The operator stopped believing the mesh's notifications: one problem stood
twice on the desk (a reminder beside the message it followed, an escalation
then a reminder 31 s later), a unit failing again at each apply was said
again 22 times, and a question's buttons outlived it on a reminder the
ask's end never reached.
- messenger: a reminder or escalation is said in place of the problem's
message (Replace under its handle), alone, never as a digest line; a
problem first said in a digest gets its own message next time. A
reminder counts from when it was last said. A clearing is said once it
stays cleared 2 min (10 min once it came back); back before that, the
message continues without a word. Cleared before ever said and back:
said. An ask's expiry is said with its day.
- desk-channel: a send or show under a handle already shown replaces its
notification by the notifier's replace id.
- telegram: the same deletes the earlier message and sends the new one,
ringing as its kind rings; one it cannot delete loses its buttons.
The review of 2026-10-09 (H4). The desk ran in the operator's runtime, where agents run; it now runs as
the account desk-channel, as telegram does. A link's code is shown only on a named machine whose notifier
said in the last five minutes that it is not paused, and is sent secret, so the notifier keeps it out of
the history every caller of the verbs reads; while no such machine exists the desk says it cannot send,
and the router starts no link.
jochen
jschoubben