# JOBS-002 application table and workspace verification

Updated: 2026-08-10

## Confirmed baseline

- `JobTable` owned search, filters, sort and page only in React state.
- `?open=` opened the legacy quick dialog and was immediately removed from the URL.
- “Open application workspace” navigated to `/applications/:id`; its Back control always navigated to a fresh `/jobs`.
- The existing full-page workspace already composes the owner-scoped checklist, intelligence, CV, cover-letter, attachment, correspondence and interview components. It is reused rather than duplicated.

## Increment 1 — route-backed overlay

- Table row Open now creates `/jobs?workspace={id}` and renders the existing workspace inside an accessible MUI dialog.
- Workspace sections update `section=` with replacement navigation; opening is a pushed entry, so Back closes and Forward reopens without losing the mounted list state.
- A direct `/jobs?workspace={id}&section={section}` opens the requested application and closes by safely removing only workspace query keys.
- MUI owns focus trap/restoration. The dialog is full-screen below 768px and links to `/applications/:id?section=...` as the full-page fallback.
- Legacy `?open=` quick-dialog links continue to work; their workspace action enters the same overlay route.

## Verification

- Focused Jest: `src/application-workspace-overlay.test.tsx` — 2/2 pass.
- Full frontend Jest: 51 suites and 206/206 tests pass; existing force-exit notice remains.
- Production build and TypeScript: pass.
- Evidence: V-158 and V-159 in `docs/audits/verification-log.md`.

## Remaining before completion

- URL-owned list state is implemented for search, status, company, location, follow-up, readiness, deleted visibility, sort/direction and page. Direct hydration and overlay Back/Forward pass focused tests; real-browser refresh/history remains.
- Add a shared dirty-edit close/navigation guard for workspace sections that own unsaved content.
- Improve the table's scan-priority data without adding every available field.
- Add real-browser 375/768/1440, light/dark, keyboard/focus restoration, refresh/history, error and long-content evidence.
- Run tenant-authorization regressions and the production smoke gate.