Cycle 8 retrospective (cycle-end mode): 5 tickets shipped, 17 SP, 4
batches across 1 cycle theme (strict input validation for the 4
AZ-795 child endpoints + AZ-812 region API field rename).
Artifacts:
- _docs/06_metrics/retro_2026-05-23_cycle8.md
- _docs/06_metrics/structure_2026-05-23_cycle8.md (gap-filled; last
structural snapshot was cycle 5)
Key cycle-8 findings (now in _docs/LESSONS.md ring buffer):
- Step-14 security-audit Medium findings under the small-fix
threshold should be resolved in-cycle, not deferred (F-AZ809-1
closed in commit 8fca6e0, ~30 min from discovery to fix).
- Retro recommendations ship end-to-end when they name concrete
tickets/files + size as a coherent cycle theme (cycle 7 Action 3
-> cycle 8 strict-validation slate, first end-to-end traceable
cross-cycle improvement action in project history).
- Contract wire-format updates (new required field / rename) need a
ripgrep probe across all consumer paths (perf script, probe
scripts, README, deploy docs, OpenAPI examples) — partial syncs
surface at Step 15 perf gate (PT-06 missed AZ-809 requestMaps +
createTilesZip, fixed in commit 32bc5c1).
Carry-overs to cycle 9: track PT-07 cache-pollution false positive
(harness, not regression), reduce 3 cycles in a row of misleading
"PT-07 fails on warm/cold ratio" entries in the perf report.
Marks Step 17 completed; cycle 8 closed. Next /autodev invocation
starts cycle 9 from Step 0.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Oleksandr Bezdieniezhnykh