BigSimmo · BigSimmo · Aug 11, 2026 · Aug 11, 2026 · Aug 11, 2026 · Aug 11, 2026
@@ -880,3 +880,4 @@ Records before 2026-07-28 were written by hand and had drifted: 146 lines carrie
 | 2026-08-10 | cursor/smarter-meds-search-9c1b (PR #1785) | 5cb0e11e077a3aaf5b8e4ea37b26ac72b0328997 | PR #1785 unblock/fix | before: Production UI (3) failed on service-detail scroll endpoint (remaining 67px) at 38b3bd0c; GitHub DIRTY behind-but-clean vs #1791. after: merged origin/main + re-scroll toPass fix in ui-tools service-detail test; threads untouched; do not merge | CI Production UI (3) logs; git merge-tree clean; prettier ui-tools; product fix in same tip commit as this row |
 | 2026-08-10 | PR #1800 / codex/enhance-search-function-with-fuzzy-matching | 93da84b063c9c3f956da7ef79710d2cd00159735 | PR #1800 babysit | Synced origin/main (merge-tree clean; GitHub DIRTY was staleness). Fixed CodeRabbit SSRI/SNRI fuzzy cross-match (floor 5 chars) in follow-on tip commit. Clinical Governance Preflight required for clinicalRisk body. Codex P2 field-aware/per-token fuzzy deferred. RAG surfaces untouched. | focused catalog-search+consumers 49 pass; pr-policy body local ok; merge-tree clean |
 | 2026-08-10 | PR #1803 / claude/codex-m4b-shadow-tight-migration-53a8kn | b778a56e9c3fa7642a783dde85e1130559d71e24 | shadow-tight token migration onto the e1 elevation tier and alias retirement (#262 part 1) | Migrated all 150 var(--shadow-tight) occurrences across 71 files to var(--e1) (90 gated production sites across 48 files, 60 mockup); deleted all three alias declarations (:root, .dark, forced-colors); pinned legacyShadowAliases 220 to 127 with exact per-path counts, closing 3 aliases of re-accumulated slack; added a whole-stylesheet absence assertion (mutation-verified); updated GATES.md section 3 plus a new section 6, TOKENS.md section 6, design-system.md, both redesign direction docs, .design-sync/conventions.md and ledger #262. Verified in Chromium that the ckb-v2 tier override is picked up by the alias substitution, so the change is value-preserving; that check is recorded as a prerequisite for the remaining six aliases. | npm run verify:cheap (30 static gates plus lint plus typecheck green; design-system contract passed, legacy shadow aliases 127; unit suite 553/554 files, 6024 tests passed, 1 pre-existing root-permission failure in tests/pr-handoff-stop.test.ts reproduced on untouched base a16dd26); npm run format:check whole tree; targeted Chromium computed-style measurement. verify:ui not run, Playwright browser revision drift #255, delegated to CI Production UI. No provider-backed gates. |
+| 2026-08-11 | claude/codex-m4c-retire-shadow-nliak3 | 448a0d084c4cd2cda6153dd7f03dcb67c43a8df0 | DS Track A2 (#261): retire --shadow-focus; composer focus onto sanctioned outline; contract guard; baseline ratchet; design-system docs + ledger | Approved — PR #1807. Token deleted in both themes; .chat-composer-shell-delta:focus-within uses outline 2px var(--focus) at offset 2px and no longer overrides box-shadow. Reach premise corrected: 0 of 37 production routes render the class (only /mockups/calculators-search). legacyShadowAliases 127->125, globals.css pin 3->1. | check:design-system-contract PASS; design-token-contract.test.ts PASS + mutation-verified both ways; verify:pr-local PASS except pre-existing tests/pr-handoff-stop.test.ts failure baselined on untouched base e8b61d8; build PASS; check:rag:fixtures PASS (36 cases); Chromium look both themes on the mockup route (inspection only, rev 1194 vs pinned 1234 #255); verify:ui/verify:phone-chrome NOT run — delegated to CI |
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ Icon **glyphs** use the parallel `--spacing-icon-*` scale in `@theme`:
 - The surviving role names are **aliases onto tiers**, not independent values:
  `--shadow-card` / `--shadow-soft` → `--e2`; `--shadow-hover` → `--e3`; `--shadow-elevated` /
  `--shadow-lux` → `--e4`. `--shadow-tight` is retired — the resting hairline is `--e1` at the
- call site. `--shadow-inset`, `--shadow-rail-active`, `--shadow-focus` and
+ call site. `--shadow-focus` is retired too — focus is an `outline: 2px solid var(--focus)`,
+ never a companion shadow ring. `--shadow-inset`, `--shadow-rail-active` and
  `--glow-primary/soft` stay bespoke. All are removed under forced-colors, ladder included.
 - No literal `box-shadow` values in components — reach for a tier
  (`shadow-[var(--e2)]`, `hover:shadow-[var(--e3)]`) or a role alias.

@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
 > conclusion: the ubuntu CI job already produces the only ones that count. They are still
 > uncommitted — `#118` remains open, and `tests/__screenshots__/` holds only `README.md`
 > until reviewed Linux PNGs are adopted.
+> - **A2's "visible focus-state change on the search composer"** overstates the reach.
+> Correction #2 below is right that `--shadow-focus` has a live consumer and that a
+> `--include=*.tsx` grep misses it — but the consumer class reaches **no production
+> route**. `.chat-composer-shell-delta` comes from `chatComposerShell`, imported only by
+> `calculators/search-detail.tsx` and its mockup twin; the production `/calculators` page
+> renders `chatComposerShellBase` + `answer-footer-search-pill` instead, and
+> `CalculatorSearchHome` is reached only from two unrouted mockup exports. Measured
+> 11 Aug 2026 by probing all **37** static production routes in Chromium: **zero**
+> render the class; the single live render is `/mockups/calculators-search`. So A2 was a
+> correctness fix to production CSS with no production pixel moving today — do the
+> Chromium look on the mockup route, which is where it is visible. Retired in `#261`.
 > - **`#270`'s "22 call sites pair a tap token with a dead numeric height"** does not
 > survive re-measurement at all: **zero** same-variant pairs exist, and the 84 survivors
 > are live cross-variant responsive step-downs rather than dead classes. The stated

@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ The ladder itself is gated against baked-in hairlines (**[verified:** contract t
 
 `--shadow-inset` **stays the DS bevel**; `--shadow-well` is the recessed-well role. The
 former v2 `--shadow-inset` overrides became `--shadow-well` in `59e4c3dfc`, with the
-contract test's pin updated in the same commit (C1, done). Alias cleanup: `--shadow-focus` is deleted (it encodes a
-companion focus ring the conventions forbid), `--shadow-lift` retires into the ladder, the
+contract test's pin updated in the same commit (C1, done). Alias cleanup: `--shadow-focus` is deleted (done
+11 Aug 2026 — it encoded a companion focus ring the conventions forbid), `--shadow-lift` retires into the ladder, the
 three dead springs go — **retire aliases inside the recipes first**, or "never use an alias"
 is unfollowable.
 
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ close this runtime concern; revisit before adoption puts them on a hot path.
 
 | PR | Contents | Status |
 | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| PR 9 · Motion, stacking, edges | Wire `--duration-*`/`--ease-*`/`--z-*` to utilities + lint; `transform` for `Progress`, `LinkAction`, `ToggleSwitch`; edge-rule gate; `Quantity` off the retiring type step; delete `--shadow-focus`, `--shadow-lift`, dead springs | open  |
+| PR 9 · Motion, stacking, edges | Wire `--duration-*`/`--ease-*`/`--z-*` to utilities + lint; `transform` for `Progress`, `LinkAction`, `ToggleSwitch`; edge-rule gate; `Quantity` off the retiring type step; delete `--shadow-focus`, `--shadow-lift`, dead springs | open — `--shadow-focus` deleted 11 Aug 2026 (`#261`); the rest of the row is untouched |
 | PR 10 · Overlays | One `OverlayRoot`; mandatory `Sheet` name; portal by default; `Tooltip` composes child handlers; `Toast` splits tone/priority/persistence, pauses on hover and focus | **done** — component/publication contract and app-root mount; v2 style activation is unchanged |
 | PR 11 · Print and documents | Print as a tokenised theme; `[data-print-hide]`; print primitives; `DocumentFrame` | open — COMPONENTS §6 |
 | PR 12 · Design-sync integrity | Declarations generated from real types; manifest parity; direct tests for every registered component; preview state matrices; `tailwind-merge` or slot props; split `ui-primitives.tsx` | **publication slice done** — deterministic props, parity, previews and direct contract proof; override policy and module split remain deferred |