QR theme — Railspike debug log

Debug mode: enabled Mode source: Host-root .railspike_debug_on file present at new-cycle entry.

2026-10-27 UTC — Step 1

Necessary/useful instructions

Source: step1_solution_assessment.md, Objective and Recommendation. Comparing palette matching with frame-only styling makes the meaning of “within reason” reviewable before implementation. Retain the comparison and recovery requirement.

Source: RAILSPIKE.md, Experimental Effort Estimation. The exposure rule preserves the missing pre-inspection checkpoint instead of inventing an intake score. Retain this distinction.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

Step 4 branch and commit cadence do not apply to this unapproved Step 1 assessment; no implementation or commits were made.

Uncertain assessments

Physical-camera scan reliability cannot be established from source inspection or a future pixel-decoder check alone; acceptance evidence remains pending.

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2026-10-27T02:37:28Z — Step 2

Necessary/useful instructions

Source: step2_feature_description.md, Core requirements and Completion boundary. Explicit fallback, live switching and stale-result recovery turn palette matching into a verifiable normal user flow. Retain these requirements.

Source: step2_feature_description.md, Shared component inventory. Source search identifies one canonical invitation QR surface and the existing theme lifecycle, avoiding a parallel widget. Retain the reuse requirement.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

Documentation-only delivery rules do not apply; this describes an application change. No specific recipient device was named, so physical camera acceptance remains explicitly separate from browser viewport evidence.

Uncertain assessments

The proposed 7:1 product guard is a conservative eligibility rule, not an empirical scanning guarantee. Decoder and camera checks remain necessary; no implementation validation is claimed during planning.

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2026-10-27 UTC — Step 3

Necessary/useful instructions

Source: step3_development_plan_do.md, Key Risks and stage dependencies. Early pixel decoding and transition checks put readability and stale-result failures ahead of broad acceptance. Retain the risk gate.

Source: step3_development_plan_after.md, Completion Contract review. Explicit local/deployment and camera-evidence boundaries prevent browser decoding from being reported as physical scan acceptance. Retain the distinction.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

Database-signature and documentation-only requirements are inapplicable; this cycle changes existing presentation and retains invitation API contracts.

Uncertain assessments

Existing LCD palettes and deferred theme styles increase the transition matrix within the approved scope. Stage sizing assumes reusable fixture/browser tooling; missing decoder availability is an explicit early gate, not an assumption of a passing check.

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2026-10-27 UTC — Step 4 handoff

Implementation revision: 58ebab6bb; planning 0b52b2251, Stage 1 d52c39997, Stage 2 7ee61aadd, Stage 3 58ebab6bb. Three stages complete locally; working tree clean before this log-only handoff addition. Debug mode remains enabled. No deployment, merge or push.

Necessary/useful instructions

Source: step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol. Separate color and synchronization commits preserved verified generation before adding asynchronous redraw, with each stage's evidence in its own summary. Retain the stage evidence requirement.

Source: step4_implementation_after.md, Final Verification Checklist. The normal-flow contract led to real signed issuance, Copy and recipient redemption alongside the 38 theme/palette/viewport checks. Physical scans, full suite and deployment remain explicitly unverified. Retain these evidence boundaries.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Inapplicable instructions

Schema migration, documentation-only runtime exclusions and deployment verification are inapplicable to this local presentation change. No new dependencies or UI-copy edits required separate approval.

Uncertain assessments

OpenCV failed on some samples even after conversion to black and white; jsQR independently decoded every accepted raw and displayed matrix sample. This establishes browser pixel readability, not physical camera reliability. The 0.35 retrospective cycle judgment is a single exposed rating, not measured labor or maintainer comfortable-fit acceptance.

— Codex · 2026-10-27 UTC