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RECOVERY EXPERIMENT / ENTRY 001

A recovery loop,
one proof at a time.

Can a small audio project turn a recovery recommendation into an approved action, then return evidence that the action worked?

· Pacific time · Phase 1: concept and experiment definition

Status: proposed orchestration. The synthetic recovery lab is the starting point. The Mac worker, API loop and approval dashboard have not yet been proven end to end.

Why this experiment

Soundbit brings together audio, software and small systems. I want to explore a practical question: how can an agent help with recovery while the operator still understands and controls what runs?

The first step is deliberately small. Reuse the existing synthetic recovery lab, define one experiment, and publish what the evidence establishes. This is an independent personal project.

The proposed loop

  1. 01Synthetic backup
  2. 02Structured status
  3. 03Review & approval
  4. 04Isolated restore
  5. 05Verify evidence
  6. 06Report outcome

A worker on a Mac mini would report structured test results to a job coordinator. An agent could review those results and propose a restore test. After human approval and validation, the worker would restore into an isolated location, verify the result and send evidence back to the coordinator and browser interface.

The worker would read its local paths, tools and environment settings. Requests would identify a reviewed operation and validated parameters. They would not carry credentials or arbitrary generated shell commands.

What has already been established

HISTORICAL BASELINE · OCTOBER 25 PACIFIC / OCTOBER 26 UTC

The earlier synthetic lab recorded 52 passing tests, a successful type check and build. It restored three synthetic WAV files and three database tables, including a legacy recording absent from the publication index. Its checks included paginated object enumeration and negative cases.

Those results belong to that earlier local lab run. They are not a new Mac mini result, a production backup, or proof that the proposed API loop works.

Today’s first result: package integrity

The recovery package was inspected on the Mac mini. All 71 inventory files matched their recorded sizes and hashes. Snapshot, payload, schema, object and metadata hashes also passed verification.

The three synthetic WAV files total 24,132 bytes. Each decoded as 4,000 mono PCM frames at 8 kHz. The fixture contains three database tables with two rows each.

Limit: the 52-test suite was not rerun on the Mac. Node was not available on the inspection process’s current PATH, and the packaged setup uses Linux-specific utilities. No runtime installation was performed. Package integrity is evidence that the inputs arrived intact, not evidence of a new restore.

Phase 1: define one bounded recovery experiment

Experiment: restore a known synthetic backup into a fresh, isolated test location and produce a structured verification report.

  • Use synthetic audio and database fixtures only.
  • Record the input manifest and expected object and row counts.
  • Compare restored file checksums and database records with the expected values.
  • Check ownership metadata and audio validity without claiming production authentication or listener playback has been verified.
  • Include a deliberately missing or corrupted fixture. The verifier must report failure rather than a successful restore.
  • Keep a clear record of what ran, what passed, what failed and what was not tested.

The next step is to resolve runtime compatibility, then run the existing lab CLI against an isolated local test runtime. The first acceptance target is a repeatable local result. Adding API dispatch, approval handling and agent-generated proposals comes after that foundation is re-established on the intended worker.

What remains outside this phase

The live Soundbit service uses Cloudflare Workers, R2 and D1. It stays outside this experiment. A supported, consistent production export and cross-environment identity mapping have not been established. No live recordings or contributor data are connected to this proposed loop.

This entry does not claim production recovery, a hosted standby, recovery-time or recovery-point guarantees, or autonomous remediation.

How this work log will read

Each update will separate completed work, observed evidence, limitations and the next experiment. Plans will stay labeled as plans. Test failures and blocked steps belong in the record too; a quiet day is not a reason to invent progress.