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+{
+ "version": "1.0",
+ "timestamp": "2026-06-08T01:52:24.365Z",
+ "phase": "4",
+ "phase_name": "Shared Lists + Live Sync",
+ "phase_dir": ".planning/phases/04-shared-lists-live-sync",
+ "plan": null,
+ "task": null,
+ "total_tasks": null,
+ "status": "paused",
+ "stage": "discuss-complete; entry-gate-cleared; ready-to-plan",
+ "completed_tasks": [
+ {"id": 1, "name": "discuss-phase 4 → 04-CONTEXT.md + 04-DISCUSSION-LOG.md (18 decisions D-01..D-18)", "status": "done", "commit": "05e1c9e"},
+ {"id": 2, "name": "Ran SSE-over-Pangolin smoke test live — PASS (~6 min, 35 heartbeats, buffering off, no cut)", "status": "done"},
+ {"id": 3, "name": "Recorded gate PASS via quick task 260607-u8o (01-HUMAN-UAT item 4 + 03-GATE2-RESULTS Part C)", "status": "done", "commit": "9ee5906"},
+ {"id": 4, "name": "Saved project memory: N-member expansion principle", "status": "done"}
+ ],
+ "remaining_tasks": [
+ {"id": 5, "name": "Plan Phase 4: /gsd-plan-phase 4 (reads 04-CONTEXT.md)", "status": "not_started"},
+ {"id": 6, "name": "Optionally /gsd-ui-phase 4 for the lists UI design contract (UI hint: yes)", "status": "not_started"},
+ {"id": 7, "name": "Execute Phase 4 plans", "status": "not_started"}
+ ],
+ "blockers": [],
+ "human_actions_pending": [
+ {"action": "Log out / invalidate the Authelia session whose oidc-auth cookie was pasted into the transcript during the SSE test", "context": "Cookie embeds a refresh token valid until ~2026-06-08; it is now in conversation history. Non-blocking but a security hygiene follow-up.", "blocking": false}
+ ],
+ "decisions": [
+ {"decision": "Phase 4 entry gate (SSE-over-Pangolin, D-14/#1034) CLEARED", "rationale": "Live smoke test held a heartbeat stream open ~6 min through Pangolin with incremental delivery and no cut; buffering confirmed off", "phase": "4"},
+ {"decision": "All Phase 4 implementation decisions captured in 04-CONTEXT.md (D-01..D-18)", "rationale": "Discuss-phase complete; downstream planner/researcher consume CONTEXT.md", "phase": "4"},
+ {"decision": "Design member-count-agnostic (N family members, not hard-coded 2)", "rationale": "User stated future expansion; drives list_shares join table + per-list-scoped SSE fan-out", "phase": "4"}
+ ],
+ "uncommitted_files": [],
+ "next_action": "/clear then /gsd-plan-phase 4 (entry gate is cleared; no infra precondition remains)",
+ "context_notes": "Phase 4 = app-native shared lists (MariaDB, NOT CalDAV) with SSE live co-edit sync. Discussion is done and committed; the SSE transport gate that was blocking the build is now verified and recorded. Nothing is mid-edit — clean stopping point between discuss and plan. Key locked choices for the planner: default-shared lists + private toggle via list_shares join table; checked items sink to completed section; optimistic UI + per-field PATCH last-write-wins (no CRDT); delete-wins; full-refetch-on-reconnect + capped-backoff + polling fallback; string fractional-index ordering; bottom tab bar + react-router. Open for planner: in-memory EventEmitter vs Redis pub/sub (single Node process today, ioredis not installed); new tables must use drizzle generate+migrate, NOT push."
+}
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+---
+context: phase
+phase: 04-shared-lists-live-sync
+task: null
+total_tasks: null
+status: ready_to_plan
+last_updated: 2026-06-08T01:52:24.365Z
+---
+
+
+Phase 4 (Shared Lists + Live Sync) — **discussion complete, entry gate cleared, ready to plan.**
+Nothing is mid-edit. The working tree is clean and this is a deliberate stopping point between
+discuss-phase and plan-phase.
+
+- `04-CONTEXT.md` is written and committed (18 decisions, D-01..D-18).
+- The Phase 4 **entry gate** (SSE-over-Pangolin smoke test, D-14 / issue #1034) is **CLEARED** —
+ verified live this session and recorded in the gate docs. No infra precondition remains.
+- No PLAN.md exists yet for Phase 4.
+
+
+
+
+This session:
+- Ran `/gsd-discuss-phase 4` → `04-CONTEXT.md` + `04-DISCUSSION-LOG.md` (commit 05e1c9e).
+- Executed the SSE-over-Pangolin smoke test live over `familysync-dev.bergerhouse.net`:
+ ~6 min hold, 35 heartbeats (id 0→34) at ~10s, incremental delivery (buffering off), no cut → PASS.
+- Recorded the PASS via quick task 260607-u8o: updated `01-HUMAN-UAT.md` item 4 and
+ `03-GATE2-RESULTS.md` Part C to PASS; struck the entry-gate blocker in STATE.md (commit 9ee5906).
+- Saved project memory: design for N family members (not hard-coded two).
+
+
+
+
+- **Next:** `/gsd-plan-phase 4` (consumes `04-CONTEXT.md`).
+- Optional before/after planning: `/gsd-ui-phase 4` — lists UI design contract (ROADMAP UI hint: yes).
+- Then execute Phase 4 plans.
+
+
+
+
+All locked in `04-CONTEXT.md` (read it before planning). Highlights for the planner:
+- **Sharing:** default-shared lists with a per-list private toggle; `list_shares` join table
+ (member-count-agnostic, N-member-ready); SSE fan-out **scoped to who can see a list** (private
+ lists must NOT broadcast to everyone).
+- **Items:** checked items sink to a completed section; confirm-on-delete for lists only
+ (reuse `DeleteConfirmationDialog`).
+- **Live feel/conflicts:** optimistic UI; per-field PATCH + per-field last-write-wins (bounded —
+ NO CRDT); delete-wins.
+- **Reconnect:** full refetch on reconnect; capped-backoff then a "updates paused" indicator;
+ React Query `refetchInterval` polling fallback.
+- **Ordering:** string-based fractional index (NOT raw floats, NOT integer-renumber); animate
+ remote reorders; last-write-wins settle.
+- **Nav:** bottom tab bar + react-router (real URLs, for Phase 5 push deep-links). No router today.
+- **Project principle:** design for N family members, not hard-coded two.
+- **Deferred (out of scope):** anonymous public-URL list sharing; per-recipient picker UI.
+
+
+
+- None. The entry gate that previously blocked the build is cleared.
+
+
+## Required Reading (in order)
+1. `.planning/phases/04-shared-lists-live-sync/04-CONTEXT.md` — locked implementation decisions; the contract for planning.
+2. `apps/api/src/db/schema.ts` — Drizzle table conventions for the new `lists` / `list_items` / `list_shares` tables.
+3. `apps/api/src/routes/sse.ts` — existing Hono `streamSSE` heartbeat pattern; the live-list stream extends it.
+4. `.planning/phases/03-event-write-back-pwa-install/03-GATE2-RESULTS.md` Part C — recorded SSE smoke PASS evidence.
+
+## Open Decisions for the Planner (intentionally NOT pre-decided)
+- **Fan-out mechanism:** in-memory EventEmitter vs Redis pub/sub. API runs as a single Node process
+ today (no replicas); `ioredis` is NOT installed; `redis` IS in docker-compose. In-memory is the
+ YAGNI default — planner must justify the choice against the N-member future (D-18).
+- Position-rank column type, SSE auth/middleware wiring, React Query cache-key structure.
+
+## Infrastructure State
+- Pangolin route already configured (buffering off, idle/read timeout ≥120s) and verified for SSE.
+- `redis` service present in docker-compose; `ioredis` not yet a dependency.
+- New DB tables MUST use `drizzle-kit generate` + `migrate` — **never `push`** (unsafe on populated MariaDB).
+- No background processes were left running.
+
+
+Clean handoff. The hard part (verifying SSE survives the tunnel) is done and recorded, so Phase 4
+can be planned and built without an infra gate hanging over it. The planner should treat
+04-CONTEXT.md as authoritative and focus its remaining judgment on the fan-out mechanism and the
+new schema (lists, list_items, list_shares) using generate+migrate.
+
+
+
+Start with: `/clear` then `/gsd-plan-phase 4`.
+