SAFETY-40: the integrator bound is not a BUG SIGNAL; numbers from the clamp tick
The clamp alarm gave `i_clamped` (normal anti-windup) the over-rating BUG SIGNAL text, printed `Decision.i_w` as "the loop asked for", and printed `self.target` (after slew/freeze) as "was clamped to". - clamp.loop_clamp_note(): i_clamped says "the loop's integrator reached its N W anti-windup bound" with this tick's command; clamped keeps BUG SIGNAL with the requested command and the clamp's own result. - Decision carries i_bound_w / requested_w / clamped_w, set at the clamp. - i_clamped still counts and notifies (same id, cadence, SAFETY-41 escalation) but as a WARNING, amber row, plain title. A bug has its own notification budget and its text is not overwritten within an episode. - test_clamp.py part 9: red on the old code per defect; 5 mutations killed. - DOCS.md alarm section (and its stale 30 s cadence), DECISIONS/SAFETY-40. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LyR88rXETvwhTgx6yHE39p
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# SAFETY-40: the integrator bound is not a bug
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**Decision.** `i_clamped` (the integrator reaching `integrator_max_w`, i.e.
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anti-windup) keeps alarming through the same `ClampWatchdog`: it is counted,
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notified on the same id and cadence, and escalates on a sustained run
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(SAFETY-41). It gets its own text, a `WARNING` and an amber status row. Only
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`clamped` (a command over `max_w`) and write-path clamps keep the BUG SIGNAL,
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the `ERROR` and the red row.
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**Why it still notifies.** On a default install `clamped` is unreachable
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(`control.py`, at the integrator bound), so the integrator bound is the only
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loop-side signal of a runaway such as the 14 768 W one. Silencing it would
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remove that. The card says the same: "the fix is to say the true thing, not to
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say less."
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**Why a bug has its own budget.** A genuine over-rating must not wait up to
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`REASSERT_S` behind anti-windup notices. `ClampWatchdog` tracks a separate
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`last_bug_alarm`, and a bug's text is never overwritten by later anti-windup
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text within an episode. With only bug engagements, the cadence is the same as
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before (`test_clamp.py` part 9).
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**Numbers.** They come from the `Decision` of the clamping tick (`i_bound_w`,
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`requested_w`, `clamped_w`, `target_w`), not from `i_w` or `self.target`.
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**Open for the owner.** Whether scattered one-cycle anti-windup episodes should
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notify at all, or only log and count. They notify now, as before.
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