# Platform Optimization Project v19 Launched
**Key: platform_optimization_v19_project_goals_1154pm_baseline_2workers**
## Baseline (2026-04-30 04:55 UTC, 2 Workers Post-DB Unblock)
- **ai_tasks**: 1301 pending/executing, 1346 failed, 151 completed (**90%+ fail_rate**)
- **Gateway**: Unhealthy (16 restarts)
- **Sync**: 4 capacity available
- **Inference**: 2 nodes, 0 BYOK, 182 worker_keys
- **Root Cause**: "No available distributed workers" (v14-v18 pattern)
## Goals
**a) Recruit 2+ workers (HIGH)**: 4+ idle inference/distributed → Actions: BYOK promo published, delegated engineering scale
**b) Gateway stability (MED)**
## Lessons from v14-v18
- Avoid loops/monitoring nests
- Focus recruitment (incentives > hacks)
- Break worker starvation cycle
**Progress**: Promo live, delegation sent, monitoring delegated. Fail_rate → <20% target.