Raised as a P1 on #169. Filed rather than fixed there: the finding is correct, but how to gate it is
a product decision, and the mechanism does not exist yet.
What
src/entrypoints/panel/panel-presets.ts offers one whole-financial-year preset per return type. The
popup links to panel.html, and the package verifier now requires that page in every build — so a
Store package carries a full-year download offer for every return type, including GSTR-2B.
docs/PUBLICATION_READINESS.md holds full fiscal year as source-build alpha, limited to eligible
GSTR-3B/GSTR-1 periods, and states that Store-facing V0 must not advertise it until the exact-ZIP,
restart/resume, reconciliation and privacy gates are recorded. Those gates are not recorded.
My error, recorded
I ticked "Full fiscal year remains source-build alpha and is not part of the Chrome Web Store V0
listing" on #169's body. That claim is false for the PR as it stands, and I asserted it without
checking it against what the panel offers. The checkbox has been corrected.
The decision
There is no build-time gating mechanism in the repository today, so this needs one of:
- Restrict the presets to the scope the alpha already covers — eligible GSTR-3B/GSTR-1 periods —
so the panel offers only what the readiness document permits. Smallest change; no new mechanism.
- Gate the panel entrypoint out of Store packages behind a build flag. Larger, and introduces a
build-variant concept that does not exist and would need its own verification, since a package
gate that silently fails open is worse than none.
- Record the gates, which is the real work and not a packaging change.
Option 1 is the cheapest honest outcome and keeps one build. Option 2 buys more but adds a mechanism
whose failure mode is exactly the kind this repository guards against.
Note for whoever takes this
The package verifier now requires panel.html, so removing the page from a build would fail
verification. Any gating approach has to update that expectation deliberately rather than tripping
over it.
Raised as a P1 on #169. Filed rather than fixed there: the finding is correct, but how to gate it is
a product decision, and the mechanism does not exist yet.
What
src/entrypoints/panel/panel-presets.tsoffers one whole-financial-year preset per return type. Thepopup links to
panel.html, and the package verifier now requires that page in every build — so aStore package carries a full-year download offer for every return type, including GSTR-2B.
docs/PUBLICATION_READINESS.mdholds full fiscal year as source-build alpha, limited to eligibleGSTR-3B/GSTR-1 periods, and states that Store-facing V0 must not advertise it until the exact-ZIP,
restart/resume, reconciliation and privacy gates are recorded. Those gates are not recorded.
My error, recorded
I ticked "Full fiscal year remains source-build alpha and is not part of the Chrome Web Store V0
listing" on #169's body. That claim is false for the PR as it stands, and I asserted it without
checking it against what the panel offers. The checkbox has been corrected.
The decision
There is no build-time gating mechanism in the repository today, so this needs one of:
so the panel offers only what the readiness document permits. Smallest change; no new mechanism.
build-variant concept that does not exist and would need its own verification, since a package
gate that silently fails open is worse than none.
Option 1 is the cheapest honest outcome and keeps one build. Option 2 buys more but adds a mechanism
whose failure mode is exactly the kind this repository guards against.
Note for whoever takes this
The package verifier now requires
panel.html, so removing the page from a build would failverification. Any gating approach has to update that expectation deliberately rather than tripping
over it.