Dune/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

Current development status

Updated 13 September 2026. This is the short navigation dashboard; detailed evidence remains in the linked records. The complete twelve-faction goal is unfinished. Basic is playable; Advanced and unfinished expansion starts remain gated. No completion or publication gate is opened by this document.

Evidence and source of truth

• Deferred movement arrival safety repairs the combined Advanced sample's saved CHOAM decline deadlock. New unsupported moves reject before prevention windows or card commitment; an old saved decline returns the uncommitted move while preserving any existing Ornithopter escrow. Simultaneous Ambassador/Terror priority remains a pending source question. Focused rules and saved concurrency checks retain supported arrivals and Karama's validation before payment. The reusable offline faction harness records private traces, incomplete snapshots and source-bound reports. All six fresh samples now finish; combined Advanced uses 1,303 actions and 35 JSON restores. The exact earlier failed save also finishes after its recovered decline. Guarded candidates still occur; broad verification is recorded in the checkpoint. Both existing browser QA seats restored their hands and decisions after refresh. The server was healthy and all 632 opening games and original seat records were preserved.

• Expansion-faction development games connect genuine setup for all seven expansion selections, using existing faction controls, all four AI profiles and saved continuation. Ecaz now places its six starting forces in Imperial Basin and keeps fourteen in reserve. The optional three-card Ecaz variant remains separate and unfinished. Advanced Ixians have an explicit saved per-lot decline for Richese offers; the actual exchange still awaits its replacement-custody ruling. Complete-game samples finish five of six games; combined Advanced reaches turn three, then stops on the then-existing CHOAM movement/Ambassador arrival guard. The deferred movement follow-up above repairs that saved deadlock while retaining the unresolved simultaneous-arrival gate. Setup evidence does not open public starts or establish full faction compliance. Saved-game checks passed after a necessary restart for a stale server module cache.

• Diplomat defense copying connects one committed Worthless card to an opposing base Shield or Snooper, with optional controls, all four AI profiles, native trained-leader self-protection and mandatory discard. Saved choices and concurrent resolution have focused recovery evidence. Lower retreat and combined modules remain unfinished; no public gate opens. After the latest outage, the existing server was healthy and all 563 opening games and original seat records matched the backup. Final checks are recorded in the checkpoint.

• Smuggler with Richese No-Field connects the officially permitted free physical companion, unchanged marker price, private controls, all four AI profiles and saved cancellation/interception. Genuine CHOAM & Richese Leader Skills setup now includes its two replacement/additional battle cards. After the latest outage the server was healthy and all 529 opening games and seat records matched the backup. Other combinations and public starts stay gated; final checks and preservation totals are recorded in the checkpoint.

• Sandmaster movement collection connects explicit ground routes, optional board-spice collection, controls, legal AI and saved Fremen cancellation. Special relocation and combined modules remain missing; multiple-pile collection stays guarded. No mode gate is opened.

• Spice Banker battle spending connects sealed own spice, separate support funding, survivor strength, traitor payment precedence, private controls, all four AI profiles and saved resolution. Normal income remains pending the recorded custody question. Broad results and browser evidence are recorded in the checkpoint; no mode gate is opened.

• Smuggler reserve shipment connects the optional free companion, total physical count, Guild rounding, controls, all four AI profiles and saved interception. Independent review added missing-decision rejection. Browser opt-out, actual shipment and refresh are exercised in a new room. Battle collection and combined routes remain missing. After the latest outage, the server was healthy and all 427 opening rooms remained unchanged; a fresh backup captured 428. Broad results and final preservation are in the commit.

• Leader battle effects now connect both Rihani bands and lower Mentat, Bureaucrat and Sandmaster effects. Private controls, all four AI profiles, JSON/SQLite continuation and concurrent exchanges are covered. A new browser room exercised separate inspection, draw, public return and refresh. Three normal bands and Spice Banker, Diplomat and Smuggler remain missing. The server responded after the outage; a fresh backup captured 393 rooms. Broad check results and final preservation are recorded in the checkpoint commit.

• Suk Graduate now connects both casualty-rescue bands, ordinary/elite counter routing, player controls, all four AI profiles and saved continuation. Targeted browser rescue and refresh preserved two board forces, seventeen reserves, one Tank and the private hand. Two Basic/Advanced samples finished but did not encounter an eligible rescue; targeted tests cover that effect. Advanced Atreides selection remains unavailable pending the recorded Kwisatz Haderach question. After the latest reported outage, the server was healthy and all 360 rooms were backed up; the 359 opening rooms and their seat records were unchanged. Checkpoint-wide results are in the commit.

• Planetologist now has bounded movement and Special-card battle prototypes. Independent review and 84 focused tests pass. Two genuine four-profile Basic/Advanced samples finished with saved continuations and no rejected actions; the Basic sample used both movement alternatives. Browser gather, Special substitution and refresh were exercised in a new isolated room. All 325 opening games remain preserved. The existing server was healthy after the outage report, so it was reused. Broad results are in the checkpoint commit.

• Juice of Sapho now connects first among remaining unstarted movement turns after earlier turns finish, including after Advanced Guild completes its turn. Existing private controls, all four AI profiles and saved continuation use the same server option. Other Sapho timing questions remain pending. Independent review and focused checks pass; broad results are in the checkpoint commit.

• The first Leader Skills prototype connects all fourteen physical cards, private setup, five battle disciplines, skilled capture, death and own revival through controls, legal AI and saved choices. The Planetologist follow-up adds movement and Special-card battle controls, and Suk Graduate adds casualty rescue. The battle-effects follow-up adds Rihani and three lower bands; remaining work is listed in its contract. The user-requested capture search resolves publicity through the known physical card; captured replacement and broader combinations remain pending. No mode gate is opened.

• Following the reported power outage, the existing server responded normally, the database integrity check passed with 291 rooms, and all 218 rooms in the preceding handover baseline were unchanged. The saved QA seat restored its same private hand and pending Storm decision after refresh. A new private backup protects all 291 rooms. No server restart or database reset was needed.

• A second reported outage later stopped the server. All 292 rooms survived integrity and preservation checks. A fresh backup preceded the necessary server start; the Leader Skills QA seat restored its same private hand, assignments and pending Storm choice. No database reset was performed.

• The current Discovery prototype adds unambiguous Jacurutu battle income, sole-occupant Ecological Testing Station adjustment and Shrine card conversion. They connect engine effects, private controls, legal AI and saved continuation. Orgiz, mixed-force Jacurutu payouts and contested Cistern/Testing Station benefits remain pending. Required broad checkpoint results are recorded in the commit; this is Prototyped, not full compliance.

• Discovery checkpoint ab0ab52 added signed next-turn entry, sole-occupant Cistern income and later-turn carried Ornithopter movement. It passed 4,313 offline tests, build and 40 HTTP tests, preserving all 156 opening rooms (187 after QA/checks). Browser room CA782FQE exercised free entry and carried flight; refresh and recovery from a user-confirmed power outage retained the private hand, forces, spice and spent token. Those were targeted scenarios.

• First Discovery prototype: genuine base-faction Basic/Advanced setup, seven Spice Cards, eight tokens, Great Maker, Collection inspection/rewards and revealed nested locations are connected. Checkpoint f0256c1 passed 4,264 offline tests, build and 40 HTTP tests; two seeded games finished and the Fremen browser view restored its private token face. All 125 opening saved rooms remained unchanged. That checkpoint predates the current free-entry, Cistern and carried-Ornithopter additions.

• Ix prototype checkpoint 5a76ae0: types, lint, 4,211 offline tests, build and 40 HTTP tests passed. Genuine Basic/Advanced setup and two seeded complete simulations were exercised; a short browser game finished with private hand restoration. All 64 opening saved rooms were preserved; 31 QA rooms were added. This is bounded prototype evidence, not complete Ix compliance.

• Rules implementation checklist: RULE_TOPICS, topic implementation-checklist, and each feature's implementation, controls, AI, documentation and verification entries. Coverage is per stated boundary, not an implicit whole-game certificate.

• Latest verified gameplay checkpoint: Truthtrance hand inventory, 13 September 2026 (7454456): types, lint, 4,200 offline tests, production build and 40 HTTP tests passed, with a phone/browser refresh journey and preserved saved games. These are recorded results, not checks rerun for this dashboard.

• Latest verification checkpoint 4a0b1ee: genuine Advanced full-plan interaction tests; types, lint and 4,205 offline tests passed. Private inspection restored after restart, with desktop/phone checks and all 64 saved games unchanged. No runtime change; prior build/HTTP evidence applies.

• Development guide defines focused verification; rule decisions locates settled contracts and pending interpretations. Read the newest checkpoint and relevant feature document before consulting older log entries.

The user authorized a one-time local reset on 13 September: the 3,644 historical rooms were archived privately and cleared. Fresh checkpoint and preservation policy now apply to new games; historical room IDs are no longer active local fixtures.

The first three efficiency milestones are pushed: tooling 6e26ba5, typed Advanced shipment commitments 32791ed, and hand inventory facts 7454456. See pilot measurements.

The current Atreides full-plan audit verifies Truthtrance/Voice/Prescience/Ghola interactions from genuine Advanced setup, replacing the old Basic-then-flip test fixture. These existing paths pass without a runtime change. Exact special-offer timing and target-first ordering remain source interpretations; they are not settled by test results.

The development server is reused until a change or observed condition warrants a restart. The user removed hourly restarts; preserve saved games and verify restoration after necessary restarts. No recurring automation is installed.

Remaining readiness

Area	Established evidence	Remaining gate
Basic core	Playable loop; shared setup, Fremen movement cancellation, structured Truthtrance facts and bounded Basic/no-Guild Advanced reserve-shipment promises.	Ordinary Guild rate/transport cancellation; wider truthful questions/action commitments; integrated rules and human/AI acceptance.
Six-faction Advanced	Genuine offline setup across 456 configurations; four-profile full-game simulations and JSON continuations.	Base gaps plus provisional special-Karama outcomes, remaining timing audits and authentic multiplayer/browser acceptance. Public starts remain disabled.
Twelve factions and optional modules	Many bounded faction, card, Homeworld and Nexus slices have controls, bots and recovery evidence; Discovery includes free entry, Cistern, carried flight and bounded Jacurutu, Testing Station and Shrine effects.	Every unfinished effect and interaction, occupation entitlement, Orgiz, mixed physical dial allocation and contested Discovery benefits and complete combined games. Inventory or fixture coverage does not enable a module.
AI difficulty	Four profiles consume private legal views; recorded Basic and Advanced studies complete.	Demonstrate a consistent Medium → Hard → Brutal strength ordering, improve strategic gaps, and repeat targeted studies after relevant policy/rule changes.
Multiplayer	Versioned writes, saved seats, owner recovery kits, uncertain-request retry, voluntary own-seat AI control and a voluntary seat handover prototype.	Broader handover/disconnection acceptance, unprepared abandoned-seat recovery, unattended continuation and remaining network-failure acceptance. Preserve privacy and existing games.
Player experience	Internal component inspectors and many desktop/phone feature journeys verified.	Complete end-to-end games, accessible controls, responsive layout, clear rules/errors and recovery across all supported combinations.

The base/Advanced audit includes historical missing-feature rows. Its follow-ups supersede the Fremen cancellation and BG setup findings; genuine setup and the Advanced study supersede the old Basic-then-flip testing concern. They do not settle the remaining rules.

Likewise, the Truthtrance readiness audit predates spice facts, card-count facts and Basic shipment promises. Current TruthFact already includes these facts; do not rebuild them. Typed preparation and BG conversion now support the active reserve-shipment scope in base Advanced without Guild or optional modules. Broader facts, earlier-phase promises, remaining Advanced/expansion commitment scope and freeform interpretation remain incomplete.

The voluntary seat handover prototype connects private one-time offers, recipient controls, exact saved retry proof and active-token custody fencing. It preserves existing game state and revokes previous owner recovery authority. Full disconnected-seat acceptance remains open. CHOAM Nexus after-victory inspection awaits the private-window decision; development continues independently.

Next milestone: rapid functional coverage

The first connected batch is the Ixians & Tleilaxu prototype: genuine setup, both expansion factions, full Ix deck and Sandtrout, shared human/AI controls and saved continuation. The checklist now distinguishes its Prototyped development stage from Partial rules coverage. The next connected action is the CHOAM Nexus Collection trade, with private controls, all four AI profiles and a saved payment/discard continuation. Its after-victory inspection remains missing. The first Discovery batch now connects the sourced components to Great Maker, destructive Discovery blows, private inspection/reveal, stash rewards, carried Ornithopter custody and later-turn movement, five revealed nested locations, signed free entry on the following turn and sole-occupant Cistern income. Only Jacurutu counts toward stronghold victory. Jacurutu income, Testing Station and Shrine now have bounded connected prototypes. Next dependencies are Orgiz and the unresolved contested benefits, physical dial allocation and collected-spice-blow interpretations. Complete variant acceptance and normal public starts remain gated.

The user changed the development order on 13 September: get working prototypes of all remaining functions into the game, then use integration and play to find issues and refine them. Complete core certification no longer precedes independent expansion prototyping. Final rules compliance and release requirements still apply.

1. Reconcile the existing checklist with current helpers, controls, AI and saved-state paths. Mark remaining work as missing, prototyped, integrated, verified or polished; retain explicit blockers and reuse completed features.
2. Implement the next connected batch across Basic, Advanced, factions or modules according to dependencies. Include real actions, usable controls, a legal AI path and saved continuation. Keep fast checks for crashes, deadlocks, legality, custody, privacy and save integrity; avoid exhaustive refinement of each small feature before broad coverage exists.
3. Continue independent functions while material rulings are pending. Ordinary Guild repricing/settlement and special Karama interpretations remain unresolved; do not invent their outcomes to fill the inventory.
4. Integrate prototypes and play complete games to discover issues, then deepen combination coverage, multiplayer recovery, AI calibration and visual polish. Required checkpoint checks, reviewed Git pushes, selective subagents and the 80%-used weekly stop remain in force. Keep unfinished modes and publication gated until acceptance.

Consult AI calibration, multiplayer audit, autopilot, component inventory and visual playtest for their measured scope and follow-ups. Use current code and later checkpoints to interpret historical results. Publication still requires the completion and integrated verification gates in README.