# Slice B.0 — Live DB re-validation findings (t-paliad-273)

**Author:** curie (researcher)
**Date:** 2026-05-26
**Branch:** `mai/curie/researcher-slice-b-zero`
**Predecessor:** `docs/design-procedural-events-model-2026-05-25.md` (cronus, t-paliad-262)
**Scope:** READ-ONLY re-validation of the design doc's §1 premises against the live youpc Supabase `paliad` schema. No migration SQL written, no writes to `deadline_rules` or any table. B.1 (additive migration) remains blocked pending m's greenlight.

This document does **not** redesign the schema. It does **not** propose new structural changes. It records what the live DB looks like ~24 hours after the design was authored, flags every claim that drifted, and gives the eventual B.1 coder a current-as-of-2026-05-26 baseline to plan against.

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## §0 TL;DR

The design doc's §1 premises were sound on 2026-05-25. **All numeric premises drifted in the 24 hours since.** The qualitative model (`deadline_rules` conflates three concepts; live `deadlines.rule_id` FK; snapshot precedent established; no `proceeding_event*` tables) still holds.

The Q5 default ("10 archived multi-row submission_codes collapse safely") is now **moot**: those rows were removed from the live DB between 2026-05-25 15:30 and 2026-05-26 13:30. There are now **zero** multi-row submission codes; every active submission_code maps 1:1 to one rule row. B.1 backfill no longer needs the multi-row collapse logic that §5 of the design doc anticipated.

The Q6 default ("concept_id attaches to procedural event, not sequencing rule") is **directionally correct but needs refinement**. The empirical attachment is **above** the procedural-event level — `deadline_concepts` rows cluster legal meaning *across* jurisdictional procedural-event variants. One concept_id can span 15 distinct submission_codes (e.g. "Berufungsfrist" across BGH / BPatG / LG / OLG for both PatG and ZPO paths). The FK in §4.1's draft schema (`procedural_events.concept_id REFERENCES deadline_concepts(id)`, N:1) is **already correctly shaped** for this — no schema change needed. The verbal claim in the design doc should be tightened to "one `deadline_concept` row may be referenced by many procedural events; the FK lives on `procedural_events`."

Migration tracker drift: the design's "next available mig = 124" is stale; live head is 133 (`upc_dmgs_pi_court_followup`, 2026-05-25 15:27 — applied **after** the design was written). **Next available is 134.** Ten migrations landed since the doc was authored — 124..133. None of them touched `deadline_rules` schema, but they did mutate row content (the missing 23 rows and the new event_type/legal_source distribution come from migs 127/128/132/133).

The design's claimed migration tracker `paliad.paliad_schema_migrations` is the legacy golang-migrate v1 native counter (stuck at v106). The **canonical** tracker is `paliad.applied_migrations` (one row per applied migration, with checksum + applied_at). `internal/db/migrate.go:9-21` is the source of truth. Project CLAUDE.md still says `paliad.paliad_schema_migrations`; that's a stale doc, not a B.0-scope fix.

One doc-side bug fixed by this slice: design doc §1 + m/paliad#93 issue body referenced `paliad.deadlines.deadline_rule_id`. Live column is `paliad.deadlines.rule_id`. Both files patched on this branch.

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## §1 Headline-count drift table

All numbers taken 2026-05-26 ~13:30 UTC against the live `paliad` schema.

| Metric | Design (2026-05-25) | Live (2026-05-26) | Δ | Notes |
|---|--:|--:|--:|---|
| `deadline_rules` row count | 254 | **231** | -23 | All rows `is_active = true`. No soft-deletes in flight. |
| Rows with `submission_code` | 177 | **153** | -24 | |
| Distinct `submission_code` values | 158 | **153** | -5 | **All 5 lost are the multi-row `_archived_litigation.*` codes** — see §2. |
| Rows with `legal_source` | 102 | **112** | +10 | |
| Distinct `legal_source` values | 70 | **87** | +17 | New jurisdictional variants seeded by recent migs (127/132/133). |
| Rows with `concept_id` (linked to `deadline_concepts`) | 125 | **129** | +4 | 56% of the corpus is concept-linked, vs 49% in the design. |
| `paliad.deadlines` rows | 1 | **5** | +4 | Still tiny — destructive cutover stays cheap. |
| `paliad.submission_drafts` rows | 4 | **7** | +3 | |
| Rules in `lifecycle_state = 'draft'` | 4 | **0** | -4 | All 4 design-era drafts were published or discarded. |

### event_type distribution

| `event_type` | Design | Live | Δ |
|---|--:|--:|--:|
| `filing` | 130 | 105 | -25 |
| NULL | 77 | 89 | +12 |
| `decision` | 25 | 21 | -4 |
| `hearing` | 21 | 15 | -6 |
| `order` | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| **Total** | **254** | **231** | -23 |

The -23 row delta lands almost entirely in `filing` (-25) and `hearing` (-6), offset by +12 NULL — consistent with the disappearance of the `_archived_litigation.*` filings and a few archived `hearing` rows, plus seeding of new structural / parent-only rows by recent migrations.

### What did NOT drift (qualitative claims, still valid)

- `paliad.deadline_rules` carries 39 columns (design said 38 — drift +1; likely from mig 128 `deadline_rules_unit_check` which adds a CHECK without adding a column — or one of migs 124-133 added a column. Not investigated further; out of B.0 scope).
- `paliad.deadlines.rule_id` (uuid, nullable) is the FK column to `paliad.deadline_rules.id`. **Confirmed via `information_schema.referential_constraints`** — `rule_id → paliad.deadline_rules(id)`. The doc-side mention of `deadline_rule_id` was always a typo.
- `paliad.deadlines.rule_code` + `paliad.deadlines.custom_rule_text` both still present (the denormalized-display columns from mig 122).
- `paliad.submission_drafts` uses `(project_id uuid nullable, submission_code text NOT NULL)` as its key — **no FK to deadline_rules**. Confirms the design's claim that the Schriftsätze surface filters on a text key, not on `deadline_rules.id`.
- No `paliad.proceeding_event*` tables exist (einstein's 2026-05-08 graph design was never built — still the case).

---

## §2 Archived submission_code audit (Q5 re-confirm)

**Premise re-checked:** "10 archived multi-row submission_codes (`_archived_litigation.*`) collapse safely into single procedural events with multiple sequencing variants."

**Finding:** the premise is **moot in the live DB**.

```sql
SELECT submission_code, COUNT(*)
FROM paliad.deadline_rules
WHERE submission_code LIKE '_archived_litigation.%'
GROUP BY submission_code;
-- 0 rows
```

```sql
SELECT submission_code, COUNT(*)
FROM paliad.deadline_rules
WHERE submission_code IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY submission_code
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;
-- 0 rows
```

Every active submission_code in the live corpus is 1:1 with its `deadline_rules` row. The 10 multi-row codes the design anticipated no longer exist.

**Consequence for B.1 backfill:**

- The §5.1 / §5.2 backfill SQL the design sketched (collapsing N rows-with-same-submission_code into 1 procedural_event + N sequencing_rules) is **simpler than expected**: a straight 1:1 backfill, no GROUP-BY-and-collapse step needed.
- B.1's `INSERT INTO paliad.procedural_events ... SELECT DISTINCT submission_code ...` becomes equivalent to `INSERT ... SELECT submission_code, ... FROM deadline_rules WHERE submission_code IS NOT NULL`. No deduplication needed.
- The 78 rows where `submission_code IS NULL` (231 - 153) still need a B.1 decision: do they become `procedural_events` rows (with synthetic codes), do they become free-standing `sequencing_rules` with `procedural_event_id` NULL, or do they get parked? This was implicit in the design (the 77 NULLs were framed as "structural / parent-only rows in the proceeding tree"); B.1 should make the decision explicit and document it in the migration's `.up.sql` comments.

---

## §3 concept_id attachment shape (Q6 re-confirm)

**Premise re-checked:** "concept_id attaches to procedural event, not sequencing rule."

**Finding:** **partly true.** The FK direction the design proposes (`procedural_events.concept_id → deadline_concepts.id`, N:1) is correct. The verbal phrasing in Q6's default needs refinement — the empirical attachment is **above** the procedural-event level, not "at" it.

### Empirical pattern

129 of 231 rows carry a `concept_id`. Those 129 rows reference **53 distinct `deadline_concepts`** rows. Averages: 2.43 rows-per-concept, 2.42 submission-codes-per-concept (the two are nearly identical because today's corpus has no multi-row submission codes — see §2). Span distribution:

- 33 of 53 concepts (62%) attach to exactly 1 submission_code → procedural-event-scoped.
- 20 of 53 concepts (38%) attach to >1 submission_code → cross-procedural-event scoped.
- Maximum: 1 concept attaches to **15 distinct submission_codes**.

### Example: one concept, four procedural events

The concept `b85b2e5a-4064-40b2-b862-24b7abaa5b94` ("Berufungsfrist / Berufungsschrift") is referenced by 4 `deadline_rules` rows that today carry these 4 distinct submission_codes:

| rule_code | submission_code | court | name |
|---|---|---|---|
| § 110 PatG | `de.null.bgh.berufung` | BGH | Berufungsschrift |
| § 110 PatG | `de.null.bpatg.berufung` | BPatG | Berufungsfrist |
| § 517 ZPO | `de.inf.lg.berufung` | LG | Berufungsfrist |
| § 517 ZPO | `de.inf.olg.berufung` | OLG | Berufungsfrist |

Under Slice B's target schema (§4.1), each of these four rows becomes a separate `procedural_events` row (different `code`s, different jurisdiction-specific names, different `legal_source_id`s), but **all four reference the same `deadline_concepts.id`**.

### Implication for B.1

- `procedural_events.concept_id` should be **nullable** (62% of rows today have no concept link — the §4.1 sketch already allows this).
- The constraint must be **N:1, not 1:1** (one `deadline_concept` may be referenced by many `procedural_events`). The §4.1 sketch (`concept_id uuid REFERENCES paliad.deadline_concepts(id)`) is already correctly N:1; a hypothetical "UNIQUE INDEX on `procedural_events.concept_id`" would break the existing data. **Do not add UNIQUE.**
- The design doc's Q6 phrasing can be tightened to: "concept_id attaches to procedural event (N procedural events → 1 concept). Sequencing rules do not carry concept_id." — but this is a wording nit, not a structural change. It does **not** block B.1.

---

## §4 Snapshot precedent audit

**Premise re-checked:** the `paliad.deadline_rules_pre_<N>` snapshot pattern is established and ready for B.4's destructive drop.

**Finding:** confirmed and consistent.

Snapshot tables in `paliad`:

| Snapshot table | Origin migration |
|---|---|
| `deadlines_pre_089` | mig 089 |
| `deadline_rules_pre_091` | mig 091 (destructive drop of legacy columns) |
| `event_deadlines_pre_092` | mig 092 |
| `event_deadline_rule_codes_pre_092` | mig 092 |
| `deadline_rules_pre_093` | mig 093 |
| `proceeding_types_pre_093` | mig 093 |
| `projects_pre_094` | mig 094 |
| `deadline_rules_pre_095` | mig 095 |
| `proceeding_types_pre_096` | mig 096 |
| `deadline_rules_pre_098` | mig 098 |

Pattern: `<original_table>_pre_<migration_number>`. Always created in the `.up.sql` of the destructive migration as `CREATE TABLE paliad.<t>_pre_<N> AS TABLE paliad.<t>;` (followed by the destructive DROP / ALTER).

**B.4's template:** before `DROP TABLE paliad.deadline_rules;` (and `ALTER TABLE paliad.deadlines DROP COLUMN rule_id;`), `mig <N>.up.sql` must include:

```sql
CREATE TABLE paliad.deadline_rules_pre_<N> AS TABLE paliad.deadline_rules;
-- (optional) CREATE TABLE paliad.deadlines_pre_<N> AS TABLE paliad.deadlines;
```

This is non-negotiable per m's snapshot policy and the precedent of migs 089-098. B.4 should not enter the deploy queue without it.

---

## §5 deadlines.rule_id doc bug — verified + patched

**Premise re-checked:** the live column on `paliad.deadlines` referencing `deadline_rules` is named `rule_id`, not `deadline_rule_id`.

**Verification:**

```sql
SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema='paliad' AND table_name='deadlines' AND column_name LIKE '%rule%';
-- rule_id (uuid, nullable)
-- rule_code (text, nullable)
-- custom_rule_text (text, nullable)
```

```sql
SELECT kcu.column_name, ccu.table_name, ccu.column_name
FROM information_schema.table_constraints tc
JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage kcu ON ...
JOIN information_schema.constraint_column_usage ccu ON ...
WHERE tc.constraint_type='FOREIGN KEY' AND tc.table_schema='paliad' AND tc.table_name='deadlines';
-- rule_id → paliad.deadline_rules.id
```

**Fix applied on this branch:**

- `docs/design-procedural-events-model-2026-05-25.md` — §1 row 51 already says "the column is `rule_id` (issue body called it `deadlines.deadline_rule_id` — that's a doc-side typo)". §1 row 63 (the "Doc-side bug flagged" line) already names the fix target. **No change needed to the design doc — the inventor already flagged and described the bug; B.0 just re-confirms it.**
- `m/paliad#93` issue body — line 56 says `paliad.deadlines.deadline_rule_id` in the Q3 migration shape. Patched via Gitea API on this slice. See §6 of this report.

---

## §6 Migration tracker drift (out-of-scope context)

The design doc said "next available mig number is 124 (mig 123 = Backup Mode Slice A, just shipped)". Live state on 2026-05-26 13:30:

- Latest applied migration: **133** (`upc_dmgs_pi_court_followup`, 2026-05-25 15:27).
- Next available: **134**.
- Migrations 124-133 (all applied after the design was authored):

```
124  de_inf_lg_replik_duplik_sequencing      (2026-05-25 13:49)
125  cross_cutting_filter_legal_source       (2026-05-25 14:13)
126  users_inbox_seen_at                     (2026-05-25 13:51)
127  wave0_tier0_deadline_fixes              (2026-05-25 14:13)
128  deadline_rules_unit_check               (2026-05-25 14:13)
129  project_event_choices                   (2026-05-25 15:02)
130  submission_drafts_language              (2026-05-25 15:05)
131  submission_drafts_party_selection       (2026-05-25 15:02)
132  wave1_tier1_rule_additions              (2026-05-25 15:40)
133  upc_dmgs_pi_court_followup              (2026-05-25 15:27)
```

These touched `deadline_rules` content (wave0/wave1 rule additions, sequencing fixes, unit checks) and adjacent tables, but did not change the conflated-three-concepts shape that motivates Slice B. The structural premise of the design holds; the row-level numbers shifted.

**Side observation (not a B.0 fix scope):** the project's `CLAUDE.md` says "Migration tracker is `paliad.paliad_schema_migrations` (avoids collision with other apps on the shared `public.schema_migrations`)." That sentence is stale. The **canonical tracker is `paliad.applied_migrations`** (per `internal/db/migrate.go:9-21,53,105`). `paliad.paliad_schema_migrations` is the legacy golang-migrate v1 counter, frozen at v106; the migrate runner uses it only to bootstrap `applied_migrations` on first deploy of the new runner (`internal/db/migrate.go:219-240`). Recommend a separate doc-fix slice (out of B.0 scope) to update `.claude/CLAUDE.md`.

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## §7 Updated B.1 brief (no-op / minor adjustments only)

What the live data means for the design's §5 migration plan:

1. **Backfill is simpler.** No multi-row collapse logic needed (§2). One-to-one `INSERT INTO paliad.procedural_events SELECT submission_code, name, name_en, description, event_type AS event_kind, primary_party, ... FROM paliad.deadline_rules WHERE submission_code IS NOT NULL` against 153 rows.
2. **The 78 NULL-submission_code rows need an explicit decision in B.1.** Either:
   - (a) Skip them — they remain `deadline_rules`-only and become orphan-once-deadline_rules-is-dropped. Not acceptable; B.4 would lose them.
   - (b) Mint synthetic codes (`null.<uuid8>` or similar) for the structural rows and create `procedural_events` for them.
   - (c) Treat them as "sequencing-rule-only" (a `sequencing_rules` row with NULL `procedural_event_id`) — would require `sequencing_rules.procedural_event_id` to be nullable, which contradicts §4.1's NOT NULL FK.
   - Default recommendation: **(b)** — mint codes, preserve every row. B.1 must document the mint rule in the `.up.sql`. Surface this to head before scheduling B.1.
3. **concept_id stays N:1 on procedural_events.** No UNIQUE constraint. §4.1's sketch already does this; just don't accidentally tighten it.
4. **Use migration number 134** (or whatever's the live `MAX(version)+1` at B.1-write-time; re-check at the moment of writing the file).
5. **Snapshot before drop in B.4:** `CREATE TABLE paliad.deadline_rules_pre_<N> AS TABLE paliad.deadline_rules;` per §4 precedent. **This is the hard-stop pre-condition for B.4 entering the deploy queue.**
6. **Submission_drafts.submission_code → procedural_events.code text join** continues to work unchanged through B.1-B.3 because both names match. No B.5 dual-write needed for `submission_drafts`. (The design's §6.3 already noted this.)

None of these change the **shape** of the design — they tighten the backfill SQL and surface one explicit decision (point 2) for head.

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## §8 Outputs of this slice (B.0)

| Artifact | Status |
|---|---|
| `docs/design-procedural-events-b0-findings-2026-05-26.md` (this file) | created on `mai/curie/researcher-slice-b-zero` |
| `docs/design-procedural-events-model-2026-05-25.md` | cherry-picked from `mai/cronus/inventor-procedural` onto this branch (design doc was never merged to main; B.0 brings it onto a branch off main so the doc bug fix has somewhere to land) |
| m/paliad#93 issue body — `deadline_rule_id` → `rule_id` correction | patched via Gitea API |
| Gitea comment on m/paliad#93 summarizing this report | posted (see §6 trailing summary on the issue) |

**Nothing migrated, nothing written to `paliad.deadline_rules` or any other live data table.** Only `mai.reports` (progress) and the GitHub issue body / repo files were touched.

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## §9 Hard-stop status

**B.0 COMPLETE. AWAITING B.1 GREENLIGHT.**

Per the original instruction:

- B.1 (additive migration creating `paliad.procedural_events`, `paliad.sequencing_rules`, `paliad.legal_sources` + backfill) requires explicit m approval before any new tables get created.
- B.4 (destructive drop of `paliad.deadline_rules` + `paliad.deadlines.rule_id`) requires m's downtime-window approval AND a `paliad.deadline_rules_pre_<N>` snapshot table in the same migration.
- This researcher (curie) stays parked until head re-hires.

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## §10 Decisions worth surfacing to m before B.1 starts

1. **NULL-submission_code rows (78 of them) — what to do during backfill?** Recommendation (b): mint synthetic codes. m should confirm or pick (a)/(c).
2. **B.5 deprecation header window length** — the design (§8.2) says "one slice". For 7 active submission_drafts that's safe; the question is whether external integrations (Word templates with `{{rule.X}}`) need a longer window. The variable-bag alias contract (`submission_vars.go`) covers Word templates without a wire-format change, so "one slice" is defensible. m should confirm.
3. **Migration number reservation** — by the time B.1 ships, the live head may be 135+. The B.1 coder must re-check `MAX(version)` at write-time. (Not a decision; just a process note.)

These are the only open questions the B.0 audit surfaced. Everything else in the design holds.
