Dune/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

Current development status

Updated 14 September 2026. The full twelve-faction goal is unfinished. Basic is playable; public Advanced and unfinished expansion/module starts remain gated. Prototypes do not open completion or publication gates.

Current checkpoint and work

Previous verified checkpoint: 58ae84f, Moritani Assassinate Leaders preview. Types, lint, 4,690 offline tests, build and 43 HTTP tests passed. All 801 opening rooms and original seat/recovery records were preserved (835 after HTTP checks); all 802 present immediately before verification also remained unchanged. The healthy server was reused.

Mentat connects private naming/disclosure before posture and faction powers, all four AI profiles and saved continuation in explicitly opted-in previews. Two controlled-shuffle genuine-setup samples finish. Ordinary activation still awaits the uniform private response UX decision.

Bureaucrat payments connect ordinary auctions, shipment income, Richese sale proceeds and actual bribe transfers, with a once-per-phase optional redirection and preserved continuation. Qualifying allied funding, other payment families and combined-module acceptance stay explicit. Independent review and focused controls/AI/recovery checks pass. Four genuine-setup games finish without rejected candidates, but contain no payment choice; a separate staged browser exercise verifies both choices and refresh. All 699 opening rooms and original seat/recovery records survived the reported outage. The healthy server was reused. The completed checkpoint's Git record contains final broad verification and post-HTTP preservation totals.

Completed prototype: Emperor Nexus Secret Ally revival. Exactly three free returns, independent ordinary allowances, shared Fedaykin caps, private controls, four AI profiles and saved continuation are connected. Independent review and 17 focused effect tests pass. Two genuine-start and two explicitly staged samples finish with zero rejections; only the staged pair uses this effect. A staged browser exercise verifies a Fedaykin return, three ordinary returns and refresh. Final broad checks, preservation counts and Git delivery are recorded in the checkpoint commit and private report before handoff.

The purchase alternative still needs a private post-win payment choice. The earlier question asks whether to allow a uniform winner payment step, including otherwise forced spice payments. No answer or purchase policy is assumed. All 733 opening rooms and seat/recovery records survived the latest outage unchanged; a new snapshot protects all 734 rooms before final verification. The healthy server is reused.

Completed prototype: Truthtrance recorded knowledge, connecting stored BG prediction faction/turn, submitted current Storm dials and actually known Fremen forecasts. The same private verified answer drives controls, all four bots and saved continuation. Independent source/privacy review and 44 focused cases pass, including five authenticated SQLite recovery cases. Two genuine-setup games finish in 192/518 actions with zero rejections and three scripted, naturally held-card questions; forecast coverage comes from the separate conserved browser exercise. Browser controls, unknown/rephrasing, compound answers and resolved refresh pass. All 767 opening rooms and seat/recovery records survived the latest reported outage; the healthy server is reused. A new snapshot protects all 768 rooms before broad verification. Final checks, preservation totals and Git delivery are recorded in the checkpoint commit and private report; full mode/publication gates remain.

Completed prototype: Moritani Assassinate Leaders connects a qualifying battle loss to a private reveal/continue choice, living/dead targets, bank bounty, public markers and automatic Mentat replacement. All four AI profiles and saved continuation are connected in the bounded Advanced preview. Independent source/privacy/persistence review and 32 focused cases pass. Two genuine four-profile games finish in 296/101 actions with no rejections; both observed opportunities are declined. A separate conserved, staged browser battle verifies the reveal, three-spice payment, automatic physical replacement, readable inspectors and pending/resolved refresh. Normal-traitor-call duration and the uniform private UX question remain pending; exceptional custody and combined modules stay gated. All 801 opening games remain unchanged after the reported outage; the healthy server is reused. Required broad checks, source fingerprint, final preservation and Git delivery are recorded in the checkpoint commit and private report.

Current checkpoint: Fremen/Ecaz final-turn victory. The explicit Sietch Tabr exception is connected to the same public board quote used by automatic victory and the table guide. Reciprocal allies must both be present; solitary/non-allied Ecaz and third-party fighters still block. Ordinary stronghold/BG precedence, the other protected sietch and Tuek conditions, Guild fallback and private No-Field identity remain intact. Independent review and 17 focused cases pass, including all-profile final readiness and authenticated SQLite restart/concurrent writes. Final-turn fixtures are staged after genuine setup; they do not establish naturally reached allied special wins. Habbanya symmetry and complete mode/expansion acceptance remain unfinished. Broad checks, browser/sample evidence, saved-game preservation and Git delivery are recorded with the checkpoint.

The same checkpoint repairs a pre-existing deferred Guild shipment deadlock found after 90 accepted Advanced actions. Fresh ordinary and No-Field declarations preflight unsupported arrivals; an eligible saved ordinary Guild allowance returns unspent for another choice. Special card/parent receipts retain their own gates. Independent review and its 149-case union pass. The exact failed snapshot now finishes in 842 further accepted actions. The original Basic/Advanced seeds finish in 563/806 actions, with 14/81 guarded candidates; the resume has 109. All physical custody, 58 periodic JSON rounds and 12 terminal private views pass. The Advanced runs form Ecaz/Fremen alliances but do not exercise the shared-Tabr exception. These are bounded playability checks, not complete arrival-order acceptance.

After the latest reported outage, the server responds normally, all 835 opening rooms and original seat/recovery records remain unchanged, and integrity/foreign-key checks pass. A new backup protects all 869 rooms before final checks. The completed browser game restores its result and private seat; no restart, reset or automation is required. Final broad verification, preservation totals and Git delivery are recorded with the checkpoint.

Authoritative navigation

• Rules checklist, topic implementation-checklist and each feature's entries: track implementation, controls, AI, documentation and verification, plus Missing, Prototyped, Integrated, Verified and Polished stages.
• Rule decision index: settled contracts, source precedence and pending material interpretations. Consult it before reopening research.
• Development guide and verification tools: architecture, focused checks, source-bound reports, reusable faction samples, private backup and saved-seat restoration.
• Implementation history: newest first. Historical evidence and outage records stay there and in feature documents; read bounded relevant sections and verify old absence claims against current code/tests.
• Efficiency pilot: the first three milestones are pushed; measurement limits remain explicit. Reuse tools and checks, without promising an unmeasured savings percentage.

Connected development capabilities

These links define bounded working behavior, not complete module certification.

Area	Current connected work and evidence
Base/Advanced setup	Genuine setup, Advanced study, Fremen cancellation, Atreides full-plan audit. Earlier Basic-then-flip fixtures do not establish current setup coverage.
Expansion factions	Ixians/Tleilaxu and all seven faction selections: genuine setup, Ecaz six-force placement, separate optional card variants, private controls and saved per-lot Ixian/Richese decline. Actual special-lot exchange remains pending.
Leader Skills	Common lifecycle, known skilled capture, Mentat question preview, Bureaucrat payments, five battle disciplines, Planetologist, Suk Graduate, Rihani and other battle effects, Smuggler shipment and No-Field, Sandmaster routes, Banker spending, Diplomat defense. Remaining bands and combinations are explicit in those contracts.
Discoveries	Prototype: genuine setup, Great Maker, seven cards/eight tokens, inspection and stash rewards, nested sites, signed later free entry, carried Ornithopter, sole Cistern, bounded Jacurutu income, Testing Station and Shrine. Orgiz and contested/mixed cases remain pending.
Nexus/Homeworlds	Decision index links each integrated faction family, native/borrowed effects, physical custody, private choices, payments and transport. CHOAM Collection trade and Emperor extra revival are connected; CHOAM inspection and Emperor purchase remain pending. A source audit or helper alone is not a completed effect.
Truthtrance	Spice facts, card counts, hand inventory, recorded knowledge, and Basic/no-Guild Advanced reserve-shipment promises use authoritative private state. Earlier readiness audits do not supersede these follow-ups.
Other cards	Sapho runtime includes first among remaining unstarted movement turns after Advanced Guild has finished. Richese card contracts and the checklist identify the other connected effects and explicit gaps.
Multiplayer	Saved rooms/seats, recovery, uncertain-request retry, own-seat AI, and voluntary seat handover have connected controls and recovery evidence.

Remaining readiness

Area	Remaining gate
Basic core	Ordinary Guild repricing/transport settlement, broader truthful commitments, unresolved special timing and integrated rules/human/AI acceptance.
Six-faction Advanced	Base gaps, provisional special-Karama outcomes, remaining timing audits and authentic multiplayer/browser acceptance. Setup matrices and complete samples do not open public starts.
Twelve factions and all optional modules	Every missing effect, remaining skill bands, Ecaz card variant, Kull Wahad, unfinished Richese cards, Terror effects, occupation entitlement, Nexus interactions, contested Discoveries and complete games across valid combinations. Detailed boundaries remain in the checklist/decision index.
AI	Legal continuation for every supported function and distinct Easy/Medium/Hard/Brutal strategy; consistent upper-level strength ordering remains unproven. Defer broad calibration until functional coverage warrants it.
Multiplayer	Broader disconnected/abandoned-seat recovery, unattended continuation and network-failure acceptance, while preserving authoritative versioning, custody, privacy and saves.
Components and experience	Full component inventory/text verification, all readable inspectors, original artwork, animation/sound/accessibility/mobile polish, complete internal guidance and end-to-end human play.

AI calibration, multiplayer audit, component inventory and visual playtest record their measured scope. README retains publication gates.

Working sequence and preservation

Prototype every remaining function in dependency order, using existing controls, legal AI and the saved-state model. Continue independent functions while material rulings are pending. Then run integrated games, repair failures, deepen combination and recovery coverage, calibrate AI and polish. Keep focused checks for crashes, deadlocks, legality, custody and privacy; complete required broad checkpoint checks. Use selective subagents and independent review for complex rules/privacy/persistence. Commit and push verified checkpoints under “Push all from now on”, verify push success, and stop pursuit at 80% weekly usage consumed with the goal unfinished.

The user-authorized 13 September reset happened once; preserve all games created since it. Keep .wrangler/state, credentials and private backup artifacts out of Git. Reuse a healthy server; restart only for a relevant change or observed problem, with a fresh backup, safe human-play boundary and verified restoration. No hourly restart or recurring maintenance automation is installed; do not recreate one.