dispatch: session close 2026-05-22 session 3 — full day close-out

Author: Douglas Jones

dispatches/2026-05-22-session-close-3.readout.md

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+# Session Close — 2026-05-22 (Session 3)
+
+## Session Summary
+
+Final close-out for the May 22 work day. Session state written, PROJECT_STATUS updated, team briefing prepared, next-session prompt drafted.
+
+## Work Completed This Close
+
+- `docs/SESSION_STATE_2026_05_22.md` — full session notes, gate status table, architecture notes on cache distribution
+- `docs/PROJECT_STATUS.md` — updated from April 2026 to current (May 22, 2026), reflects all completed work and correct next milestones
+- Both committed and pushed to `origin/main` on decodethesign repo (commit `dd44eac5`)
+
+## Full Session Recap (all three sub-sessions)
+
+1. **API build, test fixes, deploy** — 35 test failures fixed (mock gaps + cache bleed), 1007 passing, deployed to production
+2. **Hardening pass** — rule engine cache invalidation on all 5 admin rule-writing endpoints, iOS NearbySignsCache compile error fixed + 10 unit tests, 0 npm vulnerabilities
+3. **Close-out** — session state, PROJECT_STATUS, dispatch backlog cleared (26 artifacts), team briefing
+
+## Final State
+
+- decodethesign.com: live, clean build, 0 vulnerabilities
+- Tests: 1007 passing, 0 failing
+- Dispatch check: all pairs complete
+- Both repos synced to remote

dispatches/2026-05-22-session-close-3.yaml

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+date: "2026-05-22"
+type: session-close
+project: DecodeTheSign
+status: complete
+
+summary: >
+  Final close-out: session state written, PROJECT_STATUS updated to May 2026,
+  team briefing and next-session prompt prepared. All repos synced.
+
+commits:
+  - sha: dd44eac5
+    repo: decodethesign
+    message: "docs: session state 2026-05-22 + update PROJECT_STATUS to current"
+
+artifacts_created:
+  - docs/SESSION_STATE_2026_05_22.md
+  - docs/PROJECT_STATUS.md (updated)
+
+gate_status:
+  G0: PASS
+  G1: "6/7 — B-Team review pending"
+  G2_G3: "5/6 — B-Team review pending"
+  G4: "8/22 NFR items automated — field evidence pending"
+  G5: "3/12 — pre-launch"
+  G6: "0/7 — pre-launch"
+
+next_priority: "B-Team adversarial review (GPT-4o) — unblocks G1 + G2/G3"
+
+dispatch_check: complete