McRitchie Studio

Heavy (Shannon, deep UI): BLOCK on 2 blockers + a dark-mode fix — the overlap TECHNIQUE is sound (relative + per-pill z-index inside isolate, -ml-20, hover:z-50 lift, graceful 1-pill fallback, no LiveBoardFx/x-show/mb-* regression). (1) SCOPE/REGRESSION: the stacking lives in the SHARED app/views/tasks/_release_summary.html.erb and is applied UNCONDITIONALLY, so it also restructures the Next Release / CURRENT card — but acceptance was 'the LAST release section' only. The current card flips from readable flex-wrap multi-line pills to a single overlapping flex-nowrap overflow-hidden row that HIDES titles — an unrequested downgrade right where the operator curates the in-progress release. FIX: gate the stacked classes on variant==:last (i.e. !current); leave the current card's wrapping pills alone. (2) MISSING [visual] TIER: test plan lists '[visual] Playwright desktop/mobile /deployments stacked-row check' but the diff adds ZERO Playwright changes; the lone component test only asserts class/style STRINGS (.flex-nowrap, -ml-20, z-index, the shadow literal) — it cannot verify the overlap actually renders, each pill's left edge stays exposed, or mobile/dark-light. Extend e2e/deployments_live.spec.js — on the /deployments board this is the tier that catches the regression. (3) DARK-MODE PARITY (fix): the separation cue box-shadow -10px 0 14px -12px rgba(0,0,0,0.95) is hardcoded near-black — reads in light mode, near-invisible against bg-inset in dark; use a theme-aware token/ring or a stronger left border so the stack separation reads in both themes. MINOR (non-blocking): reveal = pill_width-80px staggers (narrow ~32px vs wide ~160px); many tasks on a narrow card clip the rightmost pills with no '+N more' affordance. Light (Jasper): APPROVE on correctness (members loaded once = no N+1, nil-safe, 0/1/many edge cases handled, component test asserts real overlap structure) — and independently flagged the same shared-partial scope leak. PR is a draft; CI green. Re-stamp checks after rework.