fix(content): move lifecycle-transition notes off quick_context into markers

The structure-everything sweep found four more writers packing key:value soup
into quick_context (the human ResumptionNote field), same anti-pattern as the
already-fixed approve_and_start_notes:
  - _record_completion_notes  -> completion_notes:<text>
  - escalate_to_ceo           -> escalation_notes:<text>
  - ceo_approve               -> ceo_approval_notes:<text>
  - ceo_reject                -> ceo_rejection:<reason>

Route them through a unified orchestration_markers['transition_notes'] dict
(keyed by event) via markers.set_transition_note, so quick_context carries only
the structured ResumptionNote and the panel never shows raw <event>:<text> soup.
Adds the typed accessor + a roundtrip test.

roboco/foundation/policy/content/markers.py

@@ -171,3 +171,27 @@ def get_approve_and_start_notes(task: HasMarkers) -> str | None:
 
 def set_approve_and_start_notes(task: HasMarkers, notes: str) -> None:
     set_marker(task, APPROVE_AND_START_NOTES, notes)
+
+
+# --- lifecycle transition notes -------------------------------------------- #
+# A PM/CEO note attached to a lifecycle transition (completion, escalate_to_ceo,
+# ceo_approval, ceo_rejection). These used to be string-packed into
+# ``quick_context`` as ``<event>:<text>`` soup; they live here keyed by event so
+# ``quick_context`` carries only the human ResumptionNote.
+
+TRANSITION_NOTES = "transition_notes"
+
+
+def get_transition_note(task: HasMarkers, event: str) -> str | None:
+    notes = get_marker(task, TRANSITION_NOTES)
+    if not isinstance(notes, dict):
+        return None
+    val = notes.get(event)
+    return str(val) if val else None
+
+
+def set_transition_note(task: HasMarkers, event: str, note: str) -> None:
+    existing = get_marker(task, TRANSITION_NOTES)
+    notes = dict(existing) if isinstance(existing, dict) else {}
+    notes[event] = note
+    set_marker(task, TRANSITION_NOTES, notes)

roboco/services/task.py

@@ -3873,13 +3873,9 @@ class TaskService(BaseService):
         """Append completion_notes entry to quick_context when supplied."""
         if not notes:
             return
-        existing_context = task.quick_context or ""
+        # A coordination annotation, not a human ResumptionNote — store as a
-        note_entry = f"completion_notes:{notes}"
+        # marker so quick_context never carries `completion_notes:<text>` soup.
-        task.quick_context = (
+        markers.set_transition_note(task, "completion", notes)
-            f"{existing_context}\n{note_entry}".strip()
-            if existing_context
-            else note_entry
-        )
 
     async def submit_for_pm_review(
         self,
@@ -4267,15 +4263,9 @@ class TaskService(BaseService):
             )
             return None
 
-        # Store escalation notes
+        # Store the escalation note as a marker, not quick_context soup.
         if notes:
-            existing_context = task.quick_context or ""
+            markers.set_transition_note(task, "escalate_to_ceo", notes)
-            note_entry = f"escalation_notes:{notes}"
-            task.quick_context = (
-                f"{existing_context}\n{note_entry}".strip()
-                if existing_context
-                else note_entry
-            )
 
         # Validate transition with PM role requirement
         self._validate_and_set_status(
@@ -4345,15 +4335,9 @@ class TaskService(BaseService):
                 )
                 return None
 
-        # Store CEO notes
+        # Store the CEO's approval note as a marker, not quick_context soup.
         if notes:
-            existing_context = task.quick_context or ""
+            markers.set_transition_note(task, "ceo_approval", notes)
-            note_entry = f"ceo_approval_notes:{notes}"
-            task.quick_context = (
-                f"{existing_context}\n{note_entry}".strip()
-                if existing_context
-                else note_entry
-            )
 
         task.completed_at = datetime.now(UTC)
         # Validate transition with CEO role requirement
@@ -4548,14 +4532,8 @@ class TaskService(BaseService):
             )
             return None
 
-        # Store CEO rejection reason
+        # Store the CEO's rejection reason as a marker, not quick_context soup.
-        existing_context = task.quick_context or ""
+        markers.set_transition_note(task, "ceo_rejection", reason)
-        rejection_entry = f"ceo_rejection:{reason}"
-        task.quick_context = (
-            f"{existing_context}\n{rejection_entry}".strip()
-            if existing_context
-            else rejection_entry
-        )
 
         # A coordination/integration root (no repo of its own, carries a
         # product) has no developer to revise it — NEEDS_REVISION is

tests/unit/foundation/policy/content/test_markers.py

@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ def test_approve_and_start_notes_roundtrip() -> None:
     assert m.get_approve_and_start_notes(t) == "Board approved; build it."
 
 
+def test_transition_note_roundtrip_keyed_by_event() -> None:
+    t = _task()
+    assert m.get_transition_note(t, "ceo_rejection") is None
+    m.set_transition_note(t, "completion", "Reviewed and merged.")
+    m.set_transition_note(t, "ceo_rejection", "Needs the migration first.")
+    # Each event keeps its own note; setting one doesn't clobber another.
+    assert m.get_transition_note(t, "completion") == "Reviewed and merged."
+    assert m.get_transition_note(t, "ceo_rejection") == "Needs the migration first."
+    assert m.get_transition_note(t, "never_set") is None
+
+
 def test_documenter_self_heal_head_supersede() -> None:
     t = _task()
     m.set_documenter(t, "doc-uuid")