Operator go-ahead (Pi is OOM-thrashing/slow). Created the dedicated loops VM
cc-ci-orchestrator (2GB RAM / 2 vCPU / 30GB, incus-base-vm NixOS) on b1 via the
Incus API, mirroring the known-good cc-nix-test spec; started it — cloud-init is
running nixos-rebuild boot + reboot + tailnet join. Status flipped DRAFT->IN
PROGRESS with the remaining Phase-A items noted (add cc-ci-root key via incus
exec, confirm tailnet+ssh, write the reproducible TF project).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>