diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli.ts
index f434e65..f14206f 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/cli.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 process.title = "pi";
 
+import { bedrockProviderModule } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai/bedrock-provider";
 import { setBedrockProviderModule } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import { EnvHttpProxyAgent, setGlobalDispatcher } from "undici";
-import { bedrockProviderModule } from "../../ai/src/bedrock-provider.js";
 import { main } from "./main.js";
 
 setGlobalDispatcher(new EnvHttpProxyAgent());
diff --git a/packages/pi-grind/package.json b/packages/pi-grind/package.json
index 70ded13..2645465 100644
--- a/packages/pi-grind/package.json
+++ b/packages/pi-grind/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "pi-package"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
-  "author": "OpenAI",
+  "author": "Mario Zechner",
   "main": "./src/index.ts",
   "files": [
     "src",
diff --git a/packages/pi-grind/src/state.ts b/packages/pi-grind/src/state.ts
index 88ccb13..5173ad4 100644
--- a/packages/pi-grind/src/state.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-grind/src/state.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export function createRunState(input: {
 		lastNextAction: null,
 		pendingRepair: false,
 		consecutiveParseFailures: 0,
-		consecutiveControllerFailures: 0,
 		updatedAt: now,
 	};
 }
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ export function isValidRunState(value: unknown): value is GrindRunState {
 		isNullableString(value.lastNextAction) &&
 		typeof value.pendingRepair === "boolean" &&
 		typeof value.consecutiveParseFailures === "number" &&
-		typeof value.consecutiveControllerFailures === "number" &&
 		typeof value.updatedAt === "string"
 	);
 }
@@ -114,19 +112,6 @@ export function withLoopStatus(state: GrindRunState, payload: GrindStatusPayload
 		lastNextAction: payload.nextAction ?? null,
 		pendingRepair: false,
 		consecutiveParseFailures: 0,
-		consecutiveControllerFailures: 0,
-		updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-	};
-}
-
-export function withControllerFailure(state: GrindRunState, note: string): GrindRunState {
-	return {
-		...state,
-		status: "blocked",
-		lastCheckpoint: note,
-		lastNextAction: null,
-		pendingRepair: false,
-		consecutiveControllerFailures: state.consecutiveControllerFailures + 1,
 		updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/pi-grind/src/time.ts b/packages/pi-grind/src/time.ts
index b1cc295..5f4dbdc 100644
--- a/packages/pi-grind/src/time.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-grind/src/time.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ function stripTrailingContinuation(text: string): string {
 		.trim();
 }
 
+function parseLocalDateOnly(candidate: string): Date | null {
+	const match = candidate.match(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/);
+	if (!match) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	const year = Number(match[1]);
+	const month = Number(match[2]);
+	const day = Number(match[3]);
+	const local = new Date(year, month - 1, day, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+	if (
+		local.getFullYear() !== year ||
+		local.getMonth() !== month - 1 ||
+		local.getDate() !== day
+	) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return local;
+}
+
 export function parseDeadline(raw: string, now: Date = new Date()): Date | null {
 	const candidate = raw.trim();
 	if (!candidate) {
@@ -85,6 +106,10 @@ export function parseDeadline(raw: string, now: Date = new Date()): Date | null
 
 	const time = parseClockValue(stripTrailingContinuation(normalized));
 	if (!time) {
+		const localDateOnly = parseLocalDateOnly(candidate);
+		if (localDateOnly) {
+			return localDateOnly;
+		}
 		const direct = new Date(candidate);
 		if (!Number.isNaN(direct.getTime())) {
 			return direct;
diff --git a/packages/pi-grind/src/types.ts b/packages/pi-grind/src/types.ts
index d58a5c4..4f1dfc9 100644
--- a/packages/pi-grind/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-grind/src/types.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface ParsedStopCondition {
 }
 
 export interface ParsedAutoActivation {
-	matchedCue: string | null;
+	matchedCue: string;
 	stopCondition: ParsedStopCondition;
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@ export interface GrindRunState {
 	lastNextAction: string | null;
 	pendingRepair: boolean;
 	consecutiveParseFailures: number;
-	consecutiveControllerFailures: number;
 	updatedAt: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/pi-grind/test/parser.test.ts b/packages/pi-grind/test/parser.test.ts
index cfa01f4..a4dee7d 100644
--- a/packages/pi-grind/test/parser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-grind/test/parser.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ describe("pi-grind parser", () => {
 		expect(result?.stopCondition.deadlineAt).toBe(new Date(2026, 2, 10, 17, 30, 0).toISOString());
 	});
 
+	it("parses bare ISO dates in local time instead of UTC midnight", () => {
+		const result = parseStopCondition("keep going until 2026-03-10", now);
+
+		expect(result.deadlineAt).toBe(new Date(2026, 2, 10, 0, 0, 0).toISOString());
+		expect(result.completionCriterion).toBeNull();
+	});
+
 	it("parses grind status trailers", () => {
 		const payload = parseGrindStatus(
 			'Work done.\n<grind_status>{"state":"continue","summary":"half done","nextAction":"finish tests"}</grind_status>',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 998038c..1e6f32b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     "paths": {
       "*": ["./*"],
       "@mariozechner/pi-ai": ["./packages/ai/src/index.ts"],
+      "@mariozechner/pi-ai/bedrock-provider": [
+        "./packages/ai/src/bedrock-provider.ts"
+      ],
       "@mariozechner/pi-ai/oauth": ["./packages/ai/src/oauth.ts"],
       "@mariozechner/pi-ai/*": ["./packages/ai/src/*"],
       "@mariozechner/pi-ai/dist/*": ["./packages/ai/src/*"],