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Fixes a batch of issues found while testing the generator-engine placement test and live proctoring, plus reading-passage usability gaps.

Placement generator & proctoring

  • Raw i18n tag — added missing tests.taking.cloze_instruction / cloze_dropdown_instruction keys (they were showing as raw tags to students and in teacher review).
  • Slow first proctoring signal — the live snapshot now broadcasts the moment the channel subscribes instead of waiting a full 5s interval tick.
  • Teacher couldn't see answers during a placement run — a generator test has no authored test.questions, so ResponsesGrid rendered no columns. The student now broadcasts asked-question prompts, and the monitor renders a dedicated GeneratorResponsesPanel (prompt + answer) both live and after submit. Post-submit answers were already visible on the results page.
  • Run stopped at the minimum question count — raised CONVERGE_AFTER_REVERSALS 2 → 3 for the generator engine only (not shared with the staircase engine; the client estimate replay reads the recorded path's final level and ignores this threshold), so a short run no longer settles at exactly minQuestions on an early pair of reversals.
  • Estimated CEFR lost on reload — the data was always persisted (levelPath / askedQuestionSnapshots / placementStartLevel); it just wasn't shown where teachers look. PlacementLevelPanel now falls back to estimatePlacement() from the submitted attempt, and TestResultsPage shows the estimated level with the provisional badge.
  • Only grammar questions appeared, never reading/listening sections — the picker drew nearest-ELO with no skill balancing. next-placement-question now rotates the pick across the configured (or bank-present) skills, so a grammar-heavy bank can't crowd out reading/listening section bundles.

Reading & audio usability

  • Read-aloud for reading passages — new PassageReadAloud component (browser speech synthesis; play/pause/stop + progress) wired into section and generator placement passages. Self-hides when the browser has no TTS.
  • Broken audio links surfacing in front of students — new AudioUrlStatus pre-flight check probes each teacher-entered audio URL with a real Audio element (the same path the student's <audio> takes) and flags mixed content, unplayable/share-page links (Drive/Dropbox/OneDrive), or confirms a valid one. Added to all three audio inputs (question editor, bank section editor, test-builder sections).

Realtime deprecation warning

  • Routed ephemeral telemetry (heartbeat/snapshot/event) through a wsSend helper that only pushes when the channel is joined, clearing realtime-js's send() ... falling back to REST API warning in the student console. The deliberate submitted handoff still uses send() (must-deliver + awaited ack).

Reviewer notes

  • Deploy needed: the generator picker change is in an edge function — run supabase functions deploy next-placement-question for it to take effect.
  • The generator convergence constant is intentionally duplicated per-engine (documented "keep in sync by hand" hazard). Only the generator copy changed.
  • New i18n keys added to all five locales (en/nl/fr/de/es).

Testing

  • Typecheck clean on changed files, 0 lint errors, prettier clean, all locale JSON valid.
  • 364 unit tests pass (locales, StudentTestPage, LiveMonitorPage, Tests components, placementResult, hooks).
  • npm ci recommended before the full npm run check gate — the worktree's stale node_modules shows unrelated tiptap type errors.

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Placement generator (roadmap 27.x) fixes surfaced while testing the
generator engine and live proctoring:

- Add missing tests.taking.cloze_instruction / cloze_dropdown_instruction
  keys (raw i18n tags were showing to students and in teacher review).
- Live proctoring: broadcast the first work-in-progress snapshot the
  moment the channel subscribes instead of waiting a full 5s tick, so the
  teacher's first signals arrive immediately.
- Teacher can now see answers during a generator placement run: a
  generator test has no authored test.questions, so ResponsesGrid had no
  columns. The student now broadcasts asked-question prompts, and the
  monitor renders a GeneratorResponsesPanel (prompt + answer) live and
  post-submit.
- Generator convergence: raise CONVERGE_AFTER_REVERSALS 2 -> 3 for the
  generator engine only, so a short run no longer settles at exactly
  minQuestions on an early pair of reversals. Not shared with the
  staircase engine.
- Estimated CEFR level now survives reload/navigation: the data was
  always persisted (levelPath/askedQuestionSnapshots) but only shown
  live. PlacementLevelPanel falls back to estimatePlacement() from the
  submitted attempt, and TestResultsPage shows the estimated level.
- Skill balancing in the generator picker: rotate the pick across the
  configured (or bank-present) skills so a grammar-heavy bank can no
  longer crowd out reading/listening section bundles.

Reading/audio usability:

- Read-aloud (browser speech synthesis) for reading passages via the new
  PassageReadAloud component, wired into section/generator passages.
- Pre-flight audio-link check (AudioUrlStatus) in every teacher audio
  input: probes the URL with a real Audio element and flags mixed
  content, unplayable/share-page links, or confirms a valid one — so a
  broken link is caught in the editor, not in front of students.

Realtime warning:

- Route ephemeral telemetry (heartbeat/snapshot/event) through a wsSend
  helper that only pushes when the channel is joined, silencing
  realtime-js's "send() falling back to REST API" deprecation warning in
  the student console.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Security policies

Layer / File(s) Summary
CSP policy updates
deploy/*.conf, docker/nginx*.conf
Apache and nginx CSP headers allow Google Fonts, HTTPS images, and self, HTTPS, data, and blob media sources.

Test interactions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Audio URL validation and integration
src/components/Tests/AudioUrlStatus.tsx, src/components/Tests/QuestionBankSectionEditor.tsx, src/components/Tests/QuestionEditor.tsx, src/pages/TestBuilderPage.tsx, src/locales/*.json
The new component validates audio URLs, probes playable sources, renders status feedback, and is integrated into test editors with localized messages.
Passage read-aloud control
src/components/Tests/PassageReadAloud.tsx, src/pages/StudentTestPage.tsx, src/locales/*.json
Passage content now has localized text-to-speech controls with play, pause, stop, and progress states.

Generator placement monitoring

Layer / File(s) Summary
Generator item selection
supabase/functions/next-placement-question/index.ts
Generator placement requires three reversals and rotates candidate selection across configured or discovered skills.
Prompt capture and live telemetry
src/pages/StudentTestPage.tsx, src/hooks/useLiveSessionTelemetry.ts
Asked prompts are recorded in snapshots. Pre-join event broadcasts are buffered, then flushed after channel subscription.
Live generator answers and persistent level
src/pages/LiveMonitorPage.tsx, src/locales/*.json
The live monitor reconstructs generator prompts and responses, formats answer values, and uses persisted or live placement levels.
Placement estimate display
src/pages/TestResultsPage.tsx, src/locales/*.json
Placement results display the computed estimate with a localized label and CEFR badge.
Cloze instructions
src/locales/*.json
Locale files add instructions for text and dropdown cloze questions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to ca609

Generator retakes and live answer monitoring can malfunction, while read-aloud may continue speaking the previous passage. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the placement, proctoring, audio, read-aloud, telemetry, CSP, localization, deployment, and testing changes in the pull request.
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Status Category Percentage Covered / Total
🟢 Lines 99.43% (🎯 65%) 13833 / 13912
🟢 Statements 99.31% (🎯 65%) 16177 / 16288
🟢 Functions 99.24% (🎯 60%) 5527 / 5569
🟢 Branches 98.98% (🎯 58%) 12617 / 12746
File Coverage
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Changed Files
src/components/Tests/AudioUrlStatus.tsx 58.92% 63.15% 37.5% 62.74% 31-32, 35-36, 39-40, 47-54, 56, 57, 58, 61-65
src/components/Tests/PassageReadAloud.tsx 62.5% 11.11% 66.66% 66.66% 24, 28-30
src/components/Tests/QuestionBankSectionEditor.tsx 100% 100% 100% 100%
src/components/Tests/QuestionEditor.tsx 100% 100% 100% 100%
src/hooks/useLiveSessionTelemetry.ts 97.6% 95.65% 100% 98.63% 127-128, 132, 181
src/pages/LiveMonitorPage.tsx 88.61% 81.4% 86.11% 88.69% 62-73, 95-102, 159-176, 324-333, 441, 446, 447-451
src/pages/StudentTestPage.tsx 99.78% 99.64% 100% 99.76% 540
src/pages/TestBuilderPage.tsx 99.35% 99.35% 98.62% 99.62% 877-878
src/pages/TestResultsPage.tsx 98% 98.46% 95.31% 99.51% 435, 438, 443, 871
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NesiciCoding and others added 5 commits September 17, 2026 12:17
The read-aloud wiring read i18n.language directly, but test mocks of
useTranslation (and any consumer that only provides t) leave i18n
undefined, throwing "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading
'language')" during render and failing the Type-check/Lint/Test CI job.
Fall back to 'en' when the i18n instance isn't available.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous change gated every ephemeral broadcast on the channel being
joined to silence realtime-js's "send() falling back to REST API"
warning, but that dropped discrete proctor events fired before the join
completed — notably the once-at-mount seb_status — so the teacher's live
monitor never received them. This regressed the Supabase E2E
(37-live-monitor: the SEB badge never appeared).

Buffer must-arrive broadcasts (proctor events) when the channel isn't
joined yet and flush them on subscribe; keep dropping the ephemeral
heartbeat/snapshot broadcasts, which re-fire on their own interval. This
both restores reliable delivery and avoids the REST-fallback warning.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The i18n fallback edit pushed the PassageReadAloud line past the print
width; wrap its props so format:check passes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The nginx/apache CSPs had no media-src directive, so external audio
(teacher-linked reading/listening passages from VOA, archive.org, etc.)
fell back to default-src 'self' and was blocked — the real cause of the
"audio won't play" reports. They also never allow-listed Google Fonts, so
the app's fonts (Bricolage/Hanken in index.html, the user-selectable UI
font injected at runtime) were blocked and silently fell back to system
fonts.

Add to every nginx/apache CSP (the Docker Caddyfile sets no CSP):
- media-src 'self' https: data: blob: — external audio from any https
  host (teachers paste arbitrary links), plus data:/blob: for recorded
  audio playback.
- style-src += https://fonts.googleapis.com (also backs style-src-elem).
- font-src += https://fonts.gstatic.com.

media-src uses a broad https: rather than an enumerated host list because
teachers link audio from arbitrary trusted sources; media can't execute
script, so this is low-risk.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Extend img-src with https: in every nginx/apache CSP so externally-linked
question images (the 'Paste an image URL' field) load, matching the
media-src fix for external audio. Images can't execute script, so a broad
https: source is low-risk and saves enumerating arbitrary image hosts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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In `@src/components/Tests/PassageReadAloud.tsx`:
- Line 54: Update the button’s visible text in PassageReadAloud to use the same
state-dependent label as its accessible label, displaying the action that will
occur when clicked (pause or resume) rather than always showing “read aloud.”
- Line 15: Update PassageReadAloud’s useTTS integration to cancel active speech
in an effect cleanup whenever the passage identity (contentHtml or lang)
changes, while preserving normal speech behavior for the current passage.

In `@src/pages/StudentTestPage.tsx`:
- Line 573: Update handleRetake to reset generatorResult along with askedPrompts
and the other attempt state, so the initialization effect can request the first
question for a retaken generator run.
- Line 397: Update the snapshot construction in StudentTestPage so askedPrompts
is included whenever isGenerator is true, including terminal states after
generatorResult.done becomes true; keep the existing answers and non-generator
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Fixes 4 review findings on the placement/read-aloud changes:

- PassageReadAloud: cancel in-flight speech when the passage identity
  (contentHtml/lang) changes — the generator reuses the same component
  instance across passages, so useTTS's unmount-only cancel let stale
  speech keep reading the previous passage.
- PassageReadAloud: the button's visible text now reflects the action it
  performs (Pause/Resume/Read aloud), matching its accessible label.
- StudentTestPage snapshot: broadcast askedPrompts whenever the run is a
  generator run, not only while a question is pending — the terminal
  snapshot otherwise dropped all prompts while answers remained, leaving
  the live monitor unable to pair terminal answers with their text.
- StudentTestPage handleRetake: reset generatorResult/loading/error so a
  generator retake draws a fresh first question instead of keeping the
  previous terminal/pending run (the init effect bails when
  generatorResult is set).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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