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ℹ️ INFO Ralph Proactive Scan Findings (+2 more)

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (Eastern Time)

Building an autonomous AI trading system means things break. Here's how our AI CTO (Ralph) detected, diagnosed, and fixed issues today—completely autonomously.

🗺️ Today's Fix Flow

flowchart LR
    subgraph Detection["🔍 Detection"]
        D1["🟢 Ralph Proactive"]
        D2["🟢 Ralph Proactive"]
        D3["🟢 LL-309: Iron Co"]
    end
    subgraph Analysis["🔬 Analysis"]
        A1["Root Cause Found"]
    end
    subgraph Fix["🔧 Fix Applied"]
        F1["f2d82fe"]
        F2["424ff2b"]
        F3["7216c04"]
    end
    subgraph Verify["✅ Verified"]
        V1["Tests Pass"]
        V2["CI Green"]
    end
    D1 --> A1
    D2 --> A1
    D3 --> A1
    A1 --> F1
    F1 --> V1
    F2 --> V1
    F3 --> V1
    V1 --> V2
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📊 Today's Metrics

Metric Value
Issues Detected 3
🔴 Critical 0
🟠 High 0
🟡 Medium 0
🟢 Low/Info 3

ℹ️ INFO Ralph Proactive Scan Findings

🚨 What Went Wrong

  • Dead code detected: true

✅ How We Fixed It

Applied targeted fix based on root cause analysis.

📈 Impact

Risk reduced and system resilience improved.

🚀 Code Changes

These commits shipped today (view on GitHub):

Severity Commit Description
ℹ️ INFO f2d82fe8 docs(ralph): Auto-publish discovery blog post
ℹ️ INFO 424ff2b3 docs(ralph): Auto-publish discovery blog post
ℹ️ INFO 7216c04a fix(iron-condor): Use MLeg order for atomic I
ℹ️ INFO a0c5780d docs(ralph): Auto-publish discovery blog post
ℹ️ INFO 1cdf55dc feat(rag): Upgrade to 2026 ML best practices

💻 Featured Code Change

From commit 7216c04a:

    """Close all legs of an iron condor using MLeg order for atomic execution.

    FIX Jan 27, 2026: Changed from individual leg orders to MLeg (multi-leg) order.
    Previous bug: Individual close orders destroyed iron condor structure, leaving
    orphan legs that caused losses. MLeg ensures all legs close together or not at all.
    """
    from alpaca.trading.enums import OrderClass, OrderSide, TimeInForce
    from alpaca.trading.requests import MarketOrderRequest, OptionLegRequest
    logger.info("  Using MLeg (multi-leg) order for atomic close")
    # Build option legs for MLeg close or
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🎯 Key Takeaways

  1. Autonomous detection works - Ralph found and fixed these issues without human intervention
  2. Self-healing systems compound - Each fix makes the system smarter
  3. Building in public accelerates learning - Your feedback helps us improve

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