# RTS Meta Explorer MVP Fresh-Context Audit

ID: audit:20260510-rts-meta-mvp
Type: Audit
Status: recorded
Created: 2026-05-10
Updated: 2026-05-10
Audited: 2026-05-10
Target: ticket:20260510-static-rts-meta-explorer

## Summary

Fresh-context audit reviewed the static MVP implementation and related Loom records against `spec:opendota-rts-meta-explorer`. Verdict: pass with reservations. Runtime/source concerns from the first audit pass were resolved before the final audit pass, but closure records were stale at audit time and browser-visual verification was not performed.

## Context Reviewed

- `.loom/specs/opendota-rts-meta-explorer.md`
- `.loom/research/20260510-opendota-api-shape.md`
- `.loom/plans/20260510-rts-meta-explorer.md`
- `.loom/tickets/20260510-static-rts-meta-explorer.md`
- `.loom/tickets/20260510-rts-meta-verification.md`
- `index.html`
- `styles.css`
- `app.js`
- `README.md`
- `package.json`

## Lenses

- Correctness against the spec requirements and scenarios.
- OpenDota endpoint use and data-shape assumptions.
- External data rendering safety.
- Loading, empty, and partial-failure behavior.
- Responsive/accessibility source-level risks.
- Verification limits from lack of real browser visual pass.

## Findings

- FIND-001: Medium - Loom closure records were stale at audit time. The implementation ticket, plan, and verification ticket still described pre-verification state, which blocked an honest record-backed done posture until updated.
  - Required follow-up: update plan and ticket state/journals to reflect implementation completion, verification evidence, audit result, and browser-visual limitation.
  - Disposition owner: consuming tickets and plan.

- FIND-002: Low - Source-level wrapping was present for match league/team metadata, but not every API-rendered text surface had explicit wrapping safeguards.
  - Required follow-up: optional hardening for hero/status/oracle text surfaces.
  - Disposition owner: implementation ticket.

## Positive Observations

- Endpoint selection matched the spec: `/heroStats`, `/proMatches`, and `/publicMatches` are used directly.
- Successful-but-malformed endpoint payloads were guarded by `arrayPayload`, and `finally` clears loading state and renders an error instead of leaving the UI stuck.
- External text rendering is generally escaped through `escapeHtml` and `escapeAttr`.
- Hero image URLs are constrained to expected Dota image prefixes before CDN conversion.
- Loading, empty, ordinary endpoint failure, and malformed-payload states are represented in source.
- Semantic landmarks, native controls, focus styles, and responsive stacking rules are present in source.
- Visual direction appears original and does not reference Warcraft 3 assets.

## Verdict

Pass with reservations. The implementation is reasonable to accept as a static MVP after record-state follow-up, with the explicit limitation that visual/mobile/browser behavior was source-inspected rather than observed in a real browser.

## What Was Not Audited

- Real browser rendering, screenshots, responsive viewport behavior, keyboard traversal, screen-reader behavior, or rendered contrast.
- Actual browser fetch/CORS behavior against OpenDota.
- OpenDota rate limits or long-term endpoint stability.

## Post-Audit Follow-Up Notes

- FIND-001 was addressed by updating ticket and plan current state/journals during closure.
- FIND-002 was addressed with an additional CSS hardening pass for status, hero card, detail title, and omen/oracle strong text wrapping. This hardening was not separately browser-observed.
