fix: duplicate Case Nos when registry missing and export path double-prefix

courtroom/portal/export_transcript.py

@@ -206,6 +206,21 @@ def apply_personality_styling(html: str) -> str:
     return html
 
 
+def resolve_transcript_path(raw: str) -> Path:
+    """Resolve transcript path relative to courtroom/ (BASE_DIR).
+
+    Accepts paths relative to repo root (courtroom/transcripts/foo.md),
+    courtroom/ (transcripts/foo.md), or absolute paths.
+    """
+    src = Path(raw)
+    if src.is_absolute():
+        return src
+    rel = raw.lstrip("/")
+    if rel.startswith("courtroom/"):
+        rel = rel[len("courtroom/") :]
+    return BASE_DIR / rel
+
+
 def extract_title(md_path: Path, content: str) -> str:
     """Derive a human-readable title from path or first H1."""
     m = re.search(r"^#\s+(.+)$", content, re.MULTILINE)
@@ -229,9 +244,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output HTML path (default: portal/exports/<basename>.html)")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    src = Path(args.transcript)
-    if not src.is_absolute():
-        src = BASE_DIR / args.transcript.lstrip("/")
+    src = resolve_transcript_path(args.transcript)
     if not src.exists():
         print(f"Error: File not found: {src}", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1

litigation/run.py

@@ -72,7 +72,18 @@ def allocate_case_no(category: str = "DEL", *, deliberation: int = 1) -> str:
 
     year = datetime.now().strftime("%Y")
     if not REGISTRY_PATH.exists():
-        return f"{year}-{category}-001-{deliberation:03d}"
+        case_no = f"{year}-{category}-001-{deliberation:03d}"
+        data = {
+            "year": int(year),
+            "last_updated": datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
+            "categories": {category: 2},
+        }
+        REGISTRY_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        REGISTRY_PATH.write_text(
+            yaml.dump(data, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False),
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        return case_no
 
     data = yaml.safe_load(REGISTRY_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}
     year = str(data.get("year", year))

tests/test_export_transcript.py

@@ -36,3 +36,22 @@ def test_extract_title_from_dated_filename():
     mod = _load_export_module()
     path = Path("2026-02-15-framework-enhancement-analysis.md")
     assert mod.extract_title(path, "") == "Framework Enhancement Analysis"
+
+
+def test_resolve_transcript_path_accepts_repo_root_prefix():
+    """README documents courtroom/transcripts/foo.md from repo root."""
+    mod = _load_export_module()
+    sample = "2026-02-15-framework-enhancement-analysis.md"
+    resolved = mod.resolve_transcript_path(f"courtroom/transcripts/{sample}")
+    expected = REPO_ROOT / "courtroom" / "transcripts" / sample
+    assert resolved == expected
+    assert resolved.exists()
+
+
+def test_resolve_transcript_path_accepts_courtroom_relative_prefix():
+    mod = _load_export_module()
+    sample = "2026-02-15-framework-enhancement-analysis.md"
+    resolved = mod.resolve_transcript_path(f"transcripts/{sample}")
+    expected = REPO_ROOT / "courtroom" / "transcripts" / sample
+    assert resolved == expected
+    assert resolved.exists()

tests/test_litigation_run.py

@@ -76,3 +76,20 @@ def test_save_transcript_filename_suffix_independent_of_case_no(
 
     assert path.name.endswith("-1.md")
     assert "**Case No.:** 2026-DEL-020-001" in content
+
+
+def test_allocate_case_no_creates_registry_when_missing(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """Missing case-registry.yaml must not return duplicate 001 on every call."""
+    registry = tmp_path / "case-registry.yaml"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litigation_run, "REGISTRY_PATH", registry)
+
+    first = litigation_run.allocate_case_no("DEL")
+    second = litigation_run.allocate_case_no("DEL")
+
+    assert first == f"{litigation_run.datetime.now().strftime('%Y')}-DEL-001-001"
+    assert second == f"{litigation_run.datetime.now().strftime('%Y')}-DEL-002-001"
+    assert registry.exists()
+    data = yaml.safe_load(registry.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert data["categories"]["DEL"] == 3