Record what running the flow proved, and fix the leaf that caused one defect

The create-and-participate flow was driven in a real browser for the first time.
It had been called correct by construction -- typecheck, build, reading -- and
the probe found three defects none of those could see.

Two open bugs, both major, both filed rather than worked around:
signing up to your own event makes the NEXT connection fail outright
(`ensureIdentity()` rejects inside the data layer's own inbox processing, 3/3,
reproduced on a fresh origin and identity), and the participant count does not
converge in the same session (2/2, 120 s and 75 s). Whether it converges at the
next connection is recorded as UNKNOWN and unmeasurable, because the first bug
stops the app from getting there.

The doctrine defect is the one worth the trouble. `knowledge_build-pipeline`
said production builds into `dist/`; `knowledge_deployment` said the container
runs `bun run start` from `src/`. Both were written down, they contradicted each
other, and the code followed the wrong one -- which is how a deployed app that
could sign nobody in was shipped. The three paths now live in one table whose
discriminating column is what is actually served: dev `src/`, production `src/`,
and `dist/` served by nothing at all. A build artefact nobody serves is a trap
for the next reader who assumes otherwise.

The probe method itself is written down: the suite cannot run, a targeted probe
can, and the difference is worth knowing before concluding that nothing is
measurable.

Stated once where a reader meets it: honest steps do not add up to an honest
flow. Every gesture in the sign-up reports correctly, and the user is still told
they participate while the count never moves and the next connection fails.
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Sylvain Duchesne
2026-08-16 16:46:10 +02:00
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# Doc-debt — app-architecture
> Presence of a block = doc to update. Processed → delete the block; no blocks left → delete this file.
> One block = one "big change": `why` + `files` + `verify` (leaves to review).
## Raw markers (consolidate into blocks, then delete)
- TOUCHED src/app/frontend.tsx @2026-08-16 (session 0b064e8b-1717-421f-a20e-a4318ad217b1)
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ The fix: the session starts unconditionally, in the iframe and standalone alike,
**No test exercises this path.** `@data` runs the harness inside the broker iframe; `@e2e` drives the real app inside the broker iframe too. The standalone top-level boot — the one a developer uses every day with `bun run dev`, and the one a first-time visitor hits — is covered by nothing.
So: a change to `AuthGate`, to `NextGraphProvider`, or to what `configure()` receives can break the app's entry completely while every suite stays green. If you touch any of them, **open the app standalone yourself** before believing the tests.
So: a change to `AuthGate`, to `NextGraphProvider`, or to what `configure()` receives can break the app's entry completely while every suite stays green. If you touch any of them, **open the app yourself** before believing the tests — and drive a whole flow rather than looking at the page, which is what a throwaway probe is for (`bdd-testing` → [[cookbook_live-probe]]).
Two related pieces: [[caveat_first-time-entry-untested]] (the wallet-import journey, same blind spot seen from the user's side) and [[caveat_shared-wallet-global-before-gate-import]] (a missing wallet password now makes `ensureIdentity()` throw, which at least fails loudly).
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ ThemeProvider
|---|---|
| `src/index.ts` | `Bun.serve()` — HTTP server, serves `index.html` + the cucumber report |
| `src/index.html` | HTML entry point, loads `src/app/frontend.tsx` |
| `src/app/frontend.tsx` | React root, renders `<App />` |
| `src/app/frontend.tsx` | React root — pulls the runtime config, sets the wallet global, **then** dynamically imports and renders `<App />`; the order is the point (`tech-stack` → [[knowledge_build-pipeline]], `app-security` → [[caveat_shared-wallet-global-before-gate-import]]) |
The build and the bundler (Bun + Tailwind, alias `@/* → ./src/*`) are documented in the `tech-stack` concept.