An unopenable repository fails loudly — the standing row, the paused surface, the honest heal

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014PtZdPwqZuqEDLc6wZMtEy
2026-08-06 18:44:12 -04:00
parent 52df210284
commit 0d8ecdb78b
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@@ -441,6 +441,50 @@ struct BoardAnnouncerSpeechTests {
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    }

+    /// **The corrupt-`.git` loud failure, spoken** (06-history-undo.md ▸ Rules, ruled 2026-07-31:
+    /// "announced per 10-accessibility.md"). It ranks last of the raised conditions, matching the
+    /// strip's own precedence: the two above it describe the board's files, this one the history
+    /// over them.
+    @Test("The unreadable repository announces on arrival, under the conditions about the files")
+    func raisedRepositoryUnreadable() {
+        var facts = BoardAnnouncer.ReloadFacts()
+        facts.repositoryUnreadableAfter = true
+
+        #expect(
+            BoardAnnouncer.speech(for: facts)
+                == AccessibilityPhrases.bannerLabel(
+                    tone: .error,
+                    headline: BannerCenter.repositoryUnreadableMessage
+                )
+        )
+
+        // A breakage standing beside it leads: the board on screen not being the board on disk is
+        // the more consequential of the two.
+        facts.breakageAfter = breakage()
+        #expect(
+            BoardAnnouncer.speech(for: facts)
+                == AccessibilityPhrases.bannerLabel(tone: .error, headline: BannerCenter.headline(for: breakage()))
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test("A repository that heals is announced too, as the regained capability")
+    func clearedRepositoryUnreadable() {
+        var facts = BoardAnnouncer.ReloadFacts()
+        facts.repositoryUnreadableBefore = true
+        facts.repositoryUnreadableAfter = false
+
+        #expect(BoardAnnouncer.speech(for: facts) == "History is recording again")
+    }
+
+    @Test("A standing unreadable repository is not repeated on every re-read")
+    func standingRepositoryUnreadableIsNotRepeated() {
+        var facts = BoardAnnouncer.ReloadFacts()
+        facts.repositoryUnreadableBefore = true
+        facts.repositoryUnreadableAfter = true
+
+        #expect(BoardAnnouncer.speech(for: facts) == nil, "the 15 s re-read confirms; it does not narrate")
+    }
+
    @Test("A cleared lock is announced — the banner speaks when it clears, not only when it appears")
    func clearedLock() {
        var facts = BoardAnnouncer.ReloadFacts()