jobtrackingapp/docs/redesign/phase-5/p5-15/CONTINUATION_PLAN.md

Phase 5 acceptance continuation implementation plan

For agentic workers: use the Superpowers debugging/TDD workflow for each repair, with independently reviewed delegated work where useful. Steps use checkbox tracking; the owner has explicitly authorised continuous execution and immediate development-branch pushes.

Goal: complete safe, available acceptance work and prepare a truthful scoped Phase 6 handoff.

Architecture: preserve existing API/data/renderer boundaries; fix demonstrated defects at their responsible shared layer. Retain immutable historical evidence and write successor results rather than rewriting failed audit observations.

Tech stack: .NET/EF Core, React/MUI, native Chromium/Playwright, repository PDF measurement tools.

Spec: the owner's Complete Phase 5 and Advance to Phase 6 instruction, approved plan, acceptance programme, completed audit and original preservation contracts.

Global constraints

• Development codex/ui-redesign-phase4; production main remains NO-GO and unchanged. No force-push, resets, destructive recovery or deployment.
• Every completed logical unit is validated, committed, pushed and checked against remote immediately; uncompleted concurrent work is never swept into another unit's commit.
• Preserve all 57 PRES groups, 32 current route patterns, ownership, canonical Career Profile, overrides, historical/frozen CVs and PDF semantics.
• Standard fidelity remains 16/16 and 36=36 pages; settings exports remain 8/8 and 24=24. Existing tolerances are unchanged.
• P5-13 remains deferred, unqualified and Production-withheld; 0/366 configured-target calls, 0 human semantic reviews, no review UI. No substitute-model qualification or Docker recovery.
• Human screen-reader acceptance is postponed at the owner's request, NOT COMPLETE/NOT VERIFIED. Physical devices, software keyboards and deployed evidence cannot be impersonated by automation.

Baseline and ruling

Fetch on 2026-10-10 confirms clean HEAD/remote b369b24b73ccbfb4f32084994c38bd4497e28307; local/remote production 27657f31131cd95d42f0e1290853ec9c9b3959a4. This legitimate successor is retained; the owner's older 134-browser baseline does not supersede its audit.

The completed 02 audit has 139 ordinary passes/5 genuine failures across the declared 144-case union (143 full-run cases plus one supplemental case), not a single full execution of 144. All 134 inherited cases pass. PRES totals: 0 PASS/50 PARTIAL/6 FAIL/1 DEFERRED=57. Backend 1,033, frontend 490, sidecar 49, focused AI 108, real HTTP 2, revision 5/5 and security/configuration 9/6/1/3 are inherited until rerun.

Ruling: run the two independently scoped P1 containment repairs before affected CV acceptance, then resume 03–06. The latest owner mission authorises repairs and continuous independent work; it does not erase 02's NO-GO or its human requirements.

Review focus

1. Native Enter/Space file selection must match pointer activation, without double dialogs or changing file validation.
2. Initially hidden preview frames must not publish zero-width pagination as ready; later visibility/resize must preserve physical geometry.
3. Drawer entry/Escape/return must work under reduced motion and responsive transitions, without disabling modal protection.
4. Source navigation and Analytics hit areas must retain their existing destinations/query/ownership semantics.
5. A passing rerun cannot close intermittent saves, physical input, semantic model or production qualifications without the required evidence.

Bounded execution and push boundaries

1. P5-15-04-A11Y-01 — native file selection

Files: Attachments.tsx, ImportExportJobs.tsx, same-pattern AddJobModal.tsx, focused tests; existing native audit reproducer retained.

• Observe existing native Enter/Space failures and pointer positive controls; add focused behavioural RED coverage.
• Correct native control activation without altering accepted files, imports, attachments or ownership.
• Run focused unit/native journey and applicable affected suites; record limits and push the completed repair independently.

2. P5-15-04-CV-01 — hidden initial preview

Files: cvPreview.ts, only necessary frame lifecycle callers, cv-pagination.spec.ts and existing mobile/PDF audit.

• Reproduce zero-width visible-page flow (PDF correct, matching page count) before changing code.
• Await actual usable layout deterministically; do not change renderer dimensions, fonts, print rules or tolerances.
• Verify initial/mobile/reflow lifecycle and full standard/settings fidelity; record performance and push independently.

3. P5-15-03 — CV/document correctness

Files: new p5-15-03/README.md and evidence; narrowly scoped tests only for demonstrated gaps.

• Rerun revision, frozen package, source/override, export, standard and settings fixtures.
• Investigate the CV Unsaved observation and qualify available fonts/photos/templates, with exact environment boundaries.
• Retain production-specific gaps and operator procedure; commit/push the evidence checkpoint.

4. P5-15-04 — remaining targeted repairs

Files: responsible shell/source/report controls and meaningful tests, one defect per completed commit; p5-15-04/README.md and successor defect ledger.

• Diagnose and repair A11Y-02 drawer focus, A11Y-03 source route and A11Y-04 report targets separately.
• Investigate Dashboard preference 500 and Board scaling/touch; repair confirmed blockers or explicitly justify remaining limits without inventing evidence.
• Classify other axe/structure findings contextually, keep unresolved human requirements, validate and push each completed unit.

5. P5-15-05 — production readiness

Files: new p5-15-05/README.md, allowlisted local evidence/operator checklist.

• Verify repository ingress/configuration, migration/provider compatibility and fail-closed AI gates safely.
• Assess actual backup/restore, F04, deployed configuration/schema/secrets, rollback and monitoring evidence; do not execute unapproved live changes.
• Issue a separate production GO/NO-GO based on actual evidence, document required operator actions, commit/push only development.

6. P5-15-06 — final regression and acceptance

Files: new p5-15-06/README.md and validation evidence; parent acceptance/57-group/route/debt matrices.

• After the final accepted application change, run complete backend/frontend/browser/sidecar/HTTP/security suites, revisions, both fidelity corpora, TypeScript/lint/builds/secrets/docs/whitespace.
• Reconcile every count, fail/skip/retry and all 57 groups; keep incomplete whole groups PARTIAL rather than promoting individual successes.
• Separate implemented-scope decision, full original-scope decision and production decision; push the checkpoint immediately.

7. Phase 6 preparation

Files: docs/redesign/phase-6/README.md, using docs/redesign/IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md.

• If severe blockers no longer prevent a scoped transition, record accepted baseline, deferred scope, manual/production gaps, design review checkpoints and Phase 7 dependencies.
• Commit/push preparation, verify remote=HEAD/clean tree/main unchanged; do not begin Phase 7 migration.

Evidence ownership

Agent/native tests establish only their actual application/API/DOM/PDF behaviour. A human operator owns spoken-reader and physical-device results. Infrastructure/operator evidence owns deployed fonts/assets, current full backups/restores, configuration/schema, ingress and rollback. Phase 6 planning cannot waive any of those obligations.

Completed commits and command results are recorded in each successor report and the final ledger. This plan itself is a documentation-only checkpoint; no fresh full-suite claim is made.