# Feature Specification: Remove Findings Lifecycle Backfill Runtime Surfaces

**Feature Branch**: `253-remove-findings-backfill-runtime-surfaces`  
**Created**: 2026-04-28  
**Status**: Draft  
**Input**: User description: "Prepare the Spec Kit feature for Remove Findings Lifecycle Backfill Runtime Surfaces as the smallest cleanup slice that removes visible findings lifecycle backfill runbooks, commands, tenant actions, capabilities, and deploy/runtime hooks while keeping normal findings workflows unchanged."

## Spec Candidate Check *(mandatory - SPEC-GATE-001)*

- **Problem**: TenantPilot still ships a findings lifecycle repair path through system runbooks, tenant findings actions, CLI commands, deploy hooks, operation labeling, and residual operational-control traces even though current finding generators already write the relevant lifecycle fields directly.
- **Today's failure**: Operators and maintainers can still encounter `Backfill findings lifecycle` and `Rebuild Findings Lifecycle` as supported product truth, and the repo still carries residual control and guard traces for `findings.lifecycle.backfill` even where the control page no longer renders a live card. That overstates the product, keeps pre-production repair tooling alive, and invites the wrong next action on findings and ops surfaces.
- **User-visible improvement**: Tenant and platform operators only see supported findings workflows and supported ops controls, not an internal repair action that should not ship.
- **Smallest enterprise-capable version**: Remove the lifecycle-backfill runtime surface end to end: system runbook exposure, tenant findings action exposure, supported CLI and deploy entry points, backfill-only execution plumbing, operation and control catalog traces, and dedicated tests or docs that only exist for this path.
- **Explicit non-goals**: No findings workflow redesign, no legacy `acknowledged` semantics cleanup beyond direct path-removal references, no new repair surface, no new backfill, no migration shim, no historical data migration, and no general refactor of findings lifecycle semantics.
- **Permanent complexity imported**: Net negative. The slice removes runbook-, command-, capability-, control-, catalog-, and test-surface complexity. The only enduring obligation is narrower regression coverage that proves the removed path stays gone while normal findings workflows still work.
- **Why now**: Specs 249 through 252 already promote the broader open candidates for customer review, governance inbox, commercial entitlements, and localization. Among the remaining open items, this is the smallest safe cleanup slice. It is narrower and safer than legacy `acknowledged` cleanup because it removes visible product ballast without rewriting canonical workflow semantics, and it should land before creation-time invariant hardening so the product stops shipping repair tooling first.
- **Why not local**: The backfill is exposed simultaneously through `/system`, tenant findings UI, CLI commands, deploy/runtime hooks, operational controls, operation catalog traces, capability seeding, and a dedicated test family. A one-file hide or feature-flag leaves product truth inconsistent and keeps drift alive in other entry points.
- **Approval class**: Cleanup
- **Red flags triggered**: Multiple micro-specs for one domain. Defense: this slice is intentionally limited to visible and runtime removal only; deeper findings semantics and creation-time invariants remain explicit follow-up candidates.
- **Score**: Nutzen: 2 | Dringlichkeit: 2 | Scope: 2 | Komplexitaet: 2 | Produktnaehe: 2 | Wiederverwendung: 1 | **Gesamt: 11/12**
- **Decision**: approve

## Selection Rationale

- Specs 249 through 252 already exist for Customer Review Workspace, Decision-Based Governance Inbox, Commercial Entitlements and Billing-State Maturity, and Platform Localization, so those candidates are no longer the next open preparation target.
- This cleanup slice is deliberately smaller and safer than `Remove Legacy Acknowledged Finding Status Compatibility` because it removes visible repair tooling without changing canonical findings workflow semantics, query semantics, badges, or RBAC language.
- This cleanup should precede `Enforce Creation-Time Finding Invariants`, because the product should first stop shipping visible repair and runtime surfaces and then harden generators so those surfaces never need to return.
- `Cross-Tenant Compare and Promotion v1` is broader and already has an older draft spec in the repo that needs refresh rather than a new small cleanup spec.
- `External Support Desk / PSA Handoff` remains deferred because current repo docs do not define a concrete external desk or PSA target.

## Spec Scope Fields *(mandatory)*

- **Scope**: tenant + canonical-view
- **Primary Routes**:
  - `/system/ops/runbooks`
  - `/system/ops/controls` as a regression-proof absence and source-trace cleanup surface, not a new visible removal target
  - `/admin/t/{tenant}/findings`
  - supported CLI and deploy/runtime entry points that currently expose findings lifecycle backfill
- **Data Ownership**:
  - Tenant-owned `Finding` records remain the canonical findings workflow truth and keep required `workspace_id` and `tenant_id` anchors; this feature introduces no new persistence and no data migration.
  - Workspace- and platform-owned operational traces that exist only to launch or describe findings lifecycle backfill are removed, including runbook exposure, operation and control labels, capability seeding, and dedicated repository artifacts.
  - Existing reviewable findings behavior, ownership and responsibility, SLA, and due-date truth remain unchanged and are in scope only for regression protection.
- **RBAC**:
  - Tenant membership remains the isolation boundary for findings visibility and findings workflow actions.
  - Platform `/system` access and surviving ops-control visibility remain governed by existing platform capabilities, but the findings lifecycle backfill-specific capability is removed rather than hidden behind an alias.
  - Non-members remain deny-as-not-found and in-scope members without required capability remain forbidden on surviving actions; this cleanup must not change unrelated findings or ops authorization semantics.

For canonical-view specs, the spec MUST define:

- **Default filter behavior when tenant-context is active**: N/A - the only canonical-view surfaces in scope are platform `/system` pages, which do not inherit tenant context. The tenant findings register remains tenant-scoped and keeps its current filters and default behavior.
- **Explicit entitlement checks preventing cross-tenant leakage**: Removing findings lifecycle backfill surfaces must not weaken existing workspace or tenant entitlement checks. `/system` remains platform-only, `/admin/t/{tenant}/findings` remains tenant-scoped, and no cleanup path may leak hidden tenant identity or historical backfill state to unauthorized users.

## Cross-Cutting / Shared Pattern Reuse *(mandatory when the feature touches notifications, status messaging, action links, header actions, dashboard signals/cards, alerts, navigation entry points, evidence/report viewers, or any other existing shared operator interaction family; otherwise write `N/A - no shared interaction family touched`)*

- **Cross-cutting feature?**: yes
- **Interaction class(es)**: header actions, system runbook launch surfaces, operation labels, operational-control cards, queued or blocked status messaging, command and deploy/runtime entry points
- **Systems touched**: system runbooks page, system operational controls page, tenant findings header actions, operation catalog and system-console triage labels, CLI command catalog, deploy/runtime hook surfaces, and dedicated test/docs artifacts
- **Existing pattern(s) to extend**: existing shared runbook, operational-control, action-surface, and operation-label families remain the only shared paths; this feature reduces them to supported product truth instead of extending them with a replacement repair flow
- **Shared contract / presenter / builder / renderer to reuse**: existing shared operation labels, shared start UX, `UiEnforcement`, operational-control catalogs, and action-surface guardrails remain authoritative for surviving operations; no new replacement contract is introduced for lifecycle backfill
- **Why the existing shared path is sufficient or insufficient**: the shared paths are sufficient for supported operations and existing findings workflow actions. They are not a reason to keep a pre-production repair task productized now that the product no longer needs to advertise or route operators into it.
- **Allowed deviation and why**: none
- **Consistency impact**: backfill-specific labels, buttons, help text, paused-state copy, capability names, operation labels, command support, and test expectations must disappear together so the repo stops telling two different stories about findings lifecycle truth.
- **Review focus**: reviewers must verify that no remaining UI, CLI, deploy/runtime, control, catalog, or repository artifact still treats findings lifecycle backfill as a supported product action.

## OperationRun UX Impact *(mandatory when the feature creates, queues, deduplicates, resumes, blocks, completes, or deep-links to an `OperationRun`; otherwise write `N/A - no OperationRun start or link semantics touched`)*

- **Touches OperationRun start/completion/link UX?**: yes
- **Shared OperationRun UX contract/layer reused**: existing shared `OperationRun` start, toast, deep-link, dedupe, and terminal-notification contracts remain authoritative for surviving operations; this feature removes the `findings.lifecycle.backfill` operation type from those surfaces.
- **Delegated start/completion UX behaviors**: `N/A` for findings lifecycle backfill after cleanup. Queued toast, `View run` or `Open operation` links, dedupe messaging, and terminal notifications remain unchanged for other operation types.
- **Local surface-owned behavior that remains**: none for the removed findings lifecycle backfill path.
- **Queued DB-notification policy**: `N/A` for the removed path; no new policy is introduced.
- **Terminal notification path**: `N/A` for the removed path.
- **Exception required?**: none

## Provider Boundary / Platform Core Check *(mandatory when the feature changes shared provider/platform seams, identity scope, governed-subject taxonomy, compare strategy selection, provider connection descriptors, or operator vocabulary that may leak provider-specific semantics into platform-core truth; otherwise write `N/A - no shared provider/platform boundary touched`)*

- **Shared provider/platform boundary touched?**: no
- **Boundary classification**: `N/A`
- **Seams affected**: `N/A`
- **Neutral platform terms preserved or introduced**: `N/A`
- **Provider-specific semantics retained and why**: `N/A`
- **Why this does not deepen provider coupling accidentally**: removing findings lifecycle backfill traces does not introduce or preserve any new provider-specific platform seam.
- **Follow-up path**: none

## UI / Surface Guardrail Impact *(mandatory when operator-facing surfaces are changed; otherwise write `N/A`)*

| Surface / Change | Operator-facing surface change? | Native vs Custom | Shared-Family Relevance | State Layers Touched | Exception Needed? | Low-Impact / `N/A` Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System ops runbooks page: remove `Rebuild Findings Lifecycle` runbook card, preflight state, and run modal | yes | Native Filament + shared runbook primitives | runbook launch, start UX, notifications | page, card, modal, action state | no | Keeps `/system` limited to supported runbooks |
| Tenant findings list: remove `Backfill findings lifecycle` header action and its queued or paused messaging | yes | Native Filament + shared action-surface primitives | header actions, operation start messaging | page, header action, modal, toast state | no | Keeps the findings register focused on canonical review workflow, not repair tooling |
| System operational controls page: keep `findings.lifecycle.backfill` absent and remove remaining control-entry residue | yes | Native Filament + shared control-card primitives | status messaging, operational control cards, audit links | page, card, action state | no | Prevents a non-shipping control key from surviving as hidden source trace or stale product truth |

## Decision-First Surface Role *(mandatory when operator-facing surfaces are changed)*

| Surface | Decision Role | Human-in-the-loop Moment | Immediately Visible for First Decision | On-Demand Detail / Evidence | Why This Is Primary or Why Not | Workflow Alignment | Attention-load Reduction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System operational controls page | Primary Decision Surface | Decide which supported runtime controls remain manageable | only supported controls, their state, and their scope | audit history for supported controls | Primary because the page still owns runtime-control decisions for live features; this slice removes one non-productized entry from that decision set | Keeps runtime-control decisions tied to shipping operations only | Removes a false pause or resume decision for a feature that should not ship |
| System ops runbooks page | Secondary Context Surface | Decide whether a supported runbook should start | only supported runbooks and their current readiness | remaining run detail and history | Not primary for findings lifecycle anymore because the repair path is removed rather than redirected | Keeps `/system` focused on real platform operations | Removes a dead-end repair option and its supporting copy |
| Tenant findings list | Primary Decision Surface | Review findings and pick the next governance action | finding status, severity, ownership, SLA, due state, and canonical workflow actions | deeper evidence, related operations, and finding history | Primary because this is where tenant operators decide what to do with findings; repair tooling never deserved co-equal prominence | Keeps findings work aligned to triage, assignment, progress, resolve, and risk governance | Removes a maintenance action that competes with the real next action |

## Audience-Aware Disclosure *(mandatory when operator-facing surfaces are changed)*

| Surface | Audience Modes In Scope | Decision-First Default-Visible Content | Operator Diagnostics | Support / Raw Evidence | One Dominant Next Action | Hidden / Gated By Default | Duplicate-Truth Prevention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System operational controls page | operator/platform, support/platform | only supported controls, current state, scope, and reason | control-change history for supported controls | linked audit detail only when opened | `Adjust supported control` | no lifecycle-backfill control row, badge, or history affordance | one control list remains the source of truth for live runtime controls |
| System ops runbooks page | operator/platform | only supported runbooks, descriptions, readiness, and latest run context | run detail after opening a supported run | raw run data only in the run detail view | `Preflight` or `Run` a supported runbook | lifecycle-backfill copy, modal, and launch affordances are absent | no parallel repair truth remains in cards, toasts, or modals |
| Tenant findings list | operator/MSP | findings status, ownership, due signals, and canonical workflow actions | finding history, related operations, and review context | raw/support detail remains in existing evidence and detail surfaces | `Triage` or another canonical findings workflow action | no lifecycle-repair action or paused-state helper text | findings workflow truth stays on findings actions instead of a maintenance button |

## UI/UX Surface Classification *(mandatory when operator-facing surfaces are changed)*

| Surface | Action Surface Class | Surface Type | Likely Next Operator Action | Primary Inspect/Open Model | Row Click | Secondary Actions Placement | Destructive Actions Placement | Canonical Collection Route | Canonical Detail Route | Scope Signals | Canonical Noun | Critical Truth Visible by Default | Exception Type / Justification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System operational controls page | Utility / System | Operational safety control center | Adjust a supported control | Same-page control card or modal | forbidden | Card-level secondary links only | Confirmation-protected card actions for supported controls only | `/system/ops/controls` | `/system/ops/controls` | system-plane scope, control scope, and reason | Operational controls / Operational control | only supported control keys remain visible | none |
| System ops runbooks page | Monitoring / Queue / Workbench | System runbook launcher | Preflight or run a supported runbook | Same-page action modal with run-detail links | forbidden | Page-level helper links and run links only | Explicit run modal for supported runbooks only | `/system/ops/runbooks` | `/system/ops/runs/{record}` | runbook scope and run history | Runbooks / Runbook | only supported runbooks are launchable | none |
| Tenant findings list | List / Table / Bulk | CRUD / List-first Resource | Open a finding for triage or another canonical workflow action | Full-row click to finding detail | required | Existing row `More` actions and header utilities | Existing workflow actions remain in their current grouped placements | `/admin/t/{tenant}/findings` | `/admin/t/{tenant}/findings/{record}` | tenant context, filters, status, and due-state signals | Findings / Finding | canonical findings workflow and governance truth | none |

## Operator Surface Contract *(mandatory when operator-facing surfaces are changed)*

| Surface | Primary Persona | Decision / Operator Action Supported | Surface Type | Primary Operator Question | Default-visible Information | Diagnostics-only Information | Status Dimensions Used | Mutation Scope | Primary Actions | Dangerous Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System operational controls page | Platform operator | Manage supported runtime controls only | Control center | Which runtime controls are part of shipping product truth right now? | supported controls, effective state, scope, reason, expiry | audit history for supported controls | runtime safety state, scope, expiry | TenantPilot only | Pause supported control, Resume supported control | State-changing control actions for supported controls only |
| System ops runbooks page | Platform operator | Decide whether a supported runbook should start | Workbench | Is there a supported operational action to run from here? | supported runbooks, descriptions, latest run context | linked run detail after navigation | execution readiness and recent outcome | TenantPilot only unless a surviving runbook legitimately mutates tenant state | Preflight supported runbook, Run supported runbook | Run supported runbook |
| Tenant findings list | Tenant operator | Decide how to triage or manage findings without maintenance detours | List/detail | What findings action should I take next? | status, severity, responsibility, SLA, due state, canonical workflow actions | deeper evidence, related operations, review context | lifecycle, governance validity, due attention, responsibility | TenantPilot only for findings workflow actions; no repair mutation path remains | Triage, Start progress, Assign, Resolve, Risk accept | Existing destructive-like workflow actions only |

## Testing / Lane / Runtime Impact *(mandatory for runtime behavior changes)*

- **Test purpose / classification**: Feature, Unit, Heavy-Governance
- **Validation lane(s)**: fast-feedback, confidence, heavy-governance
- **Why this classification and these lanes are sufficient**: The slice removes operator surfaces, supported commands, catalog traces, and dedicated test artifacts while requiring regression proof that canonical findings workflows still function unchanged. Narrow feature tests prove absence on system and tenant surfaces plus removed CLI and deploy entry points. Narrow unit coverage proves catalog, control, capability, trusted-state, and action-surface traces are gone. One retained heavy-governance source-scanning guard remains necessary because the cleanup deletes an operational-control key and its owning runbook service, and the repo already treats that bypass guard as `surface-guard` coverage.
- **New or expanded test families**: focused absence and guard coverage for removed findings lifecycle backfill surfaces and traces, plus representative findings workflow regression coverage. Backfill-only preflight, start, idempotency, operational-control, and deploy-hook test families that exist only for this path are deleted or collapsed; no new heavy-governance family is introduced.
- **Fixture / helper cost impact**: low and net-negative. The feature should remove dedicated backfill fixtures, jobs, and lane-manifest references instead of adding new heavy setup.
- **Heavy-family visibility / justification**: one existing heavy-governance guard remains explicit in `apps/platform/tests/Feature/OperationalControls/NoAdHocOperationalControlBypassTest.php` because the cleanup removes a control key and a runbook-service entry point that the guard already scans. The feature does not add a new heavy family; it keeps one existing guard visible instead of silently depending on it.
- **Special surface test profile**: standard-native-filament, monitoring-state-page
- **Standard-native relief or required special coverage**: ordinary feature coverage is sufficient for system and findings surfaces. Required extra proof is absence and guard coverage for CLI and catalog traces, plus regression checks for canonical findings workflow actions.
- **Reviewer handoff**: reviewers must verify removal at three layers: no system runbook or findings header action remains, no supported CLI or deploy/runtime trigger remains, and no control, capability, operation-label, or test-lane residue still advertises lifecycle backfill. They must also confirm representative triage, assignment, progress, resolve, risk-acceptance, ownership, SLA, and due-date flows still work unchanged.
- **Budget / baseline / trend impact**: expected net reduction because a dedicated backfill test family and related lane artifacts are removed.
- **Escalation needed**: none
- **Active feature PR close-out entry**: Guardrail
- **Planned validation commands**:
  - `export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" && cd apps/platform && ./vendor/bin/sail artisan test --compact tests/Feature/System/OpsRunbooks/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillRunbookSurfaceTest.php tests/Feature/System/OpsControls/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillControlTraceTest.php tests/Feature/Findings/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillActionTest.php tests/Feature/Console/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillCommandsTest.php`
  - `export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" && cd apps/platform && ./vendor/bin/sail artisan test --compact tests/Unit/Support/OperationCatalog/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillCatalogTraceTest.php tests/Unit/Support/Auth/RemoveFindingsLifecycleBackfillCapabilityTraceTest.php`
  - `export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" && cd apps/platform && ./vendor/bin/sail artisan test --compact tests/Feature/OperationalControls/NoAdHocOperationalControlBypassTest.php`
  - `export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" && cd apps/platform && ./vendor/bin/sail artisan test --compact tests/Feature/Findings/FindingWorkflowRegressionTest.php`

## User Scenarios & Testing *(mandatory)*

### User Story 1 - Stop Shipping Repair Tooling (Priority: P1)

As a platform or tenant operator, I should only see supported findings and ops actions, not a lifecycle-repair surface that the product no longer intends to ship.

**Why this priority**: This is the primary trust and product-truth outcome. If the UI still advertises the repair path, the cleanup has failed even before deeper semantics work begins.

**Independent Test**: Can be fully tested by opening the current system runbooks page, system operational controls page, and tenant findings list and verifying that no findings lifecycle backfill affordance remains while the ordinary findings workflow remains visible.

**Acceptance Scenarios**:

1. **Given** a platform operator opens the system runbooks page, **When** the page renders, **Then** there is no `Rebuild Findings Lifecycle` runbook, preflight state, or run modal.
2. **Given** a platform operator opens the system operational controls page, **When** the page renders, **Then** there is no `findings.lifecycle.backfill` control row, pause or resume affordance, or history affordance.
3. **Given** an entitled tenant operator opens the tenant findings list, **When** the page renders, **Then** there is no `Backfill findings lifecycle` header action and the existing findings workflow actions remain visible according to current capability rules.

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### User Story 2 - Remove Hidden Runtime Entry Points (Priority: P1)

As a platform operator or deploy owner, I should not be able to trigger findings lifecycle backfill through a supported command or deploy/runtime hook once the product stops advertising the repair path.

**Why this priority**: The cleanup is incomplete if the UI is clean but CLI or deploy surfaces still launch the same repair behavior in the background.

**Independent Test**: Can be fully tested by checking the supported command and deploy/runtime entry points and proving that no supported path queues findings lifecycle backfill anymore.

**Acceptance Scenarios**:

1. **Given** the repo exposes supported maintenance commands, **When** the supported command catalog is reviewed after the cleanup, **Then** `tenantpilot:findings:backfill-lifecycle` is no longer a supported command.
2. **Given** the deploy/runtime hook path is exercised after the cleanup, **When** the hook runs, **Then** it does not queue or start findings lifecycle backfill.
3. **Given** the cleanup removes the only shipped responsibility of a generic deploy-runbooks entry point, **When** the feature lands, **Then** that entry point is removed rather than left behind as an inert compatibility shell.

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### User Story 3 - Keep Canonical Findings Workflow Unchanged (Priority: P2)

As a tenant operator, I still need triage, assignment, in-progress, resolve, risk acceptance, ownership, SLA, due-date, and existing reviewable finding behavior to work exactly as before while the repair surface is removed.

**Why this priority**: This slice is cleanup, not redesign. It should tighten product truth without changing the day-to-day findings workflow.

**Independent Test**: Can be fully tested by running representative findings workflow actions after the cleanup and confirming that existing findings outcomes and reviewable behavior still work without any backfill dependency.

**Acceptance Scenarios**:

1. **Given** a tenant operator triages, assigns, starts progress on, resolves, or risk-accepts a finding, **When** the action succeeds, **Then** the same canonical findings workflow behavior remains intact.
2. **Given** findings already carry ownership, SLA, due-date, and reviewable context, **When** the cleanup lands, **Then** those surfaces and behaviors remain unchanged apart from the removed backfill action.
3. **Given** a reviewer uses existing finding detail and related review context, **When** the repair path is removed, **Then** no replacement repair message or workflow detour appears.

### Edge Cases

- Historical pre-production `OperationRun` or audit rows may still mention findings lifecycle backfill; this slice does not preserve special labels, filters, or compatibility handling for those old records.
- Removing a shared catalog or control entry must remove the source trace itself, not leave stale empty cards, headers, or hidden conditionals on system surfaces.
- If `tenantpilot:run-deploy-runbooks` exists only to launch findings lifecycle backfill, LEAN-001 forbids keeping it as a no-op compatibility shim after the backfill path is removed.
- Any test lane manifest, docs artifact, or action-surface exemption that only references findings lifecycle backfill must be cleaned in the same slice so the repo does not keep advertising deleted behavior indirectly.
- Normal findings workflow actions must remain visible and capability-gated even though one header action disappears; the cleanup must not collapse ordinary findings action hierarchy.

## Requirements *(mandatory)*

**Constitution alignment (required):** This feature introduces no new Microsoft Graph call, no new long-running work, and no new persisted truth. It removes an obsolete repair and runtime path across UI, CLI, deploy, and repository artifacts. Tenant-owned findings remain bound to required `workspace_id` and `tenant_id` anchors, and the cleanup must not imply any replacement repair flow.

**Constitution alignment (LEAN-001 / PROP-001 / BLOAT-001):** This is explicitly a pre-production cleanup slice. No legacy alias, fallback reader, migration shim, dormant command, or historical fixture preservation is allowed for findings lifecycle backfill. The slice removes structure rather than adding it, and it keeps deeper semantics cleanup and creation-time invariant hardening as separate follow-up work.

**Constitution alignment (XCUT-001):** The cleanup is cross-cutting across runbook launch surfaces, findings header actions, operation labels, operational controls, notifications, command support, and deploy/runtime hooks. Every one of those surfaces must converge on the same truth: findings lifecycle backfill is not a supported product action.

**Constitution alignment (TEST-GOV-001):** Proof stays mostly in narrow feature and unit coverage, with one retained heavy-governance source-scanning guard for operational-control bypass residue. The change should still shrink, not grow, the suite by deleting backfill-only test families and lane references while keeping representative findings workflow regression protection explicit.

**Constitution alignment (OPS-UX / OPS-UX-START-001):** This feature removes one `OperationRun` start surface rather than adding one. No replacement queued toast, run link, or terminal notification is introduced for findings lifecycle backfill, and shared start UX remains unchanged for every other operation type.

**Constitution alignment (RBAC-UX):** Removing lifecycle backfill surfaces must not change current 404 versus 403 semantics for surviving findings or system actions. The feature removes the backfill-specific capability and its visibility path rather than creating capability aliases or a hidden bypass.

**Constitution alignment (UI-FIL-001 / UI-NAMING-001 / DECIDE-001 / OPSURF-001):** Existing system and findings surfaces remain native operator surfaces, but non-canonical repair labels such as `Rebuild Findings Lifecycle` and `Backfill findings lifecycle` are removed from default-visible decision paths. The dominant next actions on those surfaces stay tied to supported runbooks and canonical findings workflow actions only.

**Constitution alignment (PROV-001):** Not applicable. This cleanup does not introduce or deepen a shared provider or platform seam.

### Functional Requirements

- **FR-253-001**: The system MUST remove the system runbook entry labeled `Rebuild Findings Lifecycle` and its related preflight, run, last-run, and launch-copy surfaces from `/system/ops/runbooks`.
- **FR-253-002**: The system MUST remove the tenant findings header action labeled `Backfill findings lifecycle` and any related queued, paused, or `Open operation` messaging that exists only for that action.
- **FR-253-003**: The system MUST retire findings lifecycle backfill as a supported CLI path, including `tenantpilot:findings:backfill-lifecycle` and any deploy/runtime command that exists only to start the same backfill.
- **FR-253-004**: No deploy hook, runtime hook, schedule, or operational bootstrap path may start, queue, or advertise findings lifecycle backfill after this cleanup.
- **FR-253-005**: Backfill-specific jobs, runbook services, scope helpers, notification branches, and execution plumbing that exist only to support the removed runtime surfaces MUST be deleted rather than left dormant behind a flag, control gate, or compatibility stub.
- **FR-253-006**: Operation-catalog entries, operation-type aliases, system-console triage traces, operational-control keys, capability constants, seed data, and other repository traces that exist only for `findings.lifecycle.backfill` MUST be removed in the same slice.
- **FR-253-007**: Tests, lane manifests, docs, action-surface references, and repository artifacts that exist only to prove or describe findings lifecycle backfill preflight, start, pause, completion, or audit behavior MUST be removed or rewritten in the same slice.
- **FR-253-008**: The feature MUST NOT introduce a replacement repair surface, a new backfill, a migration shim, a fallback command, or a historical data migration.
- **FR-253-009**: Canonical findings workflows remain unchanged and in scope only for regression protection: triage, assignment, start progress, resolve, risk acceptance, ownership and responsibility, SLA, due-date, and existing reviewable finding behavior continue to work under current authorization, audit, and lifecycle rules.
- **FR-253-010**: Legacy `acknowledged` status cleanup remains out of scope except where the removed backfill path still references it directly; the broader semantics collapse remains a separate follow-up spec.
- **FR-253-011**: Creation-time lifecycle readiness remains a follow-up hardening concern; the product must not answer that concern by leaving a visible repair path or implying that a future backfill will return.
- **FR-253-012**: Tenant-owned findings keep existing `workspace_id` and `tenant_id` ownership anchors; no new persisted alias, compatibility row, or auxiliary repair truth is introduced to preserve the removed behavior.
- **FR-253-013**: If a shared UI or runtime surface currently exposes findings lifecycle backfill only because it derives from a shared catalog or registry, the cleanup MUST remove the source trace rather than hiding the entry with a local condition.

## UI Action Matrix *(mandatory when Filament is changed)*

| Surface | Location | Header Actions | Inspect Affordance (List/Table) | Row Actions (max 2 visible) | Bulk Actions (grouped) | Empty-State CTA(s) | View Header Actions | Create/Edit Save+Cancel | Audit log? | Notes / Exemptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System ops runbooks page | `app/Filament/System/Pages/Ops/Runbooks.php` | Existing header actions remain only for supported runbooks; findings lifecycle backfill actions are removed | Same-page runbook cards and run-detail links for surviving runbooks | none | none | none | none | run modals remain only for supported runbooks | unchanged for surviving runbooks | This slice removes the lifecycle-backfill card, preflight, and run flow instead of adding a replacement action |
| System operational controls page | `app/Filament/System/Pages/Ops/Controls.php` | Existing control-management actions remain only for supported controls; no findings lifecycle backfill control actions remain | Same-page control cards for supported controls | none | none | none | same-page control actions only | same-page control modals for supported controls only | unchanged for surviving controls | This slice removes the lifecycle-backfill control entry instead of hiding it behind an exception |
| Tenant findings list | `app/Filament/Resources/FindingResource/Pages/ListFindings.php` | Existing findings workflow utilities remain; `Backfill findings lifecycle` is removed | Clickable row to finding detail remains unchanged | existing row actions unchanged | existing grouped bulk actions unchanged | existing empty-state behavior unchanged | existing finding detail header actions unchanged | `N/A` | unchanged for surviving findings workflow actions | The cleanup removes one non-canonical header action and leaves the existing findings workflow action hierarchy intact |

### Key Entities *(include if feature involves data)*

- **Findings lifecycle backfill surface**: Any supported operator-visible or supported invocation path that starts or advertises the removed repair flow, including system runbooks, tenant findings actions, supported commands, deploy hooks, control entries, and operation labels.
- **Canonical findings workflow**: The existing tenant-owned findings lifecycle and governance actions that remain the only supported path for triage, assignment, in-progress, resolve, risk acceptance, ownership, SLA, due-date, and reviewable finding behavior.
- **Backfill-only artifact**: A repository artifact such as a job, service, control key, capability constant, test, lane manifest, or doc that exists only to support or describe the removed findings lifecycle backfill path.

## Success Criteria *(mandatory)*

### Measurable Outcomes

- **SC-001**: System and tenant product surfaces expose zero visible launch affordances for findings lifecycle backfill after the cleanup.
- **SC-002**: Supported CLI, deploy, and runtime entry points expose zero supported paths that queue or start findings lifecycle backfill after the cleanup.
- **SC-003**: Operational-control and operation-label surfaces expose zero live product traces of `findings.lifecycle.backfill` after the cleanup.
- **SC-004**: Representative findings workflow regression validation continues to pass for triage, assignment, start progress, resolve, risk acceptance, ownership and responsibility, SLA, due-date, and existing reviewable finding behavior without any repair-tool dependency.
- **SC-005**: The dedicated backfill-only test and lane footprint decreases rather than grows as part of the cleanup slice.

## Dependencies

- Current findings generators already create lifecycle-ready records for normal product paths, even though invariant hardening remains a follow-up.
- Existing findings workflow and reviewable findings behavior remain the canonical operator truth described by current findings specs and runtime surfaces.
- Existing system runbook, operational-control, operation-catalog, and capability registries are the current places where lifecycle-backfill traces must be removed consistently.

## Assumptions

- LEAN-001 still applies because the product remains pre-production; historical findings lifecycle backfill rows, fixtures, or aliases do not justify compatibility behavior.
- Specs 249 through 252 already cover the broader open candidates for customer review, governance inbox, commercial entitlements, and localization, so this cleanup is the next best open small slice.
- `Cross-Tenant Compare and Promotion v1` should return later by refreshing its older draft spec rather than being recast as a new cleanup slice here.
- `External Support Desk / PSA Handoff` remains deferred until repo docs name a concrete external desk or PSA target.

## Risks

- Hidden references may still exist outside the named anchors, especially in lane manifests, docs, audit helpers, or shared catalog-derived UI surfaces.
- Removing shared catalog or capability traces too narrowly could leave stale empty cards, filters, or labels that continue to imply support for the removed path.
- If any current findings generator still depends on repair behavior implicitly, removing the visible runtime path will expose that gap immediately and will need the follow-up invariant-hardening spec rather than a reintroduced backfill.

## Out of Scope

- Removing legacy `acknowledged` workflow semantics beyond direct references that disappear with the backfill path
- Redesigning findings workflow actions, ownership semantics, SLA behavior, due-date semantics, or reviewable finding behavior
- Introducing a replacement repair surface, a new lifecycle backfill, or any migration shim
- Historical data migration, legacy alias preservation, or compatibility-specific handling for old backfill runs
- Customer Review Workspace, Decision-Based Governance Inbox, Commercial Entitlements and Billing-State Maturity, Localization, and broader cross-tenant compare work

## Follow-up Candidates

1. `Remove Legacy Acknowledged Finding Status Compatibility` for the deeper workflow, badge, filter, and RBAC cleanup that should happen only after visible repair and runtime surfaces are gone.
2. `Enforce Creation-Time Finding Invariants` to prove new findings are lifecycle-ready at write time so the removed repair surface never needs to return.
3. `Cross-Tenant Compare and Promotion v1` as a refreshed broader portfolio-action spec from the older draft already in the repo, not as part of this cleanup slice.
4. `External Support Desk / PSA Handoff` once repo docs define a concrete external desk target and bounded integration contract.
