simplification-debt: .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh exceeds 2000 lines

[milohiss]

What

Simplify .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh — currently over 2000 lines. Break into smaller, focused modules.

Why

Issue #18781 is blocked by the large-file gate. Workers dispatched against this file spend most of their context budget reading it, leaving insufficient capacity for implementation.

How

• EDIT: .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh
• Extract cohesive function groups into separate files
• Keep a thin orchestrator in the original file that sources/imports the extracted modules
• Verify: wc -l .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh should be below 2000

Created by large-file simplification gate (pulse-dispatch-core.sh)

[github-actions]

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[milohiss]

Review: Needs Changes

Issue Validation

Check	Status	Notes
Reproducible	Yes	Auto-generated by large-file gate; file length is deterministic
Not duplicate	No	Same title appears in RECENT_CLOSED; PR #18874 already landed decomposition work
Actual bug	Yes	Legitimate debt — large files exhaust worker context budgets
In scope	Yes	Framework self-improvement / simplification-debt

Root Cause: The file was already the target of decomposition in PR #18874 (extract dedup layers, large-file gate, worker launch from pulse-dispatch-core.sh), which merged as commit fd5a8db78. The simplification gate re-fired because the file is presumably still above 2000 lines after that partial extraction. However, this is a duplicate issue title of a recently closed one — the gate lacks dedup awareness and re-files identical issues when the threshold is still exceeded after a pass.

Scope & Recommendation

• Scope creep: Low
• Complexity tier: tier:standard
• Decision: REQUEST CHANGES — close as duplicate or re-scope
• Recommended labels: simplification-debt, duplicate-candidate
• Implementation guidance:
  • Verify current line count (wc -l .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh) against what PR GH#18832: extract dedup layers, large-file gate, worker launch from pulse-dispatch-core.sh #18874 already extracted. If it's close to 2000, a single follow-up pass suffices. If it's still 2500+, the issue body needs a scoped plan identifying which function groups remain.
  • The prior closed issue with the same title and the merged PR GH#18832: extract dedup layers, large-file gate, worker launch from pulse-dispatch-core.sh #18874 mean this is a continuation, not a fresh task. Either reopen the prior issue or update this one's body to reference PR GH#18832: extract dedup layers, large-file gate, worker launch from pulse-dispatch-core.sh #18874 as prior art and specify what remains — not the full file.
  • The large-file gate should ideally check for recently-closed issues with the same title before filing a new one, to avoid this pattern. Consider filing a separate improvement issue for gate dedup.

[marcusquinn]

Maintainer Approval (cryptographically signed)

APPROVE:issue:marcusquinn/aidevops:18892:2026-04-14T16:23:27Z

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[alex-solovyev]

Premise falsified. Issue claimed pulse-dispatch-core.sh exceeds 2000 lines. Current code reality: 1145 lines. Not acting.

PR #18874 (merged 2026-04-14) already reduced the file from 2314 → 1145 lines by extracting three cohesive modules:

• pulse-dispatch-dedup-layers.sh (320 lines)
• pulse-dispatch-large-file-gate.sh (470 lines)
• pulse-dispatch-worker-launch.sh (464 lines)

Verification: wc -l .agents/scripts/pulse-dispatch-core.sh → 1145

This issue is a duplicate simplification-debt report for the same file. The original issue (#18832) was also closed when PR #18874 merged. Closing as already resolved.

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