2026-03-24 — Feature gaps, dead code cleanup, and accessibility sweep

What shipped

Two scout-triage-execute cycles ran back to back. The first cleared 5 issues from the previous day’s scout (#207-#211), and the second scouted fresh, triaged, and executed 4 more issues (#217-#221) plus decomposed and completed all 3 children of a larger accessibility issue (#226-#228). 12 issues closed in total across 10 PRs.

The biggest feature gap closed was done-path check-in feedback re-ingestion (#217). PRODUCT.md promises that both done and not-done check-in notes get parsed into new tasks — the defer path had this via after(), but the complete path only stored notes without parsing. Now both paths mirror the same background re-ingestion pattern. Dead code cleanup removed 202 lines: two passkey register routes that were never wired to the frontend, a billing portal route with no callers, and two unused type exports from serve.ts (#218).

Error handling was strengthened across the serve endpoint’s 4 unguarded DB operations (#219) — energy budget upsert, grain chain query, prerequisite query, and source task lookup all now check errors and log with context. Two remaining client-side fetch calls missing res.ok checks were fixed in the paywall checkout and EOD learning flows (#221).

The accessibility work was the deepest investment. The parent issue (#220) was decomposed into 3 children and all were executed: Escape key dismiss + auto-focus for the Maya sidebar and feedback textarea (#226); ARIA attributes (aria-label, aria-pressed, aria-live) across 6 components (#227); and a full radio group pattern conversion with arrow key navigation for the energy state, cognitive mode, scale, and choice button groups (#228). A reusable useRadioGroup hook was created for the arrow key logic. Focus management between energy check-in steps was added via useRef + useEffect.

Completed

• #207 — completeSourceTask user_id verification
• #208 — WebAuthn challenges RLS policy fix
• #209 — Defer re-ingestion moved to background
• #210 — completeTask cascade error handling
• #211 — Post-login redirects to /today
• #217 — Re-ingest done-path check-in feedback through parse pipeline
• #218 — Remove dead code (202 lines)
• #219 — Serve endpoint error handling (4 DB operations)
• #220 — Accessibility parent (decomposed into #226, #227, #228)
• #221 — res.ok checks on paywall checkout and EOD learn
• #226 — Keyboard dismiss + auto-focus (Maya sidebar, feedback textarea)
• #227 — ARIA attributes across 6 components
• #228 — Radio group pattern + arrow key navigation

Release progress

March 2026: 0 open / 0 closed (milestone exists but no issues assigned)

Carry-over

• #86 — Replace in-memory rate limiter with persistent solution (backlog)
• #101 — Branded emails (blocked)
• #108 — BCC founder on transactional emails (backlog)
• Source system integration (Asana/Jira/Notion outbound sync) — PRODUCT.md’s biggest unfulfilled promise
• Maya lacks full cognitive profile — only gets today’s tasks, not historical patterns or learning insights
• Active queue is empty — next work requires either new scout findings or feature-level product decisions

Risks

• 10 PRs merged in a single day — production deploy and smoke test needed (auth flows, serve flow, wrap-up, settings)
• The after() API is used in both defer and complete routes now — behavior in local dev may differ from Vercel production

Flags and watch-outs

• Active issue queue is clear. Only 3 backlog/blocked issues remain (#86, #101, #108). Future work is either new feature development or deeper product gaps (source system reporting, Maya context enrichment).
• The accessibility work is surface-level ARIA + keyboard nav. No automated accessibility testing (axe, lighthouse) exists — manual screen reader testing would validate the changes.
• DECISIONS.md was updated with the dashboard-vs-today entry point decision on 2026-03-23.