Repair LOCATION-A defect where processing feedback rendered near the
completed narrative instead of inside the active follow-up block.
Changes:
- components/reasoning-workspace.jsx: three targeted edits using a single
spinner component with conditional rendering; hasActiveFollowUp routes
ownership to the correct container
- tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx: regression test confirming
exactly one indicator, DOM child of follow-up-block, ownership separation
Accepted criteria met:
✅ Exactly one processing indicator during follow-up processing
✅ Indicator is a DOM child of follow-up-block
✅ Top-level indicator suppressed when follow-up active
✅ Initial answer flow preserved (top-level when no follow-up)
✅ Successful follow-up promotion intact
✅ All existing context retained
✅ No new state/lifecycle changes/error redesign
When a reopened completed turn is displayed, distinguish it from an active question:
- 'PREVIOUSLY ANSWERED' + 'YOUR RESPONSE' headings for completed turns (hasAnswer=true)
- Bare 'QUESTION' heading preserved for active follow-ups (answer=null)
- Verbatim user answer rendered under its own heading — never conflated with Engine-derived findings
- Causal narrative: Question → Your response → What this tells us
Gate results:
- 102 tests passed (78 existing + 24 new v0.49 provenance narrative tests)
- Clean production build
- Live verification on localhost:3000 confirmed correct rendering
ThreadContributionsBadge, PriorContributionsSummary, and
SecondaryPreviousLearning all filtered contributions via
c.targetNodeId === nodeId. Multi-turn follow-up Contributions carry a
different immediate targetNodeId while the canonical origin remains on
Findings (originatingTargetNodeId).
Repaired: all contribution filters now match on EITHER
c.targetNodeId === nodeId || c.originatingTargetNodeId === nodeId.
handleDeconstructSubmit carries originatingTargetNodeId from
focusedPresentationItemId as provenance for cold-return recovery.
- Document live Playwright verification of amber INVESTIGATING indicator
on Open Questions cards with matching contribution targetNodeId
- Document 11 new deterministic tests in focused-investigation-history describe block
- Confirm UNCLEAR and INVESTIGATING coexist independently (epistemic vs activity)
- Note that cue only renders inside OpenQuestionsPanel, not initial reflection surface
Record: v0.48 persistence objective complete; Finding eligibility resolved;
next boundary is isolated Finding-informed Current Understanding (feature/
finding-informed-understanding-v0.49); broader Finding-system questions
intentionally deferred. No production or test changes.
robbond