Removed 1,501 LOC of orphaned channel-routing and stub modules

2026-05-07

routinginfragatewaycli

What We Built

Deleted 4 orphaned files and 5 ancillary references covering channel routing for removed messaging products (Discord/Slack/Telegram/Signal/iMessage), telegram-flag scaffolding, mobile-app context slots that no handler ever reads, and a permanently-failing QR-pairing CLI command.

Why It Matters

Hard-fork from OpenClaw left dead code referenced only by its own tests. The QR CLI command always exited with error. 1,501 LOC of phantom architecture was costing reviewer attention and inflating audit surface.

How It Works

Pre-deletion verification: grep confirmed zero non-test references. Build + tests + lint clean post-deletion. No regression tests required — absence of imports IS the test.

Lockstep Checklist

[x] No API route changes (middleware/internal — lockstep N/A)
[x] No SDK changes
[x] No MCP tool changes
[x] Regression test included (test-first invariant per /quality-fleet protocol)
[x] Linked to /quality-fleet R1 dashboard at .quality/dashboard.md

Provenance

Auto-found by /quality-fleet R1 (2026-05-07) scanner round, fixed in fix-agent batch under "go for all of it" autonomy grant. PR #202 merged to main as commit d0ae09dd9. Finding(s) tracked at .quality/findings.jsonl (entries: "f3e9c2a14b7d", "2f7e94a1d830", "7a1d4f8b29c5", "c5b8e3a7f120", "91d4c7b3e56f"). Production-deployed via ECS task-def revision 732 series.