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The brain-fallback rule that caused the loop

scripts/operator_cycle.sh (before the fix, git blame on the removed logic) · back to the audit

if [ "${PARROT_BRAIN:-claude}" = "deepseek" ] && [ -f "$0" ]; then _LAST=$(grep '"kind":"operator"' data/operator/cost_ledger.jsonl | tail -1); _LAST_TO=$(... .timed_out); _LAST_RC=$(... .rc); if [ "$_LAST_TO" = "true" ] || [ "${_LAST_RC:-0}" != "0" ]; then PARROT_BRAIN=claude; echo 'brain fallback: last cycle failed on deepseek -- this cycle runs on claude' >>"$LOG"; fi; fi -- the check asked only whether the LAST cycle failed, never on which brain, so a failed claude catch-up cycle was itself read as grounds to force claude again.