⚒️tullyelly release log

Production Release Plumbing

Today's work was getting the waiting analytics archive and site updates through a controlled release process:

• Added a separate code-only deployment and rollback workflow with human approval, exact commit and artifact checksums, fresh database compatibility evidence, staged health checks, and production drift checks. Database migrations and credential maintenance retain separate approval paths; analytics collection stays disabled for the first code release.
• Hardened the dedicated GitHub App's publication and dispatch checks, verified bot identity against GitHub metadata, and made failures report useful diagnostics without exposing credentials or subprocess output.
• Fixed a maintenance workflow's runner context and added pinned GitHub Actions validation to the standard verification command so invalid workflow expressions fail before a build.
• Taught health checks to verify the site's apex-to-www redirect while preserving the requested path and keeping staging credentials on the staged deployment.
• Prepared and refreshed the first code-only release manifest, allowed its strictly validated database metadata through secret scanning, and rehearsed portable Vercel artifacts without production credentials. The latest build fix temporarily excludes only unchanged, tracked environment templates, restores them after failures or cancellation, and keeps artifact diagnostics free of sensitive paths and values.

Merges no longer trigger automatic Vercel deployments. This work is still awaiting deployment; the analytics archive, owner controls, and public statistics remain pending too. Analytics activation still needs its own database history reconciliation, credential rotation, restore rehearsal, and approved release.

Consistent Tag Links

• Tag links across Chronicles, snapshots, directories, homepage cards, and standalone pages now follow the matching dojo.tags.href.
• Missing or blank destinations fall back to the normalized Chronicle tag archive; intentionally disabled tags stay non-clickable.
• Authored hrefs and persona-context routes no longer override stored destinations. Ranking links and explicit archive navigation keep their intended routes.
• Tag metadata loads once per request, with no per-tag queries or build-time database reads. Regression coverage checks snapshot states, desktop and mobile layouts, and routing precedence.
• Validation passed: 187 test suites, 903 tests, coverage thresholds, production build, and desktop/mobile Chromium hydration checks. Existing metadata and punctuation violations remain; Vitest is blocked by missing jsdom.

ReleaseSection Headers & Footers

Updated ReleaseSection with consistent ribbon headers that wrap long titles and link to their detail pages. Release details, ratings, LEGO information, shop visits, tournament results, and TCDb trade summaries now sit in a labeled footer, with the persona tag closing each section. Removed repeated titles and kept trade partners in the footer. Added regression coverage for metadata, wrapping, and header behavior.

Cipher Repository Context

Gave fresh Cipher sessions a clear starting point with task-specific links to current project rules and architecture. Consolidated validation and hydration guidance; clarified database, authorization, caching, UI, content, and generated-file contracts. Archived old proposals, removed obsolete guidance and configuration, and added three focused repository skills. Added documentation checks to lint to catch broken links, missing npm commands, and invalid skill metadata. Application behavior stayed unchanged.

LuluLearns & Scroll Amendment Dates

Added LuluLearns with a soft pink gradient surface, deep plum text and accents, and support for rich MDX and PersonTag. ScrollAmendment now inherits the Chronicle's frontmatter date when its date is omitted or blank, including separately rendered sections; explicit dates still win, calendar days stay intact, and standalone notes can remain dateless. Kept the shared callout layout, polished keyboard focus and list markers, and added authoring examples and integration coverage. All 851 tests and the production build passed; checked all three callouts on narrow and desktop layouts.

Search Focus & Chart Sizing

Fixed the search dialog's focus lifecycle so closed content unmounts, opening focuses the input, and every dismissal returns focus to a connected opener or a suitable fallback. Preserved keyboard navigation and background interaction. Corrected sizing across all six Recharts charts with existing explicit heights and native measurement for relative sparklines; kept scrolling, labels, tooltips, and empty states. Added regression tests and real Chromium coverage that reproduced the original warnings and confirmed the fixes. All 859 Jest tests, lint, typechecking, formatting, and five chart browser tests passed.

TCDb Card Traffic on Mobile

Made the TCDb Card Traffic chart fit its card without horizontal scrolling. Kept all ten daily points and both series, with fewer evenly spaced date labels and a shorter chart on phones. Added a dashed Received line, smaller markers, touch selection, and a keyboard-accessible day selector with exact card and trade counts, including zeros. Added expandable daily data and a visible explanation of the chronicle-date line. Preserved the date window, counting rules, brand colors, and blue section divider. Verified all six requested viewport widths in Chromium, including resizing, enlarged text, year-boundary dates, and large counts; all 11 browser checks and 860 Jest tests passed. The production build remained incomplete after stalling.

Bricks Folder Images

Fixed missing folder images on Bricks detail pages by resolving carousel folders relative to their source Chronicle in the shared section renderer. The Bricks page and full Chronicle now use the same image folder. All 805 tests, lint, and typecheck passed.

Cleaner Release Sections

Updated ReleaseSection defaults so plain Chronicle sections no longer add a divider unless one is explicitly requested. Full-bordered release, trade, review, bricks, USPS, LCS, and tournament sections keep their existing borders and spacing. All 798 tests, lint, and typecheck passed.

Chronicle Tag Cleanup

Brought the Chronicle tag directory and detail pages in line with the site's newer shared page, table, mobile, search, sorting, and empty-state patterns. Kept raw tags separate from their related alter ego, Fam, Homie, Clan, and Squad pages, surfaced the names used in Chronicles, reused the modern Chronicle list, and cleaned up tag-specific missing states and shared identity actions.

Shared Identities and The Crates

Built a shared tag-backed identity system so the same people and groups can appear as Homies and Clans or Fam and Squads depending on context, with relationship-driven directories, detail pages, and related content. Added theabbott's Chronicle-powered Crates music archive, connected identities back into Chronicle and CardAttack experiences, and updated navigation and known legacy routes without replacing the site's specialized pages.

Cleaner Navigation and Search

Simplified the desktop navigation into compact persona menus and added a dedicated search button with responsive labels and a keyboard shortcut. The command menu now separates browsing from active search, removes duplicate recent links, and keeps full-site search easy to reach.

Faster Build Validation

Added one agent validation command with clear stages, timing, failure reporting, and progress updates for long-running checks. Content preparation now happens once per run, while the image manifest reuses cached dimensions and only inspects files that changed.

Card Collection Directory Improvements

Added sorting to review directories plus shared state filters and sorting for card shop and USPS visit directories, with the same results powering mobile cards and desktop tables. The TCDb Trade Hall of Fame also gained a scoreboard for Hall of Famers, total inductions, and the latest induction.

Modernized Legacy Media

Updated four legacy posts to use shared interactive images, looping YouTube embeds, album grids, and original publication dates. Images can now open through the existing accessible viewer, while the refreshed music pages retain their original content and highlights with less duplicated code.

Site-Wide Search

Expanded search beyond navigation links into one ranked server-side index of capability-filtered pages and published Chronicles. Kept the command menu fast with its existing navigation filtering while adding a handoff to full search, preserved mobile search behavior, labeled Page and Chronicle results, and corrected the Clear search action so its text stays visible. All 700 tests, lint, typecheck, formatting, and content validation passed.

Recently Viewed

Expanded the command menu's recent items into site-wide Recently Viewed history. Meaningful pages are now recorded as they are visited, including Chronicles and detail pages outside the menu tree, while query variations, system routes, errors, missing pages, and unauthorized pages stay out. History remains local, deduplicated, legacy-compatible, and capped at eight items. All 706 tests, lint, and typecheck passed.

Share and Copy Link

Added one reusable sharing control to Chronicles and shared collection detail pages. Mobile devices use native sharing when available, while other browsers copy the canonical page link with accessible feedback and graceful failure handling. All 711 tests, lint, typecheck, formatting, and content validation passed.

Branded Link Previews

Added one shared tullyelly Open Graph image so links pasted into messages, Slack, Discord, and social platforms now carry recognizable site branding. Root metadata and page-level overrides now preserve the fallback image and use large-image Twitter cards, while Chronicles keep their own titles, summaries, and canonical URLs. Existing route-specific artwork can still override the fallback. All 714 tests, lint, typecheck, formatting, and SEO validation passed.

Related Chronicles

Added a compact Related Chronicles section near the end of each Chronicle using deterministic metadata already available in the site. Shared tags carry the strongest weight, matching personas add context, and structured reasons explain each connection. Drafts, the current post, duplicates, and weak matches stay out, while stable tie-breaking keeps results predictable. The existing recent Chronicles and Infinity Stones cards remain together, with contextual recommendations in a new row below them. The reusable scoring foundation is ready for future content types without coupling recommendations to Site Search. All 720 tests, lint, typecheck, and formatting passed.

Installable App Foundation

Added a native web app manifest and mobile metadata so tullyelly can be installed or saved as an app on supported phones and desktops. Installed launches use the site name, branded colors, root URL, standalone display, and appropriately sized Android, Chrome, and Apple icons. The implementation uses built-in Next.js conventions and the existing site identity, with no PWA library, custom install prompt, service worker, offline cache, or routing changes.

Exceptional Page States

Brought error, missing-page, and access-denied experiences into better alignment with the rest of the site without flattening the custom 404. Permission failures now use the shared page-state layout, while the 404 keeps its personality with improved mobile actions, accessibility, and reduced-motion support. Lint, typecheck, content validation, and all 689 tests passed.

Intentional Image Cleanup

Audited every remaining raw image and kept the ones that are intentional, including external profile and playlist artwork, animated loops, unknown external MDX images, and the image sanity check. Looped Chronicle animations now use existing image metadata to reserve their space before loading without changing animation or lightbox behavior. Lint, typecheck, image validation, and all 689 tests passed.

Collection UI Architecture

Audited the increasingly standardized collection, directory, detail, ranking, and trade page families, consolidating only the exact LCS and USPS Chronicle feed duplication into a typed shared presentation component with small domain theme wrappers. Kept bricks, reviews, lists, rankings, trades, Set Collector, and release details separate where their structures or business behavior differ. Lint, typecheck, content validation, and all 690 tests passed.

Consistent Page Actions

Standardized primary action placement for Homie and Shaolin Scroll directories while preserving permissions, feature flags, search controls, and existing behavior. All 683 tests and validation checks passed.

Shared Accessibility Improvements

Improved shared pagination, search announcements, drawer motion, and mobile close controls so accessibility fixes carry across the site without changing its design. All 685 tests and validation checks passed.

Root Layout Performance

Consolidated root layout, metadata, menu, persona, capability, and breadcrumb setup into one request-scoped data load. This removes repeated server work while keeping authentication and authorization data isolated to each request. All 687 tests, lint, typecheck, and content validation passed.

Cleaner Loading

The global loading screen now keeps the existing site shell visible and only shows content placeholders.

Improved Global Error Experience

The global error state now fits the existing site shell, with a clear message, an accessible error region, and a prominent Retry button. Technical details stay hidden while existing error logging remains intact.

Cleaner Page States

Added a shared layout for error, missing-content, and access-denied pages. Also fixed the missing-Chronicle development error and restored visible button text on the Chronicle not-found page.

Detail Page Updates

Standardized review detail pages with the shared layout and stopped empty relationship groups from appearing on trade-partner pages. All 679 tests and validation checks passed.

Clearer Empty States

Standardized empty states across data-driven views so empty datasets and filtered results tell the right story. Search and filter controls remain available, with simple reset actions where they belong.