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# Validation Report

**Session ID**: `phase28-session05-signal-aging-half-lives-and-saturation-refinement` **Validated**: 2026-06-14 **Result**: PASS

***

## Validation Summary

| Check                     | Status | Notes                                                                                          |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tasks Complete            | PASS   | 24/24 tasks                                                                                    |
| Files Exist               | PASS   | 21/21 source, test, UI, and documentation deliverables verified                                |
| ASCII Encoding            | PASS   | 26/26 session source/spec/report files verified ASCII with LF endings                          |
| Tests Passing             | PASS   | 3530/3530 tests                                                                                |
| Database/Schema Alignment | N/A    | No DB-layer changes; `schema.ts` is a browser payload schema only                              |
| Quality Gates             | PASS   | Full test suite, app typecheck, script typecheck, browser smoke, and `git diff --check` passed |
| Conventions               | PASS   | No obvious naming, structure, error handling, testing, or documentation convention violations  |
| Security & GDPR           | PASS   | 0 security findings; GDPR N/A                                                                  |
| Behavioral Quality        | PASS   | No blocking behavioral quality violations found                                                |

**Overall**: PASS

***

## 1. Task Completion

### Status: PASS

| Category       | Required | Completed | Status |
| -------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ |
| Setup          | 3        | 3         | PASS   |
| Foundation     | 7        | 7         | PASS   |
| Implementation | 9        | 9         | PASS   |
| Testing        | 5        | 5         | PASS   |

### Incomplete Tasks

None.

***

## 2. Deliverables Verification

### Status: PASS

#### Files Created Or Modified

| File                                                                            | Found | Status |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/signal-aging.ts`                                        | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/signal-aging.test.ts`                         | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/sources/types.ts`                              | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/sources/apify-source-config.ts`                | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/sources/__tests__/apify-source-config.test.ts` | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/sources/apify-adapter.ts`                      | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/scoring.ts`                                             | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/scoring.test.ts`                              | Yes   | PASS   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/scoring-calibration.test.ts`                  | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/schema.ts`                                         | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/view-model.ts`                                     | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/trend-card.tsx`                         | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/signal-workbench-model.ts`                         | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-controls.tsx`          | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-table.tsx`             | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/fixtures.ts`                                       | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/view-model.test.ts`                      | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/signal-workbench-model.test.ts`          | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/trend-card.test.tsx`          | Yes   | PASS   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/trend-sparkline.test.tsx`     | Yes   | PASS   |
| `docs/extensions/trend-finder-scoring.md`                                       | Yes   | PASS   |

### Missing Deliverables

None.

***

## 3. ASCII Encoding Check

### Status: PASS

| File Group                                                                    | Encoding | Line Endings | Status |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
| Source, UI, test, fixture, and documentation files                            | ASCII    | LF           | PASS   |
| Session spec, tasks, implementation notes, security report, validation report | ASCII    | LF           | PASS   |

### Encoding Issues

None.

***

## 4. Test Results

### Status: PASS

| Metric      | Value         |
| ----------- | ------------- |
| Total Tests | 3530          |
| Passed      | 3530          |
| Failed      | 0             |
| Coverage    | Not collected |

### Commands Run

| Command                                                                                     | Result                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `bunx vitest run src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/trend-sparkline.test.tsx` | PASS - 1 file, 3 tests                                                                               |
| `bun run test`                                                                              | PASS - 290 files, 3530 tests                                                                         |
| `bun run typecheck`                                                                         | PASS                                                                                                 |
| `bun run typecheck:scripts`                                                                 | PASS                                                                                                 |
| `git diff --check`                                                                          | PASS                                                                                                 |
| Local browser smoke at `/extensions/trend-finder/workbench`                                 | PASS - Age column, age pills, and aging filter rendered; unavailable filter selection preserved rows |

### Failed Tests

None after validation fixes.

***

## 5. Database/Schema Alignment

### Status: N/A

*N/A because this session introduced no persisted database, migration, ORM, SQL, seed, or generated-type changes. `src/extensions/trend-finder/schema.ts` is the browser-safe Trend Finder payload schema, not a database schema.*

* [x] Matching schema artifact exists for each relevant DB-layer change - N/A
* [x] Code and schema artifacts are aligned - N/A
* [x] Migration/status/diff check passed locally - N/A
* [x] Seed or rollback updates included when conventions require them - N/A

### Issues Found

N/A - no DB-layer changes.

***

## 6. Success Criteria

From `spec.md`:

### Functional Requirements

* [x] A five-day-old research signal and a five-day-old discussion signal decay differently according to role half-life configuration.
* [x] Momentum recency uses half-life weighted freshness while the six-factor weight table remains unchanged.
* [x] Each topic carries `signalAging` with status, score, age summary, stale counts, recent confirmation, old-source pressure, and bounded role contributions.
* [x] Topics with missing or insufficient evidence show explicit unavailable aging state rather than guessed freshness.
* [x] Saturation keeps the existing field and adds diffusion, density, mainstream pressure, and dominance handling without becoming a hidden score multiplier.
* [x] Trend cards and Workbench rows expose aging and refined saturation through bounded labels, filters, and deterministic ordering.
* [x] Trends-Finderz lifecycle labels are not introduced into Trend Finder payloads or UI.
* [x] Legacy payloads parse with neutral defaults and existing fixtures remain usable.

### Testing Requirements

* [x] Unit tests written and passing for half-life decay, status transitions, unavailable states, source-role contributions, and Trends-Finderz lifecycle threshold fixtures.
* [x] Scoring integration tests cover role-specific recency differences, refined saturation behavior, legacy raw opportunity score behavior, and no score multiplier introduction.
* [x] Source-config tests cover half-life defaulting, bounds, and invalid metadata warnings.
* [x] Schema/view-model tests cover legacy defaults, labels, and bounded contribution projection.
* [x] Workbench and Trend card tests cover aging filters, sort, chip rendering, and accessible labels.
* [x] Manual testing completed for Trends and Signal Workbench surfaces through a local Workbench browser smoke plus rendered component coverage for the reusable Trend card.

### Quality Gates

* [x] All files ASCII-encoded.
* [x] Unix LF line endings.
* [x] Code follows project conventions.

***

## 7. Conventions Compliance

### Status: PASS

| Category       | Status | Notes                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Naming         | PASS   | Uses existing Trend Finder terminology and descriptive names.                                                                          |
| File Structure | PASS   | Script logic remains under `scripts/`; UI/model changes remain under `src/extensions/trend-finder/`; tests stay near covered behavior. |
| Error Handling | PASS   | Invalid half-life and date inputs fall back to bounded warnings or unavailable states.                                                 |
| Comments       | PASS   | No obvious commented-out code or noisy comments.                                                                                       |
| Testing        | PASS   | Focused tests cover scoring, source config, schema, view model, Workbench, and Trend card behavior.                                    |

### Convention Violations

None.

***

## 8. Security & GDPR Compliance

### Status: PASS

**Full report**: See `security-compliance.md` in this session directory.

#### Summary

| Area     | Status | Findings |
| -------- | ------ | -------- |
| Security | PASS   | 0 issues |
| GDPR     | N/A    | 0 issues |

### Critical Violations

None.

***

## 9. Behavioral Quality Spot-Check

### Status: PASS

**Checklist applied**: Yes **Files spot-checked**: `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/signal-aging.ts`, `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/scoring.ts`, `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/sources/apify-source-config.ts`, `src/extensions/trend-finder/schema.ts`, `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-table.tsx`

| Category           | Status | File                                  | Details                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Trust boundaries   | PASS   | `apify-source-config.ts`, `schema.ts` | Env/file half-life metadata and browser payload fields are schema bounded.                                                   |
| Resource cleanup   | PASS   | `signal-aging.ts`, `scoring.ts`       | Pure deterministic helpers; no timers, subscriptions, connections, or acquired resources.                                    |
| Mutation safety    | PASS   | `signal-workbench-table.tsx`          | New UI is read-only display/sort surface; no write path added.                                                               |
| Failure paths      | PASS   | `signal-aging.ts`, `scoring.ts`       | Invalid input maps to fallback recency, warnings, or explicit unavailable aging states.                                      |
| Contract alignment | PASS   | `scoring.ts`, `schema.ts`             | Scoring version bumped to `trend-finder-scoring-v28.5`, six-factor weights remain unchanged, legacy payloads default safely. |

### Violations Found

None after validation fixes.

### Fixes Applied During Validation

* Updated `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/scoring-calibration.test.ts` to expect `trend-finder-scoring-v28.5`, matching the intentional scoring-version bump.
* Added a visible Workbench `Age` sort column and row Age pill in `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-table.tsx`, with coverage in `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/trend-sparkline.test.tsx`.

## Validation Result

### PASS

Session 05 is validated. All tasks are complete, deliverables exist, source and session files are ASCII/LF clean, tests and typechecks pass, browser smoke passed for the mounted Workbench surface, security/GDPR review is clean, and no DB-layer alignment work is applicable.

### Required Actions

None.

## Next Steps

Run `updateprd` to mark the session complete.


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