- api() helper now parses JSON body on non-2xx responses so error.suggestion
is available in catch blocks
- runFinder() catch shows 'Switch not found' + suggestion instead of 'Error: HTTP 404'
- finder.ts: normalized search (removes hyphens/spaces) + token-based fallback
so 'sg350-28' → 'SG350-28', 'N9K-C93180' → Nexus 93180, etc.
- CHANGELOG_PENDING.md: 26 entries from v0.1.0 to today in JSON-line format
- GET /api/changelog: parses and serves entries as JSON array
- Overview tab: changelog card with type badges (FEAT/FIX/UI/DATA/AI/INFRA),
dates, show recent/all toggle
- isGarbageName(): detects scraped-slugs, 'All Optical Transceivers', 'Compatible NNGbps...',
generic form-factor descriptions with no real SKU
- Panel title priority: real standard_name → part_number → description → constructed from specs
- Details warning shown when details_verified = false (amber banner)
- sql/018: marks garbage entries as data_confidence='garbage' for future DELETE
- API: also returns comparable_prices from technically equivalent products
(same form_factor + speed_gbps + reach ±25%, different vendor, last 30 days)
- Dashboard: direct prices shown first, then separator + comparable products
- Comparable entries show vendor + exact part number scraped from their site
- Verified badge = real URL + observed within 7 days (strict)
- 100% VERIFIED bar: checkmarks now rgba(255,255,255,0.92) instead of #2d6a4f (was invisible on green bg)
- Pricing: only show prices with real URL; no MSRP/estimated fallback
- Verified badge only if observed within 7 days; older prices shown without badge
- Temperature Range: COM→'0-70°C (COM)', IND→'-40-85°C (IND)'
- GET /api/transceivers/🆔 returns competitor_prices[] from price_observations
- Detail view: verification summary bar (★ 100% VERIFIED / partial)
- Detail view: Current Prices section with vendor, price, verified badge, date, link
- Detail view: tag tooltips on vendor/category/market_status chips
- List view: new Verified column with 100% stamp or price check
- Optical Budget: TX Power Min/Max labels clarified
- Panel close button: high-contrast rgba background, 38px, bold ×, shadow
- Detail view: full product name (SKU + description) shown above image
- List view: NAME column shows part_number on line 1, descriptive name line 2
- txDescName() helper builds name from description field or constructs from specs
DB (017-verification-tags.sql):
- New columns: price_verified, price_verified_eur, price_verified_url, price_verified_at
- New columns: image_verified, details_verified, fully_verified, fully_verified_at
- compute_transceiver_verification(uuid): per-product verification logic
• price_verified: real scraped URL + price > 0 + observed in last 30 days
• image_verified: R2 stored OR image_url from known vendor CDNs (flexoptix.net, fs.com, etc.), no placeholder
• details_verified: product_page_url + all core fields (form_factor, speed, reach, fiber_type, part_number) populated
• fully_verified: all three true simultaneously
- recompute_all_verification(): bulk recompute, returns stats
- Initial run: 3575 price_verified, 1173 image_verified, 1380 details_verified, 258 fully_verified
- Indexes on price_verified, fully_verified for fast filtering
- v_verified_products view
API finder.ts:
- SELECT now includes all verification fields
- Response maps: price_verified, price_verified_eur, price_verified_url, image_verified, details_verified, fully_verified
API health.ts:
- verification block: counts + coverage percentages in /api/health
Dashboard Finder:
- 'Verified Price': green checkmark ✓ next to price, tooltip explains source
- '100% Verified' stamp: dark green gradient badge top of card, card gets green border
- 'price source ↗' link to original scraped URL
- Summary bar: 'X × 100% Verified · Y with verified prices'
- New 'Finder' tab between Switches and Blog Engine
- Search by switch model (free text), filter by speed
- Quick-access buttons: Nexus 93180, Nexus 9332D, Arista 7280R3A, Juniper QFX5120
- Results grouped by speed class (400G QSFP-DD, 100G QSFP28, etc.)
- Shows: part number, vendor, reach, fiber type, connector, verified price, stock status
- Flexoptix products highlighted with orange left border + FLEXOPTIX badge
- Buy link → flexoptix.net for each result
- Uses existing /api/finder endpoint with 33,993 compatibility entries
- Expanded research pool to 9 topics (was 3), evergreen to 12 (was 3)
- Conference topics: added Photonics West, CIOE, NFOEC follow-up, year-end review
- Standards topics: 3 rotating variants (IEEE tracker, SFF-8024 registry, OIF CEI-112G)
- seededShuffle(): day-of-year as seed — stable within the day, different every day
- API response adds refreshes_at (next midnight UTC) for frontend countdown
- Dashboard subtitle shows 'rotates daily · next refresh in Xh'
- Hot topic cards now pass full title + angle into generateBlog() correctly
- POST /api/blog/:id/regenerate — re-runs full 10-step LLM pipeline on existing draft
- Regenerate button visible when quality_issues present or status=review
- SEO keywords now displayed as clickable #hashtags (copy-to-clipboard)
- fo-blog-pipeline: added PoE misuse, DR4 mislabeling, ZR/DR4 conflation as hard QA fails
- fo-blog-pipeline: 14 hard rules in system prompt (was 10)
- fo-blog-pipeline: CALIBRATION_GOLD_STANDARD + withCalibration() from 10/10 human review
- System prompt now includes gold standard example on every pipeline run
Hot Topics:
- Dynamic topics from /api/hot-topics loaded in Blog Engine tab
- 7 data sources (prices, competitors, hype cycle, news, conferences, research, evergreen)
- Urgency badges: BREAKING (red), HOT (orange), TRENDING (yellow), EMERGING (green)
Pipeline Lock:
- Only 1 generation at a time, 'Pipeline Busy' toast on double-click
- Progress bar with step names (external hot-topics.js, no inline hacks)
Blog Delete:
- DELETE /api/blog/:id endpoint
- Delete button (✕) on each blog in list
- 'Delete All Templates' button to clean up test drafts
Fix: dashboard JS extracted to external hot-topics.js to avoid sed quote hell
Hot Topics Engine (GET /api/hot-topics):
- 7 data sources: price movements, competitor alerts, hype cycle transitions,
news articles, conference calendar, research trends, evergreen topics
- Auto-discovers BREAKING/HOT/TRENDING/EMERGING topics
- Dashboard loads topics dynamically with urgency badges and source labels
- Click any topic → generates blog with that angle
Pipeline Lock (critical UX fix):
- Only 1 blog generation at a time (blogPipelineRunning flag)
- 'Pipeline Busy' toast if user clicks while generating
- Lock released on completion, timeout, or error
Dashboard:
- Static 3 cards replaced with dynamic hot topics grid
- 'Refresh Topics' button
- Topics show urgency color (red=breaking, orange=hot, yellow=trending, green=emerging)
- Auto-loads when Blog Engine tab opens
When you click Generate:
- Dark overlay with orange progress bar shows pipeline status
- Live step counter: 'Step 3/10: Outline Generation — decision-driven structure'
- Percentage updates every 15 seconds via API polling
- When done: shows word count + QA score, auto-opens the article
- No more silent template dump — user sees the entire pipeline working
Dashboard now uses /api/hype-cycle/enriched for forecast data.
Forecast chart: SVG area chart with adoption % per technology over 5 years.
Regional heatmap: table with market share intensity per region per tech.
Both render below the existing hype cycle table.
Premium dark UI with ambient glow background, glass cards, gradient
text, animated counters, glow effects on hype cycle dots, smooth
transitions, and improved detail panel with regional adoption and
revenue lifecycle data. Fix API data key mismatch (data vs transceivers).
- Removed AI-slop gradient header, replaced with compact info bar
- JetBrains Mono for data, Inter for text — proper engineering tool aesthetic
- Unified slide-in detail panel for hype cycle, transceivers, and blog drafts
- Transceiver table: clickable rows open full spec sheet in side panel
- Form factor dropdown filter on transceivers tab
- Blog drafts: click to read full content in panel
- Tighter spacing, smaller fonts, higher information density
- Escape key closes panel, responsive breakpoints
- No gratuitous badges/glow — clean data presentation
Single-file dashboard with 6 tabs: Overview, Semantic Search,
Hype Cycle, Transceivers, News, Blog Engine. Dark theme, no
build step, served as static HTML from Express.
- Overview: health stats, vector collection counts, recent news
- Semantic Search: query across all 6 Qdrant collections
- Hype Cycle: Norton-Bass table with phase colors + position bars
- Transceivers: searchable table with form factor/speed/reach
- News: semantic news search with source links
- Blog: generate drafts from templates, view draft history
Live at: https://transceiver-db.context-x.org/dashboard/
