# Hosted release evidence

> Dated release evidence. Feature availability and counts describe this milestone, not every later version. Start with the current usage guide. Hosted uploads and the standalone CLI are distinct workflows. Paid checkout remains closed. Historical instaScript/agent/vault notes are not instructions for the current hosted service. Noteweld is now released separately; old references to it as a proposal are historical.

Source baseline: https://github.com/m-amir-gomaa/ig_intel/blob/75786f6c7c531f870fa7cd84e80202cbfb4ca455/docs/RELEASE.md
Reviewed: 2026-10-18

*Original record: Release evidence — 15 October 2026.*

Sonaweft is deployed at https://m-amir-gomaa--sonaweft-web-app.us-east.modal.run. `/health` reports hosted processing enabled and billing disabled. Existing Pageweft cloud identities, balances and files were not migrated.

| Check | Actual evidence | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Automated suite | 52 tests passed, Python safety lint and both JS syntax checks passed | Real temporary SQLite/files/FFprobe; model dispatch and Paddle HTTP are mocked |
| Local speech | Existing cached small model transcribed the original generated recording in about 5.4 seconds | CPU/int8 on this laptop; not an accuracy benchmark |
| Cloud speech | Pinned large-v3 revision on Modal L4 returned the expected two English sentences | Real inference, cloud-cached weights; not local MX350 inference |
| Optional review | Real configured DeepSeek Flash returned schema-valid notes; combined cloud processing reached ready | Actual text provider, original preserved; advanced model listed by API but not inference-benchmarked |
| Public workflow | Chromium uploaded/inspected the generated recording, confirmed a trial, waited for actual cloud ASR, opened source audio, saved a separate correction and downloaded a ZIP | Public HTTPS and real workers/storage; no customer media or purchase |
| Responsive browser | 320/390/768/1440 workspace/review widths and 20 policy/checkout cases passed with zero page errors/overflow | System Chromium; desktop/phone screenshots visually reviewed, not physical iPhone/Safari certification |
| Source lookup | Real Crossref request returned DOI candidates; tests exercise malformed results/outage and route consent/ownership/rate limits | Bibliographic matches only; no truth verdict or general search |
| Recovery/accounting | Once-only reservation/settlement, partial/full refund, chargeback, outage, replay, ownership and revision cases passed | Provider responses mocked; SQLite durable and concurrent checks real |
| Owner backup | Actual remote financial snapshot encrypted/downloaded/decrypted into a disposable SQLite clone; integrity `ok`, zero balance violations, zero media rows | Financial recovery snapshot, not media restore or production rollback |
| Nix | `nix build .#default --no-link` succeeded; built CLI actually transcribed the generated audio and published a complete hashed export | Nixpkgs Python 3.14.6 / faster-whisper 1.2.1 / PyAV 17.0.1; no system rebuild |
| Portfolio | Seven DOM tests and four Chromium viewport checks passed for the updated card/link/details | Sonaweft linked explicitly; Noteweld remains a proposal |
| Completed example | Original audio, actual ASR/review and downloadable bundle; four browser widths, decoded audio playback/seek and ZIP hash validation passed with no processing/API job calls | Public precomputed evidence, separate from the bounded live sample |
| Paddle setup | Separate real product, fixed $5/$10 prices, client token and paused notification created; Sonaweft hostname submitted and observed **In review** | Seller identity approval, real checkout/webhook/refund/payout remain unverified |

The initial cloud probe exposed cross-environment exception/NumPy serialization failures; native JSON values and a plain error envelope fixed them before public enablement. Local testing found PyAV 19 incompatible with the pip speech dependency combination, so pip/cloud use the tested 15.1.0 pin. Nix supplies a separately tested compatible pair. The launcher also handled a Nix library-discovery SIGPIPE before release.

Source release `7fde01a` passed the actual [Sonaweft GitHub Actions run](https://github.com/m-amir-gomaa/ig_intel/actions/runs/38787220199); portfolio `5ca6dc8` passed [Pages deployment](https://github.com/m-amir-gomaa/m-amir-gomaa.github.io/actions/runs/38787208079) and was observed live. Later completed-example changes have their own CI run; earlier success does not certify later code by itself.

Private reproducible probe data/logs/screenshots are ignored under `.local/fixtures/`, `.local/browser/` and `.local/backups/`. Original sample text was generated locally with eSpeak: “A careful reader can follow the original recording. This example contains two short sentences.” No customer or copyrighted book media was used. The internal seeded $5 validation credit is explicitly unverified fixture funding; reports show zero commercial purchases. One failed diagnostic job is retained in aggregate metrics; it was not hidden as success.

## Remaining commercial and quality gates

- Actual Paddle seller/website approval, isolated sandbox delivery and controlled live purchase/refund/payout acceptance; keep production notification paused and billing closed meanwhile.
- Representative long/noisy/accented audio accuracy, 60-minute runtime/failure-cost benchmarks, load/admission and operational margin measurement before increasing the small preview caps. A working short sample is not capacity evidence for 1,000 users.
- Provider-wide budget/alerts and automatic external monitoring are not configured. Admission estimates are not a total bill cap; owner checks and pause controls are available.
- Hosted URL import, diarization, immediate self-service deletion, email accounts/team access, Noteweld importer and shared login are not implemented. No enterprise/privacy certification is claimed.
- No trademark clearance, user-demand/revenue guarantee or perfect-transcription claim. See OPERATIONS.md for concrete payment opening steps.