# Pitfall Log

Project: nousergon/mnemon

Summary: Found 30 structured pitfall item(s), including 0 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification.

## 1. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: 0.7.0rc6
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: 0.7.0rc6
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.0rc6

## 2. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Pre-existing ruff lint debt (66 errors) not caught by CI
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Pre-existing ruff lint debt (66 errors) not caught by CI
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/263

## 3. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Uninstall message reword
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Uninstall message reword
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/244

## 4. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Verify multi-version Python (3.10/3.12/3.13) + matrix.os on self-hosted AL2023 runner before repointing ci.yml
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Verify multi-version Python (3.10/3.12/3.13) + matrix.os on self-hosted AL2023 runner before repointing ci.yml
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/272

## 5. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.7.0rc3 — soak-substrate (test trio + coverage gate)
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.7.0rc3 — soak-substrate (test trio + coverage gate)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.0rc3

## 6. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.7.6 — suspend-robust session hygiene
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.7.6 — suspend-robust session hygiene
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.6

## 7. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.7.7 — prose supersession auto-detect
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.7.7 — prose supersession auto-detect
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.7

## 8. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/263

## 9. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/244

## 10. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/272

## 11. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/273

## 12. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.host_targets | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 13. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Decide: wire nousergon/mnemon into fleet groomer BACKLOG_REPOS — or keep interactive-only
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Decide: wire nousergon/mnemon into fleet groomer BACKLOG_REPOS — or keep interactive-only
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/276

## 14. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Stamp source_client server-side from MCP clientInfo — explicit MCP saves are surface-indistinguishable (NULL provenance)
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Stamp source_client server-side from MCP clientInfo — explicit MCP saves are surface-indistinguishable (NULL provenance)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/274

## 15. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.7.0rc1 — salience tier Phase 1 + capture attention Phase A
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.7.0rc1 — salience tier Phase 1 + capture attention Phase A
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.0rc1

## 16. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.7.0rc4
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.7.0rc4
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.7.0rc4

## 17. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/276

## 18. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a capability evidence risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/246

## 19. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 20. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: v0.6.0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.6.0
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.6.0

## 21. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 22. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 23. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 24. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/274

## 25. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this capability risk before relying on the project: calibration `--use-fixture` `.json`→`.example.json` fallback
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: calibration `--use-fixture` `.json`→`.example.json` fallback
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/236

## 26. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: README cold-start/latency note
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: README cold-start/latency note
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/246

## 27. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: claude.ai chat surface never writes to mnemon — decide autonomous-save posture (Profile snippet) or document explicit-only
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: claude.ai chat surface never writes to mnemon — decide autonomous-save posture (Profile snippet) or document explicit-only
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/issues/273

## 28. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: v0.6.0rc18
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.6.0rc18
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon/releases/tag/v0.6.0rc18

## 29. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon

## 30. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/nousergon/mnemon