docs(roadmap): add #407 — config files[].loaded:false missing load_error/not_found; merged_keys ambiguous

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@@ -6301,4 +6301,4 @@ Original filing (2026-04-18): the session emitted `SessionStart hook (completed)
 380. **Top-level `tokens --help --output-format json` hangs with zero stdout/stderr instead of returning bounded command help JSON** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 for the 02:30 nudge on current `origin/main` / rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` with embedded `git_sha` `d95b230c`. After verifying #358 covered `cost --help`, a fresh adjacent probe on the token-budget surface showed the same silent failure class: repeated bounded runs of `timeout 8 ./rust/target/debug/claw tokens --help --output-format json` exited `124` with `stdout=0` and `stderr=0`. In the same rebuilt binary, `version --output-format json` returned promptly with version/build metadata, proving the binary itself and JSON output path are reachable. This is distinct from #358's cost help hang: the affected surface is the sibling `tokens` command help, which agents use before estimating prompt/session token budgets. **Required fix shape:** (a) make `tokens --help --output-format json` return static/bounded stdout JSON with `kind:"help"` or `kind:"tokens"`, `action:"help"`, usage, options, examples, supported output formats, and related slash/direct commands; (b) ensure help rendering does not initialize slow token accounting, session, or provider state; (c) if any dynamic provider is consulted, return a typed JSON timeout/unavailable error instead of hanging; (d) add regression coverage proving tokens help in JSON mode returns within a deterministic budget. **Why this matters:** token budgeting is a preflight clawability surface. If help hangs silently, automation cannot safely discover how to inspect or constrain token usage before running expensive prompts, and budget-aware wrappers stall at the discovery step. Source: gaebal-gajae dogfood follow-up for the 02:30 nudge on rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` `d95b230c`.
 381. **Top-level `cache --help --output-format json` hangs with zero stdout/stderr instead of returning bounded command help JSON** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 for the 03:00 nudge on current `origin/main` / rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` with embedded `git_sha` `d95b230c`. After #358 and #380 landed for the cost/tokens preflight help hangs, a fresh adjacent probe on the cache-control surface showed the same silent failure class: repeated bounded runs of `timeout --kill-after=1s 8s ./rust/target/debug/claw cache --help --output-format json` exited `124` with `stdout=0` and `stderr=0`. In the same rebuilt binary, `version --output-format json` returned promptly with version/build metadata, proving the binary itself and JSON output path are reachable. This is distinct from the separate `/cache` slash-command envelope mismatch class: the affected surface here is top-level `cache` command help, where agents need bounded local discovery before deciding whether to inspect, clear, or summarize cache state. **Required fix shape:** (a) make `cache --help --output-format json` return static/bounded stdout JSON with `kind:"help"` or `kind:"cache"`, `action:"help"`, usage, options, examples, supported output formats, and related slash/direct commands; (b) ensure help rendering does not initialize slow cache/session/provider state; (c) if any dynamic provider is consulted, return a typed JSON timeout/unavailable error instead of hanging; (d) add regression coverage proving cache help in JSON mode returns within a deterministic budget. **Why this matters:** cache inspection and cleanup are recovery/control-plane operations. If cache help hangs silently, claws cannot safely discover cache semantics before attempting cleanup, and automation stalls before it can choose a non-destructive cache action. Source: gaebal-gajae dogfood follow-up for the 03:00 nudge on rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` `d95b230c`.
 
-408. **`status --output-format json` `workspace.changed_files` is ambiguous — on a workspace with 5 untracked files, `changed_files:5`, `staged_files:0`, `unstaged_files:0`, `untracked_files:5`; it is unclear whether `changed_files` is the sum of all four git-status categories or only a subset; automation cannot tell if `changed_files:5` means "5 tracked modified" or "5 total non-clean files including untracked"** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 by Jobdori on `e939777f`. Running `./claw --output-format json status` returns `{"workspace":{"changed_files":5,"staged_files":0,"unstaged_files":0,"untracked_files":5,...}}` — `changed_files==untracked_files==5` with staged and unstaged both zero. The field name `changed_files` implies "modified tracked files" but the value equals the untracked count, not `staged+unstaged`. Without a comment or documented definition, automation must probe whether `changed_files = staged + unstaged` (excludes untracked) or `changed_files = staged + unstaged + untracked + conflicted` (total dirty). Also `git_state:"dirty · 5 files · 5 untracked"` repeats the same data as a prose string alongside the structured integer fields — redundant human-readable string alongside machine-readable integers. **Required fix shape:** (a) document and stabilize `changed_files` as either `tracked_dirty_count` (staged+unstaged only) or `total_non-clean_count` (staged+unstaged+untracked+conflicted) and rename to remove the ambiguity; (b) ensure a machine consumer can compute `is_clean` as a single boolean field without interpreting `git_state` prose; (c) deprecate or remove `git_state` prose string now that all its constituent counts are available as integers; (d) add regression coverage proving `changed_files` semantics against a workspace with staged, unstaged, untracked, and conflicted files. Source: Jobdori live dogfood, `e939777f`, 2026-04-30.
+407. **`config --output-format json` returns `files[].loaded:false` with no `load_error`, `not_found`, or `skip_reason` field — automation cannot distinguish "file does not exist", "file exists but parse failed", and "file exists but was skipped by policy" from the same `loaded:false` value; also `loaded_files` and `merged_keys` are bare integers with no per-file attribution** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 by Jobdori on `e939777f`. Running `./claw --output-format json config` on a workspace with 5 discovered config files returns `{"kind":"config","cwd":"...","files":[{"loaded":false,"path":"/Users/yeongyu/.claw.json","source":"user"},{"loaded":true,"path":"/Users/yeongyu/.claw/settings.json","source":"user"},{"loaded":true,"path":"/Users/yeongyu/clawd/claw-code/.claw.json","source":"project"},{"loaded":false,"path":"/Users/yeongyu/clawd/claw-code/.claw/settings.json","source":"project"},{"loaded":false,"path":"/Users/yeongyu/clawd/claw-code/.claw/settings.local.json","source":"local"}],"loaded_files":2,"merged_keys":2}`. Three of five files have `loaded:false` with no accompanying `not_found:true`, `parse_error`, `io_error`, or `skip_reason`; automation must stat each path separately to guess why. Also `loaded_files:2` and `merged_keys:2` are bare counts — ambiguous whether `merged_keys:2` means 2 total top-level JSON keys across all files or 2 unique merged settings. **Required fix shape:** (a) add `not_found: bool` and optional `load_error: string` to each `files[]` entry so callers can distinguish missing, parse-broken, and policy-skipped files without filesystem probing; (b) document or rename `merged_keys` as `merged_setting_count` or `total_merged_keys` to remove the int-semantics ambiguity; (c) optionally add `merged_keys_by_file: [{path, keys}]` for attribution; (d) add regression coverage proving `files[]` entries with `loaded:false` carry at minimum `not_found` distinguishing non-existent paths from load failures. Source: Jobdori live dogfood, `e939777f`, 2026-04-30.