Module projects Roadmap

Projects Module Roadmap

Current Status

Production-capable project-domain runtime with hardened lifecycle transitions, immutable project snapshots, structural diff/merge behavior, template-based initialization, and bounded collaboration metrics/audit surfaces. Phase 2 and Phase 3 hardening complete with unified error diagnostics and fail-safe guards across lifecycle/versioning/collaboration paths (as of 2026-08-06).

In Progress

• hardening edge-case behavior for snapshot restore and conflict-heavy merge scenarios (Target: Q3 2026)
• collaboration lock contention and permission diagnostic consistency improvements (Target: Q3 2026)
• [~] benchmark coverage expansion for module-native collaboration/template paths (Target: Q3 2026)

Planned Features

Short-term (3-6 months)

• tighten deterministic behavior for high-churn project mutation workloads (Target: Q4 2026)
• expand focused stress coverage for lifecycle/snapshot/collaboration incidents (Target: Q4 2026)
• improve operator-facing diagnostics for project conflict triage (Target: Q4 2026)

Mid-term (6-12 months)

• re-baseline p95/p99 envelopes for snapshot and collaboration-sensitive paths (Target: Q1 2027)
• add module-native benchmark depth for template/collaboration surfaces (Target: Q1 2027)
• validate long-run reliability under sustained multi-actor project traffic (Target: Q1 2027)

Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Design / API Contract

• freeze lifecycle/versioning/diff/collaboration contract boundaries for current major line (Target: Q3 2026)
• define explicit error taxonomy for project-domain failure classes (Target: Q3 2026)

Phase 2: Core Implementation

• complete hardening for lifecycle/versioning internals and restore guards (Target: Q4 2026)
• align diff/template/collaboration behavior to bounded runtime contracts (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 3: Error Handling and Edge Cases

• standardize fail-safe behavior for invalid transitions, snapshot faults, and lock contention (Target: Q4 2026)
• unify diagnostics across lifecycle/versioning/collaboration incident classes (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 4: Tests

• expand focused regressions for conflict-heavy merge and collaboration contention paths (Target: Q4 2026)
• extend deterministic stress fixtures for snapshot/version mutation workloads (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 5: Performance and Hardening

• lock benchmark-backed release gates for project module hot paths (Target: Q4 2026)
• validate p95/p99 and throughput behavior against release baselines (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 6: Documentation and Acceptance

• core projects module docs aligned to source-verifiable behavior
• roadmap/future planning separated from historical changelog entries

Production Readiness Checklist

• core project-domain surfaces documented and source-verified
• module-level security and failure behavior documented
• benchmark mapping documented in performance expectations
• remaining hardening tasks closed for lifecycle/snapshot/collaboration edge paths
• release benchmark stabilization complete

Known Issues and Limitations

• runtime behavior depends on workload shape, snapshot size, and collaboration contention profile.
• dedicated benchmark depth for collaboration/template internals is still incomplete.
• conflict-heavy merge scenarios require continued deterministic hardening.

Breaking Changes

No breaking project contract planned. Any contract-breaking change requires migration notes and changelog entry before merge.

Program Execution Model — Wave Context

This module is a contributing module in the program-level Wave A → B → C → D execution model. It does not own a primary wave deliverable but must remain release_critical-green throughout all waves and must deliver Wave D operability improvements in Q1 2027. See [[../../ROADMAP.md|ROADMAP]] for the full wave model and exit criteria.

Wave D Contribution for projects

• Deliver or validate distributed tracing, high-cardinality stress coverage, exporter reliability, and operator remediation hints as applicable to this module (Target: Q1 2027)
• Contribute to or validate long-duration soak test coverage for this module's primary paths (Target: Q1 2027)
• Ensure runbook coverage for operator-critical scenarios in this module (Target: Q1 2027)

Cross-Wave Requirements

• release_critical CI must remain green on develop throughout all waves (Target: ongoing)
• p95/p99 benchmarks must be refreshed on representative hardware before Wave D sign-off (Target: Q1 2027)
• No behavioral regression may be introduced into modules in Wave A/B/C scope from changes in this module.

Program-Level Success Criteria (contribution)

• This module's distributed/acceleration paths fail closed (Target: Q1 2027)
• Benchmark-backed p95/p99 baselines exist on representative hardware (Target: Q1 2027)
• Operator-critical paths have diagnostics, alerts, and runbooks (Target: Q1 2027)