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# Implementation Summary

**Session ID**: `phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness` **Completed**: 2026-06-26 **Duration**: 1 hour

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## Overview

Phase 34 Session 01 added a characterization harness for the AI Rogue audit remediation phase. The work makes the high-risk seams visible before product fixes: lethal turn-start status command handling, dynamic runtime summary exposure, transient Pixi feedback sprite retention, oversized direct claims, and durable saved-run conversion.

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## Deliverables

### Files Created

| File                                                                                           | Purpose                                             | Lines |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/spec.md`                   | Session scope and acceptance criteria.              | 315   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/tasks.md`                  | Completed 20-task checklist.                        | 76    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/implementation-notes.md`   | Command evidence, finding map, and handoff caveats. | 691   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/code-review.md`            | Resolved review report for all uncommitted changes. | 94    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/security-compliance.md`    | Security and GDPR applicability review.             | 80    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/validation.md`             | PASS validation report.                             | 217   |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/runtime/__tests__/renderer-lifecycle.test.ts`                         | Mocked feedback sprite retention characterization.  | 88    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase34-session01-characterization-test-harness/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md` | Session closeout summary.                           | \~80  |

### Files Modified

| File                                                                | Changes                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/runtime/__tests__/status-expanded.test.ts` | Added lethal turn-start command-family matrix coverage.                                     |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/runtime/__tests__/render-model.test.ts`    | Added runtime summary delta characterization.                                               |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/__tests__/runtime-canvas.test.tsx`         | Added mounted summary exposure and durable saved-run load bridge characterization.          |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/__tests__/persistence.test.ts`             | Added oversized direct claim wallet and ledger characterization.                            |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/__tests__/save-schema.test.ts`             | Added durable runtime snapshot validation and unsafe persisted text rejection coverage.     |
| `src/extensions/ai-rogue/runtime/renderer.ts`                       | Extracted inactive-sprite hiding into a narrow internal test seam without behavior changes. |
| `.spec_system/state.json`                                           | Marked Session 01 complete, cleared current session, and marked Phase 34 in progress.       |
| `.spec_system/PRD/phase_34/PRD_phase_34.md`                         | Updated progress to 1/8 and recorded Session 01 completion.                                 |
| `.spec_system/PRD/PRD.md`                                           | Marked Phase 34 in progress.                                                                |
| `README.md`                                                         | Synced visible version to `0.5.33`.                                                         |
| `docs/CHANGELOG.md`                                                 | Added the Phase 34 Session 01 release note.                                                 |
| `package.json`                                                      | Bumped version from `0.5.32` to `0.5.33`.                                                   |

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## Technical Decisions

1. **Characterize before fixing**: Tests intentionally document current audited behavior so later remediation sessions can change behavior against a stable baseline.
2. **Keep the renderer seam narrow**: The production renderer change only extracts existing inactive-sprite hiding into a direct test helper; it does not alter mounted runtime behavior.
3. **Preserve browser-local posture**: No dependencies, remote services, hosted storage, collectors, public-demo bridge calls, or product route/view changes were added.

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## Test Results

| Metric             | Value                                                                       |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Full Vitest        | 4304 / 4304 passed                                                          |
| Focused AI Rogue   | 273 / 273 passed                                                            |
| Changed-file tests | 49 / 49 passed                                                              |
| Coverage           | Not collected by validation                                                 |
| Quality gates      | Lint, format, typecheck, script typecheck, whitespace, ASCII, and LF passed |

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## Lessons Learned

1. Characterization tests can keep CI useful while still making known audited defects explicit for later sessions.
2. The mounted runtime bridge and render-model summary boundaries need separate coverage because source summary generation can work while DOM exposure is still absent.

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## Future Considerations

Items for future sessions:

1. Session 02 should update the mounted summary assertions when accessible dynamic runtime summary behavior is fixed.
2. Session 03 should update the lethal command-family matrix when turn-start status handling is centralized.
3. Sessions 04 and 06 should update the renderer retention, direct claim, and durable saved-run assertions when those remediation fixes land.

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## Session Statistics

* **Tasks**: 20 completed
* **Files Created**: 8
* **Files Modified**: 12 updateprd and session deliverables plus pre-existing reviewed working-tree changes
* **Tests Added**: 8 net new AI Rogue tests
* **Blockers**: 0 resolved


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