Dinly — 2026-03-25
What shipped
A focused hardening day: security, accessibility, and code quality improvements across the full codebase, driven by two targeted scout runs. The issue queue was cleared to zero twice — once from the previous day’s carry-over, then again after new issues were discovered and resolved.
Security received three improvements. Ownership verification guards were added to savePlanEntries, finalizePlan, and resolveTypeCandidate — all three accepted IDs without checking they belonged to the authenticated user’s household. While RLS provided a safety net, these explicit checks prevent subtle cross-household data leaks. Input validation was added to recipe creation and editing: title, description, instructions, and notes now have length limits, and source URLs are validated to require http/https schemes (preventing javascript: injection). The preferences page now calls completeOnboarding() after any save, fixing a gap where users who skipped the onboarding wizard would remain permanently marked as “not onboarded.”
Accessibility received a systematic pass. Aria-labels were added to 16 interactive elements across 7 files — search inputs, icon-only buttons (bookmarks, delete), and select/dropdown elements that previously relied on placeholders alone. Focus-visible ring indicators were added to 25 custom button elements across 10 files, matching the shadcn Button component’s focus pattern. Inner checkbox indicator divs were correctly excluded since their parent buttons handle focus.
The final PR cleared all ESLint errors: 4 prefer-const violations auto-fixed, 4 unescaped JSX entities escaped, and one <a> tag replaced with Next.js <Link>. The codebase now has 0 lint errors.
Completed
- #264 — Mark onboarding complete from preferences page
- #261 — Add ownership verification to meal plan and resolve actions
- #262 — Add aria-labels to search inputs, icon buttons, and select elements
- #263 — Add focus-visible indicators to custom button elements
- #265 — Validate URL scheme and field lengths in recipe creation
- #271 — Fix ESLint errors: prefer-const, unescaped entities, and <a> tag
Carry-over
None — issue queue is empty. The codebase is clean: 0 lint errors, 132 tests passing, all scout findings resolved.
Risks
None identified. The security and accessibility improvements are defense-in-depth — the app was functional before, now it’s hardened.
Flags and watch-outs
- The
completeOnboarding()function now uses.is("onboarding_completed_at", null)to be idempotent — it won’t overwrite the original timestamp. This is correct behavior but different from the wizard path which always sets it. - Three scout runs in one session reached diminishing returns. Future scouts should wait for new feature work to land before running again.
- The 81 dark-theme color replacements from late Mar 24 still need visual verification in Chrome. No browser testing was done on the color changes.
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