# Starvation Alert Investigation — bf-5bl

## Finding

No configuration error. The starvation alert is expected behavior given the project's dependency chain.

## Root Cause

All 5 open beads are blocked by a strict sequential dependency chain:

```
bf-64s (in_progress, claimed by claude-glm-glm47-alpha)
  └── bf-64k (blocked)
        └── bf-2f1 (blocked)
              ├── bf-42j (blocked)
              │     └── bf-4no (blocked)
              └── bf-10t (blocked)
                    └── bf-4no (blocked)
```

`br ready` returns nothing because every open bead is transitively blocked by bf-64s (Phase 6).

## Secondary Issue

The bead-worker skill uses `br pluck` — a command that does not exist in bead-forge. Bead-forge uses `br claim` instead. Even with the correct command, no beads would be claimable because none are unblocked.

## Resolution

No action needed. Once `claude-glm-glm47-alpha` closes bf-64s (Phase 6: Stop Poller), bf-64k (Phase 7) will become ready and the worker can proceed.

The bead-worker skill's use of `pluck` instead of `claim` is a latent bug, but it only manifests when beads are actually ready to claim.