Pearls & Irritations — System Status

Generated Tue 04 Aug 2026 06:33:37 AEST · re-runs every 6 hours from box · this page is a snapshot, not live.
Content statusfor editors — newsletter, readership, today’s articles

Newsletter delivery (receipt monitor: ~/status/newsletter_receipt_check.log)

Receipts for 2026-08-04 (Sydney)
StateFeedDetail
OKdailyreceived 2026-08-03T20:08:47Z from daily@pearlsandirritations.com · subj 'P&I Daily' · ~47 links · checked 2026-08-04 06:20:04 (06:20)

Yesterday’s views (analytics pipeline: ~/analytics/output/daily_views_*.csv.gz)

2026-08-03 · data refreshed 6.7h ago · 47,102 unique visitors · 155,650 total post views · most-read author (top article): Mainul Haque
#ViewsArticleAuthor(s)
11,779The world’s conflicts should not become Australia’sMainul Haque
21,132Time to reform Australia’s failed policy on smoking and vapingAlex Wodak
3926Two truths about empireKomla Tsey
4871Census 2026: Australia’s Muslim milestone is more than a numberNail Aykan
5752AI needs its own Paris AgreementAna Palacio

Published today (WordPress → GitHub → live front page — all three should sync up)

7 article(s) published 2026-08-04 (Sydney)
StateArticleWordPressGitHubLive
SYNCEDAustralia is failing disabled workers – and it doesn’t have to
published 00:07
SYNCEDHome electrification is an investment hiding in plain sight
published 00:15
SYNCEDThe government cannot ask Muslims not to compare
published 00:22
SYNCEDThe Hormuz crisis has become a test of state capacity
published 00:30
SYNCEDThe truth, forced out, is more damaging than coming clean
published 00:37
SYNCEDPine Gap protest exposes Australia’s Indigenous rights hypocrisy
published 00:45
SYNCEDHas China won the South China Sea?
published 00:52

“Most read” freshness (home-page card: analytics → data-bridge → CF build)

StateSignalDetail
WARNsourcegenerated 2026-08-03T00:46 · source file 29.8h old ⚠ STALE (analytics not writing it?)
livelive card shows 4/6 of today's top current-week articles (e.g. the-half-empty-hall-why-gen-x-broke-australian-politics)
Current week — top read articles
#ViewsArticleAuthor(s)
15,326Gen Z is not ageing into the old AustraliaKos Samaras
29,617The half-empty hall: why Gen X broke Australian politicsKos Samaras
31,126How the Royal Commission should define antisemitismGareth Evans
42,962What is the point of power without purpose?John Menadue
5843How to address a democracy in retreatJohn Menadue
System statusfor system administrators — pipeline, credentials, box health

Server & content pipeline (left → right: WordPress → box → GitHub → Cloudflare)

StateComponentNewest article / status
UPWordPress (publish.*)newest publish: 2026-08-03T14:52:30Z · id=474985 · Has China won the South China Sea? · view
UPBox ~/hugo/content/newest rsync: 2026-08-04 01:00:11 AEST · id=474985 · Has China won the South China Sea?
UPGitHub content-liveHEAD 30f5d88 · 2026-08-04 01:00:48 +1000 · bridge sync 2026-08-04T01:00:48+10:00
UPGitHub content-archiveHEAD 4e254da1 · 2026-08-04 01:05:36 +1000 · bridge sync 2026-08-04T01:05:35+10:00
UPCloudflare (content-live-pages)newest item: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:52:30 +1000 · Has China won the South China Sea?

Pipeline checks (prlsi/system monitor.yml)

run #514 at 2026-08-03T19:55:44Z → conclusion=success · view on GitHub
SevCheckDetail
OKarchive-workersall 4 < 36h
OKcf-pages-quota25/500 builds used this month
OKcontent-liveHEAD 30f5d883 up-to-date — WP source has nothing newer (HEAD age 4.9h)
OKe-click474985 → article
OKfeed-daily10 items, fresh, matches Pages
OKfrontpage-paritytop-5 ids match; max date drift <5 min (newest WP id 474985)
OKgh-rate-limitREST core 0% used (0/5000)
OKpages-deploysuccess, 216m ago
OKplugin-driftall 5 plugin code files match prlsi/wp-pearls-custom-post-statuses@main
OKtoken-expiryCF token non-expiring or not reported
OKwp-future0 future posts, none overdue

Tokens & credentials (box: token_liveness_check.py)

Last run 2h23m ago
SevCredentialDetail
OKcf_box_tokenstatus=active expires=no-expiry
OKfastmailsession ok
OKgithub_sshHi prlsi! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell a
OKr2listed
OKaws_glaciervalid
OKmailchimpEverything's Chimpy!
OKlinkedin_tokenactive, expires 2026-08-17 (in 14d)
OKlinkedin_org_tokenactive, expires 2026-08-19 (in 15d)

Box-resident component freshness (log file mtimes)

StateComponentAgeLast log line
OKNewsletter receipt monitor0.2h / 26h[2026-08-04 06:20:04] OK — daily 06:20: received 2026-08-03T20:08:47Z from daily@pearlsandirritations.com (subj 'P&I Daily', ~47 links)
OKPOSTID_MAP KV refresh1.9h / 26h[2026-08-04T04:41:22+10:00] done
OKToken liveness check2.4h / 26h[2026-08-04 04:10:14] OK — all credentials live: cf_box_token:OK | fastmail:OK | github_ssh:OK | r2:OK | aws_glacier:OK | mailchimp:OK | linkedin_token:OK | linkedin_org_token:OK
OKData-bridge (mostread→site)6.3h / 26h[2026-08-04T00:15:05+10:00] data-bridge done
OKAnalytics pipeline5.4h / 9hcp: error writing '/tmp/tmp.yLVYjHX6gz/cf_router_access-20260801-0000.log.gz': Disk quota exceeded
OKContent git-bridge (WP→GH)0.0h / 1h[2026-08-04T06:30:41+10:00] git-bridge done

Machine health (box 45.76.119.197: disk / inodes / memory / load)

StateMetricValue
OKDisk / used70% · 6.3 GB free of 25 GB
OKInodes / used5%
OKMemory used30% · 0.7 GB avail of 1.0 GB
OKLoad 1/5/15m1.39 0.99 0.52 · 1 cpu
OKUptime7d 3h