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Two rows of core/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js were green on a tree that drew the read-only window's screen empty. This hardens both with a test that fails when the read path stops carrying what the row paints.

What was wrong

• The tasks row only asked whether some card in the list had id === 'task-1'. A list of duplicates, or a card whose view had lost the fields the row paints (title, column, queueRole), still passed.
• The project-board row checked the metrics through Object.values(metrics).every(value => value === null) — vacuously true on {}. An answer with no metric keys at all, i.e. a header of missing numbers, still passed.

What changed

Test-only; no source, no client and no patch logic change.

• core/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js — the tasks row pins the list itself: Array.isArray, length === 1, and that card's own id, title, column (waiting), queueRole (Dev) and status (open). The project-board row pins the seven metric keys the header draws (prsOpenedToday, prsMergedToday, issuesOpenedToday, issuesClosedToday, prMergeMedianMs, issueCloseMedianMs, taskDoneMedianMs), then their null values, and keeps ok === false with reason: no-credentials.
• patches/ds-bot/files/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js — the same bytes, written by node scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs generate (core/test/ is a whole-file overlay entry); diff -q against the core copy is identical and ds-bot-patches check reports 10 patches apply cleanly and core/ equals ds-bot/ + patches/ds-bot/.

No changelog fragment: this is a test-only change with no user-visible behaviour.

Red first, then green

On the base tree, with each read path broken in turn and restored with git checkout afterwards: the task view dropping title (core/src/host/tasks.js) and emptyMetrics() answering {} (plugins/project/src/project-metrics.js).

• Old assertions on the broken tree: # tests 3 / # pass 3 / # fail 0, twice.
• New assertions on the same broken tree: red twice, naming both rows — tasks: answered a card with no title, project-board: answered metrics.metrics with no keys.
• Read paths restored, new assertions: # tests 3 / # pass 3 / # fail 0, twice.

Verify

TZ=UTC npm run verify at this commit: core lint 88/0, plugin lint 0 errors, 10 patches apply cleanly, core 3086/3086, social 619 / tree 149 / timeline 172 / workflow 528 / project 147, .github + policy suite 675 tests / 674 pass / 1 fail — the one red is the known #749 machine item, which names only this host's .cache/wt-2547/** worktree and not any file of this change. generate/check/canonical no-op.

Fixes #2847
Owner: Dev-5
Reviewer: Birfy
Written-by: Dev-5
Bot: Dev-5
Claim-Id: c2c105030e81439c913e450dcb9015cb
Risk tier: T1
Base: ff9c5db

Checkpoint

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  "pr": 2852,
  "claim": "Dev-5",
  "issue": 2847,
  "summary": "Two rows of core/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js were green on a tree that drew the read-only window empty. The tasks row now pins the list itself — one row, that card's id, title, column, queueRole and status — instead of asking whether some card had the id. The project-board row pins the seven metric keys the header draws, then their nulls, because Object.values(...).every(null) is vacuously true on {}. Both went red twice on a broken read path while the old assertions stayed green, and pass twice with the paths restored.",
  "files": [
    "core/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js",
    "patches/ds-bot/files/test/readonly-window-reads.test.js"
  ],
  "checks": {
    "ran": "TZ=UTC npm run verify; node --test test/readonly-window-reads.test.js; node scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs check",
    "result": "green",
    "at": "b2fb8660a15ca70a3f912326c55438761453a1ff"
  },
  "next": "none — ready for review"
}

[HugoXK]

@Birfy — T1 review request at tip b2fb8660a15ca70a3f912326c55438761453a1ff.

18 checks at this tip: 16 success + 2 skipped, 0 failure — tests-ok 09:49:06Z, enqueue-guard 09:46:59Z, merge-gate 09:47:03Z; mergeable_state: clean, maintainer_can_modify: true. T1, so no Verdict PASS is needed. Test-only diff (2 files), generated mirror written by generate.

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