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  • Offers the Outcome's planned queue for one-tap promotion at every surface that asks "what's next", closing the gap where a queued Action could only be promoted from task detail (issue Re-clarification surfaces never offer the planned queue, so a queued Action can only be promoted from task detail #723). Widens NextActionDialog to return a sealed NextActionChoice (NextActionPhrase | NextActionPromote) instead of a bare String, and renders a tappable PLANNED section above the text field; an empty queue renders exactly the pre-Re-clarification surfaces never offer the planned queue, so a queued Action can only be promoted from task detail #723 text-only dialog.
  • Rewrites _nextWithDialog in process_to_handlers.dart to load the queue (Outcome only), dispatch on the result type, and split out _blankSaveFallback and _promoteFromQueue. Promoting over a current Action routes through the shared "Replace current action" confirm rather than a silent supersede; promoting into an Actionless Outcome commits directly. Both stamp last_clarified_at, so promotion stays an explicit clarifying act per ADR-0004 — nothing auto-promotes, and the blank-save title fallback is preserved (no longer the only escape from a fabricated Action).
  • Adds getPlannedActions / getCurrentAction / promotePlannedAction / supersedeAndPromote passthroughs to ClarificationService, reusing the existing DAO primitives — no new DAO work.
  • Turns the dialog modifier on for both ClarifyCard Next arms; the title-as-action coupling in _onAfterRoute is now Waiting-For-only (Next's fallback, seeded from the live unsaved title via the new liveTitle callback, moved into _nextWithDialog).
  • Wires the queue into the re-clarify sheet ("More to do…"), the DPR Task Review step, and the Weekly Review Someday/Maybe + Waiting For steps. Fixes the copy mismatch: Task Review now reads "Set next action…" for an Actionless card and "Update next action…" only when a current Action exists, matching the dialog headline.
  • Extracts the "Replace current action?" confirm into a shared replace_current_action_sheet.dart (returns the verdict; caller owns the write), used by both the task-detail Plan section and the re-clarify surfaces. Updates REQUIREMENTS.md to state promotion is offered wherever the app asks what's next.
  • Guards the sync-race edges: a planned row that vanished between the dialog snapshot and the tap promotes nothing and never strands a still-Actionless Outcome on Next; a hard-deleted Outcome is re-checked after each sheet before any cursor-advancing write.

Test plan

  • Journey test drives the full path — queue two planned Actions, complete the current one in a sprint, assert both are offered on the re-clarify sheet, promote one, assert it becomes current and the other stays planned — and fails without the fix.
  • From the post-sprint re-clarify sheet, an Outcome with planned Actions offers them; choosing one promotes it to current.
  • The same holds from the DPR Task Review step and from ClarifyCard's Next arm.
  • Creating a brand-new Action from any of those surfaces behaves exactly as today; an empty planned queue behaves exactly as today, including the blank-save title fallback.
  • Replacing a current Action from these surfaces routes through the "Replace current action" confirm; declining it leaves the item unresolved with no write.
  • Promotion stamps last_clarified_at and nothing promotes automatically (ADR-0004).
  • Task Review label reads "Set next action…" for an Actionless card and "Update next action…" when a current Action exists.
  • flutter analyze and the full app test suite pass in CI.

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The change adds typed planned-Action choices to NextActionDialog, service APIs, and shared replacement confirmation. ProcessToHandlers loads and promotes planned Actions across Outcome clarification flows. Review, task detail, periodic review, and re-clarification surfaces are updated. Tests cover blank saves, stale rows, replacement, concurrency, and promotion journeys.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement the linked issue objectives for queue promotion, explicit clarification, fallback behavior, confirmation, and race safety [#723].
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The supporting refactors, shared confirmation sheet, documentation, tests, and synchronization guards are relevant to the linked issue objectives.
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Actionable comments posted: 7

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In `@app/lib/screens/task_detail/task_detail_screen.dart`:
- Around line 991-1001: In the flow around showReplaceCurrentActionSheet,
capture the current _notifier before awaiting the sheet, then use that captured
notifier for supersedeAndPromote after confirmation. Preserve the existing
inline .ignore() write behavior.

In `@app/lib/services/clarification_service.dart`:
- Around line 194-201: Rename the Outcome identifier parameter from id to
outcomeId in both the service interface declarations for getPlannedActions and
getCurrentAction and their corresponding implementations, updating all internal
references and call sites as needed without changing behavior.

In `@app/lib/widgets/clarify_card.dart`:
- Around line 997-1016: Update the Outcome dialog construction to load the
Outcome’s current Action text and pass it as currentActionText when creating
OutcomeSubject, rather than using the Outcome title. Preserve the resulting
prefilled “Update next action” and editingExistingAction behavior in the shared
handler.

In `@app/lib/widgets/process_to_handlers.dart`:
- Around line 930-975: Replace the separate transition and routing steps in
_promoteFromQueue with one Clarification service operation enclosed by a single
capturing(...) scope that verifies the planned Action, optionally validates the
confirmed current Action, performs promotion or supersession, and routes the
Outcome to Next atomically. Return an explicit success status; invoke _commit
notification logic only after success, and do nothing when the planned Action is
missing or the transaction fails. Rename chosen to selectedPlannedAction in the
revised flow.

In `@app/lib/widgets/reclarify_prompt_sheet.dart`:
- Around line 16-20: Update the documentation comment describing
NextActionDialog near ProcessToHandlers and ClarificationService so that, when a
planned queue exists, it explicitly says the user can promote a queued Action or
enter a new Action phrase; retain the empty-field behavior for cases without a
queue.

In `@app/test/test_helpers.dart`:
- Around line 53-75: Update seedPlannedAction to use descriptive names for the
fixture inputs and timestamp: rename text to actionText, timeEstimate to
timeEstimateMinutes, and ts to timestamp, then update their references in the
ActionsCompanion construction while preserving behavior.

In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1688-1711: Update
app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart:1688-1711 so the stale-row test
seeds intent "maybe", deletes p1 from db.actions after opening the dialog, uses
the real promotePlannedAction DAO path, and asserts intent remains "maybe". At
app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart:1748-1777, seed intent "maybe"
and assert dismissal preserves both intent and lastClarifiedAt. At
app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart:1826-1832, remove
_NoOpPromoteClarificationService because the stale-row test must exercise real
persistence.
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…firm (#723)

The extracted showReplaceCurrentActionSheet introduced an await between
reading _notifier (an autoDispose provider) and using it. If the detail
State unmounts while the sheet is open, that read can outlive the ref.
Capture it up front, matching _openActionSheet.

Addresses #728 (comment)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The 'More to do…' comment said the dialog is an empty field only when
there is no queue. With a queue it shows the planned rows *and* the text
field together, so state both choices for the queued case.

Addresses #728 (comment)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace _NoOpPromoteClarificationService with a raw row delete (as the
sync bridge lands one), so the vanished-planned-row case drives the real
promotePlannedAction no-op path rather than a stubbed service. Seed the
two abort cases on Someday (intent='maybe') so a would-be route to Next
is detectable, and assert intent (and last_clarified_at) are preserved.

Addresses #728 (comment)

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991-1005: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Revalidate the current Action before replacement.

The confirmation displays current.actionText, but supersedeAndPromote(planned.id) resolves the Outcome’s current Action when the write commits. If synchronization changes the current Action while the sheet is open, the user can confirm the old text while the newer Action is superseded without confirmation.

Re-read the current Action after confirmation, or make the promotion transaction require current.id as an expected value and abort or re-prompt when it changed. Add an integration test for this race.

As per coding guidelines, follow top-down TDD and test this real behavior with integration coverage.

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In `@app/lib/screens/task_detail/task_detail_screen.dart` around lines 991 - 1005,
Revalidate the current Action after showReplaceCurrentActionSheet returns and
before supersedeAndPromote, ensuring promotion only proceeds if it still matches
the Action shown in the confirmation; otherwise abort or re-prompt. Update the
relevant notifier/transaction flow around supersedeAndPromote and add
integration coverage for synchronization changing the current Action while the
sheet is open, following top-down TDD.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@app/lib/screens/task_detail/task_detail_screen.dart`:
- Around line 991-1005: Revalidate the current Action after
showReplaceCurrentActionSheet returns and before supersedeAndPromote, ensuring
promotion only proceeds if it still matches the Action shown in the
confirmation; otherwise abort or re-prompt. Update the relevant
notifier/transaction flow around supersedeAndPromote and add integration
coverage for synchronization changing the current Action while the sheet is
open, following top-down TDD.

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Review comments addressed.

All seven review comments on PR #728 have been triaged. Three actionable ones were fixed, committed, pushed (up to 161ad01), and their bot threads resolved: capturing the _notifier before the replace-sheet await, correcting the dialog documentation for the queue-exists case, and rewriting the abort-path test to exercise real persistence instead of a stub. The remaining four were intentionally left unresolved with code-grounded replies to the reviewer (param renames that would break local naming consistency, a deliberate no-seed ClarifyCard design, and a two-write shape mandated by the issue's "no new DAO work" constraint).

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Merge gate: NOT-READY — two things, one of them easy to miss.

1. An outside-diff finding is still unaddressed

All seven inline threads are resolved — good — but CodeRabbit's latest review body carries an outside-diff comment that never became a thread, so it does not show up in the unresolved count:

app/lib/screens/task_detail/task_detail_screen.dart:991-1005 — 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major — Revalidate the current Action before replacement.
The confirmation displays current.actionText, but supersedeAndPromote(planned.id) resolves the Outcome's current Action when the write commits. If synchronization changes the current Action while the sheet is open, the user can confirm the old text while the newer Action is superseded without confirmation.

This one is worth taking seriously rather than rebutting on frequency grounds. It is the same class of hazard as the no-op promote guard already in this PR — a read that goes stale between the decision and the write — and it lands on the destructive side: the incumbent Action is retired. My plan review asked for a fresh getCurrentAction read to choose replace-vs-promote; CodeRabbit is pointing out the read also has to still be valid after the user confirms.

Please triage it as you would any finding: fix, or rebut with reasoning. If you fix it, the shape CodeRabbit suggests — pass current.id as an expected value and abort or re-prompt when it no longer matches — is a real improvement over re-reading, because it closes the window rather than narrowing it. Note applyPromotePlannedAction already throws StateError when a current exists (action_dao.dart:1005-1010), so there is precedent for the transaction asserting its own precondition.

Coverage per the repo's TDD order: this is a race, so drive it at the integration tier rather than asserting it at the DAO.

2. The review does not reach head

CodeRabbit's last pass reviewed 7561383d..c75dbce0. Head is 161ad014 — one commit beyond, test: exercise the promote no-op guard through real persistence. Test-only, and low risk, but the gate is that the review range reaches head regardless of how small the commit is; a green check on a range that stops short is not a reviewed PR.

After you push the fix (or the rebuttal), I will claim a CodeRabbit slot and confirm the new pass covers the real head before merging.

Not blocking

CI is green on all checks and the branch is MERGEABLE/CLEAN. Sequencing unchanged: #727 merges first (it fixes _promoteRow's draft-clobbering, which this PR turns from a rare path into a common one), then this. Expect an update-branch — you both touch app/test/screens/task_detail_screen_test.dart.

…confirm (#723)

The 'Replace current action' confirm shows the current Action's text read
before the write, but supersedeAndPromote resolves the current at write
time. If sync swapped the current while the sheet was open, the user could
confirm replacing the old text while a newer Action was silently retired.

Add an optional expectedCurrentActionId to supersedeAndPromote /
applySupersedeAndPromote: the transaction throws (retiring nothing) when the
resolved current no longer matches, mirroring applyPromotePlannedAction
asserting its own precondition. Thread it through both confirm callsites —
the re-clarify _promoteFromQueue (throw -> write-failed snackbar, no route)
and the task-detail _confirmReplace (throw -> silent abort; the reactive
Plan section then shows the true state). Integration-tier test drives the
swap-under-confirm.

Addresses #728 (comment)

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Re: #728 (comment)

1. Revalidate-before-replace — fixed in 34b1113, taking the close-the-window shape you and CodeRabbit suggested rather than narrowing it with a re-read.

supersedeAndPromote / applySupersedeAndPromote gain an optional expectedCurrentActionId. The transaction resolves the current Action and, if it no longer matches the id the confirm showed the user, throws StateError before retiring anything — mirroring applyPromotePlannedAction's existing no-current precondition assert (action_dao.dart:1005-1010). That closes the window inside the transaction: a current Action swapped in by sync while the sheet is open can no longer be superseded unseen.

Threaded through both confirm callsites (the primitive is shared, and I was already refactoring the second one in this PR):

  • ProcessToHandlers._promoteFromQueue passes current.id; the throw lands in _runOnce → write-failed snackbar, and neither _commit nor the notify runs, so no route commits and a retry re-reads the fresh current.
  • _PlanSection._confirmReplace passes current.id; the throw is .ignore()d per that surface's no-snackbar idiom, and the reactive Plan section then renders the true (synced-in) state.

Coverage is at the integration tier as you asked — a widget test over a real DB that opens the confirm, swaps the current Action underneath (raw writes, as the sync bridge lands them), confirms, and asserts the synced-in Action survives un-retired, nothing is promoted, and no route commits. It fails without the guard (the newer Action would be silently superseded). Existing supersedeAndPromote DAO/sync tests stay green (the param is optional).

2. Review reaching head — head is now 34b1113, one past the range CodeRabbit last saw. Over to you to claim the slot and confirm the fresh pass reaches real head.

Noted on sequencing (#727 first, then the likely update-branch since we both touch task_detail_screen_test.dart) — I'll handle the rebase when it lands.

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Review comments addressed.

Fixed a TOCTOU race in the "Replace current action" flow (commit 34b1113): added an optional expectedCurrentActionId guard to supersedeAndPromote/applySupersedeAndPromote so the transaction throws StateError before retiring anything if a sync swapped the current Action underneath the confirm, threaded current.id through both confirm callsites, and covered it with a real-DB integration test that fails without the guard. Verified clean: flutter analyze passed and all selected suites (179 tests via the pre-commit hook) are green, with the optional param leaving existing DAO/sync tests unaffected. Head is now at 34b1113 (local matches remote); capo will confirm CodeRabbit's fresh pass reaches real head before merge, and I flagged the likely update-branch rebase after #727 lands first since both branches touch task_detail_screen_test.dart.

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1653-1661: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that an empty queue hides the PLANNED section header.

The test checks only one possible row and its text. A dialog that renders an empty PLANNED section still passes, but it changes the required text-only behavior.

Proposed test update
       await openDialog(tester);
+      expect(find.text('PLANNED'), findsNothing);
       expect(find.byKey(const Key('next_action_promote_p1')), findsNothing);
       expect(find.text('Step one'), findsNothing);
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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1653 - 1661,
Update the test named “an empty queue renders no promote rows (byte-identical
dialog)” to also assert that the PLANNED section header is absent when the queue
is empty. Use the existing dialog text or key locator for that header alongside
the current row assertions, preserving the test’s byte-identical empty-dialog
expectation.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1790-1838: Update the concurrent-current test around
seedCurrentAction and the post-confirmation assertions to seed the Outcome with
intent “maybe”. After the guard aborts, fetch the Outcome and assert its intent
remains “maybe” and lastClarifiedAt remains null, alongside the existing
no-route assertions.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1653-1661: Update the test named “an empty queue renders no
promote rows (byte-identical dialog)” to also assert that the PLANNED section
header is absent when the queue is empty. Use the existing dialog text or key
locator for that header alongside the current row assertions, preserving the
test’s byte-identical empty-dialog expectation.
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Merge gate: NOT-READY — three things, all on this round.

Good work on 34b1113d. Aborting the replace when the current Action changed under the confirmation is the right shape — it closes the window rather than narrowing it, and it matches the precedent of applyPromotePlannedAction asserting its own precondition (action_dao.dart:1005-1010). CodeRabbit's fresh pass reaches head (c75dbce0..34b1113d), so that half of the gate is satisfied.

1. The guard's own test cannot fail — fix this one properly

Unresolved thread at app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart:1838, rated Major, and it deserves the rating:

The Outcome starts with the default next intent. The existing route assertion would therefore pass if the aborted flow still committed a Next route. The test also does not check lastClarifiedAt.

This is a non-discriminating test, and it is guarding the exact behaviour I required. As written it would stay green if the abort silently stopped working — which makes it worse than no test, because it reads as coverage. Seed intent: 'maybe', then after the confirmation assert the intent is still maybe and lastClarifiedAt is still null. Confirm by construction that it fails without the guard, the same red-first standard the rest of this PR met.

2. Outside-diff, Minor — the empty-queue test

process_to_handlers_test.dart:1653-1661: "an empty queue renders no promote rows (byte-identical dialog)" asserts the row and its text are absent, but a dialog rendering an empty PLANNED section would still pass. Add expect(find.text('PLANNED'), findsNothing);. The test's whole claim is byte-identity, so the header is the assertion that carries it.

Flagging where this lives so it does not get missed like the last one: it is in the review body, not a thread, so it will not appear in your unresolved count.

3. The branch now conflicts with main

mergeable=CONFLICTING, mergeStateStatus=DIRTY. #727 merged (issue #724 — the _promoteRow D3 seeding fix), and you both touch app/test/screens/task_detail_screen_test.dart. Please merge main and resolve.

Two notes for the resolution, since the conflict is semantic and not only textual:

  • _promoteRow now seeds the promoted Action's estimates from the Outcome's D3 draft and takes a required seedFromDraft parameter. If anything in this PR calls into that path, it must pass it explicitly.
  • Complete → promote now inherits the finished Action's estimate. That is this PR's headline flow, so if any of your tests assert NULL estimates after a promote following a completion, they were asserting the old behaviour and need updating rather than fixing.

Also: CI has not re-run on 34b1113d — only the CodeRabbit check is reporting. The push after the conflict resolution should trigger a full run; I will gate on Analyze & Test and the pre-commit hook check going green on the final head.

I will re-verify the review reaches head after your push before merging.

Brings in main (incl. #727's _promoteRow D3/D4 fix, 10da418) and resolves the
lone conflict in action_dao.dart's applySupersedeAndPromote: keep this
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Resolved the sole merge conflict in app/lib/database/daos/action_dao.dart by combining #723's expectedCurrentActionId close-the-window guard with #727's seedFromDraft D3/D4 regime — keeping my current binding and dropping #727's now-duplicate declaration so both features compose over the same value. Verified with a clean flutter analyze and all merge-affected test files green (including #727's D3/D4 tests and my swap-under-confirm race test), plus passing pre-commit and pre-push hooks. Force-pushed with --force-with-lease so the branch (8b927f3) is conflict-free and up to date with main, ready for re-review.

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app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart (1)

1790-1839: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restore assertions that prove the expected-current-action guard aborts.

Line 1793 seeds the Outcome with the default next intent. A faulty abort path that commits _commit(nextAction) still passes. The test also does not verify that lastClarifiedAt stays unchanged.

Seed intent: 'maybe'. Then assert that the Outcome remains on Someday and remains unstamped after confirmation.

Proposed test update
-      final todo = await _insertTodo(db, id: 'q6');
+      final todo = await _insertTodo(db, id: 'q6', intent: 'maybe');
...
       expect(await db.actionDao.getTerminatedActions('q6'), isEmpty,
           reason: 'the aborted replace retires nothing');
+      final outcome = await db.todoDao.getTodo('q6');
+      expect(outcome?.intent, 'maybe');
+      expect(outcome?.lastClarifiedAt, isNull);
       expect(fired, isEmpty, reason: 'the aborted replace commits no route');
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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1790 - 1839,
Update the test around the expected-current-action guard to seed the Outcome
with intent “maybe” rather than the default next intent, then assert after
confirmation that the Outcome remains on Someday and its lastClarifiedAt value
is unchanged. Keep the existing assertions proving the synced current action,
planned rows, terminations, and routing are unaffected.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1653-1661: Update the test “an empty queue renders no promote rows
(byte-identical dialog)” to also assert that find.text('PLANNED') finds nothing,
ensuring an empty queue omits the PLANNED header as well as promotion rows.

In `@docs/REQUIREMENTS.md`:
- Line 27: The requirements currently expose implementation identifiers instead
of only describing product behavior. In docs/REQUIREMENTS.md line 27, replace
the /task/:id route and last_clarified_at field references with user-visible
task-detail and clarification behavior, linking the relevant ADR for
implementation details; in docs/REQUIREMENTS.md line 51, replace
focus_sessions.current_task_id, SharedPreferences, and SprintTimerProvider
references with the required durable focus and timer behavior, also linking the
relevant ADR. No other requirement behavior should change.

---

Duplicate comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1790-1839: Update the test around the expected-current-action
guard to seed the Outcome with intent “maybe” rather than the default next
intent, then assert after confirmation that the Outcome remains on Someday and
its lastClarifiedAt value is unchanged. Keep the existing assertions proving the
synced current action, planned rows, terminations, and routing are unaffected.
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The empty-queue dialog test checked only that promote rows were absent, so
it would still pass if an empty PLANNED section rendered. Assert the header
is gone too.

Addresses #728 (comment)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments addressed.

Both CodeRabbit findings on the #723 PR are handled and the branch is at rest:

  • Test-strengthening finding (FIX) — added expect(find.text('PLANNED'), findsNothing) so the empty-queue test pins the header's absence, committed 6c85cfd, pushed (hook green: analyze clean, 61 tests pass), replied and resolved the thread.
  • REQUIREMENTS.md identifiers finding (DEFER) — all flagged identifiers are pre-existing (equally true on main, fails diff-scope), so filed tracking issue REQUIREMENTS.md leaks implementation identifiers into product requirements #729 and replied with the reasoning + link, left unresolved.

Nothing is pending — clean tree, all 9 commits for #723 pushed (HEAD 6c85cfd). Let me know if you'd like me to move on to anything else.

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1907-1929: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the Capture queue test non-vacuous.

The test does not seed a planned Action and only asserts that no row is shown. It can pass even if Capture incorrectly calls getPlannedActions and receives an empty list.

Inject a recording or failing ClarificationService and assert that the queue is not requested. If a valid fixture exists for this path, also seed a planned row and assert that both the row and PLANNED header remain absent.

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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1907 - 1929, The
test `a Capture never loads or offers a queue` is vacuous because it only checks
an empty UI without verifying queue loading. Inject a recording or failing
`ClarificationService` into `ProcessToHandlers` and assert that planned actions
are never requested; if supported by existing fixtures, seed a planned action
and also assert its row and the `PLANNED` header are absent.

1720-1753: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert lastClarifiedAt for replacement promotion.

This test verifies replacement, queue retention, routing, and notification. It does not verify the required clarification timestamp. Add an assertion that the confirmed replacement stamps lastClarifiedAt.

Suggested assertion
       expect((await db.todoDao.getTodo('q3'))?.intent, 'next');
+      expect((await db.todoDao.getTodo('q3'))?.lastClarifiedAt, isNotNull);
       expect(fired, [ProcessAction.nextActionDialog]);
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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1720 - 1753,
Extend the replacement-promotion test around the confirmed action in the test
case starting with “promoting over a current Action” to assert that the promoted
current action has a non-null, updated lastClarifiedAt timestamp. Retrieve the
resulting current action once and validate its clarification timestamp while
preserving the existing replacement, queue, termination, todo, and routing
assertions.
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app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart (1)

1792-1841: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reapply the Outcome-state assertions for the concurrent-current guard.

The q6 test still seeds the default next intent. It does not assert intent or lastClarifiedAt after the guard aborts. A regression could commit the Outcome route while leaving the Action rows unchanged.

This repeats the previously reported test gap. Seed intent: 'maybe', capture the initial timestamp, and assert both values remain unchanged.

Suggested test update
-      final todo = await _insertTodo(db, id: 'q6');
+      final todo = await _insertTodo(db, id: 'q6', intent: 'maybe');
+      final clarifiedBefore = todo.lastClarifiedAt;
...
+      final row = await db.todoDao.getTodo('q6');
+      expect(row?.intent, 'maybe');
+      expect(row?.lastClarifiedAt, clarifiedBefore);
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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1792 - 1841,
Update the q6 test around seedCurrentAction and the concurrent-current guard to
seed the Outcome with intent “maybe” and capture its initial lastClarifiedAt
timestamp before opening the dialog. After the guard aborts, assert the Outcome
intent and lastClarifiedAt still equal those initial values, alongside the
existing Action and route assertions.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1907-1929: The test `a Capture never loads or offers a queue` is
vacuous because it only checks an empty UI without verifying queue loading.
Inject a recording or failing `ClarificationService` into `ProcessToHandlers`
and assert that planned actions are never requested; if supported by existing
fixtures, seed a planned action and also assert its row and the `PLANNED` header
are absent.
- Around line 1720-1753: Extend the replacement-promotion test around the
confirmed action in the test case starting with “promoting over a current
Action” to assert that the promoted current action has a non-null, updated
lastClarifiedAt timestamp. Retrieve the resulting current action once and
validate its clarification timestamp while preserving the existing replacement,
queue, termination, todo, and routing assertions.

---

Duplicate comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1792-1841: Update the q6 test around seedCurrentAction and the
concurrent-current guard to seed the Outcome with intent “maybe” and capture its
initial lastClarifiedAt timestamp before opening the dialog. After the guard
aborts, assert the Outcome intent and lastClarifiedAt still equal those initial
values, alongside the existing Action and route assertions.

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The `expectedCurrentActionId` guard test seeded the Outcome with the
default `next` intent, so a spurious `_commit(nextAction)` would have
written the intent the Outcome already had — invisible. Its two sibling
abort tests (declined confirm, vanished planned row) both seed Someday
and assert the route survives; this one did not.

Seed `intent: 'maybe'` and assert `intent`/`lastClarifiedAt` are
untouched, so the test pins that the guard's throw lands before `_commit`
rather than only that the Action rows are unchanged. Verified by mutation:
swallowing the guard throw leaves every pre-existing assertion in this
test green and fails only the new one.

Refs: #728 (comment)
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1914-1936: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the Capture test exercise queue suppression.

The test seeds no planned Action and only checks for the hard-coded p1 row. It passes even if the Capture path calls getPlannedActions and receives an empty list. It also does not assert that the PLANNED header is absent.

Inject a ClarificationService spy that records or fails on planned-queue reads for CaptureSubject. Assert that no read occurs and that find.text('PLANNED') finds nothing.

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In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart` around lines 1914 - 1936, The
test “a Capture never loads or offers a queue” should explicitly verify queue
suppression: inject a ClarificationService spy for the CaptureSubject that
records or fails if planned actions are read, then assert no planned-action read
occurs and that find.text('PLANNED') finds nothing, while retaining the existing
absence check for the promotion row.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@app/test/widgets/process_to_handlers_test.dart`:
- Around line 1914-1936: The test “a Capture never loads or offers a queue”
should explicitly verify queue suppression: inject a ClarificationService spy
for the CaptureSubject that records or fails if planned actions are read, then
assert no planned-action read occurs and that find.text('PLANNED') finds
nothing, while retaining the existing absence check for the promotion row.

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Merge gate: PASSED. Merging.

  • CI green on head 6c85cfdf; MERGEABLE/CLEAN.
  • CodeRabbit full review at head (019bc8aa..6c85cfdf), 0 unresolved threads.
  • ADR-0004 conformance verified in the diff: promotion routes through the stamping primitives, and the journey test asserts the stamp moved (isAfter(stampBefore)) rather than merely non-null — the discriminating form.
  • The _commit(nextAction) leg is present on the happy path, with the no-op guard skipping it when the promote wrote nothing. The supersede branch closes the same window differently — expectedCurrentActionId throws before _commit, so a current Action swapped in under the open sheet is never retired unseen. That is a stronger guarantee than the post-write re-read I asked for.

Judgement call, stated: two Minor outside-diff findings remain unaddressed — make the Capture queue test non-vacuous (process_to_handlers_test.dart:1907), and assert lastClarifiedAt on replacement promotion (:1720). Both are incremental test hardening, and the behaviour the second one guards is already asserted at the journey tier in the stronger moved-stamp form. Neither covers an unverified behaviour, so I am not holding the merge on them. Worth picking up opportunistically, not worth another round trip.

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