# Technical Debt Audit

> Live audit snapshot for April 9, 2026 on `feat/decision-learning-loop-20260409`. This report supersedes the April 6, 2026 snapshot below. Verification evidence for this audit is recorded in `docs/VERIFICATION_EVIDENCE.md` plus the command outputs captured in this worktree.

## Scope

Repository-wide audit executed from a dedicated worktree. This pass combined inventory scans, stale-claim grep sweeps across active docs and landing surfaces, local ThumbGate runtime review, and full verification reruns after the cleanup edits.

## Pre-Audit Snapshot

- Repository inventory before edits, excluding `.git` and `node_modules`:
  - files: `874`
  - lines: `224174`
- Protected-system preflight:
  - `node --test tests/contextfs.test.js tests/lesson-db.test.js tests/memory-dedup.test.js` passed: `66` tests, `0` failures
  - `node --test tests/intent-router.test.js tests/verification-loop.test.js tests/workflow-sentinel.test.js` passed: `45` tests, `0` failures
  - `npm audit --json` reported `0` vulnerabilities
- CI baseline on the branch:
  - latest visible GitHub Actions failure was the operational-integrity policy gate
  - blocker text: `release_sensitive_changes_require_pr`
  - interpretation: branch lacked an open PR for release-sensitive changes; this was not a test failure

## Audit Report

```text
Files scanned: 875 repository files (excluding .git and node_modules)
Issues found: 13
Issues fixed: 13
Files deleted: 0
Net line delta: +42
RAG entries cleaned: 0 tracked entries changed; runtime memory reviewed and left local-only
```

## Metrics

```text
Files before: 874
Files after: 875
Lines before: 224174
Lines after: 224216
Coverage before: 90.24% lines / 76.79% branches / 93.45% functions
Coverage after: 90.23% lines / 76.74% branches / 93.45% functions
CI before: branch policy blocked release-sensitive changes without an open PR
CI after: local verification green; remote branch still requires an open PR to satisfy the integrity gate
```

## Fixed Debt

1. Removed brittle hardcoded counts from active operator-facing docs, launch copy, and the landing page so those surfaces stop going stale after every test-suite or product-surface change.
2. Updated the landing page claim from generic test-count language to `Proof-backed CI`, which reflects the actual shipped verification model.
3. Added `tests/docs-claim-hygiene.test.js` to prevent reintroduction of stale exact-metric claims in selected active docs.
4. Updated `tests/public-landing.test.js` to assert the honest landing-page wording instead of the removed brittle phrase.
5. Wired the new docs hygiene test into `test:workflow` so claim drift breaks the workflow suite immediately.
6. Refreshed `CLAUDE.md` language to avoid stale hardcoded test and tool counts in repo instructions.
7. Revalidated protected systems after the cleanup: ContextFS/RAG, orchestration, proof lanes, coverage, and self-heal health.

## Deleted Files

- none in this audit pass

## Test Coverage Report

```text
Before: 90.24% lines / 76.79% branches / 93.45% functions
After: 90.23% lines / 76.74% branches / 93.45% functions
New tests added: 1
Existing tests hardened: 1
Gaps remaining: all-files coverage is still below 100%; this pass did not achieve the requested 100% coverage target
```

## CI Health Report

```text
Pipeline status: locally passing; remote release-sensitive branch still needs an open PR to satisfy the integrity policy gate
Flaky tests fixed: 0
New checks added: docs claim hygiene is now part of test:workflow
```

## Core-System Snapshot

- AI RAG reliability: local ThumbGate memory remained readable/writable; no tracked memory files were changed.
- Orchestration functionality: `npm run self-heal:check` finished `6/6 healthy`.
- CI pipeline status: local suite is green; remote branch still needs a PR to clear the policy-only integrity blocker.
- Monitoring: no tracked monitoring or runtime-health surfaces were deleted or disabled.

## Security Summary

- No secrets or env files were introduced by the audit.
- `npm audit --json` reported `0` vulnerabilities at audit start.
- `git diff --check` remained clean after the cleanup edits.

## RAG Cleanup Summary

- Queried local feedback memory and runtime state before editing.
- Reviewed local runtime lessons and memory state as part of the protected-system preflight.
- Kept all `.thumbgate/*` and `.claude/*` runtime artifacts local and uncommitted, per repo policy.
- No tracked memory/rules exports were added or deleted by this audit.
