docs(queue): six veggies, then the new work; scheduling and publishing retired

Creator ruling 2026-11-09: finish the queue before the new features, gold pass always last.

**Retired (platform's surface, not ours):**
- 34 scheduled streams — YouTube owns scheduling *and* the reminder that makes it worth anything.
- 50 publish recording — Studio owns upload (resumable, quota-aware, explains rejections), and an
  in-app uploader would widen the OAuth consent to whole-channel video management for one convenience.
  The app adds "Show in folder" instead.

**New tasks:** 65 replay clips (the creator-side buffer YouTube does not give you), 66 timed ticker
messages, 67 per-event alert videos, 68 edit-while-live + first-run On-Air.

**TASK 65 spec** is the interesting one: 15 s is a clip (10/15/20, default 15); the ring holds encrypted
*encoded* fragments in RAM — raw 1080p frames would be ~7.4 GB for 15 s — so there is no steady disk
write and no crash debris; F10 saves; the replay layer plays once then hides in Live and loops the last
1–3 elsewhere; silent by default; three kept; the layer is excluded from its own clip (hall of mirrors).

**TASK 14 gains Branch 3:** mic input gain ahead of the gate (table boom mics fall under it), webcam
blank hotkey, opacity/geometry parity with a collapsed Geometry disclosure, Show-in-folder.

**Decisions recorded:** the replay-buffer reversal (it was retired in 2022-era reasoning as "different
product"; the case for it won), the platform-surface rule, and voice triggering deferred — always-
listening in a streaming app hears the game, so the content is its own false-positive source.

Queue refactored to 56 lines by archiving completed rows and the superseded surge plan; HANDOFF at 40.

TASKS.md

@@ -1,106 +1,55 @@
 # TASKS — the active queue
 
-> One line per live item; the detail lives in `TASKS/task-*.md`. Done work is in
-> [`TASKS/archive.md`](TASKS/archive.md) (2026-10-29 snapshot of the old catalogue). Retired
-> decisions are in [`docs/ai/decisions.md`](docs/ai/decisions.md).
+> One line per live item; the detail lives in `TASKS/task-*.md`. Done work and the retired surge plan are
+> in [`TASKS/archive.md`](TASKS/archive.md). Retired decisions are in
+> [`docs/ai/decisions.md`](docs/ai/decisions.md).
 > Markers: ☐ queued · 🔶 in progress · ⏳ blocked · ⏸ deferred · ❌ retired.
 
-## The surge — six days, all remaining coding (2026-11-02 → 11-07)
+## Next up
 
-**Every open coding row is assigned below.** No later phase, no "after launch" list. Target is
-**6–8 units a day** (above the measured 3–5 baseline — that is the point of a surge). If a day
-overruns, the smallest item moves to the next day; a launch blocker never moves.
+**Creator ruling 2026-11-09 — finish the queue before the new features, gold pass always last.**
 
-**Rules, every unit, no exceptions:** one Good Dog test · clean build 0 warnings · per-class tests
-green · `./scripts/verify.sh` on the declared scope · commit with the doc fact it falsifies
-corrected. No new scope mid-week; anything discovered goes on a list for day 6.
+`35 → 37 → 40·A/C/D → 55·2–3 → Move → 9·5 → 14 (slices) → 65 → 66 → 67 → 68 → 36`
 
-| Day | Units | Done when |
-|---|---|---|
-| **1 · Mon** — licensing | Paid-app ownership check (`BIsSubscribedApp`) + Debug fake + app-wide `IsAppOwned` · greyed tier entries · About conversion copy + llamacasty.com link · current-launch Logs tab (replaces the separate system-message strip) · Debug-only `InternalsVisibleTo` | A locked tier opens About without changing the selected free tier or leaving the app; the site opens only from its link |
-| **2 · Tue** — release blockers | Visibility flow (creator-selected at release; development/test stays Private) · `OutputProfile` entitlement: 30 fps free / 60 fps paid regardless of resolution · ~~`StreamConfig` defaults~~ retired (no production call sites) · TASK 53 (vertical resolution check ✅; remaining output contract open) · 9·5 webcam identity key · Move transitions (per-layer carry-across-scenes) | Visibility is selectable at creation and live-editable; the 30/60-fps gate is tested; remaining Day 2 items stay queued |
-| **3 · Wed** — resilience | TASK 32: blip retry → measured grace → amber RECONNECTING → one-click Back on air → fragmented MP4 → ingest pre-flight · 33 bandwidth step-down | Killing the network mid-broadcast recovers without ending it |
-| **4 · Thu** — content & media | ~~3·17 Text layer~~ ✅ · ~~21 media acquisition wiring~~ ✅ (picker, loop, lifecycle) · 49 chat profanity filter · 34 scheduled streams | Text layer renders/persists; media file plays, loops; scheduled stream created |
-| **5 · Fri** — data & settings | 3·20 RewardEvent persistence + `superChatEvents.list` backfill · 39·2 YPP slice 2 · 37 defaults-vs-current split · 35 scene-linked audio · 40·A/C/D settings round · 55·2–3 disk hygiene | Session report reads persisted events; defaults can be reverted; temp clips cleaned |
-| **6 · Sat** — finish & prove | 50 publish recording · preview undo (Ctrl+Z) · 14 creator feedback batch · 36 gold pass · full sweep: clean build, whole per-class suite, `publish.sh` artifact, EULA/privacy/notices in the artifact · commit + push | Gold pass list empty; artifact stages; suite green; pushed |
-
-**Day 6 is the only polish day.** No polish passes before it — a surge dies on cosmetic passes taken
-in the middle.
-
-## Next up (after the surge slice)
-
-**Start here:** TASK 33 (bandwidth step-down) — the last unbuilt piece of the resilience row, and the
-only launch blocker left in code. Then TASK 34 (scheduled streams; its two research flags must be
-cited first), then 35 / 37 / 40·A/C/D / 55·2–3. TASK 32 is complete, Back on air included.
+The rule behind the two retirements below: **do not rebuild the platform's own surface.** Scheduling,
+publishing, moderation and channel management are YouTube's; the app owns capture → scene → sound →
+output.
 
 ## Queue
 
-> Every open coding row here is assigned to a surge day above. Rows still marked ☐ on
-> 2026-11-07 are a failure of the plan, not a scheduling note.
 | Task | Status | Scope | Detail |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| 53 | ✅ | Output-format contract — six size/FPS modes, vertical YouTube playback, and recordings visually accepted | [`task-53`](TASKS/task-53-output-formats.md) |
-| — | ✅ | Output entitlement code: free at 30 fps / paid at 60 fps regardless of resolution; Steam App ID is still pending | [`commercial`](docs/ai/commercial.md) |
-| 3·17 | ✅ | **Text layer** — content, font family/size/weight/style, colour, alignment, drag/resize, persisted (done 2026-11-04) | [`task-03`](TASKS/task-03-capture-pipeline.md) |
-| 21 | ✅ | Media source: video file added from the (+) menu decodes, composites, plays its soundtrack, loops, and stops with its last reference (done 2026-11-05) | [`task-21`](TASKS/task-21-media-source.md) |
-| 64 | ✅ | **Green/Blue Screen** — detect + key from the decode pipe, offer on add, Amount/Softness/Fringe, opt-in auto-apply, alert clips included, persisted (done 2026-11-05) | [`task-64`](TASKS/task-64-green-blue-screen.md) |
-| — | ☐ | Transitions **Move**: per-layer carry-across-scenes flag, per-scene placement, fixed z band | [`ui-surface`](docs/ai/ui-surface.md) |
-| 55·2–3 | ☐ | Disk hygiene: delete `%TEMP%` alert clips on close + sweep at startup; low-disk guard before REC (slice 1 shipped) | [`task-55`](TASKS/task-55-disk-hygiene.md) |
-| 40·A/C/D | ☐ | App Settings: active-camera picker; persist output resolution + surface transition defaults + confirm-before-End; accent consolidation | [`task-40`](TASKS/task-40-app-settings-round.md) |
-| 3·20 | ✅ | Session report — **derived from `superChatEvents.list` on demand, not persisted** (YouTube is the authority; no ledger). Per-currency totals, money off by default (done 2026-11-05) | [`task-03`](TASKS/task-03-capture-pipeline.md) |
-| 32 | ✅ | Stream resilience: fragmented MP4, blip retry, poll-driven RECONNECTING (no countdown — YouTube's cutoff is not a constant), ingest pre-flight, one-click Back on air (`BackOnAirTests`) | [`task-32`](TASKS/task-32-stream-resilience.md) |
-| 33 | 🔶 | Auto step-down — **`StepDownPolicy` + 12 unit tests done 2026-11-09** (two ladders, budgets, floors, cooldown, ambiguity, recovery behind a flag); policy, planner, VM watch, encoder relaunch and the toast are in (17 tests); remaining: shed our own capture cost before the fps step, and the session-report line | [`task-33`](TASKS/task-33-bandwidth-step-down.md) |
-| 34 | ☐ | Scheduled streams (Text-drawer version) | [`task-34`](TASKS/task-34-scheduled-streams.md) |
-| 35 | ☐ | Scene-linked audio | [`task-35`](TASKS/task-35-scene-linked-audio.md) |
-| 37 | ☐ | Defaults vs current layout split (build-id); enables one-click revert to defaults | [`task-37`](TASKS/task-37-defaults-current-split.md) |
-| — | ✅ | **Preview undo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z)** — done 2026-11-01: `Models/PreviewHistory` + `MainViewModel.Preview`, one step per gesture, gated on `EditingActive`, cleared on layout load. Property edits not yet in the stack | [`ui-surface`](docs/ai/ui-surface.md) |
-| 39·2 | ✅ | YPP slice 2 — three eligibility bars (subs / watch hours / Shorts views) from Analytics, dated thresholds with a staleness test, "x of 3 criteria met" (done 2026-11-05) | [`task-39`](TASKS/task-39-ypp-journey-tracker.md) |
-| 49 | ❌ | Chat profanity filter — **retired 2026-11-05**: YouTube owns moderation (blocked words + hold for review run before the API). Replaced by not rendering YouTube's moderation markers (tombstones / no-display events) | [`task-49`](TASKS/task-49-chat-profanity-filter.md) |
-| 50 | ☐ | One-button publish of the local recording (resumable upload) | [`task-50`](TASKS/task-50-publish-recording.md) |
-| 54 | 🔶 | Freemium: EULA + privacy shipped; one codebase for free Demo + paid app. **Blocked on Valve**: identity verification pending, tax review up to 30 business days; app IDs, store page and build review all follow | [`task-54`](TASKS/task-54-marcom-free-merch.md) |
+| 35 | ☐ | **Scene-linked audio** — the scene remembers the room: BRB mutes the mic, Chat restores it, applied once at the live transition | [`task-35`](TASKS/task-35-scene-linked-audio.md) |
+| 37 | ☐ | **Defaults vs current layout split** — separate branded defaults from the live workspace; enables one-click revert | [`task-37`](TASKS/task-37-defaults-current-split.md) |
+| 40·A/C/D | ☐ | **Settings round** — active-camera picker; persist output resolution + surface transition defaults + confirm-before-End; accent consolidation | [`task-40`](TASKS/task-40-app-settings-round.md) |
+| 55·2–3 | ☐ | **Disk hygiene** — delete `%TEMP%` alert clips on close + sweep at startup; low-disk guard before REC (slice 1 shipped) | [`task-55`](TASKS/task-55-disk-hygiene.md) |
+| — | ☐ | **Move transition** — per-layer carry-across-scenes flag, per-scene placement, fixed z band | [`ui-surface`](docs/ai/ui-surface.md) |
+| 9·5 | ☐ | **Webcam identity key reconciliation** — one stable identity per camera across re-plugs | [`task-09`](TASKS/task-09-live-stream-management.md) |
+| 14 | 🔶 | **Creator feedback batch** — Branch 2 shipped; Branch 3 = mic input gain, webcam blank/standby, opacity+geometry consistency, Show-in-folder on stop | [`task-14`](TASKS/task-14-creator-feedback-batch.md) |
+| 65 | ☐ | **Replay clips** — 10/15/20 s (default 15), RAM ring of fragmented MP4, F10 to save; replay layer plays once then hides in Live and loops the last 1–3 elsewhere; silent by default; three kept | [`task-65`](TASKS/task-65-replay-clips.md) |
+| 66 | ☐ | **Timed ticker messages** — "every N minutes show this", from a creator-written list | [`task-66`](TASKS/task-66-timed-ticker.md) |
+| 67 | ☐ | **Per-event alert videos** — a clip per monetization event, falling back to the default | [`task-67`](TASKS/task-67-per-event-alert-videos.md) |
+| 68 | ☐ | **Editing while live** + first-run On-Air state matching the 1-2-3 screen | [`task-68`](TASKS/task-68-edit-while-live.md) |
+| 36 | ☐ | **Gold pass** — the v1 gate: screens/layers audit (every control does something), native-Windows verification, branding-flash decision. Always the last unit | [`task-36`](TASKS/task-36-gold-pass.md) |
+| 34 | ❌ | **Scheduled streams — retired 2026-11-09.** YouTube owns scheduling *and* the reminder that makes it useful; the app neither creates nor displays scheduled broadcasts, and there is no value in a copy that can fall out of sync | [`decisions`](docs/ai/decisions.md) |
+| 50 | ❌ | **Publish recording — retired 2026-11-09.** YouTube Studio owns upload (resumable, quota-aware, and it explains rejections). In-app publishing would also widen the OAuth consent to whole-channel video management. The recording lands in the creator's folder; the app adds "Show in folder" instead | [`decisions`](docs/ai/decisions.md) |
+| 54 | 🔶 | Freemium: EULA + privacy shipped; one codebase for free Demo + paid app. **Blocked on Valve** — identity verification pending, tax review up to 30 business days | [`task-54`](TASKS/task-54-marcom-free-merch.md) |
 | — | 🔶 | **Steam ownership** — `BIsSubscribedApp(paidAppId)` + Debug fake + app-wide `IsAppOwned`; paid app ID awaits Steamworks | [`commercial`](docs/ai/commercial.md) |
-| — | ❌ | **Polar subscription path** — retired 2026-11-01 with the one-price model. Design kept in `decisions.md`, not built | [`decisions`](docs/ai/decisions.md) |
-| — | ✅ | **OutputProfile gate** — resolver + `EncoderOptions` wiring (`Models/OutputProfile.cs`, one ffmpeg/two outputs, dev override); higher tiers follow `IsAppOwned` | [`commercial`](docs/ai/commercial.md) |
-| — | ✅ | **Demo conversion UI** — owned users get higher tiers; non-owners see greyed tiers, and selecting one opens About with conversion copy and an explicit llamacasty.com link. No browser opens until the link is clicked | [`commercial`](docs/ai/commercial.md) |
-| — | ✅ | **System-message strip replaced by Logs tab** — current launch's newest 500 raw AppLog entries, newest-first; no prior-launch import or logging-policy changes | [`ui-surface`](docs/ai/ui-surface.md) |
-| — | ☐ | **Steam packaging** — `publish` output + `steam_api64.dll`, paid app and associated Demo setup, depot, `steamcmd` upload, store pages + assets | [`Distribution.md`](Distribution.md) |
-| — | ☐ | **Training-video series** — capture the first 8–10 recurring questions as videos on `@llamacasty`; each is documentation, channel content and monetization at once | MARCOM → support→content loop |
-| 9·5 | ☐ | Webcam identity key reconciliation | [`task-09`](TASKS/task-09-live-stream-management.md) |
-| 14 | 🔶 | Creator feedback batch — branch 3+ | [`task-14`](TASKS/task-14-creator-feedback-batch.md) |
-| — | ❌ | Retired: `StreamConfig` defaults are unused; encoder output comes from the selected quality tier | [`Models/index.md`](Models/index.md) |
-| 36 | ☐ | **Gold pass** — the v1 gate, always the last unit (see 1.0 gates) | [`task-36`](TASKS/task-36-gold-pass.md) |
-| 48 | ⏸ | Distribution & packaging — route settled 2026-10-31 (winget/portable first; Steam + Store parked). Build steps: [`Distribution.md`](Distribution.md); starts after the entitlement seam | [`task-48`](TASKS/task-48-distribution-msix.md) |
-| 10 | ❌ | Retired 2026-10-08; superseded by the TASK 54 rows above — the Polar design it described is rebuilt as a lease (`commercial.md`), not revived as written | [`task-10`](TASKS/task-10-monetization.md) |
-
-## Pending the creator's hands (not programming)
-
-- ✅ App Settings grouping + right-click gear — reported working 2026-10-29.
-- ✅ Transition picker/durations, Wipe, preview + program transitions — reported working 2026-10-29.
-- ✅ Brand logo layer — reported working 2026-10-29.
-- ⏳ Vertical-tier camera check (Live tile inside the band, Chat rect-only) — outstanding.
-- ⏳ **Webcam cadence**: a Release take in the failing geometry (vertical tier first) blocks Units 1–2.
-  No fix until a reading names the stage.
-
-## Creator-requested follow-ups (park for Day 6)
-
-- Group controls under **This PC** and **YouTube**.
-- ON-AIR opens a preflight using the saved visibility default and an explicit **Start Broadcast — [scope]** action.
-- Persistent Help icon immediately left of Edit opens the creator-triggered, app-only 1-2-3 first-broadcast guide. Keep copy top-aligned and high-contrast; never composite the guide into broadcast output.
-- Add YouTube category selection; send tags through the video API; support thumbnail upload.
-- Add tooltips to settings tabs and make Logs wrapping effective.
+| — | ☐ | **Steam packaging** — `publish` output + `steam_api64.dll`, paid app and Demo, depots, `steamcmd` upload, store pages + capsule assets, measured system requirements | [`Distribution.md`](Distribution.md) |
+| 48 | ⏸ | Distribution & packaging (winget/portable) — parked behind the entitlement seam | [`task-48`](TASKS/task-48-distribution-msix.md) |
+| — | ☐ | **Training-video series** — 32 subjects listed in `youTubeTrainingVideos.md`; each is documentation, channel content and support deflection at once | `youTubeTrainingVideos.md` |
 
 ## 1.0 gates (before the first shipped build)
 
-- **Release visibility flow** — default to Private; let the creator choose Private/Unlisted/Public
-  in the ON-AIR preflight and change it live through `UpdateBroadcast`; keep development/test runs
-  forced Private. Hide the separate TEST button as already decided for v1.
-- **Kill the dev multi-instance affordance** — `Helpers/InstanceProfile.cs` is already `#if DEBUG`;
-  re-prove it on a Release build.
-- **Release engineering** — `scripts/publish.sh` **done** (self-contained win-x64, `ffmpeg\`
-  guarded, no test artifacts), `LlamaCasty.exe` assembly rename **done**, full license texts beside
-  `THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt` (TASK 4 req 9). Outstanding: Debug-only `InternalsVisibleTo`.
-- **Gold pass** (TASK 36): the screens/layers audit, native-Windows verification, and the
-  branding-flash decision.
+- **Release visibility flow** — default to Private; let the creator choose Private/Unlisted/Public at
+  creation and change it live through `UpdateBroadcast`; keep development/test runs forced Private.
+- **Kill the dev multi-instance affordance** — `Helpers/InstanceProfile.cs` is `#if DEBUG`; re-prove on a
+  Release build.
+- **Single-instance guard** — Release has none: two launches share one layout DB (read-whole/write-whole)
+  and one audio pipe. A named mutex that activates the first window.
+- **Gold pass** (TASK 36).
+- Release engineering: `publish.sh` **done**, exe rename **done**, full licence texts beside
+  `THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt` needed; Debug-only `InternalsVisibleTo` outstanding.
 
 ## Research