- Zod validator: plausibleInterpretations accepts empty string (zero interpretations) while remaining required and string-typed
- Prompt instruction: SECTION B now explicitly requests "" instead of absence prose when no plausible inputs exist
- Report generation/update paths derive hasPlausibleInterpretations from actual synthesized data rather than hard-coding true
- Tests: updated validation contract, added hasPlausibleInterpretations derivation assertions, updated seam tests to use derived values
synthesizeInvestigationOverview() called provider.generateReconstruction(prompt, modelName)
without an output contract. Without a structured-output schema the provider defaults to its
initial-reconstruction format which lacks { understanding, plausibleInterpretations }, causing
'Missing or invalid required fields' validation failure.
Add overviewOutputSchema (JSON-schema matching validateOverviewResponse contract) and pass as
third argument, matching the proven pattern in synthesizeCurrentUnderstanding().
53/53 tests PASS. Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
Production: synthesizeInvestigationOverview() now passes providerResult.response
to validateOverviewResponse() instead of the raw envelope, matching the proven
pattern in current-understanding-synthesis.js.
Regression: fakeProvider returns real-provider envelope shape { response, providerApiPath }
and four new regression tests verify unwrapping succeeds with valid response
and fails correctly with invalid response inside the envelope.
Handoff: documented defect confirmed, fix applied, and owning regression added.
robbond