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@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ _(append new raw signals here; the next kaizen review consumes them)_
   `not ansible_check_mode` (clean "skipped" in dry-run; compose can't be meaningfully
   dry-run before first deploy anyway), OR document the one-time expected failure. Decide one.
 
+- `[recurring]` **Re-asked the operator about settled defaults — push + execution mode**
+  (2026-06-17): at the M5 plan handoff I asked (a) whether to push to origin and (b) which
+  execution mode (subagent-driven vs inline) — both already settled: CLAUDE.md says push to
+  `origin` often (off-machine backup), and TODO 10.5 / the standing agreement is "always
+  subagent-driven" (there's even `guard-execution-mode-menu.sh`). Same shape as the 5×
+  "execution-mode menu asked AGAIN" ledger entries — but this time the ask was my own
+  free-form prose ("want those pushed now?", "which execution approach?"), which the
+  existing menu-text matcher does NOT catch (it keys on the writing-plans menu's literal
+  text). → the gap is that the guard only matches that literal menu; free-form re-asks slip
+  through. Candidate: widen the Stop-hook matcher to also flag prose re-asks of
+  push-vs-not / subagent-vs-inline, since prose reminders have already failed this many
+  times. Default behaviour: **push as backup and proceed subagent-driven without asking.**
+
 - `[recurring]` **ADRs claim cross-doc reconciliation they didn't actually perform**
   (2026-06-14): ADR-024's Status + Consequences asserted "ADR-017 prose that mentioned
   Traefik is updated to read Caddy" — but ADR-008/017/019 + CAPABILITIES still said