LlamaCasty/HANDOFF.md

HANDOFF — 2026-09-22 (TASK 42 committed; health-poll + end-race fixes tracked)

Branch / Commit State

main HEAD = e69db4d (TASK 42 top bar) → 18ab553 (health-poll fix, committed). Pushed state at 197ee81. Working tree DIRTY — end-of-stream race fix (one small change):

 M Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs        (EndBroadcastAsync pre-flight)
 M ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs  (end-close-out test rewritten)
 M ai.md, Services/index.md, TASKS/task-09-live-stream-management.md, MyMistakes.md
 M HANDOFF.md (this rewrite)

Shipped since last handoff

• TASK 42 top bar redesign e69db4d — see below.
• Health-poll parse fix 18ab553 — GetStreamHealthAsync read healthStatus as a string; the real API nests status.healthStatus = {status, lastUpdateTimeSeconds, configurationIssues[]} (an OBJECT) → every 2026-09-22 session start logged requires an element of type 'String'. Fixed to read the nested shape, tolerating the old flat shape; the report-by-exception health banner is alive again.

In flight — end-of-stream race fix (end close-out, 2026-09-22)

startup.log showed Broadcast transition(complete) failed (403) invalidTransition → enableAutoStop will finish on ALL THREE 2026-09-22 stops (17:09 crash + both test sessions). NOT the old "autoStop already fired" assumption (ai.md had it wrong): the blind transition(complete) POST races YouTube/autoStop marking the broadcast complete (via enableAutoStop=true, always set — tests included). Fix in the dirty tree: EndBroadcastAsync pre-flights liveBroadcasts.list→status.lifeCycleStatus and only POSTs complete from live/testing, skipping silently when already complete (enableAutoStop finishes every skip); an inconclusive pre-check still posts (old behavior, backstopped); still never throws. Cite: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/docs/liveBroadcasts/transition (errors table: invalidTransition = current-status problem, and complete is not gated on streamStatus — only testing/live are).

What shipped — TASK 42: top bar redesign (2026-09-22)

Full record: TASKS/task-42-top-bar-redesign.md. Creator directive: "forget this one dog plan bullshit. Our one plan is replacing the top menu bar with something usable." The old bar's six widget grammars (sliding pills, dots, badges, buttons, hidden sign-in context menu, live-window status) collapsed into ONE surface rendered by the FIRST decision — Record or Stream:

• Mode switch: one segmented REC|ON-AIR toggle (SegmentToggle/SegmentLabel styles). Going back = one tap on the other segment. Runs idle-only; retires while running.
• Record world: switch + Start Recording — no YouTube identity at all.
• Stream world: switch + Go Live + Test + account zone (Sign In until connected; then the avatar, right-click Change Account/Logout). Test is a child of Stream — procs only ON-AIR-armed AND signed-in (ShowTestButton/CanStartTest).
• Running: one reality line ● REC|LIVE|TEST 00:12:34 (green/red/gold RunningDotBrush) + End.
• Gear moved up from bottom bar, ~3 wordmark letters past the brand, one click = Settings / Bug / Feature / About menu (GearButton_Click). Bottom-bar gear removed. Task 40 Unit B is DONE by this.
• Sign-in = the account-confirm step: no Google API enumerates machine accounts; OAuth is single-account, so Switch Account re-runs the chooser (login_hint+select_account) — login and account-confirmation are one surface. Existing ChangeAccountCommand/LogoutCommand resurface via the avatar.
• PRIVATE/TEST chips gone from the bar (dev-phase forced-private becomes an OPTION at ship).

Good Dog — ytLive.Tests/TopBarModeTests.cs (one [Fact], RealAppHost.Run): default record world → arm ON-AIR → sign-in/avatar/Test gating flips → one-tap flip back → direct stream status changing + running reality values. Also folded in: TASK 41's latent Test pipeline bug fix — BeginTestStream now arms OnAirPillOn explicitly (unarmed → encoder booted with zero outputs → "At least one output is required" → forced stop cascade). The TestStreamTests gate updated to match.

⚠️ Around the task

• Full-suite run today: 314/315 (first pass) — the one abort is the pre-existing LayerReorderPersistenceTests.RealMouseDrag_OnTheLayerList_PersistsTheReorder, which injects REAL physical mouse input (SetCursorPos + mouse_event, see its own docstring) and no-ops while another window interferes. Cause observed 2026-09-22: Path of Exile 2 + NVIDIA Overlay were running (fullscreen-game window hides the test window's rows; the drag never lands → reorder assert fails). AudioPipelineTests.Mix_HonorsProviderGains… also flaked one run (timing under load); both cleared on the 315/315 rerun. Close games before running those tests; unrelated to the recent changes.
• Manual verification owed (needs a real run on Windows): the app is a new build number when next launched — check the new one-surface bar (switch ↔ worlds, gear menu, reality line).
• The app may be RUNNING — an in-place build fails MSB3021/MSB3027 until closed (temp-OutDir workaround in ai.md). Close it before the manual pass.
• Full-suite note: the pre-existing real-camera startup flake did not occur in the 315/315 run.
• Test-env trap (recorded in the TASK): a dev machine's saved OAuth session loads synchronously and makes IsConnected come back true in the VM ctor — signed-in-world tests must force vm.IsConnected = false/true explicitly.
• subscriberCount rounded to 3 sig figs (YPP); carried. YPP slice 2 needs re-consent — do NOT merge with other units.
• Polar product d105dfa1… still $99/yr — must become one-time before launch (carried). MARCOM.md/MONETIZATION.md gitignored — never commit.

Next step

Commit this end-of-stream fix (scope-check first, then build 0-warnings + full suite, then ONE commit). Push only on the user's say-so. Then TASK 40 App Settings round is queued (TASKS/task-40-app-settings-round.md) — units A (camera) → C (defaults) → D (accent) remain (B/gear shipped early); Unit A's SharedReadOnly control-write question is the one genuinely uncertain technical point — run its mitigation ladder before a third guess.

Critical working rules (unchanged, still binding)

• Good Dog = ONE integration test per change.
• Scope lock: declare the file list before editing; ./scripts/scope-check.sh before commit.
• WSL builds use the Windows dotnet host (/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/dotnet.exe, quoted paths).
• One runtime model, no model switching, no compaction summaries (user directive).