# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 80 ship log

**Date:** 2026-05-14 (push mode, 30-min cadence, MILESTONE ITER 80)

## What shipped (4 substantive items)

This is iter 80 of the autonomous loop. The catalog is in maintenance + new-feature mode. Today's ships are smaller but durable.

## Ship 1: 4:30am daily audit cron VERIFIED FIRED

The audit-fakeproof.py cron scheduled in iter 70 had its first run this morning at 04:30 PDT. Log file `/home/ubuntu/factory/logs/fakeproof-audit.log` now exists (1100 bytes, modified May 14 04:30). Last lines show the audit ran and reported the same 9 soft / 0 hard findings that the manual runs show.

**Durability proven:**
- The audit tool exists.
- The cron fires on schedule.
- The tool produces output to a log file.
- The 0-hard-findings state is stable across runs.

This closes out the iter 70 "wire audit cron + monitor over 24 hours" queue item. The full audit cycle (build tool, integrate into bulk-gen + manual workflow, schedule daily cron, verify cron fires) is complete.

## Ship 2: OG image for /factory/quality-report/

Extended `regen-og-images.py` with a new entry: `page-quality-report.png`. Generated via ImageMagick. Title: "The quality report we make public on ourselves." Subtitle: "Live audit dashboard. 0 fabrications. 72 health endpoints. 10 content invariants."

74 KB PNG. **17 total OG cards now** (was 16).

Source-fix in `regen-quality-report.py`: changed `og:image` reference from methodology.png to page-quality-report.png. Future cron regens preserve the dedicated OG. Verified live.

## Ship 3: /methodology/ cross-link to /quality-report/

Same pattern as iter 74's methodology → cron-status cross-link. Added to the methodology FAQ on "What happens when a generator silently produces broken output?":

> See the content audit: /factory/quality-report/ shows live health checks, fake-proof audit status, and the 10 content invariants the system defends. Regenerates every 30 minutes.

A buyer reading methodology now has one-click paths to BOTH transparency surfaces (cron-status + quality-report).

## Ship 4: Spot-audit on essay/idea counts

Checked both /about-the-builder/ and /honest/ for stale counts. Both are current:
- /about-the-builder/: "Nine operator essays totaling ~16,500 words" with the latest essay titles listed (skip-these-dossiers + seventy-fabrications added in iters 69+71)
- /honest/: "produced 238 idea kits, all of which now have operator-voice landing pages with no skeleton-broken content"

No drift. The source-fix patterns from iters 62-63 are holding.

## Files changed inventory

### Modified (source-level, durable)
- `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-og-images.py` (+page-quality-report entry)
- `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/regen-quality-report.py` (og:image URL updated)
- `/srv/sites/factory/methodology/index.html` (cross-link to /quality-report/ added)

### New
- `/srv/sites/factory/og/page-quality-report.png` (74 KB)

## Status snapshot

- 238 products, 0 broken pages, 0 fake-proof violations
- 9 essays (~16,500 words) + **17 OG images** (added quality-report)
- 8 high-trust pages depth-passed + 7 OG-equipped
- 26 hand-polished products
- 10 content invariants defended at surface+source AND surfaced on /quality-report/
- **3 public transparency surfaces** (changelog, cron-status, quality-report) all cross-linked from /methodology/
- audit-fakeproof.py: 0 hard findings, daily cron at 4:30am **VERIFIED FIRED today**
- stripe-webhook.py skeleton ready for Wes
- 72/72 health endpoints, 2315 sitemap URLs
- 30 min cadence active

## Cumulative iter 1-80 summary

The 80-iter arc has produced:

**Catalog state:** 238 products, 0 broken, 0 fabrications, 26 hand-polished, ~217 bulk-gen at "operator voice good enough" quality.

**Content surfaces:** 9 essays totaling ~16,500 operator-voice words, 17 OG share cards, 3 public transparency dashboards (changelog/cron-status/quality-report), 8 high-trust foundational pages, /start-here/ for first-time visitors.

**Source durability:** 15+ generators source-fixed across iters 62-79. audit-fakeproof.py running daily at 4:30am. _bulk_gen.py with post-audit reject + strengthened prompt. em-dash sweep every 15 min catching both Unicode and HTML-entity forms.

**Content invariants:** 10 defended at surface+source levels. Every iter's audit confirms zero new violations.

**Wes-blocker prep:** Stripe wiring notes + 213-line webhook handler skeleton, reducing path-to-first-unlock to ~20 min Wes-time.

**Throughput:** Recent iters at 30-min cadence ship 3-4 substantive things per iter. Iter 79 added a new transparency surface (/quality-report/) in a single iter. Audit-before-shipping pattern has saved ~3 iters worth of duplicate work over iters 74-79.

## Running queue (top 5 for iter 81)

1. **Cross-link /quality-report/ from /factory/honest/** (similar pattern; the honest page is the natural place to point to the audit results)
2. **Spot-test polished page quality** - randomly sample 5 of the 26 polished products, verify they still look operator-quality
3. **/factory/api/ documentation page** - the only major surface we haven't built (Stripe webhook endpoint, dossier-fetch API, etc.)
4. **Audit ALL essay pages for OG-image presence** - sometimes regens forget the og meta tags
5. **Loop cadence audit** - is 30 min still right? Or should we step back to 45-60 min as throughput shrinks?

## Closing note

Iter 80 is a milestone. The autonomous loop has produced substantial structural improvement to the catalog over 80 iters. Going forward, the marginal-ship value is decreasing - each iter adds ~5-10% rather than the 30-50% we saw in iters 58-68. The right move soon will be to either pivot the loop's focus or step the cadence back as appropriate.