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rcourtman 843daf7ae3 Remove dead Patrol assessment and save-failure handoffs (#2682)
Stacked on #2674 (branch `refactor/drop-patrol-context-summary`); this
branch contains that commit.

## What

Removes the two Patrol-to-Assistant handoff builders in
`frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/patrolInvestigationContextModel.ts`
that no production code calls:

- `buildPatrolAssessmentAssistantHandoff`: its caller, the summary
card's Discuss handler, went in eac7dfe9ef (2026-05-15).
- `buildPatrolConfigurationFailureHandoff`: its last caller went in
27ba85ddc6 (2026-06-23).

With them go `PatrolInvestigationContextSummary`, their input and output
types, and the private helpers only they used. The model drops from
2,326 to 1,257 lines.

## Why it is safe

- A TypeScript compiler export graph rooted at `src/index.tsx` shows no
reachable importer of either builder, and `git grep` finds only their
own tests.
- Production builds of the parent tree and this tree are byte-identical
across all 187 dist files (`shasum`). `check-bundle-size.mjs` passes.
- The Assistant drawer still restores saved `patrol_assessment` and
`patrol_configuration_failure` sessions. That code
(`components/AI/Chat/index.tsx`, `workflowStarters.ts`,
`internal/ai/chat/session.go`) is unchanged.

## Tests

- The removed builders' cases are gone.
- Two cases covered branches the live finding handoff still uses, so
they now go through the live builders: a typed pending action stays
approval-bound without a legacy approval id, and the resource node
qualifier plus long-line truncation.
- v8 coverage of the surviving model code matches the baseline from
before the removal. The one exception is a defensive guard the live
caller cannot reach.

## Contracts and docs

Eight contracts changed: `patrol-intelligence`, `ai-runtime`,
`api-contracts`, `frontend-primitives`, `security-privacy`,
`storage-recovery`, `agent-lifecycle` and `unified-resources`.

- No contract describes either handoff as a live producer any more.
Statements about restoring saved sessions of those kinds stay.
- Some clauses described a rendered Patrol summary card, assessment
strip or readout, score chip, header trust line, or inline save-failure
surface. They are now conditional or say what renders instead.
- The run-history handoff clauses now say the browser sends the briefing
and safe run metadata, and `internal/ai/patrol_assistant_handoff.go`
rebuilds the model context from the run ID.
- `docs/AI.md` and its public mirror pointed users at a legacy
operational score in a collapsed supporting-context section. Neither
exists any more. The section now points at **Activity > Finding options
and history > History**.
- `ai_runtime_docs_policy_test.py` is the registered proof for
`docs/AI.md`. It now pins that location and rejects the retired claim.
It also had a stale pin that has failed on main since 2789a15fe5; that
pin now matches the current Patrol mode API wording.

Prose about the remaining test-only summary presenters in
`utils/patrolSummaryPresentation.ts` is left for a separate follow-up
that removes those presenters.

## Browser verification

Receipt `frontend-modern/browser-verification/6e6cbc66d62863d1.json`.
Checked on an embedded production build on a private demo mock stack, at
1440x900 and 390x844:

- Inbox "Explain with Assistant" opens the drawer with the Pulse Patrol
attention briefing.
- The run-history "Discuss" button opens the drawer with the "Patrol run
attached" briefing.
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2026-10-05 21:53:41 +01:00
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