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kyleandClaude Opus 5.5 02d5e25046 M4a task 14: post's comment was now_ms's; fixed, and every comment read
A script that rewrote the skeleton's comments put `now_ms`'s text on `post`. Task 14's second
session saw the contradiction and deliberated until cut off. Both comments are fixed, each
todo!() comment in tasks 14 and 15 was read beside its signature, and both tasks now say to stop
and quote a comment that does not fit. Lesson T29.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# M4a task 15: `gatewayd serve --config <path>`
**Branch:** `m4a` (run `git switch m4a`; `git status --short` must be empty, otherwise stop)
**Commit subject:** `gatewayd: main, serve --config with its start checks`
## Goal
The program. `gatewayd serve --config <path>` loads the configuration and the token, prepares its
directory, and runs the serve loop (task 14) until it must stop, then exits 1. Anything else on the
command line prints `usage: gatewayd serve --config <path>` and exits 2. Every failure at start
prints one line and its runbook pointer and exits 1, **before** anything is created on disk and
before any connection:
| Failure | Output |
|---|---|
| the config cannot be read, parsed or checked | `gatewayd: <error>` then `see docs/runbook.md#gatewayd-start-failed` |
| the token's source is wrong | `gatewayd: <path>: <why>` then the same pointer |
| the token cannot be loaded | `gatewayd: secret mattermost_token: <why>` then `see docs/runbook.md#secret-unavailable` (the error's own `Display`) |
| `<home>/gateway` cannot be created | `gatewayd: cannot prepare <dir>: <error>` then the start-failed pointer |
A token read from a file prints task 04's warning, and `gatewayd` goes on. The token itself is
never printed: the last test runs the real program and looks for it in everything it wrote.
## Files
- Copy: `crates/gatewayd/tests/main.rs`, and the skeleton `crates/gatewayd/src/main.rs` (replaces
the placeholder that printed "not implemented")
- Modify: `docs/implementer-log.md`
## The skeleton
Written: `main`, which parses the arguments like `loopd`'s. To fill: `serve(path)`, whose steps
are above its `todo!()`. The directory is `config.state_path()`'s parent, created with
`std::fs::DirBuilder`, `recursive(true)` and `mode(0o700)` (`std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt`).
## Steps
- [ ] **1. Copy.** `git switch m4a`, then
`cp docs/plans/M4a/files/crates/gatewayd/tests/main.rs crates/gatewayd/tests/ && cp docs/plans/M4a/files/crates/gatewayd/src/main.rs crates/gatewayd/src/`
- [ ] **2. See it fail.** `cargo test -p gatewayd --test main`. Expected: it compiles; 4 fail and 1
passes (`usage`, since `main` is given).
- [ ] **3. Fill `serve`.** `cargo check -p gatewayd`.
- [ ] **4. See it pass.** `cargo test -p gatewayd --test main`. Expected: 5 passed.
- [ ] **5. Run everything.** `cargo test -p gatewayd`. Expected: every suite passes.
- [ ] **6. Run the gate.** `cargo fmt --all`, then `make gate`. Expected last line: `gate: ok`,
with about 762 tests.
- [ ] **7. Log and commit.** `git add crates/gatewayd docs/implementer-log.md Cargo.lock && git commit`
This is the last task of M4a. Stop after the commit.
## Done when
- `cargo test -p gatewayd` passes; `make gate` prints `gate: ok`.
## Stop and report if
- The comment above the `todo!()` does not fit the function, or contradicts a test: quote it.
- A test's output contains the token.