feat(confidence-engine): establish authenticated product boundary

docs/current-handoff.md

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 Initial-decomposition hardening is frozen for the current MVP stage.
 
+## Authenticated product boundary (v0.62a)
+
+- Confidence Engine uses self-hosted Supabase Auth with magic-link email, `/auth/callback` code exchange, cookie-backed sessions, and protected product routes/API requests; unauthenticated API requests receive 401.
+- Investigation persistence remains wholly localStorage-backed and independent of authentication. No `confidence_engine` database schema, tables, snapshot ownership fields, Supabase server configuration, or PostgREST configuration were changed; server persistence remains future work.
+
 **Current product checkpoint:** Read `docs/confidence-engine-product-checkpoint-2026-09-08.md` before planning new product, live-evidence, or commercial work. The core investigation loop is now sufficiently established to prioritise realistic end-to-end use, report experience, prospective-user value, repeat use, and willingness to pay—not endless isolated reasoning-mechanics experiments. Preserve user ownership and address trust-critical defects when found.
 
 Do not resume:

docs/current-project-state.md

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ The product direction is a **facilitated investigation** presented across three
 
 **Report:** Renders persisted `investigationReport` snapshot. Generation is on-demand (exactly one `/api/cases/overview` call on first visit; zero on subsequent visits). The Report is a derived artefact, not canonical reasoning evidence.
 
+**Authentication boundary:** Supabase Auth magic links gate product and CE API routes. Sessions are cookie-backed and `/auth/callback` exchanges the auth code before returning to `/`. This does not alter localStorage investigation persistence or introduce user ownership into CE snapshots; dedicated `confidence_engine` PostgreSQL persistence remains future work.
+
 The user controls which question to investigate, how deeply to investigate it, when to say Done for now, whether Current Understanding is sufficient, whether to reopen work, and when to review the Report. The engine facilitates — it does not steer or prioritise.
 
 ## September 8, 2026 Product Checkpoint