agent: engine slop residuals B — eprintln → tracing sweep

Replaces 22 production eprintln! sites with structured tracing events
across 8 files. Closes Area B of the post-prognosis residuals plan
(docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-12-engine-slop-residuals.md).

Files touched (22 sites):
- crates/hotkey/src/linux.rs (2) — hotplug watcher degraded-mode warnings
- crates/ai-formatting/src/pipeline.rs (1) — LLM cleanup fallback warning
- src-tauri/src/commands/transcription.rs (1) — chunking dispatch info
- src-tauri/src/commands/diagnostics.rs (1) — crashes-dir setup warning
- src-tauri/src/commands/tasks.rs (1) — malformed feedback row warning
- src-tauri/src/commands/power.rs (3) — App Nap acquire/release/fail
- src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs (5) — Whisper warmup lifecycle
- src-tauri/src/commands/live.rs (8) — session start, chunk dispatch,
  per-chunk delivery, inference errors, worker disconnects, listener
  loss, status-channel cascade

Levels: error for unrecoverable failures (inference disconnect, panic,
status cascade), warn for recoverable degradation (LLM fallback,
malformed rows, App Nap fail, hotplug watcher fail), info for lifecycle
(session start, chunk processed, App Nap acquire/release, warmup
complete, chunking dispatch), debug for per-chunk noise (speech-gate
skip, chunk dispatch).

Two new dependencies and two new filter targets:
- tracing = "0.1" added to crates/hotkey and crates/ai-formatting
- Default EnvFilter in src-tauri/src/lib.rs::init_tracing extended with
  magnotia_hotkey=info,magnotia_ai_formatting=info so the new targets
  emit at the default level

Out of scope (intentional, left as-is):
- crates/mcp/src/main.rs — CLI binary, stderr is the log contract
  (module docstring) so the JSON-RPC stdout stream stays clean
- crates/*/tests/*.rs and crates/core/examples/tuning_log_demo.rs —
  test/example diagnostic output relies on --nocapture stdio semantics

Discovery during sweep (not fixed — separate follow-up): hotkey crate
has 6 existing log:: calls (log::error/warn/info/debug) but the
workspace builds tracing-subscriber without the tracing-log feature, so
those events are currently silent. Worth a follow-up to either add the
tracing-log bridge or migrate hotkey's existing log:: calls to
tracing::.

Verification:
- cargo fmt --all
- cargo check --workspace --all-targets — clean
- cargo test --workspace — 330+ tests, zero failures
- rg eprintln! src-tauri/src/commands/ crates/hotkey/src/ crates/ai-formatting/src/ — zero hits

Pre-existing working-tree churn in crates/llm/, src/lib/pages/,
src/lib/utils/saveMarkdown.ts and the untracked phase10a dogfood notes
deliberately left unstaged per Jake's instruction.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Cargo.lock

@@ -2829,6 +2829,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "magnotia-core",
  "magnotia-llm",
  "regex-lite",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2882,6 +2883,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

crates/ai-formatting/Cargo.toml

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ description = "Text post-processing pipeline: filler removal, British English co
 magnotia-core = { path = "../core" }
 magnotia-llm = { path = "../llm" }
 regex-lite = "0.1"
+tracing = "0.1"

crates/ai-formatting/src/pipeline.rs

@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ pub fn post_process_segments(
                         replace_segments_with_cleaned(segments, cleaned.trim());
                     }
                     Ok(_) => {}
-                    Err(err) => eprintln!(
+                    Err(err) => tracing::warn!(
-                        "[ai-formatting] LLM cleanup failed, keeping rule-based output: {err}"
+                        error = %err,
+                        "LLM cleanup failed, keeping rule-based output"
                     ),
                 }
             }

crates/hotkey/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ magnotia-core = { path = "../core" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync", "macros", "time"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
+tracing = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 evdev = { version = "0.12", features = ["tokio"] }

crates/hotkey/src/linux.rs

@@ -88,19 +88,19 @@ impl EvdevHotkeyListener {
                         match w.watch(Path::new("/dev/input"), RecursiveMode::NonRecursive) {
                             Ok(()) => Some(w),
                             Err(e) => {
-                                eprintln!(
+                                tracing::warn!(
-                                    "[magnotia-hotkey] cannot watch /dev/input ({e}); \
+                                    error = %e,
-                                 hotplug detection disabled, devices present \
+                                    "cannot watch /dev/input; hotplug detection disabled, \
-                                 at startup still work",
+                                     devices present at startup still work"
                                 );
                                 None
                             }
                         }
                     }
                     Err(e) => {
-                        eprintln!(
+                        tracing::warn!(
-                            "[magnotia-hotkey] cannot create inotify watcher ({e}); \
+                            error = %e,
-                             hotplug detection disabled",
+                            "cannot create inotify watcher; hotplug detection disabled"
                         );
                         None
                     }

src-tauri/src/commands/diagnostics.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const MAGNOTIA_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 /// Called once at startup before tauri::Builder.
 pub fn install_panic_hook() {
     if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(crashes_dir()) {
-        eprintln!("[diagnostics] could not create crashes dir: {e}");
+        tracing::warn!(error = %e, "could not create crashes dir; panic dumps disabled");
         return;
     }
 

src-tauri/src/commands/live.rs

@@ -529,9 +529,12 @@ pub async fn start_live_transcription_session(
         .model_id
         .clone()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| default_model_id_for_engine(&config.engine).to_string());
-    eprintln!(
+    tracing::info!(
-        "[live] starting session: engine={}, model={}, language={:?}, save_audio={}",
+        engine = %config.engine,
-        config.engine, model_id, config.language, config.save_audio
+        model = %model_id,
+        language = ?config.language,
+        save_audio = config.save_audio,
+        "starting live session"
     );
     // None: live-transcription model loads don't enforce sequential-GPU
     // mode. The Settings-level load flow owns that guard.
@@ -788,14 +791,16 @@ fn maybe_dispatch_chunk(
             "insufficient_speech" => "insufficient speech energy",
             other => other,
         };
-        eprintln!(
+        tracing::debug!(
-            "[live] session {session_id}: skipped {skipped_ms}ms chunk as {gate_reason} \
+            session_id,
-(peak_rms={:.6}, peak={:.6}, speech_windows={}/{}, max_consecutive={})",
+            skipped_ms,
-            speech_gate.peak_rms,
+            gate_reason,
-            speech_gate.peak_amplitude,
+            peak_rms = speech_gate.peak_rms,
-            speech_gate.speech_window_count,
+            peak_amplitude = speech_gate.peak_amplitude,
-            speech_gate.window_count,
+            speech_window_count = speech_gate.speech_window_count,
-            speech_gate.max_consecutive_speech_windows,
+            window_count = speech_gate.window_count,
+            max_consecutive_speech_windows = speech_gate.max_consecutive_speech_windows,
+            "skipped chunk on speech gate"
         );
         let _ = status_channel.send(LiveStatusMessage::Warning {
             session_id,
@@ -818,10 +823,12 @@ fn maybe_dispatch_chunk(
     let chunk_start_sample = *buffer_start_sample;
     let duration_secs = target_len as f64 / WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE as f64;
     let chunk_samples = capture_buffer[..target_len].to_vec();
-    eprintln!(
+    tracing::debug!(
-        "[live] session {session_id}: dispatching chunk {} ({duration_secs:.2}s, {} samples)",
+        session_id,
-        current_chunk_id,
+        chunk_id = current_chunk_id,
-        chunk_samples.len()
+        duration_secs,
+        samples = chunk_samples.len(),
+        "dispatching chunk"
     );
     let advance_by = if stopping || target_len < CHUNK_SAMPLES {
         target_len
@@ -925,28 +932,21 @@ fn poll_inference(
                 &result_message,
             );
             remember_recent_segments(recent_segments, &delivered_segments, chunk_start_secs);
-            eprintln!(
+            tracing::info!(
-                "[live] session {session_id}: {} chunk {} with {} segments in {}ms{}",
+                session_id,
-                if delivered {
+                chunk_id = task.chunk_id,
-                    "delivered"
+                segments = segment_count,
-                } else {
+                inference_ms = timed.inference_ms,
-                    "processed without listener for"
+                delivered,
-                },
+                skipped_duplicates,
-                task.chunk_id,
+                "processed live chunk"
-                segment_count,
-                timed.inference_ms,
-                if skipped_duplicates > 0 {
-                    format!(" (skipped {skipped_duplicates} duplicate boundary segment(s))")
-                } else {
-                    String::new()
-                }
             );
 
             *inflight = None;
             Ok(Some(true))
         }
         Ok(Err(err)) => {
-            eprintln!("[live] session {session_id}: inference error: {err}");
+            tracing::error!(session_id, error = %err, "inference error");
             *inflight = None;
             let _ = status_channel.send(LiveStatusMessage::Error {
                 session_id,
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ fn poll_inference(
         Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
             *inflight = None;
             let message = "Inference worker disconnected unexpectedly".to_string();
-            eprintln!("[live] session {session_id}: {message}");
+            tracing::error!(session_id, "{message}");
             let _ = status_channel.send(LiveStatusMessage::Error {
                 session_id,
                 message: message.clone(),
@@ -983,9 +983,11 @@ fn emit_live_result(
         Ok(()) => true,
         Err(err) => {
             *result_listener_lost = true;
-            eprintln!(
+            tracing::warn!(
-                "[live] session {}: result listener unavailable on chunk {}: {}; continuing without live updates",
+                session_id = result_message.session_id,
-                result_message.session_id, result_message.chunk_id, err
+                chunk_id = result_message.chunk_id,
+                error = %err,
+                "result listener unavailable; continuing without live updates"
             );
             // If the warning send also fails, the entire frontend channel
             // pair is dead — almost certainly the user closed the app
@@ -999,10 +1001,9 @@ fn emit_live_result(
                 message: "Live preview disconnected; transcription will continue in the background until you stop the session.".into(),
             });
             if warn_send.is_err() {
-                eprintln!(
+                tracing::error!(
-                    "[live] session {}: status channel also unavailable; \
+                    session_id = result_message.session_id,
-                     self-asserting stop_flag so the worker exits",
+                    "status channel also unavailable; self-asserting stop_flag so the worker exits"
-                    result_message.session_id
                 );
                 stop_flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
             }

src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs

@@ -207,17 +207,35 @@ pub fn prewarm_default_model(whisper_engine: Arc<LocalEngine>) {
                 let silence = AudioSamples::mono_16khz(vec![0.0_f32; WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE as usize]);
                 let options = TranscriptionOptions::default();
                 match whisper_engine.transcribe_sync(&silence, &options) {
-                    Ok(_) => eprintln!("[startup] Whisper warm-up inference complete"),
+                    Ok(_) => tracing::info!(
-                    Err(e) => eprintln!("[startup] Whisper warm-up inference failed: {e}"),
+                        target: "magnotia_startup",
+                        "Whisper warm-up inference complete"
+                    ),
+                    Err(e) => tracing::warn!(
+                        target: "magnotia_startup",
+                        error = %e,
+                        "Whisper warm-up inference failed"
+                    ),
                 }
             })
         })
         .await;
 
         match result {
-            Ok(Ok(())) => eprintln!("[startup] Whisper model pre-warmed successfully"),
+            Ok(Ok(())) => tracing::info!(
-            Ok(Err(e)) => eprintln!("[startup] Whisper pre-warm failed: {e}"),
+                target: "magnotia_startup",
-            Err(e) => eprintln!("[startup] Whisper pre-warm task panicked: {e}"),
+                "Whisper model pre-warmed successfully"
+            ),
+            Ok(Err(e)) => tracing::warn!(
+                target: "magnotia_startup",
+                error = %e,
+                "Whisper pre-warm failed"
+            ),
+            Err(e) => tracing::error!(
+                target: "magnotia_startup",
+                error = %e,
+                "Whisper pre-warm task panicked"
+            ),
         }
     });
 }

src-tauri/src/commands/power.rs

@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ impl PowerAssertion {
 
         #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
         if acquired {
-            eprintln!("[power] began macOS App Nap guard #{id} for reason '{reason}'");
+            tracing::info!(assertion_id = id, reason, "began macOS App Nap guard");
         } else {
-            eprintln!("[power] macOS App Nap guard could not begin activity for reason '{reason}'");
+            tracing::warn!(reason, "macOS App Nap guard could not begin activity");
         }
 
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ impl Drop for PowerAssertion {
         #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
         if let Some(handle) = self.activity.take() {
             objc_bridge::end_activity(handle);
-            eprintln!(
+            tracing::info!(
-                "[power] ended macOS App Nap guard #{} for reason '{}'",
+                assertion_id = self.id,
-                self.id, self.reason
+                reason = self.reason,
+                "ended macOS App Nap guard"
             );
         }
         assertion_registry().lock().unwrap().remove(&self.id);

src-tauri/src/commands/tasks.rs

@@ -227,9 +227,11 @@ fn to_llm_examples(rows: Vec<FeedbackRow>) -> Vec<LlmFeedbackExample> {
             let ctx: serde_json::Value = match serde_json::from_str(raw) {
                 Ok(v) => v,
                 Err(e) => {
-                    eprintln!(
+                    tracing::warn!(
-                        "[feedback] skipping row id={} with malformed context_json: {e}",
+                        target: "magnotia_lib::feedback",
-                        r.id
+                        row_id = r.id,
+                        error = %e,
+                        "skipping feedback row with malformed context_json"
                     );
                     return None;
                 }

src-tauri/src/commands/transcription.rs

@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ fn transcribe_samples_sync(
         .saturating_sub(strategy.overlap_samples)
         .max(1);
     let chunk_count = ((samples.len().saturating_sub(1)) / stride) + 1;
-    eprintln!(
+    tracing::info!(
-        "[transcription] chunking {total_duration_secs:.2}s of {engine_name} audio into {chunk_count} chunk(s)"
+        engine = engine_name,
+        duration_secs = total_duration_secs,
+        chunk_count,
+        "chunking audio for transcription"
     );
 
     let mut all_segments = Vec::new();

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn init_tracing() {
     TRACING_INIT.call_once(|| {
         let env_filter = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             EnvFilter::new(
-                "warn,magnotia=info,magnotia_lib=info,magnotia_audio=info,magnotia_startup=info",
+                "warn,magnotia=info,magnotia_lib=info,magnotia_audio=info,magnotia_startup=info,magnotia_hotkey=info,magnotia_ai_formatting=info",
             )
         });