepare SDP-QA-Gen7" requires is still being worked out.
- Deferred per explicit user direction: the "We've Moved" deprecation notices (task
  #11, hold until very near SDP 2026.1 GA), the `cli_tests.cfg` test-coverage gap
  analysis (task #14), and fleet runtime-variation speculation (task #15).

## Timeline

1. **Task 2 continued in `//BattleSchool/Gen7` (PPN server) -- see that stream's own
   `ai/session-log-2026-08-17.md` for full detail.** Summary:
   - Investigated `prep_for_qa.sh` (the script that puts SDP files in place on
     `p4c-bos-01` for SDP QA testing) and found it hardcoded its "insitu" workspace
     (a classic, non-DVCS client rooted at `/p4`) to the deprecated `//sdp/dev_insitu`
     stream, itself importing from the now-frozen Classic
     `//guest/perforce_software/sdp/dev/...` path -- meaning SDP-QA-Gen7 could never
     actually pull current SDP 2026.1 dev work.
   - Per the user's design guidance, split the concerns: a new `swap_insitu_source.sh`
     owns deliberately switching which `//p4-sdp/<stream>_insitu` virtual stream the
     insitu client tracks (preflighting with `p4 opened`, switching via
     `p4 client -s -S` + `p4 sync`, never `p4 switch`, auto-creating the target
     `_insitu` stream from a template if needed); `prep_for_qa.sh` no longer touches
     the client's stream binding at all, just syncs whatever is currently active.
   - **User caught a real gap on review**: the fixed `Root=/p4` requirement (insitu
     workspaces always root at `/p4`, non-negotiable) needed an explicit guard, not
     just an assumption. Fixed: verify `Root` before switching an existing client
     (refuse if it doesn't match), and handle the not-yet-created-client case by
     setting `Root`/`Type` explicitly, matching the original bootstrap pattern.
   - Confirmed with the user that `reset_sdp.sh` (a separate, much older "Helix
     Installer" tool with its own stale references) is Gen6-only legacy, superseded
     by `install_sdp.sh` in Gen7 -- out of scope, left untouched.
   - **Ran both scripts against the live SDP-QA-Gen7 lab** (via a jump through
     `bsw-lab-ui` to `p4c-bos-01`, using connection details the user provided). Synced
     the updated scripts onto the server via the documented `p4bsw` sync mechanism,
     then ran `swap_insitu_source.sh dev_rebrand` (a safe no-op switch -- the client
     was already on `//p4-sdp/dev_rebrand_insitu`, apparently switched there manually
     by the user back on 2026-07-11) and `prep_for_qa.sh` end-to-end. Both worked
     correctly: the dynamic `TestCL` computation, revert, and sync steps all
     succeeded, and the sync pulled in files that weren't previously present,
     including this week's SBD bootstrap fix (`configure_new_server.sh#14`) and the
     user's own small utility additions from 2026-08-14 -- confirming the insitu
     workspace is now correctly tracking live SDP 2026.1 dev work.
   - `prep_for_qa.sh`'s last step (an unbounded, unscoped `p4 changes -s shelved`
     across the entire Public Depot server, followed by a per-changelist check) took
     a while (pre-existing behavior, unmodified by tonight's changes) but completed
     cleanly: `Done prep_for_qa.sh v1.1.0 on p4c-bos-01.`
   - **Both new/changed scripts are now fully validated end-to-end on the live
     SDP-QA-Gen7 lab.** Submitted as PPN changes `2762462` (initial split) and
     `2762463` (the `Root=/p4` guard fix).

## Wrap-Up

Session ending for the day per the user ("I'll be back at it tomorrow"). Task 2's
first concrete deliverable (the insitu-source swap capability) is done and verified
live, not just written. No new "top of mind" items to defer beyond what was already
deferred in the prior session (We've Moved notices, test-coverage gap analysis,
runtime-variation speculation). Next session should continue scoping what else
"prepare SDP-QA-Gen7" requires.