Added to copilot-instructions.md Common Pitfalls section:
PITFALL #73: Service Initialization Never Ran (Dec 5, 2025)
- Duration: 16 days (Nov 19 - Dec 5)
- Financial impact: 00-1,400 (k user estimate)
- Root cause: Services after validation with early return
- Affected: Stop hunt revenge, smart validation, blocked signal tracker, data cleanup
- Fix: Move services BEFORE validation (commits 51b63f4, f6c9a7b, 35c2d7f)
- Prevention: Test suite, CI/CD, startup health checks, console.log for critical logs
- Full docs: docs/CRITICAL_SERVICE_INITIALIZATION_BUG_DEC5_2025.md
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