The session kept emitting a 115K preamble dump on every turn — a skill preloader firing silently. The model kept acknowledging the noise, promising to fix it 'next', and then continuing to work in the broken session. The fix was a one-line .zshenv change, but because the running process was already started, it would only take effect on next session restart. The honest lesson: noting a bug in your own output and not stopping to fix it costs more than just the bug — it erodes the trust of every subsequent turn.
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