# Phase 7: Hardening + Private Launch - Discussion Log

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> Decisions captured in CONTEXT.md — this log preserves the analysis.

**Date:** 2025-10-25
**Phase:** 07-hardening-private-launch
**Mode:** default (interactive)

## Areas Discussed

### Privacy audit shape
| Question | Options presented | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| Audit mechanism | consolidated `npm run privacy-audit` script + signed record / manual checklist | Consolidated audit script |
| Telemetry posture | zero telemetry v1 / opt-in telemetry now | Zero telemetry v1 |

### Device matrix + battery
| Question | Options presented | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| PX-04 fullscreen | fullscreen on guidance start + CSS landscape / portrait-only honest partial | Fullscreen on guidance start |
| Battery verification | measured on real drive / synthetic bench | Measured on real drive |
| QA organization | one consolidated walk / per-feature sessions | One consolidated walk |

### Budgets + deferred debt
| Question | Options presented | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| Budget audit | consolidated record / existing gates only | Consolidated budget record |
| Debt payoff | INFOs + /cari + stale-fix notes / minimal | Pay INFOs + doc the rest (ALT stays v1.x) |

### Known-limitations doc
| Question | Options presented | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| Doc placement | repo doc + /help link / repo only | Repo doc + /help link |

### Launch definition
| Question | Options presented | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| Private launch meaning | checklist-signed private beta / + landing page | Checklist-signed private beta |

## Corrections Made

None — user accepted recommendations throughout this phase (the scope was already
their decisions' consequences: c3/c2 split, telemetry posture, ALT-to-v1.x).

## Auto-Resolved

Not applicable.

## External Research

Not needed — hardening/audit patterns are established in-repo (gate lineage cited).