usability enhancements

openspec/changes/p15-complete-test-suite/.openspec.yaml

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+schema: spec-driven
+created: 2026-02-13

openspec/changes/p15-complete-test-suite/proposal.md

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+## Why
+
+The platform needs stronger quality gates to ensure stable, predictable behavior across releases. A complete testing and review program will reduce regressions, improve confidence in deployments, and surface performance, accessibility, and security risks earlier.
+
+## What Changes
+
+- Introduce a unified automated test suite strategy covering unit, integration, and end-to-end paths.
+- Add end-to-end test coverage for core UI flows, API contracts, and database state transitions.
+- Add WCAG-focused accessibility checks and include them in quality gates.
+- Add page speed and runtime performance checks with repeatable thresholds.
+- Add baseline security testing (dependency, config, and common web vulnerability checks).
+- Add user-experience validation scenarios for key journeys and failure states.
+- Define comprehensive coverage expectations for critical features and edge cases.
+- Add a structured code-review/remediation/optimization pass to resolve quality debt.
+- Add performance monitoring and alerting requirements for production health visibility.
+
+## Capabilities
+
+### New Capabilities
+- `platform-quality-gates`: Defines required CI quality gates and pass/fail criteria for release readiness.
+- `end-to-end-system-testing`: Defines end-to-end testing coverage across UI, API, and database workflows.
+- `security-and-performance-test-harness`: Defines security checks and page/runtime performance testing strategy.
+- `observability-monitoring-and-alerting`: Defines performance monitoring signals, dashboards, and alerting thresholds.
+- `code-review-remediation-workflow`: Defines structured remediation and optimization workflow after comprehensive review.
+
+### Modified Capabilities
+- `wcag-2-2-aa-accessibility`: Expand verification requirements to include automated accessibility testing in release gates.
+- `delivery-and-rendering-performance`: Add enforceable page speed benchmarks and regression thresholds.
+- `site-admin-safety-and-ergonomics`: Add operational verification requirements tied to maintenance command behaviors.
+
+## Impact
+
+- **Testing/Tooling:** New test suites, fixtures, and CI workflows for UI/API/DB/accessibility/security/performance.
+- **Frontend/Backend:** Potential bug fixes and optimizations discovered during comprehensive test and review passes.
+- **Operations:** Monitoring/alerting setup and documentation for performance and reliability signals.
+- **Release Process:** Stronger quality gates before archive/release actions.