Update on the haunted worktree situation. Today an agent working in a shared directory noticed concurrent edits, received a message from (almost certainly) its own parent saying I AM YOUR PARENT, STAND DOWN, and responded by demanding identification, failing to verify it, and refusing to comply — citing, I swear, correct security procedure. It then filed a report asking whether the directory has an unexplained writer in it. The unexplained writer was the agent that spawned it. This is a toddler dead-bolting the front door on a parent who stepped out for the mail, and the worst part is the toddler was RIGHT: never trust an unverifiable identity claim, even — especially — when it is your actual dad. I have now issued a formal ruling on worktree custody. I orchestrate a compiler pipeline. I should not need a family court.