Summary

Type: SPIKE — knowledge acquisition, not production code.

ui/src/ui/views/config-form.render.ts:213-244 defines SECTION_META with 24 entries. The config form is data-driven: each entry renders only when the backend config schema emits a matching section key. Several entries are suspected schema orphans (no backend section) from gutted subsystems.

Suspected orphan candidates

• plugins (F4 already tracks removal, blocked on this audit)
• talk — "Voice and speech settings" — any voice subsystem in current RemoteClaw?
• broadcast — "Broadcast and notification settings" — any broadcast subsystem?
• audio — "Audio input/output settings" — any audio subsystem?
• discovery — "Service discovery and networking" — any discovery subsystem?
• models — "AI model configurations and providers" — gutted per gut(session): remove vestigial model fallback system #2130, Dead LLM provider code + zero-caller stubs cleanup #2363 (LLM provider code gutted)

Approach

1. Dump the runtime config schema — use existing schema inspection tool or add a short test that serializes the schema
2. For each SECTION_META key, cross-reference against emitted section keys
3. Classify each:
   • LIVE: schema emits; keep entry
   • ORPHAN: schema does not emit; candidate for SECTION_META removal
   • UNCLEAR: needs further investigation (e.g., conditionally emitted based on feature flag)

Deliverable

A classified inventory (markdown table in a project doc or PR description). For each ORPHAN, open a follow-up cleanup issue or consolidate into one sweep PR.

AC

• Classified inventory produced (table of all 24 SECTION_META keys with LIVE / ORPHAN / UNCLEAR classification and evidence)
• Follow-up issue(s) opened for each confirmed ORPHAN (or consolidated into one)
• F4 unblocked (plugins orphan status resolved)

Typed exception

SPIKE — AC above is the investigation outcome, not mechanical verification. Follow-up fix items will have standard AC.

Context

Discovered during the post-#2336 UI remnants audit. The plugins entry (finding F4) is the first concrete orphan; the remaining five are suspected by pattern-matching to gutted subsystems and need confirmation.