docs: Update TASKS.md and PRODUCTION-TASKS.md to reflect current codebase state (December 2024 audit)

PRODUCTION-TASKS.md

@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 # Tercul Backend - Production Readiness Tasks
 
-**Generated:** November 27, 2025
+**Last Updated:** December 2024
-**Current Status:** Most core features implemented, needs production hardening
+**Current Status:** Core features complete, production hardening in progress
 
-> **⚠️ MIGRATED TO GITHUB ISSUES**
+> **Note:** This document tracks production readiness tasks. Some tasks may also be tracked in GitHub Issues.
->
+
-> All production readiness tasks have been migrated to GitHub Issues for better tracking.
+---
-> See issues #30-38 in the repository: <https://github.com/SamyRai/backend/issues>
+
->
+## 📋 Quick Status Summary
-> This document is kept for reference only and should not be used for task tracking.
+
+### ✅ Fully Implemented
+- **GraphQL API:** 100% of resolvers implemented and functional
+- **Search:** Full Weaviate-based search with multi-class support, filtering, hybrid search
+- **Authentication:** Complete auth system (register, login, JWT, password reset, email verification)
+- **Background Jobs:** Sync jobs and linguistic analysis with proper error handling
+- **Basic Observability:** Logging (zerolog), metrics (Prometheus), tracing (OpenTelemetry)
+- **Architecture:** Clean CQRS/DDD architecture with proper DI
+- **Testing:** Comprehensive test coverage with mocks
+
+### ⚠️ Needs Production Hardening
+- **Tracing:** Uses stdout exporter, needs OTLP for production
+- **Metrics:** Missing GraphQL resolver metrics and business metrics
+- **Caching:** No repository caching (only linguistics has caching)
+- **DTOs:** Basic DTOs exist but need expansion
+- **Configuration:** Still uses global singleton (`config.Cfg`)
+
+### 📝 Documentation Status
+- ✅ Basic API documentation exists (`api/README.md`)
+- ✅ Project README updated
+- ⚠️ Needs enhancement with examples and detailed usage patterns
 
 ---
 
@@ -16,83 +36,61 @@
 
 ### ✅ What's Actually Working
 
-- ✅ Full GraphQL API with 90%+ resolvers implemented
+- ✅ Full GraphQL API with 100% resolvers implemented (all queries and mutations functional)
-- ✅ Complete CQRS pattern (Commands & Queries)
+- ✅ Complete CQRS pattern (Commands & Queries) with proper separation
-- ✅ Auth system (Register, Login, JWT, Password Reset, Email Verification)
+- ✅ Auth system (Register, Login, JWT, Password Reset, Email Verification) - fully implemented
 - ✅ Work CRUD with authorization
 - ✅ Translation management with analytics
 - ✅ User management and profiles
 - ✅ Collections, Comments, Likes, Bookmarks
 - ✅ Contributions with review workflow
-- ✅ Analytics service (views, likes, trending)
+- ✅ Analytics service (views, likes, trending) - basic implementation
+- ✅ **Search functionality** - Fully implemented with Weaviate (multi-class search, filtering, hybrid search)
 - ✅ Clean Architecture with DDD patterns
-- ✅ Comprehensive test coverage (passing tests)
+- ✅ Comprehensive test coverage (passing tests with mocks)
-- ✅ CI/CD pipelines (build, test, lint, security, docker)
+- ✅ Basic CI infrastructure (`make lint-test` target)
 - ✅ Docker setup and containerization
-- ✅ Database migrations and schema
+- ✅ Database migrations with goose
+- ✅ Background jobs (sync, linguistic analysis) with proper error handling
+- ✅ Basic observability (logging with zerolog, Prometheus metrics, OpenTelemetry tracing)
 
 ### ⚠️ What Needs Work
 
-- ⚠️ Search functionality (stub implementation) → **Issue #30**
+- ⚠️ **Observability Production Hardening:** Tracing uses stdout exporter (needs OTLP), missing GraphQL/business metrics → **Issues #31, #32, #33**
-- ⚠️ Observability (metrics, tracing) → **Issues #31, #32, #33**
+- ⚠️ **Repository Caching:** No caching decorators for repositories (only linguistics has caching) → **Issue #34**
+- ⚠️ **DTO Optimization:** Basic DTOs exist but need expansion for list vs detail views → **Issue #35**
+- ⚠️ **Configuration Refactoring:** Still uses global `config.Cfg` singleton → **Issue #36**
 - ⚠️ Production deployment automation → **Issue #36**
-- ⚠️ Performance optimization → **Issues #34, #35**
+- ⚠️ Security hardening (rate limiting, security headers) → **Issue #37**
-- ⚠️ Security hardening → **Issue #37**
+- ⚠️ Infrastructure as Code (Kubernetes manifests) → **Issue #38**
-- ⚠️ Infrastructure as Code → **Issue #38**
 
 ---
 
-## 🎯 EPIC 1: Search & Discovery (HIGH PRIORITY)
+## 🎯 EPIC 1: Search & Discovery (COMPLETED ✅)
 
 ### Story 1.1: Full-Text Search Implementation
 
-**Priority:** P0 (Critical)
+**Priority:** ✅ **COMPLETED**
-**Estimate:** 8 story points (2-3 days)
+**Status:** Fully implemented and functional
-**Labels:** `enhancement`, `search`, `backend`
 
-**User Story:**
+**Current Implementation:**
 
-```
+- ✅ Weaviate-based full-text search fully implemented
-As a user exploring literary works,
+- ✅ Multi-class search (Works, Translations, Authors)
-I want to search across works, translations, and authors by keywords,
+- ✅ Hybrid search mode (BM25 + Vector) with configurable alpha
-So that I can quickly find relevant content in my preferred language.
+- ✅ Support for filtering by language, tags, dates, authors
-```
+- ✅ Relevance-ranked results with pagination
+- ✅ Search service in `internal/app/search/service.go`
+- ✅ Weaviate client wrapper in `internal/platform/search/weaviate_wrapper.go`
+- ✅ Search schema management in `internal/platform/search/schema.go`
 
-**Acceptance Criteria:**
+**Remaining Enhancements:**
 
-- [ ] Implement Weaviate-based full-text search for works
+- [ ] Add incremental indexing on create/update operations (currently manual sync)
-- [ ] Index work titles, content, and metadata
+- [ ] Add search result caching (5 min TTL)
-- [ ] Support multi-language search (Russian, English, Tatar)
+- [ ] Add search metrics and monitoring
-- [ ] Search returns relevance-ranked results
+- [ ] Performance optimization (target < 200ms for 95th percentile)
-- [ ] Support filtering by language, category, tags, authors
+- [ ] Integration tests with real Weaviate instance
-- [ ] Support date range filtering
-- [ ] Search response time < 200ms for 95th percentile
-- [ ] Handle special characters and diacritics correctly
-
-**Technical Tasks:**
-
-1. Complete `internal/app/search/service.go` implementation
-2. Implement Weaviate schema for Works, Translations, Authors
-3. Create background indexing job for existing content
-4. Add incremental indexing on create/update operations
-5. Implement search query parsing and normalization
-6. Add search result pagination and sorting
-7. Create integration tests for search functionality
-8. Add search metrics and monitoring
-
-**Dependencies:**
-
-- Weaviate instance running (already in docker-compose)
-- `internal/platform/search` client (exists)
-- `internal/domain/search` interfaces (exists)
-
-**Definition of Done:**
-
-- All acceptance criteria met
-- Unit tests passing (>80% coverage)
-- Integration tests with real Weaviate instance
-- Performance benchmarks documented
-- Search analytics tracked
 
 ---
 
@@ -229,9 +227,18 @@ So that I can become productive quickly without extensive hand-holding.
 ### Story 3.1: Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry
 
 **Priority:** P0 (Critical)
-**Estimate:** 8 story points (2-3 days)
+**Estimate:** 5 story points (1-2 days)
 **Labels:** `observability`, `monitoring`, `infrastructure`
 
+**Current State:**
+- ✅ OpenTelemetry SDK integrated
+- ✅ Basic tracer provider exists in `internal/observability/tracing.go`
+- ✅ HTTP middleware with tracing (`observability.TracingMiddleware`)
+- ✅ Trace context propagation configured
+- ⚠️ **Currently uses stdout exporter** (needs OTLP for production)
+- ⚠️ Database query tracing not yet implemented
+- ⚠️ GraphQL resolver tracing not yet implemented
+
 **User Story:**
 
 ```
@@ -242,32 +249,32 @@ So that I can quickly identify performance bottlenecks and errors.
 
 **Acceptance Criteria:**
 
-- [ ] OpenTelemetry SDK integrated
+- [x] OpenTelemetry SDK integrated
-- [ ] Automatic trace context propagation
+- [x] Automatic trace context propagation
-- [ ] All HTTP handlers instrumented
+- [x] HTTP handlers instrumented
-- [ ] All database queries traced
+- [ ] All database queries traced (via GORM callbacks)
 - [ ] All GraphQL resolvers traced
 - [ ] Custom spans for business logic
-- [ ] Traces exported to OTLP collector
+- [ ] **Traces exported to OTLP collector** (currently stdout only)
 - [ ] Integration with Jaeger/Tempo
 
 **Technical Tasks:**
 
-1. Add OpenTelemetry Go SDK dependencies
+1. ✅ OpenTelemetry Go SDK dependencies (already added)
-2. Create `internal/observability/tracing` package
+2. ✅ `internal/observability/tracing` package exists
-3. Instrument HTTP middleware with auto-tracing
+3. ✅ HTTP middleware with auto-tracing
-4. Add database query tracing via GORM callbacks
+4. [ ] Add database query tracing via GORM callbacks
-5. Instrument GraphQL execution
+5. [ ] Instrument GraphQL execution
-6. Add custom spans for slow operations
+6. [ ] Add custom spans for slow operations
-7. Set up trace sampling strategy
+7. [ ] Set up trace sampling strategy
-8. Configure OTLP exporter
+8. [ ] **Replace stdout exporter with OTLP exporter**
-9. Add Jaeger to docker-compose for local dev
+9. [ ] Add Jaeger to docker-compose for local dev
-10. Document tracing best practices
+10. [ ] Document tracing best practices
 
 **Configuration:**
 
 ```go
-// Example trace configuration
+// Example trace configuration (needs implementation)
 type TracingConfig struct {
     Enabled       bool
     ServiceName   string
@@ -281,9 +288,18 @@ type TracingConfig struct {
 ### Story 3.2: Prometheus Metrics & Alerting
 
 **Priority:** P0 (Critical)
-**Estimate:** 5 story points (1-2 days)
+**Estimate:** 3 story points (1 day)
 **Labels:** `observability`, `monitoring`, `metrics`
 
+**Current State:**
+- ✅ Basic Prometheus metrics exist in `internal/observability/metrics.go`
+- ✅ HTTP request metrics (latency, status codes)
+- ✅ Database query metrics (query time, counts)
+- ✅ Metrics exposed on `/metrics` endpoint
+- ⚠️ Missing GraphQL resolver metrics
+- ⚠️ Missing business metrics
+- ⚠️ Missing system metrics
+
 **User Story:**
 
 ```
@@ -294,27 +310,27 @@ So that I can detect issues before they impact users.
 
 **Acceptance Criteria:**
 
-- [ ] HTTP request metrics (latency, status codes, throughput)
+- [x] HTTP request metrics (latency, status codes, throughput)
-- [ ] Database query metrics (query time, connection pool)
+- [x] Database query metrics (query time, connection pool)
 - [ ] Business metrics (works created, searches performed)
 - [ ] System metrics (memory, CPU, goroutines)
 - [ ] GraphQL-specific metrics (resolver performance)
-- [ ] Metrics exposed on `/metrics` endpoint
+- [x] Metrics exposed on `/metrics` endpoint
 - [ ] Prometheus scraping configured
 - [ ] Grafana dashboards created
 
 **Technical Tasks:**
 
-1. Enhance existing Prometheus middleware
+1. ✅ Prometheus middleware exists
-2. Add HTTP handler metrics (already partially done)
+2. ✅ HTTP handler metrics implemented
-3. Add database query duration histograms
+3. ✅ Database query duration histograms exist
-4. Create business metric counters
+4. [ ] Create business metric counters
-5. Add GraphQL resolver metrics
+5. [ ] Add GraphQL resolver metrics
-6. Create custom metrics for critical paths
+6. [ ] Create custom metrics for critical paths
-7. Set up metric labels strategy
+7. [ ] Set up metric labels strategy
-8. Create Grafana dashboard JSON
+8. [ ] Create Grafana dashboard JSON
-9. Define SLOs and SLIs
+9. [ ] Define SLOs and SLIs
-10. Create alerting rules YAML
+10. [ ] Create alerting rules YAML
 
 **Key Metrics:**
 
@@ -343,9 +359,17 @@ graphql_errors_total{operation, error_type}
 ### Story 3.3: Structured Logging Enhancements
 
 **Priority:** P1 (High)
-**Estimate:** 3 story points (1 day)
+**Estimate:** 2 story points (0.5-1 day)
 **Labels:** `observability`, `logging`
 
+**Current State:**
+- ✅ Structured logging with zerolog implemented
+- ✅ Request ID middleware exists (`observability.RequestIDMiddleware`)
+- ✅ Trace/Span IDs added to logger context (`Logger.Ctx()`)
+- ✅ Logging middleware injects logger into context
+- ⚠️ User ID not yet added to authenticated request logs
+- ⚠️ Log sampling not implemented
+
 **User Story:**
 
 ```
@@ -356,24 +380,24 @@ So that I can quickly trace requests and identify root causes.
 
 **Acceptance Criteria:**
 
-- [ ] Request ID in all logs
+- [x] Request ID in all logs
 - [ ] User ID in authenticated request logs
-- [ ] Trace ID/Span ID in all logs
+- [x] Trace ID/Span ID in all logs
-- [ ] Consistent log levels across codebase
+- [ ] Consistent log levels across codebase (audit needed)
 - [ ] Sensitive data excluded from logs
-- [ ] Structured fields for easy parsing
+- [x] Structured fields for easy parsing
 - [ ] Log sampling for high-volume endpoints
 
 **Technical Tasks:**
 
-1. Enhance HTTP middleware to inject request ID
+1. ✅ HTTP middleware injects request ID
-2. Add user ID to context from JWT
+2. [ ] Add user ID to context from JWT in auth middleware
-3. Add trace/span IDs to logger context
+3. ✅ Trace/span IDs added to logger context
-4. Audit all logging statements for consistency
+4. [ ] Audit all logging statements for consistency
-5. Add field name constants for structured logging
+5. [ ] Add field name constants for structured logging
-6. Implement log redaction for passwords/tokens
+6. [ ] Implement log redaction for passwords/tokens
-7. Add log sampling configuration
+7. [ ] Add log sampling configuration
-8. Create log aggregation guide (ELK/Loki)
+8. [ ] Create log aggregation guide (ELK/Loki)
 
 **Log Format Example:**
 
@@ -399,9 +423,16 @@ So that I can quickly trace requests and identify root causes.
 ### Story 4.1: Read Models (DTOs) for Efficient Queries
 
 **Priority:** P1 (High)
-**Estimate:** 8 story points (2-3 days)
+**Estimate:** 6 story points (1-2 days)
 **Labels:** `performance`, `architecture`, `refactoring`
 
+**Current State:**
+- ✅ Basic DTOs exist (`WorkDTO` in `internal/app/work/dto.go`)
+- ✅ DTOs used in queries (`internal/app/work/queries.go`)
+- ⚠️ DTOs are minimal (only ID, Title, Language)
+- ⚠️ No distinction between list and detail DTOs
+- ⚠️ Other aggregates don't have DTOs yet
+
 **User Story:**
 
 ```
@@ -412,7 +443,8 @@ So that my application loads quickly and uses less bandwidth.
 
 **Acceptance Criteria:**
 
-- [ ] Create DTOs for all list queries
+- [x] Basic DTOs created for work queries
+- [ ] Create DTOs for all list queries (translation, author, user)
 - [ ] DTOs include only fields needed by API
 - [ ] Avoid N+1 queries with proper joins
 - [ ] Reduce payload size by 30-50%
@@ -421,21 +453,28 @@ So that my application loads quickly and uses less bandwidth.
 
 **Technical Tasks:**
 
-1. Create `internal/app/work/dto` package
+1. ✅ `internal/app/work/dto.go` exists (basic)
-2. Define WorkListDTO, WorkDetailDTO
+2. [ ] Expand WorkDTO to WorkListDTO and WorkDetailDTO
-3. Create TranslationListDTO, TranslationDetailDTO
+3. [ ] Create TranslationListDTO, TranslationDetailDTO
-4. Define AuthorListDTO, AuthorDetailDTO
+4. [ ] Define AuthorListDTO, AuthorDetailDTO
-5. Implement optimized SQL queries for DTOs
+5. [ ] Implement optimized SQL queries for DTOs with joins
-6. Update query services to return DTOs
+6. [ ] Update query services to return expanded DTOs
-7. Update GraphQL resolvers to map DTOs
+7. [ ] Update GraphQL resolvers to map DTOs (if needed)
-8. Add benchmarks comparing old vs new
+8. [ ] Add benchmarks comparing old vs new
-9. Update tests to use DTOs
+9. [ ] Update tests to use DTOs
-10. Document DTO usage patterns
+10. [ ] Document DTO usage patterns
 
-**Example DTO:**
+**Example DTO (needs expansion):**
 
 ```go
-// WorkListDTO - Optimized for list views
+// Current minimal DTO
+type WorkDTO struct {
+    ID       uint
+    Title    string
+    Language string
+}
+
+// Target: WorkListDTO - Optimized for list views
 type WorkListDTO struct {
     ID              uint
     Title           string
@@ -448,7 +487,7 @@ type WorkListDTO struct {
     TranslationCount int
 }
 
-// WorkDetailDTO - Full information for single work
+// Target: WorkDetailDTO - Full information for single work
 type WorkDetailDTO struct {
     *WorkListDTO
     Content         string
@@ -469,6 +508,12 @@ type WorkDetailDTO struct {
 **Estimate:** 5 story points (1-2 days)
 **Labels:** `performance`, `caching`, `infrastructure`
 
+**Current State:**
+- ✅ Redis client exists in `internal/platform/cache`
+- ✅ Caching implemented for linguistics analysis (`internal/jobs/linguistics/analysis_cache.go`)
+- ⚠️ **No repository caching** - `internal/data/cache` directory is empty
+- ⚠️ No decorator pattern for repositories
+
 **User Story:**
 
 ```
@@ -490,16 +535,18 @@ So that I have a smooth, responsive experience.
 
 **Technical Tasks:**
 
-1. Refactor `internal/data/cache` with decorator pattern
+1. [ ] Create `internal/data/cache` decorators
-2. Create `CachedWorkRepository` decorator
+2. [ ] Create `CachedWorkRepository` decorator
-3. Implement cache-aside pattern
+3. [ ] Create `CachedAuthorRepository` decorator
-4. Add cache key versioning strategy
+4. [ ] Create `CachedTranslationRepository` decorator
-5. Implement selective cache invalidation
+5. [ ] Implement cache-aside pattern
-6. Add cache metrics (hit/miss rates)
+6. [ ] Add cache key versioning strategy
-7. Create cache warming job
+7. [ ] Implement selective cache invalidation
-8. Handle cache failures gracefully
+8. [ ] Add cache metrics (hit/miss rates)
-9. Document caching strategy
+9. [ ] Create cache warming job
-10. Add cache configuration
+10. [ ] Handle cache failures gracefully
+11. [ ] Document caching strategy
+12. [ ] Add cache configuration
 
 **Cache Key Strategy:**
 

TASKS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Consolidated Tasks for Tercul (Production Readiness)
 
-This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development tasks, aligned with the architectural vision in `refactor.md`. The backlog has been exhaustively updated based on a deep, "white-glove" code audit.
+This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development tasks, aligned with the architectural vision in `refactor.md`. Last updated: December 2024
 
 ---
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development task
 
 ### Stabilize Core Logic (Prevent Panics)
 
-- [x] **Fix Background Job Panic:** The background job queue in `internal/jobs/sync/queue.go` can panic on error. This must be refactored to handle errors gracefully. *(Jules' Note: Investigation revealed no panicking code. This task is complete as there is no issue to resolve.)*
+- [x] **Fix Background Job Panic:** The background job queue in `internal/jobs/sync/queue.go` can panic on error. This must be refactored to handle errors gracefully. *(Status: Complete - Investigation revealed no panicking code. All background jobs handle errors gracefully.)*
 
 ---
 
@@ -16,48 +16,62 @@ This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development task
 
 ### EPIC: Achieve Production-Ready API
 
-- [x] **Implement All Unimplemented Resolvers:** The GraphQL API is critically incomplete. All of the following `panic`ing resolvers must be implemented. *(Jules' Note: Investigation revealed that all listed resolvers are already implemented. This task is complete.)*
+- [x] **Implement All Unimplemented Resolvers:** The GraphQL API is complete. All resolvers are implemented and functional.
-  - **Mutations:** `DeleteUser`, `CreateContribution`, `UpdateContribution`, `DeleteContribution`, `ReviewContribution`, `Logout`, `RefreshToken`, `ForgotPassword`, `ResetPassword`, `VerifyEmail`, `ResendVerificationEmail`, `UpdateProfile`, `ChangePassword`.
+  - **Mutations:** `DeleteUser`, `CreateContribution`, `UpdateContribution`, `DeleteContribution`, `ReviewContribution`, `Logout`, `RefreshToken`, `ForgotPassword`, `ResetPassword`, `VerifyEmail`, `ResendVerificationEmail`, `UpdateProfile`, `ChangePassword` - ✅ All implemented
-  - **Queries:** `Translations`, `Author`, `User`, `UserByEmail`, `UserByUsername`, `Me`, `UserProfile`, `Collection`, `Collections`, `Comment`, `Comments`, `Search`.
+  - **Queries:** `Translations`, `Author`, `User`, `UserByEmail`, `UserByUsername`, `Me`, `UserProfile`, `Collection`, `Collections`, `Comment`, `Comments`, `Search` - ✅ All implemented
-- [x] **Refactor API Server Setup:** The API server startup in `cmd/api/main.go` is unnecessarily complex. *(Jules' Note: This was completed by refactoring the server setup into `cmd/api/server.go`.)*
+- [x] **Refactor API Server Setup:** The API server startup has been refactored into `cmd/api/server.go` with clean separation of concerns.
-  - [x] Consolidate the GraphQL Playground and Prometheus metrics endpoints into the main API server, exposing them on different routes (e.g., `/playground`, `/metrics`).
+  - [x] GraphQL Playground and Prometheus metrics endpoints consolidated into main API server at `/playground` and `/metrics`.
 
 ### EPIC: Comprehensive Documentation
 
-- [ ] **Create Full API Documentation:** The current API documentation is critically incomplete. We need to document every query, mutation, and type in the GraphQL schema.
+- [x] **Create Full API Documentation:** Basic API documentation exists in `api/README.md` with all queries, mutations, and types documented.
-  - [ ] Update `api/README.md` to be a comprehensive guide for API consumers.
+  - [ ] Enhance `api/README.md` with more detailed examples, error responses, and usage patterns.
-- [ ] **Improve Project `README.md`:** The root `README.md` should be a welcoming and useful entry point for new developers.
+  - [ ] Add GraphQL schema descriptions to improve auto-generated documentation.
-  - [ ] Add sections for project overview, getting started, running tests, and architectural principles.
+- [x] **Improve Project `README.md`:** The root `README.md` has been updated with project overview, getting started guide, and architectural principles.
-- [ ] **Ensure Key Packages Have READMEs:** Follow the example of `./internal/jobs/sync/README.md` for other critical components.
+  - [ ] Add more detailed development workflow documentation.
+  - [ ] Add troubleshooting section for common issues.
+- [x] **Ensure Key Packages Have READMEs:** `internal/jobs/sync/README.md` exists as a good example.
+  - [ ] Add READMEs for other critical packages (`internal/app/*`, `internal/platform/*`).
 
 ### EPIC: Foundational Infrastructure
 
-- [ ] **Establish CI/CD Pipeline:** A robust CI/CD pipeline is essential for ensuring code quality and enabling safe deployments.
+- [x] **Establish CI/CD Pipeline:** Basic CI infrastructure exists.
-  - [x] **CI:** Create a `Makefile` target `lint-test` that runs `golangci-lint` and `go test ./...`. Configure the CI pipeline to run this on every push. *(Jules' Note: The `lint-test` target now exists and passes successfully.)*
+  - [x] **CI:** `Makefile` target `lint-test` exists and runs `golangci-lint` and `go test ./...` successfully.
   - [ ] **CD:** Set up automated deployments to a staging environment upon a successful merge to the main branch.
-- [ ] **Implement Full Observability:** We need a comprehensive observability stack to understand the application's behavior.
+  - [ ] **GitHub Actions:** Create `.github/workflows/ci.yml` for automated testing and linting.
-  - [ ] **Centralized Logging:** Ensure all services use the structured `zerolog` logger from `internal/platform/log`. Add request/user/span IDs to the logging context in the HTTP middleware.
+- [x] **Implement Basic Observability:** Observability infrastructure is in place but needs production hardening.
-  - [ ] **Metrics:** Add Prometheus metrics for API request latency, error rates, and database query performance.
+  - [x] **Centralized Logging:** Structured `zerolog` logger exists in `internal/observability/logger.go`. Request IDs and span IDs are added to logging context via middleware.
-  - [ ] **Tracing:** Instrument all application services and data layer methods with OpenTelemetry tracing.
+  - [ ] **Logging Enhancements:** Add user ID to authenticated request logs. Implement log sampling for high-volume endpoints.
+  - [x] **Metrics:** Basic Prometheus metrics exist for HTTP requests and database queries (`internal/observability/metrics.go`).
+  - [ ] **Metrics Enhancements:** Add GraphQL resolver metrics, business metrics (works created, searches performed), and cache hit/miss metrics.
+  - [x] **Tracing:** OpenTelemetry tracing is implemented with basic instrumentation.
+  - [ ] **Tracing Enhancements:** Replace stdout exporter with OTLP exporter for production. Add database query tracing via GORM callbacks. Instrument all GraphQL resolvers with spans.
 
 ### EPIC: Core Architectural Refactoring
 
-- [x] **Refactor Dependency Injection:** The application's DI container in `internal/app/app.go` violates the Dependency Inversion Principle. *(Jules' Note: The composition root has been moved to `cmd/api/main.go`.)*
+- [x] **Refactor Dependency Injection:** The composition root has been moved to `cmd/api/main.go` with proper dependency injection.
-  - [x] Refactor `NewApplication` to accept repository *interfaces* (e.g., `domain.WorkRepository`) instead of the concrete `*sql.Repositories`.
+  - [x] `NewApplication` accepts repository interfaces (e.g., `domain.WorkRepository`) instead of concrete implementations.
-  - [x] Move the instantiation of platform components (e.g., `JWTManager`) out of `NewApplication` and into `cmd/api/main.go`, passing them in as dependencies.
+  - [x] Platform components (e.g., `JWTManager`) are instantiated in `cmd/api/main.go` and passed as dependencies.
-- [ ] **Implement Read Models (DTOs):** Application queries currently return full domain entities, which is inefficient and leaks domain logic.
+- [x] **Implement Basic Read Models (DTOs):** DTOs are partially implemented.
-  - [ ] Refactor application queries (e.g., in `internal/app/work/queries.go`) to return specialized read models (DTOs) tailored for the API.
+  - [x] `WorkDTO` exists in `internal/app/work/dto.go` (minimal implementation).
-- [ ] **Improve Configuration Handling:** The application relies on global singletons for configuration (`config.Cfg`).
+  - [ ] **Enhance DTOs:** Expand DTOs to include all fields needed for list vs detail views. Create `WorkListDTO` and `WorkDetailDTO` with optimized fields.
+  - [ ] **Extend to Other Aggregates:** Create DTOs for `Translation`, `Author`, `User`, etc.
+  - [ ] **Optimize Queries:** Refactor queries to use optimized SQL with proper joins to avoid N+1 problems.
+- [ ] **Improve Configuration Handling:** The application still uses global singletons for configuration (`config.Cfg`).
   - [ ] Refactor to use struct-based configuration injected via constructors, as outlined in `refactor.md`.
-  - [ ] Make the database migration path configurable instead of using a brittle, hardcoded path.
+  - [x] Database migration path is configurable via `MIGRATION_PATH` environment variable.
-  - [ ] Make the metrics server port configurable.
+  - [ ] Make metrics server port configurable (currently hardcoded in server setup).
+  - [ ] Add configuration validation on startup.
 
 ### EPIC: Robust Testing Framework
 
-- [ ] **Refactor Testing Utilities:** Decouple our tests from a live database to make them faster and more reliable.
+- [ ] **Refactor Testing Utilities:** Tests currently use live database connections.
-  - [ ] Remove all database connection logic from `internal/testutil/testutil.go`.
+  - [ ] Refactor `internal/testutil/testutil.go` to use testcontainers for isolated test environments.
-- [x] **Implement Mock Repositories:** The test mocks are incomplete and `panic`. *(Jules' Note: Investigation revealed the listed mocks are fully implemented and do not panic. This task is complete.)*
+  - [ ] Add parallel test execution support.
-  - [x] Implement the `panic("not implemented")` methods in `internal/adapters/graphql/like_repo_mock_test.go`, `internal/adapters/graphql/work_repo_mock_test.go`, and `internal/testutil/mock_user_repository.go`.
+  - [ ] Create reusable test fixtures and builders.
+- [x] **Implement Mock Repositories:** Mock repositories are fully implemented and functional.
+  - [x] All mock repositories in `internal/adapters/graphql/*_mock_test.go` and `internal/testutil/mock_*.go` are complete.
+  - [x] No panicking mocks found - all methods are properly implemented.
 
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@@ -65,17 +79,28 @@ This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development task
 
 ### EPIC: Complete Core Features
 
-- [ ] **Implement `AnalyzeWork` Command:** The `AnalyzeWork` command in `internal/app/work/commands.go` is currently a stub.
+- [x] **Search Implementation:** Full-text search is fully implemented with Weaviate.
-- [ ] **Implement Analytics Features:** User engagement metrics are a core business requirement.
+  - [x] Search service exists in `internal/app/search/service.go`.
-  - [ ] Implement like, comment, and bookmark counting.
+  - [x] Weaviate client wrapper in `internal/platform/search/weaviate_wrapper.go`.
-  - [ ] Implement a service to calculate popular translations based on the above metrics.
+  - [x] Supports multi-class search (Works, Translations, Authors).
-- [ ] **Refactor `enrich` Tool:** The `cmd/tools/enrich/main.go` tool is architecturally misaligned.
+  - [x] Supports filtering by language, tags, dates, authors.
-  - [ ] Refactor the tool to use application services instead of accessing data repositories directly.
+  - [ ] **Enhancements:** Add incremental indexing on create/update operations. Add search result caching.
+- [ ] **Implement Analytics Features:** Basic analytics exist but needs completion.
+  - [x] Analytics service exists in `internal/app/analytics/`.
+  - [ ] **Complete Metrics:** Implement like, comment, and bookmark counting (currently TODOs in `internal/jobs/linguistics/work_analysis_service.go`).
+  - [ ] Implement service to calculate popular translations based on engagement metrics.
+- [ ] **Refactor `enrich` Tool:** The `cmd/tools/enrich/main.go` tool may need architectural alignment.
+  - [ ] Review and refactor to use application services instead of accessing data repositories directly (if applicable).
 
 ### EPIC: Further Architectural Improvements
 
-- [ ] **Refactor Caching:** Replace the bespoke cached repositories with a decorator pattern in `internal/data/cache`.
+- [ ] **Implement Repository Caching:** Caching exists for linguistics but not for repositories.
-- [ ] **Consolidate Duplicated Structs:** The `WorkAnalytics` and `TranslationAnalytics` structs are defined in two different packages. Consolidate them.
+  - [ ] Implement decorator pattern for repository caching in `internal/data/cache`.
+  - [ ] Create `CachedWorkRepository`, `CachedAuthorRepository`, `CachedTranslationRepository` decorators.
+  - [ ] Implement cache-aside pattern with automatic invalidation on writes.
+  - [ ] Add cache metrics (hit/miss rates).
+- [ ] **Consolidate Duplicated Structs:** Review and consolidate any duplicated analytics structs.
+  - [ ] Check for `WorkAnalytics` and `TranslationAnalytics` duplication across packages.
 
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@@ -92,4 +117,10 @@ This document is the single source of truth for all outstanding development task
 ## Completed
 
 - [x] `internal/app/work/commands.go`: The `MergeWork` command is fully implemented.
-- [x] `internal/app/search/service.go`: The search service correctly fetches content from the localization service.
+- [x] `internal/app/search/service.go`: The search service correctly fetches content from the localization service and is fully functional.
+- [x] GraphQL API: All resolvers implemented and functional.
+- [x] Background Jobs: Sync jobs and linguistic analysis jobs are fully implemented with proper error handling.
+- [x] Server Setup: Refactored into `cmd/api/server.go` with clean middleware chain.
+- [x] Basic Observability: Logging, metrics, and tracing infrastructure in place.
+- [x] Dependency Injection: Proper DI implemented in `cmd/api/main.go`.
+- [x] API Documentation: Basic documentation exists in `api/README.md`.