# TASK 68 — Editing while live, and the first-run On-Air state

> Catalog: [`TASKS.md`](../TASKS.md). Creator rulings 2026-11-09.

## Part 1 — edit while live

Creators need to change a layout mid-show: hide a layer, nudge a camera, swap a video. Today editing is
gated to "not live", so the only way is to stop the show.

- Allow the layer panel and geometry edits while streaming/recording.
- An edit becomes program immediately — one canvas, no preview/program split — so an accidental drag is
  visible to viewers. Undo (Ctrl+Z) must therefore be live too, and the UI must say when editing is live.
- Preview-mode gestures stay as they are: left = zoom while live, right = menu; **no chord while live**.
  Editing live is an explicit mode the creator turns on, not something a stray click does.
- Never allow: removing the Background, deleting a scene that is on air, changing the output tier's
  composition mid-frame.

## Part 2 — first-run state

The app should open in **On-Air mode** to match the 1-2-3 screen, so the first thing the creator sees
is the state they will stream from.

Risk to settle before building: an armed ON-AIR pill changes what Start does. The 1-2-3 screen must
*explain* the state rather than let the app default into the riskier action silently — a creator who
expects a recording must not go live by pressing Start.

**Tests:** edit during a session changes the composite; undo restores; a blocked edit action reports and
does nothing; first-run state matches the guide's copy.