App work-state persistence

Rule handbook metadata

Rule: DET.APP.WORK_STATE_PERSISTENCE · lane deterministic
Page status: current
page_version: 4d908e875b16422509bac7386a6de8b45465f940c8805f0f2c1494b5bc58c294
generated_at: 2026-08-13T02:55:00.035Z
registry_fingerprint: aef1de6082cf0f50d463783c843dee0ffb9132fbd5ed4ea6e5bb3f031f359c72

How this rule is fixed

Not in the deterministic fixer pilot registry (stub or not yet wired). Use the After example below as the target state and remediate manually or extend pilot-registry.json.

Detection module: docs/design/ux-audit/deterministic-design-rules.md#det-app-work-state-persistence. Scroll down for Before / After examples and Evidence and remediation steps.

Purpose

Operators must not reconstruct filters, drafts, or form progress after navigation. Editable Studio workspaces show autosave/draft/saved-view cues (ForgePersistentWorkspace / Fas / Fdr / Fsm).

Pass criteria

Editable workspace has at least one of: [data-work-state], .ks-fe-autosave, [data-ks-hash="Fas"], [data-ks-hash="Fdr"], [data-ks-hash="Fsm"], [data-ks-hash="Fpw"], or visible autosave/draft/saved copy.

Evidence and remediation

Run tools/website-ux-auditor/auditor-tests/invoke-det-ruleset-harness.sh --only-rule DET.APP.WORK_STATE_PERSISTENCE. Implementation: tools/website-ux-auditor/design-rules/deterministic/generated/det-app-work-state-persistence.check.js. Prefer createPersistentWorkspace on long-edit screens.