Best possible solution:

Keep the SQLite-only labels and build-identity cache guard, then land only after maintainers confirm the intended JSON-output compatibility contract and attach redacted real CLI evidence for both a local store and a delegated gateway path.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

No high-confidence live reproduction was available to inspect. The supplied branch and tests identify clear current paths for local sessions cleanup, delegated gateway cleanup, session JSON output, cron status, and generated group help, but they do not include a verifiable before-and-after runtime transcript.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Unclear. Resolving only locally owned labels to the canonical SQLite target and preserving gateway-owned paths is the narrowest apparent fix, but replacing machine-readable JSON values is safe only if maintainers confirm the prior fields are not a supported external contract.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against 1508a586744d.

Label changes:

• add P2: This is a bounded CLI correctness and operator-diagnostics fix with limited but user-visible blast radius.
• add merge-risk: 🚨 compatibility: The branch replaces established machine-readable sessions path values, requiring an explicit decision about external CLI-output consumers.
• add rating: 🦪 silver shellfish: Overall readiness is 🦪 silver shellfish; proof is 🦪 silver shellfish and patch quality is 🦐 gold shrimp.
• add status: 📣 needs proof: The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask. Needs real behavior proof before merge: The PR body reports focused tests, Testbox results, and CI, but the available material contains no inspectable redacted after-fix terminal output, recording, log, or artifact showing the local and delegated CLI behavior. After adding proof, update the PR body; ClawSweeper should re-review automatically. If it does not, the PR author or someone with repository write access can comment @clawsweeper re-review.

Label justifications:

• P2: This is a bounded CLI correctness and operator-diagnostics fix with limited but user-visible blast radius.
• merge-risk: 🚨 compatibility: The branch replaces established machine-readable sessions path values, requiring an explicit decision about external CLI-output consumers.
• rating: 🦪 silver shellfish: Overall readiness is 🦪 silver shellfish; proof is 🦪 silver shellfish and patch quality is 🦐 gold shrimp.
• status: 📣 needs proof: The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask. Needs real behavior proof before merge: The PR body reports focused tests, Testbox results, and CI, but the available material contains no inspectable redacted after-fix terminal output, recording, log, or artifact showing the local and delegated CLI behavior. After adding proof, update the PR body; ClawSweeper should re-review automatically. If it does not, the PR author or someone with repository write access can comment @clawsweeper re-review.

PR surface:

Source +42, Tests +61, Other +8. Total +111 across 11 files.

What I checked:

• Local versus remote session-path handling: The branch resolves locally owned session-store labels through the SQLite target helper while the added cleanup test preserves a gateway-returned Windows path unchanged, matching the stated host-ownership boundary. (src/commands/sessions-cleanup.ts:145, b6c4b2da54e3)
• Machine-readable sessions output changes: The branch rewrites the JSON path, aggregate stores paths, and SQLite session-file marker path rather than only changing human-readable CLI text. (src/commands/sessions.ts:234, b6c4b2da54e3)
• Group-help cache invalidation: The cache reuse checks now require the existing root-help bundle signature to equal the current build identity signature, so a changed build identity forces regenerated group help. (scripts/write-cli-startup-metadata.ts:778, b6c4b2da54e3)
• Focused regression coverage: The PR adds coverage for a locally resolved SQLite label, a delegated Windows gateway path, SQLite-backed session JSON, cron status aliasing, and a changed help banner. (src/commands/sessions-cleanup.test.ts:227, b6c4b2da54e3)
• Current review state: The PR is labeled maintainer and assigned in its timeline, so automated cleanup should not close or rewrite it; required checks were still incomplete in the supplied context.

Likely related people:

• steipete: The PR timeline assigns the item to this person, who also authored the proposed cross-cutting CLI/storage correction; no independent current-main history trail was available in the supplied review material. (role: assigned reviewer and recent area contributor; confidence: low; commits: b6c4b2da54e3; files: src/commands/sessions-cleanup.ts, src/commands/sessions.ts, src/cron/service/ops.ts)

• 🦀 challenger crab: rare, exceptional readiness with strong proof, clean implementation, and convincing validation.
• 🦞 diamond lobster: very strong readiness with only minor maintainer review expected.
• 🐚 platinum hermit: good normal PR, likely mergeable with ordinary maintainer review.
• 🦐 gold shrimp: useful signal, but proof or patch confidence is still limited.
• 🦪 silver shellfish: thin signal; proof, validation, or implementation needs work.
• 🧂 unranked krab: not merge-ready because proof is missing/unusable or there are serious correctness or safety concerns.
• 🌊 off-meta tidepool: rating does not apply to this item.

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