Repository source: docs/plans/feature_flags_toolbar/feature_flags_toolbar_debug_log.md
Feature flags toolbar — Railspike debug log
2026-10-16 UTC — Step 2
Necessary/useful instructions
Step 2, Structure: the shared component inventory directed inspection of the existing template, save script, and tool stylesheet; retain this requirement to keep the toolbar on the canonical page.
Step 2, Structure: explicit risk validation identified stale results and focus loss after a saved row leaves a filter; retain the early-validation requirement.
Redundant/unnecessary instructions
No supported findings.
Inapplicable instructions
Step 2 documentation-only guardrails do not apply because this feature changes application behavior.
Uncertain assessments
No supported findings.
2026-10-17 00:48:27 UTC — Step 3
Necessary/useful instructions
Step 3 Do, Key Risks and canonical components: inspection confirmed the distinction between locked state and viewer permissions, and found the sticky version banner. Retain these requirements; they produced explicit metadata and overlap checks in the plan.
Step 3 After, complete normal flow/recovery: the plan includes signed-save verification, failed-save feedback, and focus recovery after filtering. Retain this completion check.
Redundant/unnecessary instructions
No supported findings.
Inapplicable instructions
Step 3 documentation-only scope provisions do not apply to this application feature.
Uncertain assessments
Step 3 Do's approximate one-hour stage sizing is an estimate until implementation; verify actual stage scope before coding and split if necessary.
Step 3 After was read during evidence gathering before the draft was written. This sequencing error did not cause implementation or advancement past the approval gate; keep phase reads sequential in future work.
2026-10-17 01:35:15 UTC — Step 4
Necessary/useful instructions
Step 4 Before, Planning Docs Commit Gate: preserved the approved scope in
de7007d8before application changes. Retain the isolated planning commit and organization rule for reviewable scope.Step 4 Do, Stage Boundary Protocol: Stage 1 browser checks and visual review caught inherited full-width button styling before Stage 2. Each stage has verification and a summary in its own commit (
e868b1dc,430ac547); retain stage verification before advancing.Step 4 After, Completion Contract: normal Tools entry and real signed operator saves verified filtering without breaking messaging navigation, supplementing isolated toolbar tests. Retain the normal-flow requirement.
Redundant/unnecessary instructions
Railspike Key Rules, exact approval phrase: the user's “Approve Step 3” prompted an extra confirmation turn before “Approved Step 3,” despite clear approval intent. Consider allowing unambiguous semantic approval while preserving the explicit implementation gate.
Inapplicable instructions
Documentation-only runtime exemptions do not apply. External deployment and migrations are outside this local application change and were recorded as not applicable in the summary.
Uncertain assessments
The Step 4 After file was initially read during Stage 2 evidence gathering, ahead of the stage commit; it was reread at final handoff. No work crossed a user approval gate, but sequential phase reads should be preserved.