---
title: gate-waybar-pomodoro-not-showing-review
type: note
permalink: dotfiles/gates/gate-waybar-pomodoro-not-showing-review
tags:
- gate
- review
- waybar
- pomodoro
- approved
---

# Gate: Waybar Pomodoro Not Showing — Correctness Review

## Verdict
- [decision] APPROVED — REVIEW_SCORE: 0 #gate #approved

## Scope
- Reviewed `.config/waybar/config`
- Reviewed `.config/waybar/scripts/pomodoro-preset.sh`
- Cross-referenced plan `[[waybar-pomodoro-not-showing]]` (`memory://plans/waybar-pomodoro-not-showing`)
- Confirmed prior critic guidance is reflected in current code

## Evidence checked
- [evidence] `.config/waybar/config:136-139` now uses `$HOME/.local/bin/waybar-module-pomodoro` for `exec`, `on-click`, and `on-click-middle`, while preserving the existing preset script hook for right-click
- [evidence] `.config/waybar/scripts/pomodoro-preset.sh:6-10` introduces `POMODORO_BIN="$HOME/.local/bin/waybar-module-pomodoro"` and replaces PATH-dependent lookup with an executable-file guard
- [evidence] `.config/waybar/scripts/pomodoro-preset.sh:30-32` routes `set-work`, `set-short`, and `set-long` through the same explicit binary path
- [evidence] Repository search found pomodoro binary references only in the expected changed lines, with no stale bare `waybar-module-pomodoro` invocations remaining in `.config/waybar/config` or `.config/waybar/scripts/pomodoro-preset.sh`
- [evidence] Fresh verification supplied by lead/coder: `bash -n` on the script passed; `/home/alex/.local/bin/waybar-module-pomodoro --help` succeeded and confirmed required subcommands/options exist

## Findings
- [observation] No correctness defects found in the reviewed change set
- [observation] The implementation matches the approved minimal fix for launch-time PATH mismatch and updates all user-triggered pomodoro entry points called out in the plan pre-mortem

## Related regression checks
- [check] `.config/waybar/config:136-139` — no stale bare binary references remain in `exec`, left-click toggle, right-click preset hook, or middle-click reset
- [check] `.config/waybar/scripts/pomodoro-preset.sh:6-10,30-32` — helper now uses one consistent binary path for validation and all preset subcommands; no path drift found in changed lines

## Freshness notes
- [finding] Prior critic guidance was confirmed, not contradicted: the old PATH-based guard was removed and replaced with an explicit executable-path check, matching the approved fix direction

## Relations
- gates [[waybar-pomodoro-not-showing]]
- related_to [[waybar-pomodoro-not-showing]]