# DEVON PANEL CHAT CHECKPOINT

## Date
2026-04-09

## Current UI Status

### PASS
- `panel/index.php` is the active entrypoint.
- Right action rail was restored and converted to icon-first UI.
- Left menu now renders canonical phases from `hub_index.json`.

### FAIL
- Left menu does not yet expand categories 1:1:1 with DH/master.
- Category expansion logic in `panel.runtime.fix.20260408_1.js` is still in hybrid / partially patched state.
- Buckets and items are not yet validated against canonical expansion behavior.

### Evidence already validated
- `hub_index.json` exists materially and contains:
  - `phases`
  - `categories`
- `panel_content_index.json` exists materially.
- `panel_navigation_spec.json` exists materially.

## Next Technical Target
Fix left sidebar canonical expansion chain:
1. phase
2. category
3. bucket
4. item

without breaking the active runtime UI shell.

## Mandatory start for next chat
Run:
`bash /home/yeff/public_html/devon/context_dump.sh`

Then inspect active files:
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/index.php`
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/assets/css/panel.runtime.fix.20260408_1.css`
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/assets/js/panel.runtime.fix.20260408_1.js`
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/data/hub_index.json`
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/data/panel_content_index.json`
- `/home/yeff/public_html/devon/panel/data/panel_navigation_spec.json`