2026-06-20-dreaming-review-queue-report.md

type	Evidence
title	Dreaming Review Queue Report - June 20, 2026
description	Checked-in benchmark evidence record for the source-backed Dreaming review queue.
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last_verified	2026-06-20
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Dreaming Review Queue Report - June 20, 2026

Goal: Close XY-1021 by expanding Dreaming from derived readback and consolidation proposal storage into a single source-backed review queue for organization and correction proposals.

Inputs: packages/elf-service/src/dreaming_review_queue.rs, apps/elf-api/src/routes.rs, apps/elf-mcp/src/app/server.rs, docs/spec/system_consolidation_proposals_v1.md, and apps/elf-eval/fixtures/report_snapshots/2026-06-20-dreaming-review-queue-report.json.

Executive Judgment

ELF now has a service-native Dreaming review queue surface over consolidation_proposals. This is not a new mutating worker and not a live provider Dreaming loop. It is the readback and policy layer that lets an agent or operator inspect proposed tags, duplicate merges, page rebuilds, memory promotions, graph facts, proactive briefs, scheduled outputs, and corrections before any downstream derived artifact is applied.

Contract Coverage

Requirement	ELF coverage
Source refs	Queue items expose proposal source_refs and immutable source_snapshot.
Affected refs	Queue items expose target_ref plus payload-level affected pages, memories, facts, and notes.
Confidence	Queue items preserve proposal confidence and use it in auto-apply policy.
Unsupported-claim lint	Queue items expose unsupported_claim_flags, contradiction markers, and staleness markers.
Diff	Queue items expose the reviewable proposal diff.
Review audit	Queue items include current review state, available actions, last reviewer metadata, and append-only review events.
Source mutation safety	Queue policy returns source_mutation_allowed = false and blocks source-mutation-key payloads from auto-apply.

Variant Coverage

Variant	Coverage source	Auto-apply policy
memory_summary	Existing service-native Dreaming suite	Reviewable derived output only.
proactive_brief	Existing service-native Dreaming suite	Reviewable derived output only.
scheduled_memory	Existing service-native Dreaming suite	Reviewable derived output only.
tag	Queue contract and benchmark snapshot	Candidate only after approval, confidence >= 0.9, no lint, and no source mutation request.
duplicate_merge	Queue contract and benchmark snapshot	Candidate only after approval, confidence >= 0.9, no lint, and no source mutation request.
page_rebuild	Queue contract, knowledge-page reports, and benchmark snapshot	Reviewable derived page output only.
memory_promotion	Queue contract and benchmark snapshot	High-impact review-gated memory proposal.
graph_fact	Queue contract, graph report surface, and benchmark snapshot	High-impact review-gated proposal.
correction	Queue contract and benchmark snapshot	High-impact review-gated proposal.

Command Evidence

Command	Status	Purpose
cargo test -p elf-service dreaming_review_queue -- --nocapture	pass	Unit-check queue variant normalization, source-mutation detection, review actions, affected-ref extraction, and auto-apply policy decisions.
cargo test -p elf-mcp registers_all_tools -- --nocapture	pass	Guard MCP tool registration for elf_dreaming_review_queue.
cargo test -p elf-eval --test real_world_job_benchmark dreaming_review_queue_report_wires_reviewable_policy_contract -- --nocapture	pass	Guard service/API/MCP/docs/snapshot coverage for XY-1021.
cargo make check	pass	Full repo gate: fmt/check-docs/check/clippy/vstyle plus 311 nextest tests, 87 skipped.

Claim Boundaries

Allowed:

• ELF exposes elf.dreaming_review_queue/v1 as a source-backed queue over consolidation proposals.
• Queue items include source refs, affected refs, confidence, unsupported-claim lint, diff, policy, and review audit.
• Auto-apply is limited to approved low-risk derived organization candidates and never permits authoritative source mutation.

Not allowed:

• Do not claim provider-backed private corpus Dreaming readiness from this queue surface.
• Do not claim source documents, notes, traces, or graph facts can be silently mutated by the queue.
• Do not claim broad Dreaming product superiority without comparable external competitor queue artifacts.

Next Optimization Direction

The next useful product layer is an operator UI that groups these queue items by variant, risk, affected target, and review action. Provider-backed Dreaming remains a separate gate: it should generate proposals into this same queue, not bypass the review and source-mutation policy.