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# Task Checklist

**Session ID**: `phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff` **Total Tasks**: 24 **Estimated Duration**: 3-4 hours **Created**: 2026-07-03

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Legend: `[x]` completed; `[ ]` pending; `[P]` parallelizable; `[SNNMM]` session ref; `TNNN` task ID.

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## Setup (4 tasks)

* [x] T001 \[S4018] Verify analyzer output, Phase 40 tracker, and completed Session 01-17 evidence before validation (`.spec_system/PRD/phase_40/PRD_phase_40.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session17-docs-metadata-and-gitignore-closeout/validation.md`)
* [x] T002 \[S4018] Create validation log, manual smoke checklist, handoff, and implementation note shells (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/manual-smoke-checklist.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-handoff.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/implementation-notes.md`)
* [x] T003 \[S4018] Capture base commit, worktree status, staged-file inventory, and generated/private-data exclusion baseline (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/implementation-notes.md`, `.gitignore`)
* [x] T004 \[S4018] Build the validation command matrix from package scripts, Phase 40 closeout criteria, and Session 17 evidence (`package.json`, `docs/phase-40-port-closeout.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`)

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## Foundation (5 tasks)

* [x] T005 \[S4018] \[P] Review bridge and parser coverage targets for Hermes public reads, admin writes, command execution, MoA save, and connection probes (`scripts/lib/hermes-dev-bridge.ts`, `scripts/lib/hermes-admin-bridge.ts`, `src/lib/hermes-types.ts`, `src/lib/hermes-admin-types.ts`)
* [x] T006 \[S4018] \[P] Review chat, compact, model selector, context meter, and command UI coverage targets (`src/components/hermes/chat/hermes-chat-tab.tsx`, `src/components/hermes/chat/model-selector.tsx`, `src/components/hermes/chat/context-meter.tsx`, `src/components/hermes/chat/command-menu.tsx`)
* [x] T007 \[S4018] \[P] Review Ministry builder, analytics, config generation, save/copy, and Pantheon coverage targets (`src/components/hermes/ministry/`, `src/components/hermes/hermes-pantheon.tsx`)
* [x] T008 \[S4018] \[P] Review voice launch, broker respawn, Intelligence portal, and recovery-state coverage targets (`scripts/lib/voice-launch-bridge.ts`, `scripts/lib/voice-broker.ts`, `src/hooks/use-hermes-intelligence-voice.ts`, `src/components/hermes/intelligence/intelligence-portal.tsx`)
* [x] T009 \[S4018] Convert review findings into concrete smoke cases for live, demo, redaction, admin-denied, offline, and missing-credential states (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/manual-smoke-checklist.md`)

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## Implementation (6 tasks)

* [x] T010 \[S4018] Record focused Hermes bridge, parser, hook, chat, command, MoA, Ministry, and voice Vitest command results with failure root causes (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`)
* [x] T011 \[S4018] Record broad typecheck, script typecheck, lint, full test, coverage-relevant, and dependency audit results (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `package.json`)
* [x] T012 \[S4018] Record build, asset-size, private-runtime, public-demo build, public-demo scan, and public-demo budget results (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `scripts/check-asset-sizes.sh`, `scripts/check-private-runtime-artifacts.sh`, `scripts/demo/scan-pages-demo.ts`)
* [x] T013 \[S4018] Execute and record Hermes and Intelligence browser smoke for live or environment-limited mode with product-facing copy and no diagnostic UI leakage (`tests/e2e/hermes-agent.spec.ts`, `tests/e2e/hermes-intelligence.spec.ts`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/manual-smoke-checklist.md`)
* [x] T014 \[S4018] Execute and record demo-mode smoke for no-bridge behavior, disabled writes, fixture provenance, and hosted-safe output (`demo-website/`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/manual-smoke-checklist.md`)
* [x] T015 \[S4018] Write bounded follow-up entries for any failed, skipped, or environment-limited validation item without claiming completion for unavailable proof (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-handoff.md`)

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## Testing (9 tasks)

* [x] T016 \[S4018] Run focused privacy scans for secret-shaped strings, bearer tokens, auth JSON paths, provider keys, raw prompts, transcripts, raw command output, and raw provider payloads (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `docs/`, `src/`, `scripts/`)
* [x] T017 \[S4018] Run private-path and generated-artifact scans for raw home-directory paths, local usernames, generated live data, logs, coverage, browser reports, and account-auth material (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `src/data/live-data.example.json`, `logs/.gitignore`)
* [x] T018 \[S4018] Run staged and unstaged change review to verify no generated private data, raw local paths, logs, coverage, test reports, or secret-shaped strings are staged (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-validation-log.md`, `.gitignore`)
* [x] T019 \[S4018] Validate Phase 40 shipped-behavior docs and closeout ledger still avoid planned-feature, upstream-wholesale, browser-key-persistence, and live-proof claims (`README.md`, `docs/api/README_api.md`, `docs/phase-40-port-closeout.md`, `docs/local-voice-setup.md`, `docs/intelligence-view.md`)
* [x] T020 \[S4018] Validate ASCII encoding, Unix LF line endings, and whitespace for session artifacts and touched handoff docs (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/`, `docs/phase-40-port-closeout.md`)
* [x] T021 \[S4018] Fill final handoff with pass/fail summary, environment-limited proof, not-ported rationale, privacy status, and merge-readiness recommendation (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/final-handoff.md`)
* [x] T022 \[S4018] Update implementation notes with the task-by-task evidence ledger, command outputs summarized, and no unresolved markers (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/implementation-notes.md`)
* [x] T023 \[S4018] Mark completed tasks only after evidence is recorded and verify task counts remain 24/24 when done (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/tasks.md`)
* [x] T024 \[S4018] Run final artifact self-check for ASCII, LF, no unresolved marker text, and `implement` readiness for `creview` (`.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/spec.md`, `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session18-full-validation-and-handoff/tasks.md`)

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## Completion Checklist

* [x] All tasks marked `[x]`
* [x] All tests and checks passing or failures documented with root cause and bounded follow-up
* [x] All files ASCII-encoded with LF line endings
* [x] implementation-notes.md updated
* [x] Ready for `updateprd` (next step after validate)

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## Next Steps

Run the `updateprd` workflow step.


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