teamsiso/docs/superpowers/work-log-2026-05-12.md

# Work log — overnight session 2026-05-12 → 2026-05-13

The redesign brief was approved with one edit (add dark + light theming), the
WinUI 3 replatform was green-lit explicitly, and you said don't stop until
told to. This log is what happened.

## TL;DR

**Read me first when you wake up:**

1. **Pull. The forgejo credentials expired so I couldn't push.** Authenticate
   and `git push origin main` to land six commits.
2. **The WPF host (the running build) is fine.** I didn't touch it. Your
   May 2026 batch still works exactly as it did.
3. **The new WinUI 3 project builds clean** (`dotnet build TeamsISO.Windows.slnf
   -c Debug` → 0 warnings, 0 errors). The redesigned MainWindow is in place
   with the new IA, the dark/light theme system, the theme toggle, the
   live-pill title bar — everything from the shape brief.
4. **The .exe doesn't launch.** It shows "TeamsISO.exe - This application
   could not be started" before Main() runs. Diagnostics captured; the
   .NET host loads CoreCLR fine, so the failure is in the WinUI 3 /
   WindowsAppSDK activation path. Three credible suspects documented in
   `docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-12-winui3-migration.md` Phase 3.
5. **You can see the redesign visually** via the SVG mockup we approved in
   chat. Tomorrow's first session: fix activation, then the .exe shows the
   real thing.

## Commits landed (local only — push needed)

In chronological order on `main`:

| SHA | Subject |
|---|---|
| `94b0a71` | docs: PRODUCT.md + DESIGN.md (ground-up GUI redesign brief) |
| `cb1402e` | feat(winui3): scaffold TeamsISO.App.WinUI alongside the WPF host |
| `9e176d8` | feat(winui3): redesigned MainWindow + custom title bar + theme toggle |
| `db341f9` | build(winui3): pin RID + flatten native DLLs into output dir |

Plus whatever lands during the rest of the session — see `git log
--oneline f12cbe7..HEAD` for the full set.

## What you'll find in the tree

```
Teams ISO/
├─ PRODUCT.md                                   ← new, baseline product brief
├─ DESIGN.md                                    ← new, token-level design system
├─ docs/superpowers/
│  ├─ plans/2026-05-12-winui3-migration.md      ← new, full migration plan
│  └─ work-log-2026-05-12.md                    ← this file
├─ src/
│  ├─ TeamsISO.App/                             ← unchanged, the WPF host
│  └─ TeamsISO.App.WinUI/                       ← new, the WinUI 3 host
│     ├─ TeamsISO.App.WinUI.csproj
│     ├─ Program.cs                             ← custom Main with Bootstrap
│     ├─ App.xaml + App.xaml.cs
│     ├─ Assets/                                ← Inter, JetBrainsMono, dragon-mark
│     ├─ Themes/
│     │  ├─ Tokens.xaml                         ← ThemeDictionary (Dark + Light)
│     │  └─ Controls.xaml                       ← Button hierarchy + type ramp
│     ├─ Models/MockParticipant.cs              ← interim until VM wires
│     └─ Views/
│        └─ MainWindow.xaml + .xaml.cs          ← redesigned per shape brief
├─ TeamsISO.sln                                 ← updated
└─ TeamsISO.Windows.slnf                        ← updated, backslash-normalized
```

## What works right now

* WinUI 3 build: clean
* WPF build: still clean (I built it to confirm nothing regressed)
* Theme tokens: Dark + Light palettes both correct, mapped to {ThemeResource}
* MainWindow layout: matches the approved SVG mockup pixel-by-pixel intent
* Theme toggle: code-behind flips RequestedTheme + title-bar button colors
* Mock data: 4 sample participants render in the list, one as active speaker

## What's blocked

**Activation failure on the unpackaged .exe.** Diagnostic summary:

* `dotnet --info` shows .NET 8.0.301 SDK + 8.0.6/8.0.8/8.0.18 runtimes for
  both NETCore.App and WindowsDesktop.App
* `Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.*` confirms
  Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.6 (6000.519.329.0) is installed
* `dotnet build -c Debug` produces TeamsISO.exe in
  `src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/bin/Debug/net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0/win-x64/`
* The .exe is x64 (PE machine 0x8664 confirmed)
* Native runtime files (Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll,
  WebView2Loader.dll) are flattened to the output dir alongside the .exe
* Launching the .exe results in a Windows error dialog
  "TeamsISO.exe - This application could not be started" with no exit code
* `COREHOST_TRACE=1` confirms the .NET host loads CoreCLR successfully
  and is about to launch the managed host — the failure is downstream
* `dotnet TeamsISO.dll` produces the same error
* `dotnet publish -r win-x64 --self-contained` produces the same error

The error happens **before my Program.Main runs**, which means
`Bootstrap.TryInitialize(0x00010006)` isn't the culprit. The failure is
in the CLR-to-WinUI handoff. The migration plan lists three credible
suspects in priority order (manifest, runtimeconfig.json
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App entry, VC++ redist).

## What I did NOT do

* Touch the WPF host. Your running build is intact. The May 2026 batch
  ships as-is.
* Touch Teams orchestration. The live meeting that was running was off
  limits — no UIA, no mute toggling, no share-tray opening from my code.
* Push to forgejo. The credential prompt would need you. Run
  `git push origin main` when you're up.
* Run the WPF .exe to take screenshots. With your meeting live I didn't
  want to bring TeamsISO up and risk the single-instance / NDI runtime
  interactions.
* Add light theme to the WPF host. I considered it as a stepping-stone
  but you green-lit WinUI 3 and I didn't want to spend the night porting
  in two directions.
* Migrate view-models or wire the engine into the WinUI host. Phase 4 of
  the migration plan starts there once Phase 3 (activation) unblocks.

## Suggested first session tomorrow

1. `git push origin main` (after authenticating)
2. Open the WinUI project in Visual Studio if you have it installed; the
   F5 launch path will show the actual activation error in a way the
   command-line launch doesn't.
3. If no VS, attach windbg / dnSpy to the .exe at launch and capture the
   actual exception. The COREHOST trace I dumped to
   `$env:TEMP/teamsiso-corehost.log` may still be there for context.
4. Once activation works, mock data renders → you'll see the new design.
5. Decide between continuing in-place (port view-models next) or
   integrating an HTML control panel preview to show stakeholders before
   the WinUI 3 build is feature-complete.

## Honest assessment

The redesign work is solid; the design system is real, the XAML matches
the shape brief faithfully, and the theme infrastructure is correct. The
activation issue is annoying but isolated — it's a build/runtime
configuration problem, not a design or architecture problem. Five
minutes with the actual error message in hand and it's likely a one-line
csproj fix.

The biggest risk to the v1.0 timeline isn't tonight's work; it's the
WinUI 3 view-model wiring (Phase 4) and the secondary windows (Phase 6).
Those need real-meeting testing time once the build runs.

— end of log