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Linked Issue

Refs #1064 (nonclosing: #1064 closes on Track A acceptance, not on this document).

PR Type

• Documentation only — type:docs

Summary

• Adds docs/roadmaps/profiles.md, the maintainer-facing plan for Profiles: what a session uses, what you are editing, where it is saved and who else it affects.
• Splits the work into Track A, which finishes feat(profiles): support session-bound active profiles without global routing mutation #1064 (reviewer parity, continuity of the inherited profile across a resume, an honest clear), and Track B, which evolves editing toward session-first drafts and explicit saves without blocking feat(profiles): support session-bound active profiles without global routing mutation #1064.
• Records the selected v1-additive persistence direction and which existing work resumes or stays paused. Sequencing and readiness will live in a roadmap index issue; its link is added once that issue exists.

Changes

File	Change
docs/roadmaps/profiles.md	New roadmap: baseline, interaction contract, persistence direction, Track A and Track B units, reuse of existing issues, acceptance and costs

Test Plan

• Structural readback of the document and git diff --check passed.
• Privacy scan: no personal paths, hostnames or credentials in the document.
• Native review assessment: low risk, non-executable only; no lenses required.
• No meaningful behavior RED exists for a passive document. Shellcheck and changed-skill execution are inapplicable.

Contributor Checklist

• Linked issue feat(profiles): support session-bound active profiles without global routing mutation #1064 carries status:approved.
• Exactly one PR type selected.
• Conventional documentation commit, no Co-Authored-By trailers.
• No executable files, runtime behavior, public options, permissions or dependencies change.

Scope

Planning only. Nothing here implements A2, A3 or Track B; those stay paused until their contracts are specified. #2709 and #2710 follow the normal issue flow.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a Profiles roadmap outlining the current baseline, product direction, interaction expectations, planned work, and acceptance criteria.
  • Clarified how drafts, applied snapshots, and saved definitions differ, including expectations for shared writes, cancellation, failures, and session changes.
  • Documented open questions and limitations for future persistence, compatibility, and concurrent editing work.
  • Established the roadmap index as the reference for sequencing and revisions.

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Walkthrough

The Profiles roadmap documents the current baseline, editor interaction contracts, and a proposed additive persistence model. It defines separate work tracks for continuity and session-first editing, with dependencies, acceptance evidence, and verification requirements.

Changes: Profiles roadmap

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Baseline and evidence docs/roadmaps/profiles.md	Records current session binding and persistence work, inherited-freeze continuity gaps, reviewer findings, and evidence limitations.
Editor interaction contracts docs/roadmaps/profiles.md	Defines editor contexts and distinguishes drafts, applied session snapshots, and saved definitions. Specifies write destinations, draft handling, session checks, and resolution limits.
Persistence proposal docs/roadmaps/profiles.md	Proposes additive records for inherited baselines and overrides. Documents legacy handling, required examples, partial outcomes, and stale-definition conflicts.
Work tracks and acceptance evidence docs/roadmaps/profiles.md	Defines Track A and Track B work units, dependencies, and status. Adds acceptance evidence and verification requirements.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

• Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell#1064 — The roadmap assigns Track A to continuity and reviewer-parity requirements associated with this issue.

Possibly related PRs

• Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell#2588 — The roadmap cites this unified screen as baseline behavior and records matching action and write-destination distinctions.
• Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell#2604 — The roadmap identifies this routing-screen change as the current read-side baseline.
• Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell#1992 — The roadmap cites this session-profile persistence work as part of the existing lifecycle baseline.

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No merge-blocking risk is established for this roadmap-only change.

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Review comments at @docs/roadmaps/profiles.md:
- Line 89: Update the compatibility statement in the selected representation
section to remain conditional until A2 defines how older v1 readers recover a
captured no-profile baseline, either through a known-field encoding or
documented fallback to current defaults. Do not imply optional fields on a v1
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[barbatdev]

Closing this one. The Profiles roadmap is going to live in a roadmap index issue instead of a doc in the repo, which is how the roadmap practice we follow works.

The correction from the review, that a v1 reader ignores the base on a clear and can resume on the current defaults, moved into the A2 readiness in that index. The persistence and interaction contract goes into the A2 issue once its plan is written.