Reset Handoff - 2026-07-29 04:51

Current State

John asked for `/wrap and reset` after the gateway had needed a restart.

Active work: `projects/the-slow-aurora/days/2026-07-29-3am-suno-automation-test`

Title: `Service Not Yet Running`

The local Suno handoff package is complete and validated:

`handoff-qa.md`: PASS
`guide-track-qa.md`: PASS
Guide decision: vocal phrasing guide
Guide file: `guide-track.mp3`
Upload type planned: Song Demo
Planned Audio Influence: 42
Prompt real-name audit: PASS, no reference artist names in `suno-prompt.md`
Full MP3 loudness: mean/max `-18.9 / -1.7 dB`
Review clip loudness: mean/max `-20.1 / -2.0 dB`

Browser / Suno Outcome

Suno rejected the guide upload with a known-recording match before generation. Treat this as an upload-gate failure, not as an Audio Influence setting problem.

No successful private Suno draft has been recorded for this package yet.

No publish permission exists. Permanent boundary remains active: creating private drafts is allowed only when requested, but publishing or making tracks public requires explicit current-conversation approval.

Likely Cause

The current guide used render profile `musescore-intimate`. Prior Slow Aurora work found that Suno can reject locally generated MIDI renders when the rendered audio has a stock/familiar fingerprint.

Useful precedent:

`projects/the-slow-aurora/days/2026-07-28-force-1144-pressure-glass/guide-track-v4-rationale.md`
`projects/the-slow-aurora/days/2026-07-28-force-1144-pressure-glass/guide-track-v4-notes.md`

That fix preserved the study-led composition while changing likely fingerprint causes: render profile, patch identity, voicings, timing, humanization, and voice/pad texture.

Next Session

1. Read the live `Music Generation` skill before touching Suno. 2. Keep the study-led composition and vocal phrasing guide decision. 3. Re-render the guide with a different sonic fingerprint rather than making it abstract by default. 4. Prefer changing render profile/patch color/voicing/humanization first, following the Pressure Glass v4 pattern. 5. Re-run QA: - `python projects/the-slow-aurora/scripts/validate-suno-handoff.py projects/the-slow-aurora/days/2026-07-29-3am-suno-automation-test` - run the handoff runner prepare step again if generated handoff files change 6. Before pressing Create in Suno, run the pre-create credit guard with the visible credit count. 7. Attempt only one private draft after the upload gate is clean. 8. If generation succeeds, record the run with `suno-handoff-runner.py record`.

Tooling Notes

During this wrap:

`memory_search` timed out, so the handoff relies on project files plus the provided Telegram context.
The Telegram `message` send hit a gateway timeout before the gateway restart helper was launched.
Gateway restart helper used: `scripts/restart-gateway.ps1`.