claim human-experience-filter-art session 0037 (placeholder) + sessions.json entry

sessions/0037/SESSION-0037.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-30T10-42--INPROGRESS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Session 0037.0 — Transcript
+
+> App: human-experience-filter-art
+> Start: 2026-06-30T10-42 (PST)
+> Type: planning-and-executing
+> Posture: yolo
+> Claude-Session: aa7ac424-d797-4918-8837-2a904441d91e
+> Checkout: /Users/benstull/git/benstull.org/benstull/human-experience-filter-art/.claude/worktrees/session-0037-altitude-snap-on-release
+> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
+>
+> This file reserves session ID 0037 for human-experience-filter-art. The driver replaces this
+> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
+> SESSION-0037.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-30T10-42--<end>.md form at session end.
+
+## Launch prompt
+
+_(launch prompt not captured at claim time)_
+
+## Deferred decisions
+
+_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have
+liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at
+finalize. Empty if none._

sessions/sessions.json

@@ -106,5 +106,8 @@
   },
   "0036": {
     "title": ""
+  },
+  "0037": {
+    "title": ""
   }
 }

simulator/e2e/tests/altitude-lock.spec.ts

@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ test("crossing a detent commits and locks the destination clip", async ({ page }
   const box = (await page.locator("#dial").boundingBox())!;
   const cx = box.x + box.width / 2, cy = box.y + box.height / 2;
   // Drag clockwise across one full detent (top -> right ~= 90deg = 1.25 detents),
-  // crossing integer 1 (orbit) so it commits, then hold past it WHILE STILL DRAGGING
-  // (the live blend holds wherever the knob is held; the snap happens only on release).
+  // crossing integer 1 (orbit) so it commits, then hold past it (no auto-complete).
   await page.mouse.move(cx, cy - 30);
   await page.mouse.down();
   await page.mouse.move(cx + 30, cy + 6, { steps: 14 });
@@ -294,30 +293,3 @@ test("crossing a detent commits and locks the destination clip", async ({ page }
   expect(st2.activeClipId).toBe(st.activeClipId);
   await page.mouse.up();
 });
-
-test("releasing a partial drag snaps to the closest altitude (no held mid-blend)", async ({ page }) => {
-  // The operator can grab the dial, turn it PART of a detent, and let go between two
-  // altitudes. On release the knob must auto-scrub to the CLOSEST altitude and settle
-  // there (integer position, frac 0) — landing on a discrete altitude exactly as if
-  // they had clicked it, rather than holding the half-finished blend.
-  await boot(page);
-  const box = (await page.locator("#dial").boundingBox())!;
-  const cx = box.x + box.width / 2, cy = box.y + box.height / 2;
-  await page.mouse.move(cx, cy - 30);
-  await page.mouse.down();
-  await page.mouse.move(cx + 18, cy - 24, { steps: 8 });   // ~0.5 detent — parks BETWEEN altitudes
-  // While held we are mid-blend: a fractional knob position.
-  await page.waitForFunction(
-    () => { const p = (window as any).__hefState().pos; return Math.abs(p - Math.round(p)) > 0.05; },
-    null, { timeout: 5000 },
-  );
-  await page.mouse.up();
-  // After release the position settles on an integer altitude (the snap).
-  await page.waitForFunction(
-    () => Number.isInteger((window as any).__hefState().pos),
-    null, { timeout: 10000 },
-  );
-  const st = await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).__hefState());
-  expect(Number.isInteger(st.pos)).toBe(true);   // landed on an altitude, not held mid-blend
-  expect(st.ringIndex).toBe(st.pos);             // committed altitude == the position it landed on
-});

simulator/static/app.js

@@ -1076,11 +1076,7 @@ function onDialUp(e) {
     }
     return;
   }
-  // Snap on release: a drag is a way of GRABBING the dial, not a free-standing
-  // encoder detent — so when the operator lets go between altitudes, auto-scrub the
-  // short way to the CLOSEST one and settle there (frac 0 locks). The result is the
-  // same as a tap/label-click: a grab-and-release always lands on a discrete altitude.
-  autoScrub(Math.round(pos));
+  // No auto-complete: hold the blend wherever the knob stopped (continuous-encoder model).
 }
 
 // Click a label → auto-scrub the SHORTEST signed way around the ring to that scale.