# QA Gate Report — AI Coding Pricing / Cost Hub

Project: AI Coding Pricing / Cost Hub
Domain: https://aicodingpricing.com
Tenant: site-aicodingpricing-20260521
Date: 2026-05-21 UTC
Reviewer: 墨测
Task: t_108bbf98

## Verdict

qa_verdict: QA_NO_GO
qa_mode: upstream_gate_waiting_after_remediation

Decision: do not issue final QA_GO yet.

Reason: the prior PM acceptance artifact is still `PM_NO_GO` and explicitly says “do not send to final QA yet.” Since that report, frontend remediation tasks completed for SEO schema/content and policy pages, but the required downstream rechecks have not yet produced fresh SEO_GO / compliance clean evidence / PM_GO or PM_CONDITIONAL_GO_TO_QA. Per 墨测 rules, full final QA cannot override a stale PM_NO_GO gate.

## Inputs reviewed

- User-confirmed input: `/tmp/aicodingpricing_input_20260521.md`
- PM acceptance: `/root/.hermes/kanban/boards/site-factory/reports/site-pipeline/site-aicodingpricing-20260521/aicodingpricing/pm/product-acceptance.md`
- Final SEO/GEO recheck artifact: `/root/.hermes/kanban/boards/site-factory/reports/site-pipeline/site-aicodingpricing-20260521/aicodingpricing/seo/final-seo-recheck.md`
- Final compliance recheck artifact: `/root/.hermes/kanban/boards/site-factory/reports/site-pipeline/site-aicodingpricing-20260521/aicodingpricing/compliance/final-compliance-recheck.md`
- SEO remediation task: `t_04a6402b`, commit `5d141b41e61f70d1f773de8b421b90b12592edfe`, production deploy source `5d141b4`, live verification says schema/content pass.
- Policy remediation task: `t_9319be77`, commit `2735ea6d40888977aeeb8407206dfb3e5d727232`, production verification says `/privacy` and `/terms` expanded and pass.
- Production URL: `https://aicodingpricing.com`
- Preview/deploy URL from SEO remediation: `https://1bd9892c.aicodingpricing.pages.dev`

## Current gate state

| Gate | Artifact / task | Current state | QA action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEO/GEO/AEO | `seo/final-seo-recheck.md` | Artifact still records SEO_NO_GO before remediation | Created recheck task `t_e75eaa3b` for 墨引 |
| Compliance | `compliance/final-compliance-recheck.md` | Artifact still records compliance NO_GO before policy fix | Created recheck task `t_696c2567` for 墨盾 |
| PM acceptance | `pm/product-acceptance.md` | Artifact still records PM_NO_GO before remediation | Created PM re-acceptance task `t_eeea3f95` for 墨策, dependent on SEO + compliance rechecks |
| Final QA | `t_108bbf98` | Must wait for fresh PM_GO or PM_CONDITIONAL_GO_TO_QA | Blocked and linked to PM re-acceptance parent `t_eeea3f95` |

## Prior blockers now requiring recheck

| ID | Severity | Area | Prior finding | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA-BLOCK-001 | P0 | PM gate | PM verdict was `PM_NO_GO`; report says do not advance to QA. | Still true until PM re-acceptance reruns. |
| QA-BLOCK-002 | P0 | Structured data | Missing FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, HowTo, CollectionPage, ItemList, WebApplication where required. | Reported fixed by `t_04a6402b`; needs fresh SEO recheck. |
| QA-BLOCK-003 | P0 | Frozen content depth | `/claude-code-usage-limits`, `/codex-usage`, `/claude-code-vs-codex`, `/claude-code-vs-cursor` were under target. | Reported fixed by `t_04a6402b`; needs fresh SEO recheck. |
| QA-BLOCK-004 | P0/P1 evidence risk | Compliance artifact | Compliance report said `/privacy` and `/terms` were too thin. | Reported fixed by `t_9319be77`; needs fresh compliance recheck. |
| QA-BLOCK-005 | Launch hard gate | Cloudflare | Crawler Hints checked/value=true evidence must remain available. | Frontend custom-domain task reportedly had evidence; final launch handoff must preserve it. |

## QA scope intentionally not executed yet

Final browser QA remains queued until fresh upstream gates pass:

- Homepage calculator real-user scenarios.
- Key pricing pages and comparison pages.
- Changelog and freshness cues.
- Newsletter/pricing-alert submission behavior.
- Analytics/event validation.
- Mobile 390/430 responsive checks.
- Redirect/canonical pairs.
- Lighthouse/performance.
- Crawler Hints evidence verification.

## Next required action

1. 墨引 executes `t_e75eaa3b` and writes fresh SEO/GEO result.
2. 墨盾 executes `t_696c2567` and writes fresh compliance result.
3. 墨策 executes `t_eeea3f95` and returns PM_GO or PM_CONDITIONAL_GO_TO_QA.
4. Kanban unblocks/re-dispatches 墨测 `t_108bbf98` for full final real-user-task QA.

## Structured metadata

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  ],
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```