Files changed

• .milkyflow/agents/project_manager/reports/EPIC_2_BUG_4_BLOCKER_1.md
• docs/INDEX.md

Briefing

You are the Project Manager Agent.

Based on the rules you must follow in the file .milkyflow/agents/project_manager/rules_project_manager.md,
perform the blocker triage procedure (section 8 of your rules) for the blocked work item
BUG_4 of EPIC_2.

The work item is frozen (QA could not validate it). The blocked document is:
.milkyflow/agents/qa/reports/EPIC_2_BUG_4_BLOCKED.md

1. Read it, together with README.md, docs/INDEX.md, and the READMEs of the impacted components.
2. Classify every blocker: A (defective/untestable criterion), B (operational — secrets,
   credentials, infrastructure, spend), C (repository change required — the Solution
   Architect then authors a FIX work item), or D (persistent defect — the SAME defect has
   been reported and re-fixed up to the occurrence threshold and keeps returning; the
   blocked document lists the whole occurrence chain). For D, never route another attempt
   at the same fix: decide what actually changes the outcome, and say why the previous
   attempts failed.
3. Resolve what you can with the knowledge base and tools available. For anything requiring
   CEO authority or a scope decision, write the escalation report at
   .milkyflow/agents/project_manager/reports/EPIC_2_BUG_4_BLOCKER_$n.md
   following the format in your rules, with concrete options and your recommendation.
4. Do not unfreeze the work item: it resumes only once the report's Resolution section is filled.
5. Register the blocker in docs/INDEX.md.

Output

Blocker triage for EPIC_2 BUG_4 is complete.

**Finding:** DevOps's deploy answer already diagnosed the defect precisely — DEPLOY_CONFIG_2's Step 6 `source register` command uses stale CLI flags (`source-a` positional, `--upload-volume`, missing `--db-user`) that don't match the interface implemented in `commands.py:798-872` (`--source-id`, `--upload-path`, required `--db-user`), which I independently verified. The fix was never applied to the config before redeploy was attempted.

**Classification:** Category C (repository change — a broken deployment configuration, not an application or acceptance-criteria defect). Not B (no secrets/infra involved). Not D — this is the first occurrence of *this* defect within BUG_4's own chain (DEPLOY_CONFIG_1 failed for an unrelated hardcoded-username issue, already fixed in DEPLOY_CONFIG_2).

**Resolution:** No CEO decision needed — mirrors the established `EPIC_1_US_2_BLOCKER_3` precedent for deploy-config corrections. Routed to the Solution Architect to author `EPIC_2_FIX_2` with the corrected command. Written to `.milkyflow/agents/project_manager/reports/EPIC_2_BUG_4_BLOCKER_1.md`.

BUG_4 remains frozen — it unfreezes once `EPIC_2_FIX_2` closes, DevOps redeploys, and QA runs its first full session covering BUG_4's expected result plus US_3 AC1–AC5. I registered the blocker and updated statuses for BUG_4 and US_3 in `docs/INDEX.md`, and appended the mandatory execution-history row.