LlamaCasty/HANDOFF.md

HANDOFF — Session State

Branch / Commit State

main, clean tree, 4 local commits NOT pushed (await user "push"):

• 6799c40 — fix: first-native-launch crash (3 stacked faults) + RoundClip test root-caused → green
• 711ba54 — docs: HANDOFF rewrite + TASK 21 picker spec imported into TASKS.md
• e1d8b10 — docs: v1 = feature-complete ruling; TASKs 32–36; out-of-product list; map-lie fixes
• 7c6ec3e — docs: pre-GA posture (visibility lock, flash preview-only + escalation, audit → gold)

What this session accomplished

1. Product/PM gap audit (the creator's "potholes and gone streets" fear): everything un-tasked surfaced and ruled. Read ai.md → Monetization + TASKS.md → file end ("v1 = the finished product", "Out of product — permanently", TASKs 32–36) — the rulings are IN the map now, not here.
2. Fixed the first-startup crash (user launched post-refactor for the first time — NRE): SceneGraph ctor-order + window-scope styles the extracted LeftPanel couldn't see (full audit: exactly 2 offenders). App verified booting + closing clean on the real desktop; real DB intact.
3. Killed one of the two "known failures": RoundClip was stale TEST code, not product — window.FindName across namescopes + VisualTreeHelper.HitTest (which ignores input semantics and returned the invisible WebViewHostPanel overlay for every point). UIElement.InputHitTest proved the corner IS grabbable. Test green. Recipes recorded in MyMistakes.md.

Test suite truth (2026-09-01, verified natively)

• 247 tests, 246 pass; the SOLE known failure is AudioPipelineTests.Mix_HonorsProviderGains…. The creator's hint: they attribute it to "sound channel declaration/init". Clue spotted tonight: real launches log "Audio: using system default mic + default output" TWICE (19:16 and 19:30 sessions) — possibly double mixer start or double log call; worth a look when the audio slice is picked up. Not chased (out of scope, Good Dog).
• Per-class dotnet.exe vstest runs RealApp/MainWindow suites fine from WSL (6 classes + RoundClip green tonight). Full-suite still hangs (WASAPI) — don't run it.
• The RealApp testhost shares %APPDATA%\ytLlive\startup.log with the real app — 'test-camera' failure lines in there are test noise; check DB state by querying, not reading.

What's next (creator's queue — do not expand)

TASK 21 UI picker slice (spec now lives in TASKS.md → TASK 21, imported from the old handoff so it can't be lost by a rewrite). Then TASK 32 → 33 → 34 → 35 → text source → monetization chain → MARCOM → TASK 36 gold pass, per "v1 execution order" in TASKS.md.

Landmines

• 4 unpushed commits — git log origin/main..main before assuming remote state.
• Stale testhost can lock ytLive.dll (MSB3027) → taskkill /PID N /F via cmd.exe.
• WSL cannot spawn Linux ffmpeg from the Windows CLR shim; contract verification recipe + static ffmpeg live at /tmp/opencode/ (MyMistakes has the how-to).
• Pre-commit gate: ./scripts/verify.sh "<files>" — but its full-suite step hangs; tonight's flow (clean build + per-class vstest + scope-check) is the working substitute from WSL.
• Real-MainWindow tests MUST set MainViewModel.LayoutPathOverride (temp DB) or shutdown saves pollute the user's real layout.

@ User note — no unsolicited roadmap

Work what's queued; report what changed; no forward-looking "what's next" lists unless asked. Prefers short, spaced-out output over dense text (tired eyes — one idea per line beats a table).