Story: Improve compass output monitoring

Table of Contents

This page documents a story in Product backlog — next. It captures the goal, current status, acceptance criteria, and the tasks that compose it.

Goal

Move all compass command output out of ad-hoc /tmp files into a well-known, rotated, per-checkout log directory, and add a services-start concurrency lock so at most 4 environments run services at once.

Status

Field Value
State BACKLOG
Parent sprint None (product backlog)
Now Not yet started. Split out of Sprint 23's 'Compass improvements' story at its close.
Waiting on Nothing.
Next Pick up when pulled into a sprint.
Last touched 2026-07-20

Acceptance

  • Compass command output lands in a well-known, rotated, per-checkout log directory instead of ad-hoc /tmp files.
  • A services-start concurrency lock caps at most 4 environments running services at once.

Tasks

Task State Start End Description
Improve compass output monitoring BACKLOG     Move all compass command output out of ad-hoc /tmp files into a well-known, rotated, per-checkout log directory, and add a services-start concurrency lock so at most 4 environments run services at once.

Decisions

Out of scope

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