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RAID Report — 2026-05-04

Date: 04-05-2026 Subject: RAID Report

Source: docs/architecture/RISKS_GAPS_ASSUMPTIONS.md on main (resolved via git show main:…, 80 lines, last touched by commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03 — chore: bundle outstanding docs and tighten .gitignore). Previous report: RAID_REPORT_2026-05-03.md (1 day ago). Major change since the prior report: the SUR-242, SUR-256, SUR-233, and SUR-235 banner entries that had been working-tree-only have now merged to main, so rows #52–#56 are no longer “Not in main” and two new rows (#57 SUR-233 device_label immutability and #58 SUR-235 add-idea cap TODO) are added with Days Open = 2 per the source-doc 2026-05-02 banner.

Issue NumberIssue TypeStatusDays OpenSuggested Action
1. Monolithic UI/control plane (src/App.jsx ~500 lines, owns auth gates, layout, route tree, prop fan-out)RiskOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Begin v1.1 refactor — split into focused screen components + a dedicated routing module; lift modal/overlay refs into a context.
2. Oversized hooks acting as service layers (useNoteForm ~470 lines, useSettings)RiskOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Decompose into UI-state hook + pure persistence module + ingest/PostHog dispatcher; add unit tests around the seams.
3. Schema probe only runs once after first failure [SUR-61]RiskClosed (resolved per 2026-04-26 audit — useAuth.js:175 only sets the flag after success)n/aNone — verify regression coverage in next sync test pass.
4. Manual Supabase migration application — drift detection automated but apply still manual via SQL editor [SUR-60]DependencyOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a CI gate that fails the build if scripts/check-schema.js reports drift on main; longer-term, adopt Supabase CLI db push from CI.
5. Managed proxy env fragility — missing SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY surfaces as generic 500s with no operator detail in the user toastDependencyOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a startup self-check Edge Function that pings each required env at deploy; route 500s to a structured error code surfaced in the toast for ops.
6. Direct Anthropic exposure (BYOK) — plaintext + key from compromised browsers [SUR-63 / SUR-91]RiskClosed (SUR-91 fully sunset; only a one-time apiKey meta cleanup remains in db.js:156)n/aNone — schedule removal of the cleanup shim once telemetry confirms no remaining BYOK rows.
7. No per-note image cleanup — note-images bucket retains orphans after note delete (per-account sweep only on full account deletion)GapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Mirror deleteCloudData’s sweep into cloudWrite for soft-deleted notes; add a nightly orphan-blob job comparing notes.imagePath to the bucket.
8. Full-table sync only — fetchSince helper unused [SUR-62]GapClosed (fetchAllCloud(since) now wired through lastSyncRef.current with backfill in useAuth.js:189-210)n/aNone — keep the backfill regression covered by incremental-sync.test.
9. Outbox single queue, opaque failure mode — one stuck payload (RLS reject, oversized sourceMeta) blocks the rest; user sees no quarantine surfaceRiskOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Split the outbox by entity type or add a poison-message quarantine + a Settings panel that lists stuck items with retry/discard actions.
10. No OCR regression coverage for callTranscribeImageGapClosed (covered by api.test.js, photoAdapter.test.js, capture.test.jsx)n/aNone.
11. Accessibility gaps — long-press only for edit/delete, no keyboard / context-menu / visible button alternative; bottom-nav-hidden state on capture/note compounds itGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a visible “more actions” overflow button on note rows + keyboard shortcuts; document target sizes against WCAG 2.5.5.
12. Usage opacity — ai_usage_daily not surfaced; users only see “Monthly limit reached” toast at the capGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a usage meter (“X / 50 calls this month”) in ProfileScreen or SettingsModal, sourced from ai_usage_daily and the resolved per-user user_profiles.month_limit.
13. SUR-209 — broken in-app help links (/#faq, /#what-is-surfc resolve to nothing post-SUR-218)RiskClosed (SUR-223 Phase 1 — ProfileScreen and SettingsModal now point to https://help.surfc.app)n/aPhase 2 (in-app help renderer reading from docs/getting-started/) remains outstanding — track separately.
14. How-It-Works placeholders — removed by SUR-215RiskClosed (already in prior report)n/aNone.
15. Dexie ↔ Supabase lockstep is human-driven — Dexie v1→v9 migration chain not cross-checked against the schema contractAssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Extend scripts/check-schema.js to also assert Dexie’s expected columns; add a PR template item for “Dexie + Supabase + mergeCloudRecords updated together”.
16. Free-tier monthly cap is per-user via user_profiles.month_limit (SUR-92), default 50 + optional allocation_override; per-token cost not yet correlated with ai_usage_daily.input_tokens/output_tokensAssumptionOpen5 (refreshed 2026-04-29 with SUR-92 source-doc update)Pull token-cost data from ai_usage_daily.input_tokens/output_tokens into a simple weekly cost dashboard; add a per-user resolved-limit cache (30–60 s) inside the Edge Function once managed-AI traffic grows ≥ 10×; revisit once paid tiers land.
17. VitePWA autoUpdate is acceptable — no onNeedRefresh UI; users won’t be told a new version existsAssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Wire a registerSW({ onNeedRefresh }) toast with a “Reload” CTA; combine with fix for deprecated apple-mobile-web-app-capable meta.
18. Cascading book + note tombstones acceptable despite orphan-image risk on failed image-upload racesAssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Same fix as #7 — once orphan-image sweep exists, this assumption can be retired.
19. Future ingest adapters (Readwise / Kindle) reuse the existing ingest interface without backend changesAssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Build a Readwise PoC against the current adapter to validate; if backend changes are needed, surface them before adapter v2 lands.
20. CaptureFabMenu speed-dial provides sufficient navigation on capture/note views with bottom-nav hidden [SUR-238]AssumptionOpen11 (added 2026-04-23)Run a 5-user usability test on capture → save → return-to-library; if friction shows, add a persistent back affordance.
21. How are Supabase credentials and ANTHROPIC_API_KEY managed in Netlify and Supabase Edge environments — and what is the rotation cadence?DependencyOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Document the secret-management process in docs/architecture/DEPLOYMENT_ARCHITECTURE.md; agree a rotation cadence (90 days) and put a calendar reminder.
22. Monitoring / alerting for sync failures and Edge Function errors — console.log-based, not piped to PagerDuty / Slack / emailGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a Logflare or Logtail drain on the Edge Functions; alert on >N 5xx/min and on decrypt_failure PostHog event spikes.
23. Should exports include Supabase storage paths or binary blobs to guarantee a fully portable backup?GapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add an opt-in “Include images” toggle to buildExport; emit a zip with JSON + image blobs when enabled.
24. SLA for clearing orphaned note-images on still-active accounts (deleted notes, replaced images)GapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Define a 7-day orphan window; bundle into the same nightly sweep proposed in #7.
25. Multi-device editing conflict UI beyond last-write-wins not surfaced — mergeCloudRecords silently picks higher updated_atGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Log conflicts to a local audit table; surface a “Your edit was overwritten” toast with a “Restore my version” link.
26. Background sync (service-worker sync events) for queued writes when app is closedGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Register a background-sync event in the VitePWA service worker; gate behind a feature-flag for browsers that support it.
27. Edge Function debug logs include user_id on every authenticated request — broader audit trail than the rest of the appRiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Strip or hash user.id in anthropic-proxy/index.ts:399-400, 423; keep only error-path logs at warn/error level.
28. Rate-limit race window — getMonthlyUsage check and recordUsage write are not atomic; documented worst-case overrun equal to in-flight requests; tightens once paid tiers landRiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Move enforcement into a CHECK on the upsert_ai_usage RPC, or wrap in a SELECT … FOR UPDATE; revisit once paid tiers land.
29. Full re-decrypt on every sync — loadAll(decryptFn) re-decrypts every encrypted note text after each merge; sync time scales linearly with library sizeRiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Build an encryption-only delta path keyed off updatedAt; batch decrypts with a Web Worker; add a progress indicator.
30. Sync image fetch is sequential — for loop, O(N) round-trips on a fresh device; failures silently swallowedRiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Parallelise with Promise.allSettled and a small concurrency limit (e.g. 6); surface per-image failures as a retry list.
31. Decrypt-failure recovery is dead-end — flagged with decryptError: true, no UI retry path beyond full sign-out, no count surfaced to userGapOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add a “Decryption issues” panel in Settings showing affected count + a “Retry unlock” button that re-runs getEncryptionPrfOutput.
32. Transfer-code auto-expire is best-effort — 60 s deactivation upsert can fail silently, leaving wrapper active until next create cycle (90 s effective redemption window with the 30 s clock-skew buffer)RiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add a server-side scheduled job (Supabase pg_cron) to deactivate transfer-v1 blobs older than 90 s; alert on backlog growth.
33. No PWA update prompt — VitePWA autoUpdate with no onNeedRefresh UI; iOS standalone install path most exposedRiskOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Same fix as #17 — implement onNeedRefresh toast and update the deprecated meta tag in index.html.
34. db.js has no dedicated unit tests — CRUD helpers and v1→v9 Dexie upgrade chain only covered transitivelyGapOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add src/test/db.test.js covering each migration step + cascade behaviours; add a CI gate that runs migration replay against a fixture DB.
35. Duplicate-source UX gap [SUR-257] — duplicate hint is non-blocking, no merge / de-dupe path; orphan sources accumulateGapOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Make the hint a confirm-step (“Looks like a duplicate — Use existing / Create anyway”); add an admin de-dupe tool in Settings.
36. Branded auth-email template lives in repo only [SUR-261] — magic-link.html must be manually pasted into Supabase dashboard with no CI syncGapOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add a scripts/sync-auth-templates.js using the Supabase Management API; gate on a manual approval but make it one command.
37. Approved waitlist rows with user_id IS NULL stranded for email-OTP [SUR-261] — match_waitlist_on_signup only back-fills on auth.users INSERT and OTP refuses shouldCreateUser:falseGapOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add a nightly job that runs the audit query (status='approved' AND user_id IS NULL) and auto-sends Supabase invites; alert on backlog.
38. Email-OTP error-string mapping is best-effort [SUR-261] — relies on Supabase Auth’s Signups not allowed for otp substring staying stableAssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add an integration test that pings the live Supabase Auth response for an unknown email and asserts the substring; alert on regression.
39. Email signups stay disabled at the Supabase platform level — requestEmailOtp pins shouldCreateUser:false as defence-in-depthAssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Document the dashboard toggle state in DEPLOYMENT_ARCHITECTURE.md; add a check to scripts/check-schema.js that asserts the auth config.
40. Email-OTP code length and expiry are Supabase defaults (6 digits / 1 hour)AssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Acceptable for personal scale; revisit if abuse signals appear (failed-attempt rate-limit telemetry).
41. isStandaloneOrTwa() decides OTP-code vs magic-link delivery once at component mount [SUR-261] — no hot-swap mid-sessionAssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Acceptable today; add a comment in src/lib/platform.js explaining the constraint and revisit when iOS/Android expose surface hot-swapping.
42. Cross-domain help.surfc.app (Cloudflare Pages) remains reachable from authenticated app shell links — no in-app fallback if DNS / cert / Pages outageAssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Phase 2 in-app help renderer (already on backlog) addresses this; add a temporary fallback message on link click.
43. session.access_token expiry handled by getSession() calling _callRefreshToken immediately before each Edge Function invokeAssumptionOpen8 (added 2026-04-26)Add a regression test that simulates a backgrounded-PWA “Invalid JWT” and asserts the refresh path fires.
44. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY rotation is a manual operator task — no client-side hint of expiry; rotated-then-misconfigured key surfaces as blanket 500AssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Same fix as #5 — startup self-check Edge Function with structured error codes.
45. Project-level Anthropic spend cap unknown — only per-user ai_usage_daily counters; no automated alertDependencyOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Set a project-level monthly cap in Anthropic Console; pipe spend metrics into PostHog or a weekly digest email.
46. Account recovery without passkey + no transfer code — data unrecoverable by design; copy points to “the device where you originally enabled encryption”GapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Document this as a deliberate trade-off in the help site; consider an opt-in “recovery key” downloaded at enrolment for users who accept the risk.
47. Deletion-success audit trail beyond in-flight delete-account 200 response — if auth.admin.deleteUser succeeds but client crashes before finalizeAccountDeletion, user sees stale sessionGapOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Add a server-side account_deletions audit table written inside the Edge Function transaction; reconcile on next sign-in attempt.
48. Prompt-injection defence is partial [SUR-242] — Phase 1 system-prompt fencing live; Azure Content Safety (Phase 2) outstandingRiskClosed (SUR-242 Phase 2 pipeline now in main via anthropic-proxy/guardrail.ts; the residual gaps are tracked separately as #52, #53, #54, #56)n/aNone for this row — the residual concerns now live in #52–#56.
49. Dual-hosting transitional period [SUR-254] — surfc-web/ simultaneously configured for Netlify and Cloudflare Pages; cache-header / 301 changes must be applied to bothRiskNot in main on 2026-05-04 (sibling-repo concern; not present in this repo’s RISKS_GAPS_ASSUMPTIONS.md on main)n/aTrack in the surfc-web/ repo’s own RAID instead; remove from this report unless and until the source doc on main re-introduces it.
50. Supabase Edge runtime uses a single Anthropic API key with no per-org isolation and no project-level spend capAssumptionOpenUnknown (predates 2026-04-23)Treat per-user ai_usage_daily + PostHog as the early-warning signal until paid tiers land; pair with #45 to add a project-level cap in Anthropic Console; revisit org isolation once multi-tenant becomes a thing.
51. Per-request quota lookup latency [SUR-92] — extra indexed single-row SELECT on user_profiles per managed-AI call (≈ 1–3 ms warm); becomes a concern only at sustained tens-of-requests-per-secondRiskOpen5 (added 2026-04-29 with the SUR-92 source-doc update)Add a 30–60 s in-memory {userId → resolvedLimit} cache in the Edge Function once managed-AI traffic grows ≥ 10× current volume; not needed for v1.5.
52. Azure Content Safety fail-open gap [SUR-242] — guardrail.ts fails open silently on Azure 5xx / network error / timeout / missing env; managed AI calls still succeed and _failOpen:true is appended to the response, but no PostHog event, Supabase metric, or alerting fires when injection/harm protection is silently inactiveRiskOpen3 (added 2026-05-01; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Emit a guardrail_fail_open PostHog event from the Edge Function; surface a daily count in PostHog dashboards; alert if hourly fail-open rate exceeds N%; consider a GUARDRAIL_REQUIRED env flag for fail-closed mode in production once stable.
53. Azure Content Safety latency budget per call [SUR-242] — each managed request runs up to 3 sequential Azure calls (shield(input) → Anthropic → spotlight(transcription)moderate(output)); under Azure 429-retry × 5 attempts with exponential back-off the wall-clock can add ~5–15 s before fail-open kicks in. Per-call timeout is not documented in guardrail.tsRiskOpen3 (added 2026-05-01; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Document the per-call Azure timeout in guardrail.ts; cap retries at 2 (not 5) before falling open; consider parallelising input-shield with the Anthropic call where order is not strict; add a guardrail_latency_ms PostHog metric.
54. Client-side PII detection is structural/regex-only [SUR-242] — src/safety/piiRegex.js covers card/Luhn, IBAN/mod-97, NIN, SSN, phone E.164, email; checkNerPii() and checkPromptInjection() are exported stub no-ops deferred to SUR-246. v1.4 policy is warn-not-block — unstructured PII (names, addresses, free-text medical info) passes through to Anthropic and is stored in Dexie/Supabase in plaintext-of-the-encrypted-note (i.e. inside the encrypted blob, but visible to the AI proxy)GapOpen3 (added 2026-05-01; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Land SUR-246 (on-device Llama Prompt Guard 2 + GLiNER NER) — keeps detection local, avoids privacy regression; until then add a clearer “AI sees your note text — review before sending” disclaimer next to the BottomSheet review prompt.
55. Blog requires full rebuild per post [SUR-256] — surfc-web/src/content/blog/ MDX is baked into the static dist/ at build time; no CMS, draft preview URL, or incremental rebuild path. Typo fixes trigger a full site rebuild + deployGapOpen3 (added 2026-05-01; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Acceptable at solo-founder posting cadence; revisit if cadence ≥ 1 post/week. Possible mitigations: Cloudflare Pages preview deploys per branch (already exists for surfc-web/); a thin draft-preview layer using Astro’s import.meta.env.DEV flag.
56. Azure Content Safety severity threshold ≥5 calibrated for Surfc content [SUR-242] — moderate() blocks on Hate/Violence/Sexual/SelfHarm at severity ≥5; threshold selected against a representative book-annotation/philosophical-passage corpus during the SUR-242 spike. May be too permissive (severity-4 harms pass through) or too aggressive (literary/historical passages with moderate-out-of-context scores) at scaleAssumptionOpen3 (added 2026-05-01; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Once managed usage exceeds ~500 calls/month, sample blocked + passed calls and compute false-positive / false-negative rates against a small holdout set; adjust threshold per-category before v2.0.
57. device_label is immutable after enrolment [SUR-233] — wrapped_key_blobs.device_label is set once by getDeviceLabel() at passkey-enrolment and never updated; OS-level rename or UA-string change leaves the stored label stale (cosmetic only — crypto unaffected)GapOpen2 (added 2026-05-02; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Add an authenticated PATCH path on wrapped_key_blobs (RLS scoped by user_id) and surface a “Rename device” affordance in LinkedDevicesModal; keep the original label as a device_label_initial audit column.
58. Add-idea Free-tier cap not yet enforced [SUR-235 TODO] — AddIdeaSheet “Create” CTA has a TODO(SUR-235) to gate by useEntitlements() for Free-tier custom-idea cap + Pro upsell; today all users can create unlimited custom ideas from both Profile and the note-form sheetGapOpen2 (added 2026-05-02; landed on main with commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03)Land SUR-235 — add useEntitlements().canCreateCustomIdea check, replace the bare CTA with a paywall-aware variant, and emit a paywall_block PostHog event when the cap fires; add a tier-cap unit test.

Summary

  • 58 items total in this report (was 56 on 02-05-2026 / 03-05-2026). Two new rows added (#57 SUR-233 device_label, #58 SUR-235 add-idea cap).
  • Closed since last report: 1 — #48 (Prompt-injection defence is partial — SUR-242 Phase 2 pipeline now on main). The 7 prior strikethroughs (#3, #6, #8, #10, #13, #14) remain Closed.
  • New items added since 03-05-2026: 2 — #57 SUR-233 device_label immutability and #58 SUR-235 add-idea Free-tier cap TODO. Both added to the source doc by the 2026-05-02 banner and landed on main via commit 013b883 on 2026-05-03.
  • Status flips since 03-05-2026: 5 rows flipped from “Not in main” → Open after commit 013b883 landed (#52, #53, #54, #55, #56). #49 (SUR-254 dual-hosting) remains “Not in main” (sibling-repo concern).
  • Days-open updated: All open items aged by 1 day. Item dated 2026-04-23 (#20) → 11 days; items dated 2026-04-26 (#27–#43) → 8 days; SUR-92 quota assumption (#16) and SUR-92 latency (#51) → 5 days; SUR-242 / SUR-256 items (#52, #53, #54, #55, #56) → 3 days; SUR-233 / SUR-235 items (#57, #58) → 2 days; pre-2026-04-23 items still report Unknown because the source document does not record a per-item Logged date.
  • By type (open totals on main): 13 Risks (was 11 — #52, #53 flipped from Not in main → Open), 18 Gaps (was 16 — #54, #55, #57, #58 flipped/added; #48 Closed nets the gap count to +2), 4 Dependencies (unchanged), 14 Assumptions (was 13 — #56 flipped from Not in main → Open). Plus 7 Closed (was 6 — #48 added) and 1 “Not in main” row held with strikethrough (#49).

Notes / autonomous decisions

  • Source resolution. git show main:docs/architecture/RISKS_GAPS_ASSUMPTIONS.md returned the 80-line file last touched by commit 013b883 (chore: bundle outstanding docs and tighten .gitignore, 2026-05-03). This is the same commit that brought the SUR-233, SUR-235, SUR-242, SUR-256, and 2026-04-29/30/05-01 banner entries onto main. Compared to yesterday’s run, the source doc grew from 68 → 80 lines and the SUR-233 / SUR-235 rows are net-new.
  • #48 status flip. Prior report kept #48 (Prompt-injection defence is partial) Closed against the working tree but flagged a caveat that it was not yet on main. Today’s main confirms the SUR-242 Phase 2 pipeline (anthropic-proxy/guardrail.ts + the SUR-242 banner items) is in main, so #48 is now confirmed Closed without the caveat. The residual SUR-242 risks live as #52, #53, #54, and #56.
  • #49 unchanged. The SUR-254 dual-hosting row is still not in this repo’s RISKS_GAPS_ASSUMPTIONS.md on main — it is a surfc-web/ concern. Held with strikethrough for row stability.
  • Linear cross-check not performed. The task brief did not specifically require a Linear status pull; the source RAID doc on main is treated as the canonical record. If a future run should hit Linear for ticket-level closure tracking (e.g. SUR-IDs flipping to Done), flag that as a follow-up.
  • Suggested actions are concrete and ticket-sized; they are suggestions, not commitments.
  • Delivery. The task asked for the report to be sent to a chat in the Surfc project on claude.ai. The Chrome MCP extension was not connected at run time (list_connected_browsers returned []), so auto-delivery to a claude.ai chat was not possible. The report has been saved to docs/architecture/RAID_REPORT_2026-05-04.md so it can be pasted into the chat manually, or auto-posted on the next run if the Chrome extension is connected.