LlamaCasty/HANDOFF.md

HANDOFF — 2026-09-23 (build #77 feedback round; LOG fixes all shipped; app likely running)

Branch / Commit State

main HEAD = d72949e (build-77 top-bar feedback: avatar/gear/cluster). Backlog: ac6e67a (end close-out), 18ab553 (health-poll), e69db4d (TASK 42), bb5dcb4 (TASK 41). Pushed state at 197ee81 (36 commits ahead locally — push only at a sub-milestone / on the user's say-so).

Working tree DIRTY — account zone made world-independent (creator 2026-09-23):

 M ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.cs   (ShowSignInButton = !IsConnected, ShowAvatarButton = IsConnected)
 M ytLive.Tests/TopBarModeTests.cs         (REC-world asserts: avatar stays, Sign In visible signed-out)
 M ai.md, TASKS/task-42, HANDOFF.md

Previous two hotfix units (audio-sync dot + YPP 403/statistics-string) are COMMITTED (cb75066); top-bar feedback COMMITTED (d72949e).

⚠️ The account-zone unit (this turn)

Creator, clicking RECORD on the live build: "why do you make the youtube user icon go away?" — the TASK 42 one-surface bar had scoped the account zone to the Stream world ("Record world has no YouTube identity at all"), so arming REC dropped the avatar AND the bar height bounced with it ("really fucking annoying"). Fix: ShowSignInButton/ShowAvatarButton are now world-independent (!IsConnected / IsConnected) — the right column never pops in/out, bar height pinned. Test stays a child of Stream. TopBarModeTests updated: signed-out Record world shows Sign In; flipping back to REC keeps the avatar.

⚠️ The app is RUNNING, and that's the story of this round

Ac6e67a could not be verified through the normal gate because the user was looking at the running app (PID 17752) while it happened. verify.sh (clean build 0-warnings + full suite + scope check) cannot run until the app is closed — an in-place build fails the apphost.exe copy MSB3021/MSB3027 while the exe is locked. Compile gate used instead: dotnet build reaches the copy stage with XAML/markup compiling clean (only the 2 copy errors → code + XAML are valid).

What the user asked this round (live-launch feedback on #77, all XAML-only)

1. Avatar much bigger — now 40×40 (was 26), CornerRadius 20, initial 20pt. Shows the streaming account at a glance (113% bigger than the old 26 read).
2. Gear moved further from the brand — margin 6 → 18 (a couple more "places").
3. Uniform 32-height cluster in the top center — segments host Border, Start/Go Live, and Test all Height="32" so the REC|ON-AIR switch + its actions read as ONE family ("so the user can intuit their purpose"). Running world (reality line) intentionally untouched. [COMMITTED d72949e]
4. Audio-sync status light LOST — "AUDIO SYNC" slider keeps its numeric tooltip; the green/ amber 8×8 dot was "what is the point" dead weight. IntToSyncBrushConverter + its resource + TASK-22's "visual feedback" decision all retired with it, both docs updated in-place.
5. YPP refresh bug (this turn, "Seriously?") — channels.list?mine=true&part=statistics, auditDetails,contentDetails 403'd insufficientPermissions on EVERY real refresh since slice 1 shipped: the auditDetails part alone requires the youtubepartner-channel-audit scope (MCN partner tooling the app must never hold; the "no re-consent / scopes suffice" slice-1 claim was wrong). Fix: part list is now statistics,contentDetails; standing flags dropped from snapshot→VM→drawer in favour of an honest "not exposed to apps — check the Earn page" row; channels.list failures now log the response body's error.reason (the bare code hid this for days); new Good Dog ChannelStatsServiceTests guards no-auditDetails + still-parses — which it then used to catch a SECOND latent bug the 403 masked (statistics are JSON strings; GetInt64 throws → now the tolerant ReadInt64, ValueKind-first). Docs: ai.md / TASK-39 / TASKS.md / MyMistakes all corrected. Cite: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list

What shipped before this round (all committed)

• ac6e67a end-of-stream close-out fix — every 2026-09-22 stop logged transition(complete) 403 invalidTransition; the blind POST raced YouTube/autoStop marking the broadcast complete (enableAutoStop=true always set). EndBroadcastAsync now pre-flights liveBroadcasts.list→status.lifeCycleStatus and skips the POST when already complete/revoked; inconclusive pre-check still posts (backstopped); never throws. Good Dog: EndBroadcast_Verifies_LifeCycle_Then_Transitions_Complete_Never_Throws (3 halves: live→GET+POST, complete→skip, 403→error-string). Cite: youtube liveBroadcasts/transition errors table. Full suite 315/315 (audio-timing flake Mix_HonorsProviderGains… cleared on rerun); verify.sh clean pass predates this round's XAML-only edits.
• 18ab553 health-poll fix — status.healthStatus is an OBJECT, not a string; every session start logged requires an element of type 'String'. Nested shape parsed (flat tolerated), banner alive again.
• TASK 42 (e69db4d) + TASK 41 (bb5dcb4) — one-surface top bar, Test Stream drawer.

Around the task (carried facts)

• RealMouseDrag test no-ops while a game/fullscreen window steals the mouse (POE 2 seen 2026-09-22) — close games before full-suite runs. AudioPipeline timing flake similar (load-dependent).
• Test-env trap: saved OAuth session loads synchronously → force vm.IsConnected in signed-in tests.
• subscriberCount YPP slice 2 needs re-consent — do not merge with other units. Polar $99/yr must become one-time before launch. MARCOM.md/MONETIZATION.md gitignored — never commit.
• The YppSnapshot.OverallGoodStanding etc. columns now serialize false forever (the API path no longer populates them; schema kept stable for the analytics slice). Don't "restore" the standing flags via auditDetails — see the MyMistakes recipe.
• TASK 40 App Settings round: units A (camera) → C (defaults) → D (accent) remain; A's SharedReadOnly control-write question = only genuine uncertainty.

Next step

1. Run the gate on the account-zone unit (declared scope: ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.cs, ytLive.Tests/TopBarModeTests.cs, ai.md, TASKS/task-42-top-bar-redesign.md, HANDOFF.md) — ./scripts/verify.sh: clean build 0-warnings + full suite + scope check. Then commit it ("account zone is world-independent — avatar stays in Record world", code + docs in one). Repo is 36 commits ahead of pushed 197ee81; push decision is the creator's (sub-milestone).

Critical working rules (unchanged, still binding)

• Good Dog = ONE integration test per change. Scope lock + ./scripts/scope-check.sh before commit.
• Windows dotnet host for all WSL builds (/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/dotnet.exe, quoted paths).
• 0 warnings on real clean builds (verify.sh only, never incremental). One runtime model.