# HANDOFF — 2026-11-04 (Day 2 and YouTube live-state color)

## State

- `main`; relevant commits: dialog ownership `76e8c22`, vertical scaling through FFmpeg `6310f50`,
  Day 2 documentation reconciliation `f921c01`.
- The top menu background follows YouTube's broadcast status: normal ON-AIR starts red and turns
  green only at `lifeCycleStatus=live`; TEST stays gold; stopping restores the idle surface color.
- Six creator-supplied output recordings match their named dimensions and frame rates; the creator
  visually reviewed and accepted them.
- The focused top-bar test passes. The last full verification had a clean build and 522/523 tests;
  the only failure was the known `AudioPipelineTests.Mix_HonorsProviderGains_AndGameMute_KillsTheLoopback`.
- Four untracked `Assets/llamacasty-*` files remain untouched.

## Next action

- TASK 53 remains the next queued output task: check 9:16 safe zones and caption placement.
- Do not push absent a checkpoint request.

## Landmines

- `LayerReorderPersistenceTests.RealMouseDrag_OnTheLayerList_PersistsTheReorder` injects physical
  mouse input. Do not run it while the desktop is in use.
- Integration tests constructing `MainWindow` must set a temporary `LayoutPathOverride` and clear it in `finally`.
- Bundled FFmpeg stays outside the single-file exe (`ExcludeFromSingleFile="true"`).