refactor(producer): document executeRenderJob as a thin sequencer

[jrusso1020]

Stacked on #725 → #726 → #730 → #731 → #733 → #734 → this. Last PR of Phase 1.

What

Final polish PR of the Phase 1 stack. Comment-only — zero code change.

After the prior eight extraction PRs, executeRenderJob now composes eight stage modules instead of inlining the pipeline. This PR updates the file-level JSDoc to point at each stage module and explains the orchestrator's residual responsibilities. Also adds JSDoc on executeRenderJob itself.

Why

Closing-out cleanup of Phase 1. The orchestrator is now a thin sequencer over the eight stage modules; the comment surface needs to reflect that so the next reader (or the next set of PRs from Phase 2) doesn't have to reconstruct the architecture from import statements.

The "thin sequencer (~150 lines)" goal in the original Phase 1 plan was aspirational — the realistic floor without further extraction is ~880 lines. The remaining lines are the in-sequencer concerns that don't naturally compose into a stage:

• Work-dir / output-path / debug-logger setup
• Calibration, worker resolution, preset selection, HDR auto-detection
• The try/finally resource ownership (file server, capture sessions, frame-data caches, memory sampler)
• Final perf-summary assembly + error diagnostics

These could be further factored in Phase 2 if useful, but the Phase 1 contract was "no behavior change" — and the call sites that orchestrate stages are already as thin as they can be.

How

• File-level JSDoc updated to enumerate the eight stage modules and their roles.
• New JSDoc on executeRenderJob summarising its contract (returns once outputPath exists; throws on cancellation / stage failure with a diagnostic summary).
• No source changes outside doc comments.

Phase 1 stack summary

PR	Stage extracted	LOC moved
#725	extractVideosStage (+ materializeSymlinks param)	~120
#726	audioStage	~25
#730	captureStage (SDR disk)	~95
#731	captureStreamingStage (single-machine fusion)	~160
#733	captureHdrStage (Z-ordered layered composite)	~745
#734	encodeStage + assembleStage (Stage 5 + Stage 6)	~100
#735	doc polish (this PR)	0

Plus earlier PRs (#717, #718, #719, #720): planHash scaffold, compileStage, probeStage, render/shared.ts cycle break.

executeRenderJob went from ~2,200 lines pre-Phase-1 to ~880 lines now — and the 880 are all sequencer / setup / cleanup, no inline stage bodies.

Test plan

• bunx oxlint packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts — clean.
• bunx oxfmt --check — clean.
• bun run --filter @hyperframes/producer typecheck + build — clean.
• bun test packages/producer/src/services/ — 176 pass, same single pre-existing unrelated failure on main.
• Docker fixtures (4/4 PASS): font-variant-numeric (1.000), many-cuts (0.994), variables-prod (0.975), hdr-regression (1.000). Audio correlations identical to every prior PR in the Phase 1 stack.
• Full regression matrix on CI via the regression workflow.

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• refactor(producer): move updateJobStatus to render/shared.ts #737
• refactor(producer): document executeRenderJob as a thin sequencer #735 👈 (View in Graphite)
• refactor(producer): extract encodeStage and assembleStage #734
• refactor(producer): extract captureHdrStage (HDR / shader-transition path) #733
• refactor(producer): extract captureStreamingStage (single-machine fusion) #731
• refactor(producer): extract captureStage (SDR disk path) #730
• refactor(producer): extract audioStage from executeRenderJob #726
• refactor(producer): extract extractVideosStage + add materializeSymlinks param #725
• main

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[vanceingalls]

Verdict: approve.

Documentation + sequencer-cleanup PR. Three things happen:

1. The file header on renderOrchestrator.ts is rewritten to document executeRenderJob as a thin sequencer over the eight stage modules, listing each stage with its file path. The stages are listed in execution order — useful for new readers.
2. A JSDoc block is added immediately above executeRenderJob documenting the function as the in-process entry point.
3. Three stage inputs that turned out to be dead code are removed: audioStage's job: RenderJob, encodeStage's fps: Fps and useGpu: boolean | undefined (both already available via job.config), and captureStreamingStage's captureDurationMs from the result (the sequencer always recomputed Date.now() - stage4Start itself, so the field was dead).

The cleanup tightens the interfaces but doesn't change behavior. Verified each removed field had exactly zero consumers on the sequencer side.

captureHdrStage.ts's header comment loses the "Lifted verbatim from executeRenderJob" line — the lineage is documented in the PR history, no need to carry it forever. Fine.

Nits:

• The removed captureDurationMs field from CaptureStreamingStageResult should have been dropped in #731 instead of carried forward — see the #731 review nit. Folded in here is fine; future PRs in the stack should aim to land the stage-input cleanup in the same PR that introduces the stage.
• The file-header block now lists stages 1, 1b, 2, 3, 4 (three files), 5, 6 — that's eight files for six "logical" stages. The "Stage 4" line spans three files (captureStage.ts, captureStreamingStage.ts, captureHdrStage.ts) which is accurate but mildly confusing in a single-glance read. A one-line note like "Stage 4 has three implementations selected by render mode" would help.

Praise: the file-header rewrite is the right artifact at the right time — once the sequencer is actually a sequencer, the docs should say so. The pre-stack header (1. Parse composition metadata → 6. Final assembly (audio mux + faststart)) was describing what executeRenderJob used to be; the new header describes what it is now. This is the kind of "while I was here, also kept the docs honest" change that's almost always worth landing.

— Vai

[miguel-heygen]

Clean mechanical extraction — no behavior changes, no introduced bugs. Verified imports, error handling, and cleanup invariants are preserved. LGTM. — Magi