July 17, 2026

Generated lab notebook from daily_summary, plan_journal, plan_delivery_log, and setpoint audit data. It is intentionally chronological and may include in-progress cycles before validation.

Planner Execution Ledger

Planner checkpoints can acknowledge that the active plan is still suitable without writing a new public plan ID. Those no-change decisions are part of the audit trail.

Delivery events

Plan writes

No-change acknowledgements

Pending

Event	Delivered	Type	Status	Note
End-of-day review and reset	00:16	MIDNIGHT	plan_written	Wrote public plan iris-20260717-0016. Resolved 00:19 MDT.
Morning planning cycle	05:47	SUNRISE	plan_written	Wrote public plan iris-20260717-0547. Resolved 05:49 MDT.
Solar peak planning checkpoint	13:08	SOLAR_MAX	action_completed	Delivery recorded without a public plan write. Resolved 13:09 MDT.
Forecast deviation	14:34	FORECAST_DEVIATION	acked	Acknowledged: FORECAST_DEVIATION reviewed: solar drop was transient/short-lived and not a sustained regime change. Live climate is still hot-dry edge (85.7F, VPD 1.32 kPa, dp margin 11.2F) with VENTILATE + both fans + fog already active under the existing compliance-first plan. No tunable change needed; do not reduce wet assist until observed VPD recovers. Resolved 14:34 MDT.
Peak Stress	15:08	TRANSITION	action_completed	Delivery recorded without a public plan write. Resolved 15:09 MDT.
Decline	19:29	TRANSITION	acked	Acknowledged: Decline transition checked live climate, equipment, active plan, and setpoints. House is tracking the existing plan: avg VPD is near/in band at 1.20 kPa vs vpd_high 1.22, dew margin is safe at 12.1F, no equipment is currently running, and the active plan already has an evening taper waypoint at 21:30 to widen the wet posture. East remains a dry outlier, so there is no concrete VPD-low or over-wetting signal requiring an immediate tunable change. Resolved 19:29 MDT.
Evening planning cycle	20:28	SUNSET	plan_written	Wrote public plan iris-20260717-2028. Resolved 20:30 MDT.

🌅 Morning Cycle (12:19 AM) — `iris-20260717-0016`

Status

validated

Outcome score

6/10

Changed parameters

band_track_fraction, cold_vent_guard_delta_f, cool_exit_hysteresis_f, cool_stage2_exit_hysteresis_f, cool_stage2_over_high_f, direct_wet_stress_latest_hour, direct_wet_stress_min_dew_margin_f, direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa ...

Reflection

Validating previous cycle: iris-20260716-0546

Previous hypothesis: SUNRISE plan for Thursday 2026-07-16. Yesterday scored 66.7, above the 7-day average 62.8, but VPD remained the clear bottleneck: temp compliance 49.7%, VPD compliance 35.6%, total stress 24.6h, heat stress 10.38h, VPD-high stress 14.22h, no cold or VPD-low stress, and dew safety held with dp_margin_min 9.0F / 0.0 dp_risk_hours. Water was high at 350 gal total / 143 gal mister water versus 234 gal 7-day total-water average; reliable electric/gas/cost terms are unavailable except cost_water USD 1.69, so the resource tradeoff is mainly water/wear rather than trusted energy cost. I evaluated the SUNSET and MIDNIGHT backlog plans at 5/10 each; both returned deterministic anchor 3 because guardrail materialization remained heavy (441 and 528 VPD-high guardrail events)… Result: Evaluated before Friday SUNSET replacement using the scoped window scorecard. The MIDNIGHT reset governed 00:19-05:49 MDT. The house remained dew-safe with no cold stress and no VPD-low stress; daily dp_margin_min was 9.0F with 0.0 dp_risk_hours. Within the scoped window, score was 68.6, temp compliance 51.3%, VPD compliance 36.8%, heat stress 1.86h and VPD-high stress 2.68h. The plan correctly preserved safety and avoided over-humidification, but it did not produce clean VPD recovery and the following day still became strongly VPD/heat limited. Guardrail/missed materialization context remains a warning, so treat this as a safe severity-reduction plan, not a clean parameter experiment. Score: 6/10

New finding: For repeated July hot-dry midnight resets, a safe pre-dawn posture can avoid dew/cold/VPD-low problems, but it should not be credited as VPD recovery unless the following morning/daylight ramp also shows reduced VPD-high severity and fewer guardrail/missed materializations. → Added to Lessons Learned

Hypothesis

Testing: Guardrail-compatible severe hot-dry sequence posture: compare whether explicitly using bounded ClimateIntent wet-assist excess values instead of raw threshold-like thinking reduces guardrail dependence while preserving dew-safe VPD severity reduction. Expected outcome: For the next sunrise review: dp_risk_hours remains 0 and dp_margin_min stays >=8F; no VPD-low or cold stress; Friday VPD-high and heat stress may remain high under physical limits, but VPD severity should improve during daylight fog/mist-assist windows and guardrail-held counts should not increase relative to the previous sunset plan.

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
00:15	hyst 0.2125	Post-midnight stabilization: current VPD has recovered near
05:30	hyst 0.1925	Pre-dawn handoff before forecast dry ramp: reopen band-coupl
07:30	hyst 0.1775	Sunrise ramp: Friday forecast climbs quickly toward 95F/RH <
12:00	hyst 0.1725	Peak Friday hot-dry window: keep wet/fog assist fully availa
17:00	hyst 0.1875	Late-day recovery after fog window: keep mister assist avail
21:30	hyst 0.20249999999999999	Evening dry-edge recovery: preserve bounded wetting until cu

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
00:15	s2 1.8699999999999999; cool_exit 2.05; all_fans 0; dw_stress 0; dw_until 22; engage 1.3; all 1.52; pulse 30; gap 60; wt 1.5533333333333332	Post-midnight stabilization: current VPD has recovered near
05:30	s2 1.6400000000000001; cool_exit 1.69; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 37.5; wt 1.7999999999999998	Pre-dawn handoff before forecast dry ramp: reopen band-coupl
07:30	s2 1.56; cool_exit 1.42; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 37.5; gap 26.25; wt 1.9333333333333331	Sunrise ramp: Friday forecast climbs quickly toward 95F/RH <
12:00	s2 1.51; cool_exit 1.33; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 39; gap 22.5; wt 1.98	Peak Friday hot-dry window: keep wet/fog assist fully availa
17:00	s2 1.6424999999999998; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 34.5; gap 33.75; wt 1.8399999999999999	Late-day recovery after fog window: keep mister assist avail
21:30	s2 1.795; cool_exit 1.87; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.28; all 1.47; pulse 31.5; gap 41.25; wt 1.7466666666666666	Evening dry-edge recovery: preserve bounded wetting until cu

Saturday July 18

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:30	hyst 0.1775	Saturday pre-ramp: forecast repeats severe hot-dry stress; s
12:00	hyst 0.1725	Saturday peak: preserve maximum bounded wet/fog assist throu
21:30	hyst 0.20249999999999999	Saturday evening recovery: maintain wet assist while outdoor

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:30	s2 1.5410000000000001; cool_exit 1.42; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 37.5; gap 24; wt 1.9533333333333336	Saturday pre-ramp: forecast repeats severe hot-dry stress; s
12:00	s2 1.5; cool_exit 1.33; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 39; gap 22.5; wt 1.98	Saturday peak: preserve maximum bounded wet/fog assist throu
21:30	s2 1.785; cool_exit 1.87; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.28; all 1.47; pulse 31.5; gap 41.25; wt 1.7466666666666666	Saturday evening recovery: maintain wet assist while outdoor

Sunday July 19

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:30	hyst 0.16749999999999998	Sunday extreme pre-ramp: forecast approaches 102F/RH under 1
12:00	hyst 0.16749999999999998	Sunday extreme peak: accept physics-limited heat while keepi
20:30	hyst 0.19749999999999998	Sunday evening recovery after extreme heat: keep bounded wet

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:30	s2 1.44; cool_exit 1.24; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 41.25; gap 18.75; wt 2.033333333333333	Sunday extreme pre-ramp: forecast approaches 102F/RH under 1
12:00	s2 1.44; cool_exit 1.24; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 41.25; gap 18.75; wt 2.033333333333333	Sunday extreme peak: accept physics-limited heat while keepi
20:30	s2 1.7275; cool_exit 1.78; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 33.75; wt 1.8333333333333335	Sunday evening recovery after extreme heat: keep bounded wet

Changed secondary parameters:

Time	Parameter	Change
00:15	band_track_fraction	initial 0
00:15	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	initial 8
00:15	cool_stage2_exit_hysteresis_f	initial 1
00:15	direct_wet_stress_min_dew_margin_f	initial 8
00:15	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	initial 0.08
00:15	dwell_gate_ms	initial 285000
00:15	enthalpy_close	initial 1
00:15	enthalpy_open	initial -2
00:15	fog_escalation_kpa	initial 0.3
00:15	heat_hysteresis	initial 1
00:15	min_fog_off_s	initial 102
00:15	min_fog_on_s	initial 48
00:15	mist_backoff_s	initial 600
00:15	mist_max_closed_vent_s	initial 600
00:15	mist_thermal_relief_s	initial 90
00:15	mister_all_delay_s	initial 97.5
00:15	mister_engage_delay_s	initial 48.75
00:15	mister_water_budget_gal	initial 260
00:15	night_vpd_bias_kpa	initial 0
00:15	outdoor_staleness_max_s	initial 600
00:15	sw_dwell_gate_enabled	initial 1
00:15	sw_fog_closes_vent	initial 1
00:15	sw_mister_closes_vent	initial 0
00:15	sw_summer_vent_enabled	initial 1
00:15	temp_hysteresis	initial 2.05
00:15	vent_exchange_fraction	initial 0.3
00:15	vent_prefer_dp_delta_f	initial 3
00:15	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	initial 4
00:15	vpd_watch_dwell_s	initial 71.25
05:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.08 → 0.05
05:30	dwell_gate_ms	285000 → 225000
05:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.3 → 0.2
05:30	min_fog_off_s	102 → 66
05:30	min_fog_on_s	48 → 61.5
05:30	mister_all_delay_s	97.5 → 79.5
05:30	mister_engage_delay_s	48.75 → 39.75
05:30	mister_water_budget_gal	260 → 300
05:30	temp_hysteresis	2.05 → 1.69
05:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	71.25 → 56.25
07:30	dwell_gate_ms	225000 → 180000
07:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.2 → 0.15
07:30	min_fog_off_s	66 → 48
07:30	min_fog_on_s	61.5 → 68.25
07:30	mister_all_delay_s	79.5 → 66
07:30	mister_engage_delay_s	39.75 → 33
07:30	temp_hysteresis	1.69 → 1.42
07:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	56.25 → 45
12:00	dwell_gate_ms	180000 → 165000
12:00	min_fog_off_s	48 → 42
12:00	min_fog_on_s	68.25 → 70.5
12:00	mister_all_delay_s	66 → 61.5
12:00	mister_engage_delay_s	33 → 30.75
12:00	temp_hysteresis	1.42 → 1.33
12:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	45 → 41.25
17:00	dwell_gate_ms	165000 → 210000
17:00	fog_escalation_kpa	0.15 → 0.2
17:00	min_fog_off_s	42 → 60
17:00	min_fog_on_s	70.5 → 63.75
17:00	mister_all_delay_s	61.5 → 75
17:00	mister_engage_delay_s	30.75 → 37.5
17:00	temp_hysteresis	1.33 → 1.6
17:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	41.25 → 52.5
21:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.05 → 0.06
21:30	dwell_gate_ms	210000 → 255000
21:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.2 → 0.3
21:30	min_fog_off_s	60 → 72
21:30	min_fog_on_s	63.75 → 59.25
21:30	mister_all_delay_s	75 → 88.5
21:30	mister_engage_delay_s	37.5 → 44.25
21:30	mister_water_budget_gal	300 → 290
21:30	temp_hysteresis	1.6 → 1.87
21:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	52.5 → 63.75
05:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.06 → 0.05
05:30	dwell_gate_ms	255000 → 180000
05:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.3 → 0.15
05:30	min_fog_off_s	72 → 44.4
05:30	min_fog_on_s	59.25 → 69.6
05:30	mister_all_delay_s	88.5 → 66
05:30	mister_engage_delay_s	44.25 → 33
05:30	mister_water_budget_gal	290 → 300
05:30	temp_hysteresis	1.87 → 1.42
05:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	63.75 → 45
12:00	dwell_gate_ms	180000 → 165000
12:00	min_fog_off_s	44.4 → 42
12:00	min_fog_on_s	69.6 → 70.5
12:00	mister_all_delay_s	66 → 61.5
12:00	mister_engage_delay_s	33 → 30.75
12:00	temp_hysteresis	1.42 → 1.33
12:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	45 → 41.25
21:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.05 → 0.06
21:30	dwell_gate_ms	165000 → 255000
21:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.15 → 0.3
21:30	min_fog_off_s	42 → 72
21:30	min_fog_on_s	70.5 → 59.25
21:30	mister_all_delay_s	61.5 → 88.5
21:30	mister_engage_delay_s	30.75 → 44.25
21:30	mister_water_budget_gal	300 → 290
21:30	temp_hysteresis	1.33 → 1.87
21:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	41.25 → 63.75
05:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.06 → 0.05
05:30	dwell_gate_ms	255000 → 150000
05:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.3 → 0.15
05:30	min_fog_off_s	72 → 36
05:30	min_fog_on_s	59.25 → 72.75
05:30	mister_all_delay_s	88.5 → 60
05:30	mister_engage_delay_s	44.25 → 30
05:30	mister_water_budget_gal	290 → 300
05:30	temp_hysteresis	1.87 → 1.24
05:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	63.75 → 37.5
20:30	dwell_gate_ms	150000 → 240000
20:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.15 → 0.3
20:30	min_fog_off_s	36 → 60
20:30	min_fog_on_s	72.75 → 63.75
20:30	mister_all_delay_s	60 → 84
20:30	mister_engage_delay_s	30 → 42
20:30	temp_hysteresis	1.24 → 1.78
20:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	37.5 → 60

🌅 Morning Cycle (5:49 AM) — `iris-20260717-0547`

Status

validated

Outcome score

5/10

Changed parameters

Reflection

Validating previous cycle: iris-20260716-2029

Previous hypothesis: SUNSET overnight plan for Thursday 2026-07-16. Today was safe but still VPD-limited: scorecard 63.5, temp compliance 52.2%, VPD compliance 38.1%, 8.04h heat stress and 11.36h VPD-high stress, no cold/VPD-low stress, dp_margin_min 8.4F and 0 dp_risk_hours. Live at sunset remains warm and dry-edge: about 81.6F, VPD 1.54 kPa, RH 59%, dew margin 15.7F, VENTILATE; east is the dry outlier near 1.82 kPa. The prior SUNRISE plan is scored 5/10 by me because it was safe and directionally correct, but deterministic anchor is 2 due 952 VPD-high guardrail events and 861 held-by-guardrail events; I accept the anchor warning and treat the plan as severity reduction rather than corridor recovery. Retrieval was attempted as required, but knowledge_search and lessons_search are degraded because OPENAI_API_KEY is missing; static site context and plan coverage validation are also degraded… Result: Validated at 2026-07-18 MIDNIGHT using the scoped window scorecard for the period governed by iris-20260717-0547. Forecast conditions matched directionally: outdoor peak was 94F vs 95F predicted, solar reached 1055 W/m2 vs 890 predicted, and the day was clear/hot/dry. The predicted high VPD-high and heat windows were correct, but mitigation only achieved severity reduction, not corridor recovery: scoped score 55.7, temp compliance 40.1%, VPD compliance 29.1%, heat stress 5.43h, VPD-high stress 7.38h, no cold or VPD-low stress. Dew safety held with no dp-risk signal. Rationale grading: band-coupled wet assist and 0.15 fog escalation were appropriate and safe, but did not overcome structural solar/heat load; all-zone misting remained guardrail-shaped; 24s pulse gap increased wet duty but did not restore VPD compliance; 300 gal budget avoided clipping but water reached about 350 gal for the day. Overall: correct diagnosis and safety, missed compliance goals under stronger-than-forecast solar and physics-limited hot-dry load. Score: 5/10

New finding: On clear July days with solar above forecast near or above 1000 W/m2, band-coupled wet assist and 0.15 fog escalation can preserve dew safety and reduce severity but should not be expected to recover VPD corridor compliance; score these as structural heat/VPD mitigation unless VPD-high hours materially drop below the prior 7-day baseline. → Added to Lessons Learned

Hypothesis

Testing: Guardrail-compatible severe hot-dry sequence posture: use bounded ClimateIntent wet-assist excess values and compare guardrail events, dew safety, and VPD-high severity against 2026-07-16. Expected outcome: Maintain dp_risk_hours at 0 and dp_margin_min above 8F; keep VPD-high stress severity from worsening despite 95F/RH15% forecast; reduce guardrail dependence versus the 952-event Thursday sunrise plan, while accepting continued physics-limited heat stress.

Conditions

Outdoor peak

95.0°F

RH minimum

15.0%

Solar peak

890.0 W/m²

Cloud average

4.0%

severe clear hot-dry July day; forecast VPD is positively biased but corrected priors still exceed the crop corridor from midmorning through evening; Saturday stays severe and Sunday becomes extreme

Expected stress windows

vpd_highhigh · 2026-07-17T08:00:00-06:00 to 2026-07-17T22:00:00-06:00

keep wet assist band-coupled: engage near vpd_high+0.05, all-zone near +0.20 to +0.25, daylight fog escalation 0.15, wet recovery until observed VPD recovers and dew margin remains above 8F

heathigh · 2026-07-17T11:00:00-06:00 to 2026-07-17T21:00:00-06:00

early thermal lead and solar pre-cool; accept physics-limited peak heat while preserving vent-mist/fog assist

vpd_highhigh · 2026-07-18T08:00:00-06:00 to 2026-07-18T22:00:00-06:00

repeat compliance-first wet assist for another 96F/RH 13-15% day; taper only after measured evening recovery

heathigh · 2026-07-19T11:00:00-06:00 to 2026-07-19T22:00:00-06:00

maximum bounded wet/fog-assist posture for 100F+ forecast while preserving dew and occupancy rails

Parameter rationale

mister_engage_kpa1.27 → 1.27; current vpd_high is about 1.22; forecast raw VPD rises to 4.8 kPa with corrected priors still well above band

keep S1 wet assist available near vpd_high+0.05 without asking the dispatcher to rewrite unsafe raw thresholds

mister_all_kpa1.47 → 1.45; VPD-high dominated yesterday at 14.30h and zone spread reached near the large-spread threshold

keep all-zone rotation available near vpd_high+0.20 to +0.25 during hot-dry ventilation

fog_escalation_kpa0.2 → 0.15; fog window overlaps the 08:00-17:00 dry ramp and dew margin is currently about 12F

increase daylight vent-fog assist and reduce VPD-high severity while dew margin stays above 8F

mister_pulse_gap_s37.0 → 24.0; solar peaks near 890 W/m2 and RH falls to 15-18% during peak heat

increase useful wet duty during peak dry ventilation without changing crop bands

mister_water_budget_gal300.0 → 300.0; water use was above 7-day average but VPD remained the limiting axis and dew risk was zero

avoid budget-limited VPD recovery under safe VPD-high stress; conserve only after measured evening recovery

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:47	hyst 0.19749999999999998	Dawn safe handoff: IDLE around 69.8F/VPD 0.86 with 12F dew m
08:00	hyst 0.1925	Morning dry ramp: outdoor RH falls through the 40s toward 20
12:00	hyst 0.1925	Peak stress posture: forecast 90-95F, RH 15-25%, solar 740-8
17:00	hyst 0.19749999999999998	Late-day decline: solar falls but air remains 90F+ and dry;
21:30	hyst 0.20749999999999996	Evening recovery/taper: fog window is closed and solar is go

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
05:47	s2 1.6199999999999999; cool_exit 1.78; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 36; gap 26.25; wt 1.7533333333333334	Dawn safe handoff: IDLE around 69.8F/VPD 0.86 with 12F dew m
08:00	s2 1.5875; cool_exit 1.69; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 39; gap 22.5; wt 1.8133333333333335	Morning dry ramp: outdoor RH falls through the 40s toward 20
12:00	s2 1.57; cool_exit 1.69; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 41.25; gap 22.5; wt 1.8333333333333335	Peak stress posture: forecast 90-95F, RH 15-25%, solar 740-8
17:00	s2 1.635; cool_exit 1.78; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 37.5; gap 30; wt 1.7333333333333334	Late-day decline: solar falls but air remains 90F+ and dry;
21:30	s2 1.7325; cool_exit 1.96; all_fans 0; dw_stress 0; dw_until 22; engage 1.3; all 1.52; pulse 31.5; gap 41.25; wt 1.58	Evening recovery/taper: fog window is closed and solar is go

Saturday July 18

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
08:00	hyst 0.1925	Saturday severe repeat: 95-96F, RH 13-15%, solar near 900 W/
20:30	hyst 0.20749999999999996	Saturday evening recovery: keep dry-edge recovery available

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
08:00	s2 1.56; cool_exit 1.69; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 41.25; gap 22.5; wt 1.8333333333333335	Saturday severe repeat: 95-96F, RH 13-15%, solar near 900 W/
20:30	s2 1.7225; cool_exit 1.96; all_fans 0; dw_stress 0; dw_until 22; engage 1.3; all 1.52; pulse 33; gap 41.25; wt 1.5933333333333333	Saturday evening recovery: keep dry-edge recovery available

Sunday July 19

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
07:30	hyst 0.1925	Sunday extreme handoff: forecast 100F+ with RH below 12%; us

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
07:30	s2 1.5165; cool_exit 1.69; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 43.5; gap 21; wt 1.8666666666666667	Sunday extreme handoff: forecast 100F+ with RH below 12%; us

Changed secondary parameters:

Time	Parameter	Change
05:47	band_track_fraction	initial 0
05:47	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	initial 8
05:47	cool_stage2_exit_hysteresis_f	initial 1
05:47	direct_wet_stress_min_dew_margin_f	initial 8
05:47	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	initial 0.05
05:47	dwell_gate_ms	initial 240000
05:47	enthalpy_close	initial 1
05:47	enthalpy_open	initial -2
05:47	fog_escalation_kpa	initial 0.2
05:47	heat_hysteresis	initial 1
05:47	min_fog_off_s	initial 48
05:47	min_fog_on_s	initial 68.25
05:47	mist_backoff_s	initial 600
05:47	mist_max_closed_vent_s	initial 600
05:47	mist_thermal_relief_s	initial 90
05:47	mister_all_delay_s	initial 84
05:47	mister_engage_delay_s	initial 42
05:47	mister_water_budget_gal	initial 300
05:47	night_vpd_bias_kpa	initial 0
05:47	outdoor_staleness_max_s	initial 600
05:47	sw_dwell_gate_enabled	initial 1
05:47	sw_fog_closes_vent	initial 1
05:47	sw_mister_closes_vent	initial 0
05:47	sw_summer_vent_enabled	initial 1
05:47	temp_hysteresis	initial 1.78
05:47	vent_exchange_fraction	initial 0.3
05:47	vent_prefer_dp_delta_f	initial 3
05:47	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	initial 4
05:47	vpd_watch_dwell_s	initial 60
08:00	dwell_gate_ms	240000 → 225000
08:00	fog_escalation_kpa	0.2 → 0.15
08:00	min_fog_off_s	48 → 42
08:00	min_fog_on_s	68.25 → 70.5
08:00	mister_all_delay_s	84 → 79.5
08:00	mister_engage_delay_s	42 → 39.75
08:00	temp_hysteresis	1.78 → 1.69
08:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	60 → 56.25
12:00	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	8 → 9
12:00	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	4 → 5
17:00	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	9 → 8
17:00	dwell_gate_ms	225000 → 240000
17:00	fog_escalation_kpa	0.15 → 0.2
17:00	min_fog_off_s	42 → 54
17:00	min_fog_on_s	70.5 → 66
17:00	mister_all_delay_s	79.5 → 84
17:00	mister_engage_delay_s	39.75 → 42
17:00	temp_hysteresis	1.69 → 1.78
17:00	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	5 → 4
17:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	56.25 → 60
21:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.05 → 0.08
21:30	dwell_gate_ms	240000 → 270000
21:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.2 → 0.3
21:30	min_fog_off_s	54 → 72
21:30	min_fog_on_s	66 → 59.25
21:30	mister_all_delay_s	84 → 93
21:30	mister_engage_delay_s	42 → 46.5
21:30	mister_water_budget_gal	300 → 280
21:30	temp_hysteresis	1.78 → 1.96
21:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	60 → 67.5
08:00	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	8 → 9
08:00	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.08 → 0.05
08:00	dwell_gate_ms	270000 → 225000
08:00	fog_escalation_kpa	0.3 → 0.15
08:00	min_fog_off_s	72 → 42
08:00	min_fog_on_s	59.25 → 70.5
08:00	mister_all_delay_s	93 → 79.5
08:00	mister_engage_delay_s	46.5 → 39.75
08:00	mister_water_budget_gal	280 → 300
08:00	temp_hysteresis	1.96 → 1.69
08:00	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	4 → 5
08:00	vpd_watch_dwell_s	67.5 → 56.25
20:30	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	9 → 8
20:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.05 → 0.08
20:30	dwell_gate_ms	225000 → 270000
20:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.15 → 0.3
20:30	min_fog_off_s	42 → 72
20:30	min_fog_on_s	70.5 → 59.25
20:30	mister_all_delay_s	79.5 → 93
20:30	mister_engage_delay_s	39.75 → 46.5
20:30	mister_water_budget_gal	300 → 280
20:30	temp_hysteresis	1.69 → 1.96
20:30	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	5 → 4
20:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	56.25 → 67.5
07:30	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	8 → 9
07:30	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	0.08 → 0.05
07:30	dwell_gate_ms	270000 → 225000
07:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.3 → 0.15
07:30	min_fog_off_s	72 → 39.6
07:30	min_fog_on_s	59.25 → 71.4
07:30	mister_all_delay_s	93 → 79.5
07:30	mister_engage_delay_s	46.5 → 39.75
07:30	mister_water_budget_gal	280 → 300
07:30	temp_hysteresis	1.96 → 1.69
07:30	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	4 → 5
07:30	vpd_watch_dwell_s	67.5 → 56.25

🌆 Evening Cycle (8:30 PM) — `iris-20260717-2028`

Status

validated

Outcome score

4/10

Changed parameters

Reflection

Validating previous cycle: iris-20260717-0547

Previous hypothesis: SUNRISE plan for Friday 2026-07-17. Yesterday was safe but not recovered: score 63.6, VPD compliance 35.9% vs temp compliance 49.1%, 14.30h VPD-high stress and 10.64h heat stress, no cold/VPD-low stress, dp_margin_min 8.4F. I scored the governing sunrise plan 5/10 for correct hot-dry diagnosis and dew safety, but plan_evaluate returned anchor 2 because 952 guardrail events and 861 held-by-guardrail events mean the plan was materially reshaped. This plan accepts the anchor warning by using bounded ClimateIntent rather than raw threshold thinking, and grades success as dew-safe severity reduction plus lower guardrail dependence, not full corridor recovery during physics-limited July heat. Retrieval was attempted as required but degraded because knowledge_search and lessons_search require OPENAI_API_KEY; static site context and plan coverage validation are also missing. Result: Validated before Saturday SUNRISE using the scoped window evidence. The plan governed only the late evening/early overnight handoff (about 20:30-00:18 MDT). It preserved safety: no cold stress, no VPD-low stress, and the daily dew margin stayed safe at dp_margin_min 8.8F with 0.0 dp_risk_hours. However it did not produce meaningful dry-edge recovery: the scoped window score was 50.9, temp compliance 42.2%, VPD compliance 31.9%, with 0.49h heat stress and 0.58h VPD-high stress in a short window, and the following dawn still showed strong missed/guardrail materialization plus current active setpoints more conservative than requested. The hypothesis was correct that dew-safe evening recovery was preferable to hard overnight conservation, but the implementation remained guardrail/missed-heavy and should be treated as a safe handoff, not a successful recovery experiment. Score: 4/10

New finding: On July hot-dry evenings, tapering wet assist after sunset can preserve dew safety and avoid VPD-low stress, but it should not be credited as dry-edge recovery unless the next dawn shows lower VPD-high severity and fewer missed or guardrail-held wet-assist materializations. → Added to Lessons Learned

Hypothesis

Testing: Guardrail-compatible sunset taper: keep evening recovery open while dew-safe, then conserve overnight by duty/churn posture rather than closing the wet-assist surface; compare VPD recovery, dew margin, and guardrail events by sunrise. Expected outcome: By sunrise: 0.0h dew-risk and VPD-low stress overnight, no cold stress, VPD near/inside the overnight band by 05:30 if outdoor forecast bias holds, and fewer guardrail-held wet-assist materializations than iris-20260717-0016.

Conditions

Outdoor peak

94.0°F

RH minimum

17.0%

Solar peak

897.0 W/m²

Cloud average

10.0%

warm dry evening after a VPD-high and heat-stress day; dew margin is safe, east remains the dry outlier, and Saturday is forecast clear/hot/dry with raw VPD positively biased but still directionally severe after correction

Expected stress windows

vpd_highmedium · 2026-07-17T20:25:00-06:00 to 2026-07-17T22:30:00-06:00

keep band-coupled wet assist available near vpd_high+0.05 and all-zone near +0.25 through the evening recovery window while dew margin remains above 8F

vpd_highlow · 2026-07-17T22:30:00-06:00 to 2026-07-18T05:30:00-06:00

taper mist duty, keep dew floor 8F, and avoid water/relay churn while solar is absent and humidity should hold better

vpd_highhigh · 2026-07-18T07:30:00-06:00 to 2026-07-18T13:30:00-06:00

reopen compliance-first wet assist: engage near +0.05 kPa, all-zone near +0.20, daylight fog escalation near 0.15, and lower resource sensitivity before the hot-dry ramp

heathigh · 2026-07-18T10:30:00-06:00 to 2026-07-18T13:30:00-06:00

use 45 minute thermal lead and solar precooling; accept physics-limited peak heat later in the day and preserve wet/fog assist rather than chasing targets

Parameter rationale

mister_engage_kpa1.0 → 1.27; live house VPD is near the 1.22 kPa high edge with east at about 1.50 kPa and dew margin 11.7F

allow evening dry-edge recovery and Saturday morning S1 wet assist without suppressing moisture while rails are safe

mister_all_kpa1.21 → 1.47; zone VPD spread is large and today's VPD compliance was only 36.8%

keep all-zone rotation available near vpd_high+0.25 during evening recovery and near +0.20 during the Saturday dry ramp

mister_pulse_gap_s30.0 → 45.0; solar is absent overnight and no VPD-low or dew-risk stress occurred today

reduce overnight water/relay churn after the evening recovery window while preserving the ability to respond if VPD stays high

fog_escalation_kpa0.1 → 0.15; Saturday fog window overlaps the forecast hot-dry ramp with solar near 900 W/m2 and RH below 20%

enable daylight vent-fog assist before severe VPD-high stress builds, while fog remains irrelevant/blocked overnight

mister_water_budget_gal300.0 → 300.0; water use is not below-normal but VPD remains the limiting axis and dew risk is zero

avoid budget-limited VPD recovery during safe hot-dry stress, conserving by duty/resource sensitivity overnight instead of clipping the daily cap

direct_wet_stress_latest_hour21.0 → 22.0; live dry-edge stress persists at sunset and previous clock-only tapering left VPD-high stress dominant

permit bounded evening dry-edge recovery through 22:00 when dew margin remains above 8F

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
20:25	hyst 0.1875	evening_settle: live VPD is near the high edge with east dry
22:30	hyst 0.1875	late_evening_taper: solar is gone and humidity should hold b

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
20:25	s2 1.905; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 41.25; wt 1.7	evening_settle: live VPD is near the high edge with east dry
22:30	s2 1.905; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 41.25; wt 1.7	late_evening_taper: solar is gone and humidity should hold b

Saturday July 18

Primary crop-band changes:

Time	Values	Note
00:30	hyst 0.1875	midnight_posture: no heating threat and no dew risk; priorit
05:30	hyst 0.1875	pre_dawn: prepare for the clear dry ramp while still avoidin
07:30	hyst 0.1875	morning_handoff: Saturday ramps quickly toward hot-dry VPD s

Tactical tunable changes:

Time	Values	Note
00:30	s2 1.905; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 21; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 41.25; wt 1.7	midnight_posture: no heating threat and no dew risk; priorit
05:30	s2 1.835; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.47; pulse 33.75; gap 41.25; wt 1.7	pre_dawn: prepare for the clear dry ramp while still avoidin
07:30	s2 1.635; cool_exit 1.6; all_fans 0; dw_stress 1; dw_until 22; engage 1.27; all 1.42; pulse 37.5; gap 26.25; wt 1.7666666666666666	morning_handoff: Saturday ramps quickly toward hot-dry VPD s

Changed secondary parameters:

Time	Parameter	Change
20:25	band_track_fraction	initial 0
20:25	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	initial 8
20:25	cool_stage2_exit_hysteresis_f	initial 1
20:25	direct_wet_stress_min_dew_margin_f	initial 8
20:25	direct_wet_stress_vpd_margin_kpa	initial 0.05
20:25	dwell_gate_ms	initial 210000
20:25	enthalpy_close	initial 1
20:25	enthalpy_open	initial -2
20:25	fog_escalation_kpa	initial 0.25
20:25	heat_hysteresis	initial 1
20:25	min_fog_off_s	initial 72
20:25	min_fog_on_s	initial 59.25
20:25	mist_backoff_s	initial 600
20:25	mist_max_closed_vent_s	initial 600
20:25	mist_thermal_relief_s	initial 90
20:25	mister_all_delay_s	initial 75
20:25	mister_engage_delay_s	initial 37.5
20:25	mister_water_budget_gal	initial 300
20:25	night_vpd_bias_kpa	initial 0
20:25	outdoor_staleness_max_s	initial 600
20:25	sw_dwell_gate_enabled	initial 1
20:25	sw_fog_closes_vent	initial 1
20:25	sw_mister_closes_vent	initial 0
20:25	sw_summer_vent_enabled	initial 1
20:25	temp_hysteresis	initial 1.6
20:25	vent_exchange_fraction	initial 0.3
20:25	vent_prefer_dp_delta_f	initial 3
20:25	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	initial 4
20:25	vpd_watch_dwell_s	initial 52.5
00:30	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	8 → 9
00:30	vent_prefer_dp_delta_f	3 → 4
00:30	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	4 → 5
05:30	cold_vent_guard_delta_f	9 → 8
05:30	vent_prefer_dp_delta_f	4 → 3
05:30	vent_prefer_temp_delta_f	5 → 4
07:30	fog_escalation_kpa	0.25 → 0.15
07:30	min_fog_off_s	72 → 48
07:30	min_fog_on_s	59.25 → 68.25

End-of-Day Summary

Climate

Temperature

69.7–91.8°F; avg 77.7°F

VPD

0.85–1.86 kPa; avg 1.21 kPa

Relative humidity

54.1–74.6%

Interior Light Evidence

Crop DLI: unavailable
Reason: source_reading_missing
Provenance: legacy_invalid_exterior_proxy_plus_fixture_estimate
Validity: dli-validity-v1; 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 → open
Qualified-light minutes and photoperiod remain independent of unavailable DLI.

Stress Hours

Heat stress (>85°F): 4.0h
VPD stress (>2.0 kPa): 9.6h
Cold stress (<55°F): 8.3h

Economics

Electric

USD —

Gas

USD 0.00

Water

USD 1.690

Total

USD —

Equipment Runtimes

Equipment	Runtime	Reading
Fan 1	696 min	Primary exhaust runtime.
Fan 2	687 min	Secondary exhaust runtime.
Vent	800 min	Intake vent runtime.
Fog	356 min	Fogger runtime.
Heat 1 electric	0 min	Electric heater runtime.
Heat 2 gas	0 min	Gas heater runtime.
Grow lights	504 min	Supplemental lighting runtime.
Mister south	0.00h	South mister runtime.
Mister west	0.00h	West mister runtime.
Mister center	2.10h	Center mister runtime.

Water

Total: 350 gal
Mister: 143 gal

Hourly Pattern

Hour	Temperature	VPD	RH
12:00	82.6°F	1.30 kPa	66.3%
13:00	83.5°F	1.39 kPa	66.0%
14:00	84.4°F	1.43 kPa	67.7%
15:00	84.9°F	1.47 kPa	67.4%
16:00	84.2°F	1.35 kPa	68.8%
17:00	84.0°F	1.36 kPa	68.1%
18:00	83.1°F	1.23 kPa	69.6%
19:00	82.3°F	1.21 kPa	69.1%
20:00	80.6°F	1.25 kPa	65.7%
21:00	78.3°F	1.17 kPa	65.1%
22:00	76.2°F	1.23 kPa	60.5%
23:00	74.8°F	1.23 kPa	58.8%
00:00	73.2°F	1.15 kPa	59.4%
01:00	72.5°F	1.16 kPa	57.8%
02:00	71.9°F	1.17 kPa	56.5%
03:00	71.1°F	1.12 kPa	57.2%
04:00	70.2°F	1.09 kPa	56.9%
05:00	69.8°F	0.95 kPa	62.0%
06:00	71.4°F	0.95 kPa	64.2%
07:00	73.2°F	1.01 kPa	63.9%
08:00	74.9°F	1.10 kPa	62.9%
09:00	76.9°F	1.13 kPa	64.3%
10:00	79.7°F	1.16 kPa	67.0%
11:00	80.6°F	1.15 kPa	67.9%

7-Day Stress Context

Date	Heat	VPD high	Cold
2026-07-11	3.8h	9.0h	9.2h
2026-07-12	5.1h	10.3h	8.2h
2026-07-13	4.5h	9.2h	9.3h
2026-07-14	4.5h	9.9h	8.8h
2026-07-15	4.2h	9.6h	8.8h
2026-07-16	3.2h	10.0h	7.8h
2026-07-17	4.0h	9.6h	8.3h

Lab

July 17, 2026

Planner Execution Ledger

🌅 Morning Cycle (12:19 AM) — iris-20260717-0016

Reflection

Hypothesis

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Saturday July 18

Sunday July 19

🌅 Morning Cycle (5:49 AM) — iris-20260717-0547

Reflection

Hypothesis

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Saturday July 18

Sunday July 19

🌆 Evening Cycle (8:30 PM) — iris-20260717-2028

Reflection

Hypothesis

Setpoints

Friday July 17

Saturday July 18

End-of-Day Summary

Climate

Interior Light Evidence

Stress Hours

Economics

Equipment Runtimes

Water

Hourly Pattern

7-Day Stress Context

🌅 Morning Cycle (12:19 AM) — `iris-20260717-0016`

🌅 Morning Cycle (5:49 AM) — `iris-20260717-0547`

🌆 Evening Cycle (8:30 PM) — `iris-20260717-2028`