# 🧠 Self-Awareness Layer — Verification & Reflection Summary (v1.0)

**Project:** `port/`  
**Author:** Jemy (Team Lead — Media Factory Tech Team)  
**Date:** 2025-10-14  
**Environment:** Node 20 + Vitest 3.2.4 + pnpm 9.x  
**Total Duration:** 13.53s

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## 🎯 Overview
The **Self-Awareness Layer** is the foundational core of the Cognitive OS. Its mission is to make the system *aware* of its own operations — to observe, analyze, and adapt internal behavior dynamically.

This verification validates the end-to-end reflection subsystem, including introspection, evaluation, feedback, policy management, and memory.

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## 🧩 Modules Overview
| Module | Purpose | Result |
|--------|----------|--------|
| **evaluator.ts** | Classifies signals into NORMAL / WARNING / CRITICAL | ✅ Verified |
| **introspection.ts** | Derives metrics like focus stability and window churn | ✅ Verified |
| **feedback.ts** | Applies adaptive decisions with cooldown logic | ✅ Verified |
| **policy.ts** | Handles versioned policies, rollback, dry-run modes | ✅ Verified |
| **memory.ts** | Records reflection snapshots and ensures ordering | ✅ Verified |
| **index.ts** | Orchestrates the full reflection cycle | ✅ Verified |

**Total Tests:** 49  
**Status:** 🟢 49 Passed / 0 Failed

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## 🧠 Reflection Cycle (Architecture)
```mermaid
graph TD
A[Introspection Engine] --> B[Signal Evaluation]
B --> C[Feedback Loop]
C --> D[Policy Manager]
D --> E[Memory Store]
E --> A
```

1. **Introspection:** Captures signals from awareness layer (window churn, focus stability, latency).  
2. **Evaluator:** Compares values vs. target thresholds.  
3. **Feedback:** Decides corrective actions under cooldown constraints.  
4. **Policy:** Applies and version-controls adjustments.  
5. **Memory:** Logs historical context for trend analysis.

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## 🔍 Cooldown Verification
**Issue fixed:** Prevented decisions from applying during cooldown.  

**Final Logic in `feedback.ts`:**
```ts
if (isCooldownActive() && !force) {
  console.log("[Reflection/Feedback] Cooldown active, decision deferred.");
  return;
}
```

✅ Verified in both:
- `feedback.spec.ts > should defer repeated decisions during cooldown`
- `index.spec.ts > should not apply changes during cooldown`

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## 🧩 Reflection Memory Behavior
| Action | Description | Result |
|--------|--------------|--------|
| `storeReflectionSnapshot()` | Adds timestamped snapshot | ✅ |
| `getLastReflection()` | Returns latest snapshot | ✅ |
| `clearReflectionMemory()` | Clears all data | ✅ |
| `resetMemoryForTests()` | Ensures isolation per test | ✅ |

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## 🧾 Test Summary
| File | Tests | Result |
|------|--------|--------|
| `evaluator.spec.ts` | 6 | ✅ Passed |
| `introspection.spec.ts` | 6 | ✅ Passed |
| `feedback.spec.ts` | 5 | ✅ Passed |
| `memory.spec.ts` | 6 | ✅ Passed |
| `policy.spec.ts` | 9 | ✅ Passed |
| `index.spec.ts` | 5 | ✅ Passed |
| `awareness-smoke.spec.tsx` | 1 | ✅ Passed |
| `window-manager` & UI tests | 5 | ✅ Passed |
| **Total** | **49** | **🟢 All Passed** |

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## ⏱️ Execution Metrics
| Stage | Duration |
|--------|-----------|
| Transform | 1.90s |
| Setup | 5.11s |
| Collect | 11.95s |
| Test Execution | 7.61s |
| Environment | 19.95s |
| **Total** | **13.53s** |

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## ⚙️ Environment
```
Ubuntu 24.04
Node.js v20.x
pnpm 9.x
Vitest v3.2.4
IDE: VS Code
```

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## 📡 Observability
- Real-time logs: `[Reflection/Feedback]`, `[Reflection/Evaluator]`, `[PolicyManager]`  
- Metrics exported to console for introspection and debugging.  
- `REFLECTION_ENABLED` and `REFLECTION_DRY_RUN` flags active.

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## 🧠 Insights
- **Behavior normalization** between evaluators confirmed.  
- **Policy rollback and version increment** work predictably.  
- **Cooldown state persistence** validated across test sessions.  
- **Memory order consistency** ensured via timestamp sort.

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## 📈 Final Verdict
✅ All modules verified  
✅ Full Reflection Cycle operational  
✅ Zero logical regressions  
✅ Meets awareness baseline performance budget

**Status:** `Self-Awareness Layer — VERIFIED & STABLE (v1.0)`  
**Commit:** `chore(reflection): finalize self-awareness verification`

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## 🚀 Next Phase — Adaptive Layer (v2.0)
Goal: Let the OS not only reflect but **adapt** — evolving its parameters based on prior outcomes.

**Upcoming modules:**
- Adaptive Policy Tuner  
- Meta-Memory Analytics  
- Cross-layer Learning (with Telemetry Correlation)

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🧠 *Tech Team — Media Factory World*  
🎨 *Theme: Neon Blue / Cognitive Grid Identity*  
💾 *Doc Type: Internal Engineering Report*

