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OpenREQ-35 sandbox starting state

Three things need to be true when the call starts: REQ-35 shows 1950 W (not the 2150 W written during testing), REQ-35 is in Draft stage, and no open Change Request exists on REQ-35. The exchange icon should not be visible on REQ-35 before Beat 5b, since Beat 5b is where the governance moment happens for the first time live.

If a stale CR from sandbox testing is still attached, it will show the exchange icon in Beat 2 before governance has been introduced, which confuses the story. Can Robert or the team close it? Or can it be done directly in the UI?

OpenRejected CR API behavior

When a Change Request is rejected through the UI, the requirement still shows an open CR at the API level. A subsequent stage change proposed via the API silently deduplicates against the rejected one and never opens a fresh CR. Robert said he would check with the engineering team and reply. No answer yet.

Need to know: is this intentional (a rejected CR is a soft hold, not a close) or a known gap? This directly affects whether Beat 5b governance moment will work cleanly, since the whole point is that Flow intercepts the stage transition and opens a fresh CR.

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ResolvedAI panel not enabled in sandbox

Answered by Robert on 2026-04-29. The sandbox is on V2 of the AI feature, which has less AI. V3 is the full version. Flow is rolling it out with a goal of most customers on V3 by end of quarter.

Beat 5 framing is therefore: Claude Code plus the Flow MCP, not the native V3 panel. Robert agreed this is a strong value prop: if a customer already uses Claude, they do not have to adopt a new interface.

ResolvedRoot system count vs. tree view mismatch

TestEquity 123H is a container node with no requirements scoped directly to it. “Empty System” means zero direct requirements. The “20” in the sidebar is a roll-up from all children. Expected behavior.

ResolvedWhat does the exchange icon mean?

Confirmed via testing: it appears on requirements that have an open Change Request.

ResolvedHierarchy view vs. Systems view

Hierarchy view organizes requirements by parent-child decomposition (which requirement decomposes from which). Systems view organizes by hardware subsystem. The demo uses Systems view; can explain the difference if asked.