Lead Developer Update - Testing Status (5:09 PM)

Current Status

✅ GitHub Issue Creation: Fully functional with proper JSON parsing, URL display, and markdown formatting

✅ Workflow Execution: Complete EXECUTION intent pipeline works without database via graceful degradation pattern

❌ Query Processing: QUERY intents (“list projects”) fail with 500 errors when database unavailable

Key Pattern Identified

Inconsistent Database Fallback Coverage:

• EXECUTION intents → Work (OrchestrationEngine has test_mode, graceful degradation)
• QUERY intents → Fail (QueryRouter requires ProjectRepository, no fallback)

User Experience Impact:

• “Create GitHub issue” → ✅ Success (works without Docker)
• “List all my projects” → ❌ “Internal server error” (requires Docker)

Testing Results Pattern

1. Minimal context → LLM hallucination (fabricated browser versions, error messages)
2. Sufficient context → Quality output with realistic details
3. EXECUTION intents → Functional without database
4. QUERY intents → Broken without database

Quality Regression Discovered

LLM content generator creates professional-looking issues but hallucinates specific technical details when given minimal context. Proposed placeholder instruction pattern to address.

Recommendation Needed: Architectural guidance on extending database fallback pattern to QueryRouter without creating singleton proliferation.