# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 99 ship log

**Date:** 2026-05-14 (push mode, 50 min cadence, audit-completeness iter)

## What shipped (1 substantive ship)

This iter completed the page-identity audit's buyer-surface coverage by adding /faq/, /vs/, /feedback/ to the URL pattern list. The audit now covers 7 buyer-touching surfaces per product, 1718 requests per run.

## Ship 1: audit-page-identity v3 - 7 buyer-touching surfaces

Extended PATTERNS list in audit-page-identity.py from 4 to 7:

| Pattern | URL template | Why |
|---|---|---|
| builds | /factory/builds/<slug>/ | Primary product page (iter 97) |
| pricing | /factory/builds/<slug>/pricing/ | Tier explainer (iter 98) |
| **faq** | /factory/builds/<slug>/faq/ | Per-product FAQ (NEW iter 99) |
| **vs** | /factory/builds/<slug>/vs/ | Competitive-comparison page (NEW iter 99) |
| unlock | /factory/unlock/<slug>/ | $5 unlock CTA (iter 98) |
| adopt | /factory/adopt/<slug>/ | $99-199 adopt CTA (iter 98) |
| **feedback** | /factory/feedback/<slug>/ | Buyer feedback form (NEW iter 99) |

**Result on first run:** 1718 requests across 7 patterns in 8.9s.
- ok: 1689 (98.3%)
- ok-weak: 29 (26 in /pricing/ from iter 98, plus 3 new in /faq/)
- identity-mismatch: 0
- unreachable: 0
- skipped: 11 (no local file, mostly the 2 partial-build slugs across each pattern)

**Per-pattern breakdown:**
- builds: 245 ok / 2 skip
- pricing: 221 ok / 26 weak / 0 skip
- faq: 243 ok / 3 weak / 1 skip
- vs: 245 ok / 2 skip
- unlock: 245 ok / 2 skip
- adopt: 245 ok / 2 skip
- feedback: 245 ok / 2 skip

**Runtime barely grew** from 9s (4 patterns) to 8.9s (7 patterns). The audit's bottleneck is HTTP request parallelism, and the new patterns happen to interleave well with existing ones.

## Ship 2: /quality-report/ updated for 7-surface coverage

Updated the "What we audit" row to describe the 7 surfaces. Card now shows: "Page identity 1718/1718 - no fall-through (7 surfaces)".

This is the complete buyer-surface coverage. Every URL pattern that a buyer might land on or be redirected to is now monitored for fall-through.

## Health hygiene (Op rule 5)

- **Em-dash sweep**: pending
- **audit-fakeproof**: 0 hard / 0 soft (CLEAN)
- **audit-adoptability-drift**: 244 matched, 0 drift, 2 partial-build
- **audit-page-identity**: 1718/1718 ok, 0 mismatch, 0 unreachable, 29 ok-weak (26 pricing + 3 faq)
- **Health-check**: 77/77 passing

## Status snapshot

- 244 scored products + 2 partial builds
- 246 build pages with index.html, 7-surface audited per slug
- 0 fake-proof findings, 0 score drift, 0 page-identity fall-throughs
- 12 essays + Read-next + JSON-LD
- 8 high-trust pages with JSON-LD durable
- /factory/catalog/ with CollectionPage
- 244 /builds/ pages with PNG OG + Product schema
- 271 OG PNG images
- 5 transparency surfaces + 98 styled ship-log detail pages
- /quality-report/ surfaces 6 live-check cards + "What we audit" 7-row table + "Known issues" + 12 content invariants
- 12 content invariants defended
- 77/77 health endpoints, 134+ cron jobs
- 50 min cadence active
- **Page-identity: 1718 requests, 7 surfaces, 0 fall-throughs**

## Iter 99 throughput note

1 substantive ship at 50-min cadence. This is genuinely 1 ship rather than 2-3. The work was clean and well-scoped (extend 3 patterns, regen, verify). The marginal-value of further audit extension is diminishing - we have covered all known buyer-touching surfaces.

Cadence step to 60 min is the right call for iter 100. The catalog is mature; iter-by-iter marginal value is now small.

## Running queue (top 5 for iter 100)

1. **Cadence step to 60 min** - iter 99 was 1 ship. Iter 92-99 averaged ~2 ships. 60 min reduces idle context burn.
2. **Iter 100 milestone reflection** - might be worth a small celebratory log entry summarizing where the catalog is at the 100-iter mark.
3. **Investigate the 26 weak pricing pages + 3 weak faq pages** - content-quality polish opportunity.
4. **Investigate the Director polish-pass empty-write bug** - the bug that broke brief-ai is still unfixed in the polish-pass.py source.
5. **13th essay or 14th essay** - no candidate ready; skip until queue grows.

## Cumulative iter 1-99

- **Catalog**: 244 scored + 2 partial, 246 with index.html
- **Content library**: 12 essays + Read-next + 271 OG PNGs + 98 styled ship-log pages
- **High-trust pages**: 8 foundational + 5 transparency surfaces
- **Source durability**: 23+ generators + 6 regen scripts auto-call injectors + 4 JSON snapshots + 134+ cron jobs
- **Content invariants**: 12 defended at surface+source
- **Audit coverage**: 7 buyer-touching surfaces per product, 1718 requests per audit cycle, time-to-detect <= 30 min

The audit suite is complete-as-of-iter-99. Future regressions on any buyer URL get caught within 30 minutes. The catalog is genuinely well-monitored end-to-end.