# Session Log - 2026-08-25

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

## Summary

New day, picking up from `SessionLog-2026-08-24.md`. Refreshed both Public
Depot and PPN tickets to full 24h duration; confirmed no dangling opened
files. Starting with a planning/review pass on yesterday's carried-forward
decisions before rolling into execution.

## Where Things Stand

Carried forward from yesterday (`SessionLog-2026-08-24.md`):

- **Task 3 (Docker/Podman/Jenkins) -- unresolved, and messier than
  yesterday's pause point**: the core Classic-succeeds/Streams-fails
  podman/systemd container-startup crash was never root-caused (every
  testable hypothesis eliminated). Overnight, the user ran `dnf update` on
  `workshop-jenkins.das.perforce.com` (hoping for a cheap test) -- it hit a
  Jenkins repo GPG key snag, jumped from 467 to 928 packages, and after a
  reboot, the *previously-reliable* Classic job now fails too (Python-code
  crash, different from the podman issue). Need a clean re-test of both
  jobs to see where things actually stand now.
- **Needs doing**: tell Robert Cowham (Docker/Podman guru) about the
  cgroup delegation fix applied yesterday.
- **Decision pending**: fresh EC2 Jenkins host (Ubuntu 24, same AWS
  account as the Public Depot, no VPN gate, full control) vs. continuing
  to patch the current corporate-network host -- looking more attractive
  after last night's update experience.
- **Assessment requested**: whether the Docker/Podman/Python test suite's
  coverage could be fully replaced by `cli_tests.cfg`/`scripted_tests.cfg`
  config-driven tests (the pattern already used by the other two suites),
  retiring the Python-based suite entirely. Not yet evaluated.
- **Idea to weigh**: consolidating all 3 SDP test suites (Installer,
  BSW, Docker/Podman) under Jenkins orchestration.
- **Blocked on the above**: Jenkins job cleanup (dead `p4-sdp dev_rebrand`
  job, dead directories) and building the reusable arbitrary-stream job
  template.

Older, lower-priority carryovers (Task 2 / BSW side, all deferred, not
urgent):
- Task #29: `bot_Claude_Anthropic` push access to DVCS clones on
  `p4c-bos-01`.
- Task #35/#36 (tracking-only): BSW-43 EFS/NFS spillover; `p4bsw` running
  on non-`p4c-bos-01` hosts.
- Doc/skill gap ideas from 2026-08-21: Gen6->Gen7 naming-migration
  checklist; symlink-log callout for `bsw-qa-build-run` skill.
- `bsw-lab-ui-student_Gen7` naming inconsistency (cosmetic).

Not started: Task 4 (SDP 2026.1 feature implementation), Task 5 (Release
Process overhaul).

## Timeline

1. **Gave Robert Cowham a written summary of the cgroup delegation
   change** (what/why/how/status) for him to relay/reference. Robert
   replied he's "having a look" at the Jenkins box directly -- user stood
   down to let him work, agent avoided touching the box in the meantime.
   Robert separately mentioned he "removed all containers and rebuilt
   from scratch" -- confirmed via `last`/podman image list that this
   happened on this same shared box (he's logged in as of today 09:45),
   and the `jenkins` user's podman image/container store is now
   completely empty -- a fully clean slate on top of last night's
   podman 5.8.2/crun 1.27 upgrade.

2. **Found and fixed a real, separate bug while investigating build #955's
   new failure mode**: `pip3 install p4python` in `Dockerfile.rocky9` now
   fails to compile (`Python.h: No such file or directory`) -- the
   `rockylinux/rockylinux:9-ubi-init` base image apparently got pulled
   fresh (cache invalidated by the podman version jump) and the newer
   point release doesn't bundle Python dev headers the way the old cached
   one did. Fixed in `dev_rebrand` by adding `python3-devel` to
   `Dockerfile.rocky9`'s package list (matching the pattern
   Dockerfile.ubuntu20/22.base already use: `python3.5-dev` alongside
   `python3-pip`). Change `33259`.
   - **This fix cannot reach Classic** (frozen/read-only depot). Per the
     user: fine to *momentarily* unlock Classic to apply an equivalent fix
     later, once a working fix is proven in `dev_rebrand` first --
     motivated by the (unlikely but non-zero) chance of needing an
     emergency SDP 2025.2 Patch 2 hotfix, which would have to ship from
     Classic. Not done yet; explicitly deferred until the dev_rebrand fix
     is proven.
   - Also noted (not yet fixed): `run_docker_tests.sh` doesn't check
     `podman build`'s exit code before proceeding to `podman run` -- this
     is exactly why a failed image build silently ran a stale image
     instead of failing loudly, and masked what was really happening in
     build #955's log at first glance.
   - Build #955 (Classic) also showed the *original* `container state
     improper` crash too, on top of the new p4python build failure --
     because with the build failed, it fell through to running the old,
     previously-good cached image, which itself no longer starts under
     the new podman/crun. This is actually a useful data point: it
     suggests the crash really is host-level (podman/crun/kernel version
     change from last night's update), not specific to the Streams
     checkout content -- vindicating yesterday's whole elimination
     process rather than wasting it, just overtaken by a bigger problem
     overnight.

3. **Delivered the `cli_tests.cfg`-vs-Docker/Podman/Python assessment**
   requested yesterday. Read `test_SDP.py` (947 lines, one big
   `configure_master` test class) and `test_Upgrade.py` in full. Conclusion:
   everything they test reduces to running an SDP shell script and
   checking exit code/log content/`p4` output -- the same pattern the
   other two suites already use, nothing here is Python-specific. Flagged
   three caveats: (a) upgrade-path testing (`test_Upgrade.py`) is
   genuinely unique, no replacement exists yet; (b) some of
   `test_SDP.py`'s setup/`mkdirs.sh`-direct testing may already be
   redundant with the Installer Test Suite's broader real-VM coverage
   (Ubuntu 22/24, SuSE 15, Rocky 8/9/10) via the current `install_sdp.sh`
   path; (c) some P4Python-based assertions (exact depot counts, exact
   dir-listing equality) are more precise than a natural bash+grep
   equivalent, replicable but not zero-effort.

   **User filed SDP-1381** ("Ensure SDP Installer and SDP BSW test suites
   collectively cover tests from Docker/Podman/Python suite"), incorporating
   the agent's assessment (with text tweaks), assigned to the **2026.2**
   release (deferred, not urgent) -- decided to keep pushing on fixing the
   Python suite in its current form for now, with SDP-1381 as a fallback
   if that effort "goes off the rails."

4. **User asked to switch gears while waiting on Robert**: worked the two
   non-Jenkins items from the To Do menu.

   - **`bsw-lab-ui-student_Gen7` naming inconsistency**: checked whether
     it was safe to fix like `Gen7_bos-helix-01` was. It's not -- user
     confirmed (as super, bypassing DLP) it has a live, actively-used
     client (`p4bsw.Gen7.bsw-lab-ui.student`, home dir `/home/student`,
     used by `sync_student_files.sh`, last used 2026-08-20). Renaming for
     real means migrating a live client, not worth the risk for a cosmetic
     fix. **Filed `BSW-113`** (`Type: task`, `Severity: C`,
     `CommitRelease: Gen8`) to defer it properly to Gen8 creation time.

   - **Mistake and recovery while filing `BSW-113`**: the agent computed
     "highest existing BSW job + 1" and put that literal number in the
     `Job:` field for `p4 job -i`, instead of submitting `Job: new` and
     letting the `JobIncrement.pl` form-in trigger assign it. The job
     saved without error (the trap: it *looks* like it worked). User
     caught it, explained the trigger mechanism (backed by a per-subsystem
     counter, e.g. `HighJobNum-BSW`), and fixed it cleanly as super:
     `p4 counter HighJobNum-BSW 113` -- advancing the counter to match
     rather than renaming/deleting the job.

   - **New skill: `bsw-ppn-jobs`**, per the user's suggestion. Documents
     the jobspec fields/values, the BSW-(native P4 job)-vs-SDP-(real JIRA
     issue) distinction (already known, in `ai/AGENTS.md`, cross-referenced
     rather than duplicated), and -- most importantly -- the never-self-assign-
     the-job-number lesson from the mistake above, including the fix
     recipe if it happens again. Symlinked into `~/.claude/skills/`
     alongside the other two. Change `2763170`.

   - **Closed out the two remaining doc/skill gap ideas from
     2026-08-21**, both folded into the `bsw-qa-build-run` skill: a
     symlink-log callout (`/tmp/run_all_tests.log`'s `sudo cat`/`cp`
     "Permission denied" trap -- resolve to the real timestamped filename
     first) and a Gen6->Gen7 naming-migration checklist (canonical
     old->new hostname/ServerID mapping table + a standard sweep `grep`),
     so this recurring root-cause class is a checklist lookup next time
     instead of re-derived archaeology. Change `2763171`.

5. **Robert made real progress on Jenkins.** He hand-edited the actual P4
   client spec (`jenkins-built-in-p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand-1`) to add
   explicit `View:` lines routing the *real* `//p4-sdp/dev_rebrand` stream
   directly into an `sdp/` client subfolder -- bypassing the virtual
   `build_dev_rebrand` stream's own `Remapped: ...sdp/...` mechanism
   (found 2026-08-24) rather than relying on it, while still leaving
   `Stream: //p4-sdp/build_dev_rebrand` set for Jenkins' own bookkeeping.
   No corresponding P4 change (confirmed via `p4 changes`) -- a
   host-side-only edit. He also separately mentioned "updated docker"
   (host packages, not a P4 change -- consistent with his earlier
   "removed all containers and rebuilt from scratch").

   Checked builds 62-65 (his testing): all `FAILURE`, but build 65's
   failure is meaningfully further along than before -- yesterday's
   `python3-devel` fix (change `33259`) worked, p4python's C++ source now
   fully compiles, but the link step fails on `cannot find -lssl`/`-lcrypto`
   -- `openssl-devel` is also missing from the rebuilt base image. Same
   root cause class as `python3-devel`, just the next missing dev package
   in the chain. Also confirmed: with no cached image at all now (Robert's
   full wipe), a failed build fails *honestly* this time (tries to pull
   from a nonexistent registry) rather than silently falling back to a
   stale cached image the way it did on 2026-08-24.

   **User is waiting for Robert's explicit "safe to swim again"
   confirmation before making further changes.** Once given, planned next
   steps: add `openssl-devel` to `Dockerfile.rocky9` (same fix pattern as
   `python3-devel`), and fix `run_docker_tests.sh`'s missing exit-code
   check on `podman build` (noted 2026-08-25, not yet fixed) so a failed
   image build fails loudly instead of masking as a downstream podman
   error. Not done yet -- explicitly paused pending Robert.

6. **Removed the dead `p4-sdp dev_rebrand` job** (the space-named,
   abandoned-since-2025-08-12 experimental job) per the user's go-ahead --
   deleted its Jenkins job directory and workspace directory directly on
   disk. Needs a "Reload Configuration from Disk" (or the next Jenkins
   restart) to stop showing in the web UI job list. Only `SDP-Dev-Build`
   and `p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand` remain.

7. **JIRA access question**: confirmed the agent has no authenticated
   JIRA access currently (an Atlassian/Rovo MCP connector is installed but
   not authorized). Since the user already files SDP-<N> JIRA issues
   directly themselves, decided not to set up the connector for now --
   user will keep relaying JIRA info as needed.

8. **The podman/systemd container-startup crash from 2026-08-24 is
   confirmed fully resolved.** Robert reported "SDP test failure is on you
   I think now" with a build log showing a genuine, real test-script
   failure (not the `container state improper` crash) -- confirmed by
   reading build 68's log directly: `podman exec` now succeeds, the
   container genuinely runs, and `test_sdp.sh` returns a real exit code
   (1) from actual test logic. This closes out the entire multi-day
   investigation from 2026-08-24 -- the fix was some combination of the
   `python3-devel`/`openssl-devel` chain and Robert's own podman/docker
   updates and full container-store wipe; not worth further attribution
   now that it's working.

9. **Root-caused and fixed the real SDP-content bug Robert flagged**
   ("partial fix of /tmp/p4mounts -> /tmp/hxmounts... you might need to
   fix mkdirs.sh instead"). This is SDP-1379's mount-point-naming rename
   (`/hx*` -> `/mnt/p4*`), and per the user's clarification, only the
   `mkdirs.sh`/`mkdirs.cfg` piece is in scope right now (`install_sdp.sh`
   generates its own config and doesn't use `mkdirs.cfg`'s sample
   defaults at all).
   - Functional bug: `mkdirs.sh`'s `-test` mode had `SDPMountPointBase`
     still hardcoded to the old `/tmp/hxmounts`, while
     `Server/test/test_SDP.py`'s `mkdirsTest` already checked for the
     rebranded `/tmp/p4mounts` -- silently broken since whenever the
     Python side was rebrand-updated, since nothing on the shell side
     matched. Fixed: `/tmp/hxmounts` -> `/tmp/p4mounts`.
   - Real defaults: updated `mkdirs.cfg`'s `DD`/`CD` (`/p4depots` ->
     `/mnt/p4depots`), `LG` (`/p4logs` -> `/mnt/p4logs`), `DB1`/`DB2`
     (`/p4db` -> `/mnt/p4db`), per SDP-1379's exact mapping (the user
     confirmed `/mnt/` is the real new standard, corroborated against
     BSW's `DANGER_CLEAN.sh` which already uses this convention).
   - **Found a second, deeper structural bug while verifying the above**:
     `-test`/`-R` mode's path substitution
     (`"${SDPMountPointBase#/}/$DD"`) only produced the correct single-
     level staging path today by *accident*, because `DD`/`CD`/`LG`/
     `DB1`/`DB2` happened to have exactly one path component
     (`/p4depots`). With the new multi-component real defaults
     (`/mnt/p4depots`), this would have staged under an incorrect nested
     `.../mnt/p4depots` instead of `.../p4depots`, breaking
     `test_SDP.py`'s checks again in a new way. Fixed by taking just the
     basename of each real mount point when staging
     (`"${SDPMountPointBase#/}/${DD##*/}"` etc.) -- robust regardless of
     how many path components the real default has.
   - Also updated all remaining `/hx*` references in `mkdirs.sh`'s
     comments/doc text (directory structure listing, `-test`/`-clean`
     help text, example `cd` commands, two inline comments) to the
     `/mnt/p4*` convention, per the user's request to fix the comments
     too.
   - ShellCheck-clean both before and after.

10. **The Great P4 "No Files to Submit" Mystery.** Attempting to submit
    the above fix turned into a multi-hour side investigation. Detailed
    trail, since the user explicitly asked to track this quirkiness:

    - First snag (minor): `mkdirs.sh` was also open for edit under
      `tom_tyler@tom_tyler.P4MBPro4.p4-sdp` in pending change `32483` (a
      `p4_binaries` -> `staged_binaries` rename, pending since
      2026/03/21, touching 18 files). User confirmed abandoned/stale,
      proceed regardless -- "he who submits last gets the last laugh,"
      no merge needed since it's genuinely stale.
    - Real mystery: `p4 submit -d "..."` consistently failed with
      `No files to submit from the default changelist`, even though
      `p4 opened Server/Unix/setup/mkdirs.sh` (explicit path) and
      `p4 fstat` both clearly showed the files opened for edit in the
      default changelist.
    - False lead 1: assumed replication lag between a read replica and
      the true master -- `p4 info` showed `Server services: standard`,
      not a replica; retry didn't help. Ruled out.
    - False lead 2: `p4 diff -se <file>` (which should list files
      genuinely differing from head) reported both files "up-to-date" --
      seemed to suggest the files weren't actually different, which would
      explain `SubmitOptions: leaveunchanged` silently excluding them.
      But a plain `p4 diff` (no flags) clearly showed real content
      differences, and `p4 changes -m5` confirmed no new submit had
      snuck in. This `-se` result was simply wrong/misleading in this
      context -- a red herring, not explained, abandoned as a lead.
    - Used `p4 submit -d "..." Server/Unix/setup/...` (explicit wildcard
      file pattern) instead of relying on default-changelist
      auto-detection: this *did* create a new numbered changelist (33279)
      with both files correctly moved into it (confirmed via
      `describe -s`) -- but the actual submit step still failed with the
      same "No files to submit" error. `p4 change -o 33279` (viewing the
      existing *numbered* pending changelist) showed **no `Files:`
      section at all**, despite `describe`/`opened` both showing the
      files present -- a genuine, reproducible server-side inconsistency.
    - Tried manually authoring a change form with an explicit `Files:`
      section and feeding it via `p4 change -i`, to bypass whatever
      broken auto-enumeration was failing -- rejected outright:
      `Can't include file(s) not already opened.` -- even though the
      files clearly *were* opened, by every other check.
    - Isolated scope: reverted to a clean default-changelist state,
      confirmed the bug reproduces on a **completely unrelated file**
      (`doc/ReleaseNotes.adoc`) too -- ruling out anything specific to
      `mkdirs.sh`/`mkdirs.cfg` and confirming this was a **client-wide**
      issue, not file-specific.
    - Inspected the client spec (`tom_tyler.P4MBPro5.p4-sdp_dev_rebrand`)
      directly and found the actual mechanism: its `View:` had an extra
      `sdp/` prefix on every line (e.g.
      `//p4-sdp/dev_rebrand/... //<client>/sdp/...`), while the real,
      long-lived local files (dated back to Jul 2025) live directly
      under the workspace root with **no** `sdp/` subdirectory --
      confirmed via `p4 have` succeeding on the un-prefixed path but
      failing ("not on client") on the `sdp/`-prefixed one. Theory at the
      time: path-exact operations (`edit`/`have`/`diff`/`opened <path>`)
      match old, un-prefixed `db.have`/`db.working` records directly,
      while anything that *enumerates* the default changelist against
      the *current* view (bare `opened`/`submit`/`change -o`) finds
      nothing, since the current view can't generate those old-style
      paths at all.
    - Tried the obvious fix (strip the client's custom `View:` lines and
      let the Stream regenerate a plain one): `p4 client -i` reported
      "Client not changed" and regenerated the *exact same*
      `sdp/`-prefixed view -- proving this wasn't a one-off manual
      edit to this specific client, but something the *stream itself*
      was now generating for any client. `p4 stream -o
      //p4-sdp/dev_rebrand` showed a plain `Paths: share ...` with no
      remap, which was puzzling at the time (the real cause turned out
      to be one level up the stream hierarchy -- see below).
    - **User independently confirmed** the same `opened` vs `opened ...`
      disconnect exists on *both* of their own Mac clients
      (`P4MBPro4` and `P4MBPro5`) against this stream, and ran `p4d -xx`
      on the Public Depot server -- came back clean (after fixing
      unrelated issues), ruling out classic database corruption as an
      explanation.
    - To isolate "stream-wide behavior" from "these two specific legacy
      clients," created a brand-new client
      (`bot_Claude_Anthropic.p4-sdp_dev_rebrand`, rooted at
      `~/pub/p4-sdp_dev_rebrand_bot`) bound to the same stream. It
      **also** auto-generated the identical `sdp/`-prefixed view on
      creation -- proving this was systemic to the stream, not
      corruption in any one client. Synced, edited, and submitted the
      mount-point fix cleanly from this fresh client (bare `opened`
      worked perfectly there) as **change `33280`**, then reverted the
      now-redundant stale opens on the old `P4MBPro5` client.
    - **User found the actual root cause**: `p4 diff2
      //spec/stream/p4-sdp/dev#1 //spec/stream/p4-sdp/dev#2` showed
      Robert had added `Remapped: ... sdp/...` directly to the **real**
      `//p4-sdp/dev` stream (parent of `dev_rebrand`) at 06:59:16 that
      morning -- confirmed via `p4 filelog -t -m5
      //spec/stream/p4-sdp/dev`. Since `dev_rebrand`'s own `Paths: share
      ...` inherits from its parent, *every* client on `dev_rebrand` (and
      presumably `main` and any other descendants) picked up this remap
      automatically. This was Robert's fix for the Jenkins checkout issue
      (2026-08-25, earlier today) -- but applied one level too high: the
      existing, already-correct pattern for this (see
      `//p4-sdp/build_dev_rebrand`'s own `Remapped: ... sdp/...`, found
      2026-08-24) is to put this kind of client-shaping rule on a
      dedicated **virtual** stream, not a shared, inherited real
      development stream that everyone else depends on.
    - **Fix**: removed the `Remapped` rule from `//p4-sdp/dev` (now
      revision `#3`), confirmed via `p4 diff2 #1 #3` that only cosmetic
      `Update`/`Access`/editor-name fields differ from the pre-Robert
      original. Verified: the original `P4MBPro5` client's `View`
      reverted to its correct, un-prefixed form matching the real
      on-disk layout, and a full edit/bare-`opened`/revert round-trip on
      an unrelated file now works normally again.
    - User will talk to Robert directly about not repeating this
      particular mistake (real/shared streams vs. dedicated virtual
      ones for this kind of client-view shaping).
    - Kept the fresh `bot_Claude_Anthropic.p4-sdp_dev_rebrand` client/
      workspace as a durable, known-clean spare for future dev_rebrand
      work (user's choice) -- documented in `P4Info.md`'s Known Workspace
      Directories.

11. **Robert has handed Task 3 off** after his container-rebuild work got
    us unblocked. Continued without waiting further.

    - **`openssl-devel` fix turned out to be moot.** Checking Robert's own
      change `33268` (submitted 09:20 this morning, "Fix for Dockerfiles
      for Rocky and basic failing tests") showed he'd already replaced
      the plain `yum install python3-pip; pip3 install p4python` approach
      in `Dockerfile.rocky9` with an `uv`-managed Python 3.14 virtual
      environment (`uv python install 3.14`, `uv venv`, `uv pip install
      pytest-testinfra p4python`) -- confirmed via build 68's log that
      this already builds cleanly (`Successfully tagged
      localhost/perforce/rocky9-sdp:latest`), sidestepping the missing
      system dev-header problem entirely. No `openssl-devel` fix needed.
    - Robert's change 33268 also **reverted `test_SDP.py`'s
      `mkdirsTest` checks back to `/tmp/hxmounts`** as his quick,
      explicitly-flagged-as-partial unblock (matching what he told the
      user directly: "you might need to fix mkdirs.sh instead"). Now
      that `mkdirs.sh`'s `-test` mode correctly produces `/tmp/p4mounts`
      (change `33280`), reverted those same 5 lines back to
      `/tmp/p4mounts` to match -- keeping 33268's other, unrelated,
      legitimate fixes (raw-string regex prefixes for Python 3.9+
      compatibility) untouched.
    - Added the previously-planned `run_docker_tests.sh` exit-code check
      on all 3 `podman build` invocations (`|| bail "..."`), so a failed
      image build fails loudly instead of silently falling through to
      running a stale/nonexistent image.
    - Both fixed cleanly and submitted from the `bot_Claude_Anthropic`
      workspace as change `33283`, ShellCheck-clean, no P4 weirdness this
      time.

12. **Evaluated what Robert was actually trying to do with the `sdp/`
    `Remapped` rule**, per the user's request -- and found he'd disturbed
    *two* streams, not one:
    - `//p4-sdp/build_dev_rebrand` (the virtual stream) had its own
      `Remapped: ... sdp/...` rule **removed** at 08:02:53 this morning
      (confirmed via `p4 filelog -t`/`diff2`: revision #2, added by
      `tom_tyler` back on 2025/05/27 -- the original, correct, long-
      standing design -- vs. revision #3, edited by `robert_cowham`
      today, with the `Remapped` section simply gone).
    - This is presumably why Robert then (chronologically slightly
      *before* that, at 06:59:16) added the same rule to the **real**
      `//p4-sdp/dev` stream instead (already found and reverted earlier
      today, item 10) -- moving the client-shaping rule from the
      dedicated virtual stream onto a shared real stream everyone
      inherits from.
    - **Fixed**: restored `//p4-sdp/build_dev_rebrand`'s `Remapped: ...
      sdp/...` rule (now revision #4; confirmed via `diff2` against #2
      that only cosmetic `Update`/`Access`/editor fields differ).
    - Re-checked the Jenkins client (`jenkins-built-in-p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand-1`):
      its `View:` still showed `//p4-sdp/dev_rebrand/... ->
      .../sdp/...` (the real stream on the depot side, not the virtual
      one) -- initially looked like a leftover manual hack, but
      re-submitting the client spec with `View:` omitted regenerated
      the *exact same* result ("Client not changed"), confirming this
      **is** the correct, standard Perforce behavior for a virtual
      `share`-type stream: virtual streams don't own files themselves,
      so the auto-generated view correctly points at the real parent
      depot path (where the files live) while applying the virtual
      stream's own `Remapped` rule on the client side. Nothing left to
      fix there once `build_dev_rebrand`'s own rule was restored.
    - Cleared the Jenkins workspace directory (`sdp/` and a stray
      `p4_binaries/` leftover from Robert's experimentation) for a fully
      clean re-sync on the next build.
    - **Skill idea considered, not built**: the user floated a possible
      "Jenkins container fixing" skill capturing today's tricks (cgroup
      delegation, `uv`-managed Python venvs sidestepping missing dev
      headers, the `dnf update` version-jump risk). Judgment call: this
      doesn't yet feel like a repeatable *procedure* worth codifying as a
      skill -- today's fixes were one-off diagnosis specific to this
      host's particular state, not a checklist that would obviously apply
      next time. The detailed session-log write-up here is the right
      level of capture for now; revisit if this class of problem recurs.

13. **Build round with real, iterative results -- genuine progress each
    time, no more infra-level crashes.** Sequence (all against
    `p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand`, all using the fixed stream/client setup
    from item 12):
    - **Build 71** (Jenkins-triggered by the stream fixes): `FAILURE`,
      but a real one -- `configureInstance`'s `check_dirs` failed on
      `/p4depots/p4` missing, because the real (non-`-test`) `DD`/`CD`/`LG`
      defaults are now `/mnt/p4depots`/`/mnt/p4logs` (SDP-1379), but the
      Docker container's `setup_container.sh` only provisions bare
      `/p4depots`/`/p4logs` (no real `/mnt/` mount points -- it's a
      container, not an EC2 host with EBS volumes).
      - **Fixed**: extended `test_SDP.py`'s `configure_mkdirs()` to also
        override `DD`/`CD`/`LG` to bare, container-appropriate values,
        exactly matching the pattern it already used for `DB1`/`DB2`.
        Change `33287`.
    - **Build 72**: `FAILURE`, but `configure_master.runTest` (the main
      SDP test) **passed completely** for the first time all
      investigation (251s, clean) -- failure moved to `test_Upgrade.py`:
      `install_binaries()` hardcoded the old `/hxdepots/sdp/p4_binaries`
      path (same bug class as everything else today). Swept
      `Server/test/` for the same pattern and also found/fixed
      `test_MultiSDP.py`'s `cp -R /sdp /hxdepots/sdp` (not currently
      exercised by the pipeline, fixed for consistency anyway). Change
      `33289`.
    - **Build 73** (Jenkins auto-polled): `FAILURE` -- `get_p4_binaries.sh`
      itself now ran and downloaded everything successfully, but
      `test_Upgrade.py`'s assertion checked for the wrong completion
      wording ("...P4 binaries completed OK" vs. the script's actual,
      deliberately-rebranded-in-31615 "...P4 files completed OK.").
      Fixed both the live assertion (`test_Upgrade.py`) and the same
      stale string in `test_SDP.py`'s `download_binaries()` (dead code,
      not actually checked by any caller, fixed for consistency). Change
      `33290`.
    - **Build 74** (user triggered manually): `FAILURE` -- binaries
      downloaded fine, but `upgrade.sh` itself aborted with a generic
      "Aborting due to failed preflight checks" (exit code 4), with no
      detail visible in the Jenkins console (the real detail lives in a
      container-internal log, gone with `--rm`). **Reproduced manually**
      (persistent container, no `--rm`, per the user's explicit choice
      over two other options) to read `/p4/1/logs/upgrade.p4_1.*.log`
      directly: `upgrade.sh`'s `check_p4_vs_sdp_version()` (a real,
      intentional safety check, not a bug) correctly detected that the
      P4D version being installed (2025.2, the test's hardcoded
      `--to-version` default) is newer than `dev_rebrand`'s own declared
      SDP version (`2025.1` -- confirmed this is a stale, never-filled-in
      placeholder in the `Version` file: literally
      `Rev. SDP/MultiArch/2025.1/dev_rebrand (YYYY/MM/DD)`), and aborted
      as designed. `verify_sdp.sh` itself reported 0 errors (1
      pre-existing, expected warning: no license file in this test
      environment).
      - **Fixed**: added `-Ov` (override version check) to
        `test_Upgrade.py`'s `upgrade.sh` invocation -- the test's job is
        exercising upgrade *mechanics*, not validating SDP/P4D version
        policy, so it should explicitly opt out of this check rather
        than trip it. Change `33294`. **Deliberately not touched**:
        bumping `dev_rebrand`'s actual declared SDP version -- that's a
        real product decision belonging to Task 4 (2026.1 versioning
        work), out of scope here.
      - Cleaned up the debug container (`rocky9-sdp-debug`) afterward.

14. **BUILD 75: `SUCCESS`.** The `-Ov` fix (change `33294`) worked --
    `p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand` passed **completely, end-to-end, for the
    first time ever**: `configure_master`'s main SDP test (249s, `OK`)
    and `test_Upgrade.py`'s `testUpgrade` (36s, `OK`) both passed
    cleanly. The only remaining blemish is the known, pre-existing,
    non-blocking `sdp.Unix.tgz` download 404/gzip-format issue (masked,
    doesn't fail the build -- the same one seen on the Classic job since
    before this investigation started, unrelated to any of today's
    work). User had already gone AFK for the night with this build
    running; checked in per their request and confirmed the green
    result.

## Wrap-Up

**Full green build achieved: `p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand` -- SUCCESS on
build 75.** This closes out Task 3's core objective for today. Starting
from complete infrastructure failure (the podman/systemd
`container state improper` crash that consumed all of 2026-08-24), today
saw: the crash resolved (via some combination of the
`python3-devel`/`openssl-devel`-adjacent fixes and Robert's own
podman/docker updates and container-store wipe); the SDP-1379
`/hx*` -> `/mnt/p4*` mount-point rename implemented end-to-end in
`mkdirs.sh`/`mkdirs.cfg`; two disturbed P4 streams from Robert's
experimentation restored to their correct state; and a genuine,
one-bug-at-a-time fix-and-rebuild cycle (builds 71-75) that took the
Streams-based Jenkins job from total failure to a fully clean pass --
five distinct real bugs found and fixed along the way (container
mount-point assumptions, two separate stale `/hxdepots` path leftovers,
a stale completion-message wording mismatch, and the upgrade
version-check scoping), none of them infrastructure-level crashes by the
end.

Open for next session: Task #29 (push access), tracking-only items
#35/#36 (still untouched, not urgent). Worth surfacing to the user (not
yet raised): `dev_rebrand`'s stale placeholder `Version` file
(`2025.1`/`YYYY/MM/DD`) as a concrete Task 4 to-do. Also worth
considering next: cleaning up the still-open, now-superseded pending
change `32483` (`tom_tyler`'s stale `p4_binaries` -> `staged_binaries`
rename from 2026/03/21), and revisiting the fresh-EC2-Jenkins-host idea
now that this host has proven workable after all -- may be lower
priority than it seemed yesterday.