fix: close Nearlight release blockers

docs/VERIFICATION.md

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-# Verification — 2026-09-08
+# Verification — 2026-09-12
 
-## Scope and implementation
+## Scope
 
-The requested model migration was canceled: Qwen 2.5 remains configured.
-The native redesign separates Talk, Music and Activity; simplifies the welcome
-and connection controls; supports light/dark appearance and Dynamic Type;
-adds recoverable error states; and gives transcript clearing explicit confirmation.
-The Impeccable native-iOS guidance informed system controls, hierarchy, readable
-spacing and touch targets. Settings, transcripts and task updates are observed
-directly so asynchronous changes render promptly.
+Qwen 2.5 remains configured; the canceled subscription-login migration was not
+revived. The embedded music player was removed by user decision. The current app
+is the Astra-designed **Nearlight** native interface with shared Talk and Activity
+tabs, adaptive semantic styling, the Lightwell conversation indicator, rebuilt
+conversation controls, readable transcripts, actionable failure states, explicit
+Settings saves, and revised Activity/detail surfaces.
 
-Music fixes include standalone control requests, current download metadata,
-visible failures, pinned artwork, server-change cleanup, cached AAC delivery,
-and correct AVFoundation content-type identifiers in the pinned resource loader.
+## Current iOS evidence
 
-## Evidence
+Project: `Voice.xcodeproj`; scheme: `Voice_iOS`; simulator: iPhone 17 Pro
+`AFDA137E-1657-428E-BF01-E5CD7989772C`.
 
-Project: `Voice.xcodeproj`; scheme: `Voice_iOS`; simulator: iPhone 17 Pro.
+- Full combined simulator run: **50 passed, 0 failed, 1 live skip** in 104.9
+  seconds. It includes unit/state tests and five offline UI scenarios.
+- The offline UI scenarios cover navigation/offline recovery; persisted voice and
+  server validation; normalized same-address and changed-address save feedback;
+  transcript clearing and Activity details; restored-history reading position and
+  explicit Latest recovery; and accessibility-size navigation.
+- A second targeted run after the final VoiceOver eligibility strengthening passed
+  `testRestoredTranscriptStaysAtTopUntilLatest`: **1 passed, 0 failed**.
+- Fresh runtime inspection showed the long restored transcript at its beginning
+  with the **Latest** affordance visible. The regression tapped Latest and verified
+  the final row became visible.
+- GPT-6 Astra re-read its design specification and prior findings, inspected the
+  final source, and performed an isolated Settings runtime reproduction. Its
+  round-four verdict was **PASS**: reading eligibility, ready-session microphone
+  recovery visibility, and save-confirmation lifetime were resolved; the earlier
+  selection and pending-Send fixes remained intact.
+- Astra's Settings reproduction saved `  https://127.0.0.1:2  ` using isolated
+  UI-test preferences. Settings stayed open, the field normalized, and the
+  checkmark plus “Server address saved.” remained visible. The next user edit
+  cleared both indicators. It did not touch normal preferences or the NAS.
 
-- 68 unit tests passed, including standalone media controls, retry error clearing,
-  download metadata, transcript persistence/deduplication, session replacement,
-  and interruption state handling.
-- Five offline UI tests passed: navigation/offline recovery, voice persistence and
-  URL validation, music search failure/station validation, transcript confirmation
-  and task details, and accessibility-size navigation.
-- Two live UI tests passed together against the NAS at 17:56 UTC: real Qwen
-  response, background task completion, disconnect/reconnect, library playback
-  with advancing media time, pause, forward seek and stop.
-- Backend integration run: 16 passed, 7 skipped, 2 deselected. This is not a claim
-  that the skipped or slow integration cases were verified.
-- AAC conversion regression: one passed, checking original-file preservation,
-  AAC output, cache reuse and HTTP byte ranges. Deployed range request returned 206.
-
-XcodeBuildMCP result bundles are under
+Result bundles under
 `~/Library/Developer/XcodeBuildMCP/workspaces/voice-ios-9eb036fdea81/result-bundles/`:
 
-- Unit/offline UI: `test_sim_2026-09-08T11-48-52-164Z_pid87175_79b1a610.xcresult`.
-  This combined run's two live cases failed after long stalls; its unit/offline
-  results above passed.
-- Latest live pair: `test_sim_2026-09-08T17-56-51-984Z_pid30949_ec504db2.xcresult`.
-- Earlier live rerun: `test_sim_2026-09-08T17-46-07-841Z_pid30949_bd804a04.xcresult`
-  failed agent join and advancing playback. Their intermittent cause has not
-  been established. The subsequent passing pair did not require a server restart.
+- Full run:
+  `test_sim_2026-09-12T14-03-09-058Z_pid95846_2ca9da7e.xcresult`
+- Targeted restored-history run:
+  `test_sim_2026-09-12T14-05-21-070Z_pid98187_bd3e531a.xcresult`
+
+## Physical-device evidence
+
+iPhone 14 Pro Max `BF93D35E-0853-5470-A125-6EB0DB3F17AB` was paired, built for,
+signed with personal team `YJFYRB92NW`, installed, trusted, and launched through
+`devicectl`. This proves device signing/install/launch only, not microphone or
+speaker behavior. Free provisioning expires after seven days.
+
+The final source also completed a signed generic-iOS build at
+`/tmp/voice-ios-device-derived/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/Voice.app`. The
+device was unavailable to `devicectl`, so this artifact was not installed. The
+successful earlier install therefore predates the last Nearlight
+reading-safety, microphone-notice, and save-confirmation corrections.
+
+## Historical live and backend evidence
+
+Earlier live NAS runs verified Qwen replies, background task completion,
+disconnect/reconnect, and three consecutive Qwen/task/reconnect iterations. Older
+music playback evidence is historical only: the player and its tests no longer
+exist in the iOS app.
+
+Backend integration previously passed 16 tests with 7 skipped and 2 deselected.
+The AAC compatibility regression passed and the deployed byte-range request
+returned HTTP 206. That patch remains in a separate backend repository and is not
+published by this iOS branch.
 
 ## Not yet qualified
 
-Passing simulator tests do not prove audible speaker/headphone output, microphone
-capture, barge-in, phone/Siri interruption recovery, background audio, or network
-loss recovery on hardware. Follow `DEVICE_TESTING.md` with a physical iPhone on
-the LAN. Navigation at large text sizes is tested, not a complete VoiceOver audit.
-Live tests use an existing library track; they do not prove new YouTube downloads
-or every radio stream format.
+- Audible speaker/headphone output, physical microphone capture, barge-in,
+  phone/Siri interruption recovery, lock/background behavior, and live
+  network-loss recovery.
+- A real microphone-permission-denied session. The visibility/recovery branches
+  are source-reviewed, but no permission was changed during final verification.
+- A full VoiceOver audio/focus session, exhaustive contrast audit, every Dynamic
+  Type/layout combination, or strict conformance to every Nearlight design detail.
+  Astra explicitly accepted the remaining visual/adaptive/presentation debt for
+  this personal release.
+- The final corrected binary on the physical iPhone while it remains unavailable.
 
-## Repeatability follow-up — 18:04 UTC
-
-Three consecutive Qwen/task/reconnect iterations passed. Music passed twice and
-failed on the third iteration; runtime logs captured AVPlayer's request timeout
-while the TLS loader buffered a whole 6 MB response. The loader now delivers
-bounded 256 KB ranges to AVPlayer, retaining cancellation and EOF handling.
-After that change, **all three consecutive live playback iterations passed**
-in about 13 seconds each. This addresses the observed music buffering failure;
-the earlier isolated agent-join failure has not been reproduced or explained.
-
-- Reproduction bundle: `test_sim_2026-09-08T18-00-03-993Z_pid30949_49da9d2c.xcresult`.
-- Post-fix playback bundle: `test_sim_2026-09-08T18-04-30-014Z_pid30949_df323119.xcresult`.
-- Live tests now attach failure screenshots and UI hierarchy, and attempt to stop
-  test-initiated music during teardown even after an assertion failure.
-
-The initial hardware check found an unavailable iPhone. A later USB check detected
-the phone running iOS 26.6.1, explicitly marked **unpaired** by XcodeBuildMCP.
-No successful device install or hardware qualification is recorded. See
-`PROJECT_STATUS.md` for the current pairing blocker and next steps.
-
-Deployment and rollback are recorded in `DEPLOYMENT.md`. The NAS image includes
-the compatibility patch; the sibling backend source still requires its own commit
-and safe deployment workflow. See `PROJECT_STATUS.md` for repository handoff scope.
+Follow [DEVICE_TESTING.md](DEVICE_TESTING.md) for hardware qualification and
+[PROJECT_STATUS.md](PROJECT_STATUS.md) for current priorities and deployment
+dependencies.