diff --git a/.wolf/buglog.json b/.wolf/buglog.json
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       "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1923.md",
       "gitea_issue": 348,
       "gitea_synced_status": "fixed"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bug-1924",
+      "status": "open",
+      "status_updated": "2026-10-08",
+      "status_note": "newly logged",
+      "component": "scheduler",
+      "severity": "noise",
+      "timestamp": "2026-10-08T09:30:37Z",
+      "last_seen": "2026-10-08T09:30:37Z",
+      "occurrences": 1,
+      "error_message": "scheduler core clock test fails when the test PID contains 1999 (tlog line includes getpid())\n\n**Observed:** \"scheduler core clock test\" failed once in a full scheduler gate run (task 2.2 of scheduler-sim-decision-trace, 2026-10-08), then passed 5/5 on rerun:\n```\n../scheduler/testsuite/test_clock.c:351:test_tlog_format_shows_frozen_virtual_time_not_infotime:FAIL: formatted log line must NOT show info->time's wall-clock year while the virtual clock is frozen\n15 Tests 1 Failures 0 Ignored\n```\n**Expected:** the test passes on every run. The formatter output is correct; only the assertion is too broad.\n**Impact:** noise only. A random, rare failure of the scheduler suite (and of `/xce-build scheduler`) that has nothing to do with the change under test, costing a rerun and an investigation. No production effect.\n**Found by:** spec task scheduler-sim-decision-trace 2.2 (full-suite gate run).\n\nThe test sets `info->time.year = 1999` and asserts `strstr(buff, \"1999\") == NULL` over the WHOLE formatted line. `xce_core_tlog_format()` (src/scheduler/src/core_clock.c:238-275) prints `[%5d]` with `getpid()` in that line, and the frozen virtual time (2033-05-18 03:33:20,000) is constant. So the assertion fails whenever the test process's PID contains the digits \"1999\" (e.g. 2619991). Confirmed by forcing such a PID (see Reproduction).",
+      "file": "src/scheduler/testsuite/test_clock.c",
+      "root_cause": "TODO: required for fixed/partial",
+      "fix": "TODO: required for fixed/partial\n\nVerification:\n- Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after\n- Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile\n- Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why",
+      "tags": [
+        "test",
+        "flaky",
+        "clock",
+        "tlog"
+      ],
+      "related_bugs": [],
+      "fix_commits": [],
+      "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1924.md"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.wolf/bugs/bug-1924.md b/.wolf/bugs/bug-1924.md
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+---
+id: "bug-1924"
+status: "open"
+status_updated: "2026-10-08"
+status_note: "newly logged"
+component: "scheduler"
+severity: "noise"
+timestamp: "2026-10-08T09:30:37Z"
+last_seen: "2026-10-08T09:30:37Z"
+occurrences: 1
+files: ["src/scheduler/testsuite/test_clock.c"]
+tags: ["test", "flaky", "clock", "tlog"]
+related: []
+---
+
+# bug-1924: scheduler core clock test fails when the test PID contains 1999 (tlog line includes getpid())
+
+## Description
+**Observed:** "scheduler core clock test" failed once in a full scheduler gate run (task 2.2 of scheduler-sim-decision-trace, 2026-10-08), then passed 5/5 on rerun:
+```
+../scheduler/testsuite/test_clock.c:351:test_tlog_format_shows_frozen_virtual_time_not_infotime:FAIL: formatted log line must NOT show info->time's wall-clock year while the virtual clock is frozen
+15 Tests 1 Failures 0 Ignored
+```
+**Expected:** the test passes on every run. The formatter output is correct; only the assertion is too broad.
+**Impact:** noise only. A random, rare failure of the scheduler suite (and of `/xce-build scheduler`) that has nothing to do with the change under test, costing a rerun and an investigation. No production effect.
+**Found by:** spec task scheduler-sim-decision-trace 2.2 (full-suite gate run).
+
+The test sets `info->time.year = 1999` and asserts `strstr(buff, "1999") == NULL` over the WHOLE formatted line. `xce_core_tlog_format()` (src/scheduler/src/core_clock.c:238-275) prints `[%5d]` with `getpid()` in that line, and the frozen virtual time (2033-05-18 03:33:20,000) is constant. So the assertion fails whenever the test process's PID contains the digits "1999" (e.g. 2619991). Confirmed by forcing such a PID (see Reproduction).
+
+## Environment
+- OS: no /etc/os-release; Docker container; NixOS kernel; kernel Linux 6.18.33 x86_64
+- libc: glibc 2.42-47 (interpreter /nix/store/wb6rhpznjfczwlwx23zmdrrw74bayxw4-glibc-2.42-47/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
+- Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
+- Build: asan (xce.build)
+- Code: scheduler-framework @ 54f9139e (first seen on the tree with task 2.2 uncommitted; test_clock.c and core_clock.c unchanged by it)
+- Deployment: none (unit test binary `sched_core_clock_test`, meson suite `scheduler`, test name "scheduler core clock test")
+
+## Reproduction
+1. Build: `bash src/tools/xce-build.sh scheduler` (ASAN, `src/xce.build`).
+2. `sh /home/claude/tmp/bug-1924/repro.sh src/xce.build/scheduler/testsuite` burns PIDs until the test binary runs under a PID containing "1999", then prints the result.
+- Observed 2026-10-08: pid=2612000 PASS; pid=2619991 `test_tlog_format_shows_frozen_virtual_time_not_infotime: FAIL` (15 Tests 1 Failures).
+- Frequency: deterministic for a PID containing "1999", otherwise never. Of the PIDs 1..4194304 (this host's `pid_max`), 2240 contain "1999" (0.053%); in the 2.0M-2.7M range the host was using, 0.034%. The original failure was one such unlucky run.
+- Evidence: `/home/claude/tmp/bug-1924/` (`clock-pid1999.out`, the forced-PID run; `gate22-excerpt.log`, the original gate failure; `repro.sh`).
+
+## Root cause
+TODO: required for fixed/partial
+
+## Fix
+TODO: required for fixed/partial
+
+## Verification
+- Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after
+- Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile
+- Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why
+
+## References
+- Related: none