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## Summary of Current Segment In this segment, the conversation shifted to continuous development and refinement of the FGW (Filecoin Gateway) project. The user requested verification of Ansible deployment documentation in the README, which led to a confirmation that a prior sub-session had already addressed this gap by adding a comprehensive Ansible deployment section to the README. This section now includes guidance on inventory configuration, playbook usage, and troubleshooting, ensuring new operators can reliably set up and manage the system without needing to reverse-engineer the process. Following this, the user directed a series of development tasks. First, they requested the addition of a CIDGravity connection status check to the WebUI, which was implemented by creating a new status check endpoint in the `cidgravity` package and exposing it via RPC without requiring new API endpoints. Next, they focused on simplifying the Ansible deployment by removing unnecessary components like Loki, Promtail, and AWS-based backup roles, resulting in a cleaner and more focused deployment configuration. The user then requested the addition of L1/L2 cache metrics to the WebUI dashboard, which was accomplished by implementing cache statistics tracking and exposing them through a new RPC endpoint. Finally, they increased the SQL connection pool limits to be more configurable and higher, and enabled parallel write support in the QA environment with 2 sectors per node. Throughout this sub-session, the primary themes were **operational empowerment**, **system observability**, and **architectural refinement**. The work focused on making the system more transparent and easier to operate by adding visibility into critical components like CIDGravity connectivity, cache performance, and SQL connection management, while simultaneously cleaning up and simplifying the deployment infrastructure. The user maintained a "high-agency, high-speed" approach, directing specific improvements and seeing them implemented immediately, which aligns with the broader project goal of building a production-ready, observable, and easily deployable distributed storage system.

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