fix(cli): remove inert auto commit config

packages/cli/src/context/project/config.ts

@@ -230,14 +230,13 @@ const setupSchema = z
 
 const storageGitSchema = z
   .strictObject({
-    auto_commit: z.boolean().default(true).describe('When true, KTX automatically commits state changes to the local Git-backed store.'),
     author: z
       .string()
       .min(1)
       .default('ktx <ktx@example.com>')
-      .describe('Git author identity used for auto-commits, in standard "Name <email>" form.'),
+      .describe('Git author identity used for commits, in standard "Name <email>" form.'),
   })
-  .describe('Git-backed storage commit policy.');
+  .describe('Git-backed storage author policy.');
 
 const storageSchema = z
   .strictObject({
@@ -276,12 +275,6 @@ const agentSchema = z
   })
   .describe('Agent feature configuration.');
 
-const memorySchema = z
-  .strictObject({
-    auto_commit: z.boolean().default(true).describe('When true, KTX automatically commits memory updates to the Git-backed store.'),
-  })
-  .describe('Memory subsystem configuration.');
-
 const ktxProjectConfigSchema = z
   .strictObject({
     setup: setupSchema.optional().describe('Setup-wizard state. Written by `ktx setup`; may be omitted.'),
@@ -293,7 +286,6 @@ const ktxProjectConfigSchema = z
     llm: llmSchema.prefault({}).describe('LLM provider, per-role model overrides, and prompt-caching tunables.'),
     ingest: ingestSchema.prefault({}).describe('Ingest pipeline configuration.'),
     agent: agentSchema.prefault({}).describe('Agent feature configuration.'),
-    memory: memorySchema.prefault({}).describe('Memory subsystem configuration.'),
     scan: scanSchema.prefault({}).describe('Schema-scan configuration: enrichment and relationship discovery.'),
   })
   .describe('Configuration schema for KTX project files (ktx.yaml).');

packages/cli/src/status-project.ts

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ interface PipelineStatus {
 interface StorageStatus {
   state: string;
   search: string;
-  gitAutoCommit: boolean;
   gitAuthor: string;
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ export interface ProjectStatus {
   nextActions: string[];
   promptCaching?: { enabled: boolean; systemTtl?: string; toolsTtl?: string; historyTtl?: string };
   workUnits?: { stepBudget: number; maxConcurrency: number; failureMode: string };
-  memoryAutoCommit: boolean;
   relationshipsDetail?: {
     acceptThreshold: number;
     reviewThreshold: number;
@@ -579,7 +577,6 @@ function buildStorageStatus(config: KtxProjectConfig): StorageStatus {
   return {
     state: config.storage.state,
     search: config.storage.search,
-    gitAutoCommit: config.storage.git.auto_commit,
     gitAuthor: config.storage.git.author,
   };
 }
@@ -986,7 +983,6 @@ export async function buildProjectStatus(project: KtxLocalProject, options: Buil
       maxConcurrency: config.ingest.workUnits.maxConcurrency,
       failureMode: config.ingest.workUnits.failureMode,
     },
-    memoryAutoCommit: config.memory.auto_commit,
     relationshipsDetail: {
       acceptThreshold: config.scan.relationships.acceptThreshold,
       reviewThreshold: config.scan.relationships.reviewThreshold,
@@ -1272,10 +1268,7 @@ export function renderProjectStatus(status: ProjectStatus, options: RenderProjec
     lines.push(
       `  ${bold('Agent')}            ${dim(`max_iterations=${status.pipeline.agentMaxIterations}, tools=${status.pipeline.agentTools.join(', ') || '(none)'}`)}`,
     );
-    lines.push(`  ${bold('Memory')}           ${dim(`auto_commit=${status.memoryAutoCommit}`)}`);
-    lines.push(
-      `  ${bold('Git')}              ${dim(`auto_commit=${status.storage.gitAutoCommit}, author=${status.storage.gitAuthor}`)}`,
-    );
+    lines.push(`  ${bold('Git')}              ${dim(`author=${status.storage.gitAuthor}`)}`);
     lines.push('');
   }
 

packages/cli/test/context/project/config.test.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ connections:
         state: 'sqlite',
         search: 'sqlite-fts5',
         git: {
-          auto_commit: true,
           author: 'ktx <ktx@example.com>',
         },
       },
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ connections:
           default_toolset: ['sl_query', 'wiki_search', 'sl_read_source'],
         },
       },
-      memory: {
-        auto_commit: true,
-      },
       scan: {
         enrichment: {
           mode: 'none',
@@ -93,6 +89,28 @@ connections:
     });
   });
 
+  it('rejects removed auto-commit config keys', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      parseKtxProjectConfig(`
+storage:
+  git:
+    auto_commit: false
+`),
+    ).toThrow(/storage\.git\.auto_commit/);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      parseKtxProjectConfig(`
+memory:
+  auto_commit: false
+`),
+    ).toThrow(/memory/);
+
+    expect(validateKtxProjectConfig('storage:\n  git:\n    auto_commit: false\n')).toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      issues: [expect.objectContaining({ path: 'storage.git.auto_commit' })],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('round-trips through YAML with stable defaults', () => {
     const serialized = serializeKtxProjectConfig(buildDefaultKtxProjectConfig());
     const parsed = parseKtxProjectConfig(serialized);
@@ -595,7 +613,7 @@ describe('generateKtxProjectConfigJsonSchema', () => {
 
   it('exposes every top-level ktx.yaml section under properties', () => {
     const properties = schema.properties as Record<string, unknown>;
-    expect(Object.keys(properties).sort()).toEqual(['agent', 'connections', 'ingest', 'llm', 'memory', 'scan', 'setup', 'storage'].sort());
+    expect(Object.keys(properties).sort()).toEqual(['agent', 'connections', 'ingest', 'llm', 'scan', 'setup', 'storage'].sort());
   });
 
   it('does not require any top-level fields', () => {

packages/cli/test/status-project.test.ts

@@ -402,6 +402,19 @@ describe('buildProjectStatus --fast', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('renderProjectStatus config cleanup', () => {
+  it('does not render removed auto_commit status fields in verbose output', async () => {
+    const project = projectWithConfig(baseProjectConfig());
+    const status = await buildProjectStatus(project, {
+      claudeCodeAuthProbe: stubClaudeCodeAuthProbe,
+    });
+    const rendered = renderProjectStatus(status, { verbose: true, useColor: false });
+
+    expect(rendered).not.toContain('auto_commit');
+    expect(rendered).toContain('author=ktx <ktx@example.com>');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('buildProjectStatus codex', () => {
   it('reports authenticated local Codex session', async () => {
     const project = projectWithConfig(withCodexLlm(buildDefaultKtxProjectConfig()));