2026-02-17T00:00:00Z - Planner closure pass.
PROMPT gate check: `Ralph/PROMPT.md` already marks Stage 1-4 complete and includes `LOOP_COMPLETE`.
`ralph tools task ready` returned no ready tasks; one stale open task remained (`task-1771286249-a8b1`) for abandoned build backpressure recovery.
Decision (confidence 96): treat this as closure-only recovery, close the stale runtime task, and finish by printing LOOP_COMPLETE. No new plan emission because there is no unchecked stage.
2026-02-17T00:00:00Z - Recovery completion pass.
Verified runtime task state with `ralph tools task ready` and `ralph tools task list --status open`: no ready/open tasks remain.
Decision (confidence 99): objective is already complete and task queue is empty, so emit loop completion signal now.