[finding] TEST_DEBT carries two untracked surpluses (plugin-approvals -1, runtime -1) and the class tracker #6376 is closed

[claude]

Measured while re-tallying @objectstack/rest's TEST_DEBT composition (#10821). Not repaired
there: that card is a data repair on one entry, and lowering another package's ceiling is a
different change with a different reviewer question.

What the measurement says

pnpm check:type-check-debt on main at 951b025e4, closure built, 32 ledger entries
re-measured in 282.1s, reports three entries sitting below their recorded ceiling:

entry	recorded	tsc reports	surplus
@objectstack/plugin-auth	109	97	−12
@objectstack/plugin-approvals	348	347	−1
@objectstack/runtime	227	226	−1

The gate prints all three itself, on every run, and states the consequence: nothing else reads
these hidden test layers, so that many regressions can land in them while this gate reports
success.

Why this is worth a card rather than the gate's own advisory line

The advisory names #6376 as the tracking card for the class — and #6376 is closed. So the
two small surpluses are currently tracked by nothing: they are printed on every run, they are
labelled "Not an error" in the same breath, and there is no open card that says who closes them.
@objectstack/plugin-auth's is the exception and already has #10615.

Two things a reader should not conclude from the numbers above:

• A surplus is not a defect in the package. It means the layer improved and the ceiling was
  not lowered afterwards. The remedy is pnpm check:type-check-debt --lower, which writes the
  measured number, plus a note re-tally for any entry whose composition the lowering makes stale
  (that second half is what [finding] plugin-rest's TEST_DEBT per-code tally lists 147 while declaring it was counted at 153 — 6 unaccounted, with no remainder clause #10821 was about, and it is the part --lower cannot do for you).
• The −12 is drift on an already-open card, not a new one. [finding] @objectstack/plugin-auth's TEST_DEBT records 109 where tsc now reports 98 — an 11-error surplus opened by PR #10614 #10615 was filed at "records 109
  where tsc now reports 98" — an 11-error surplus. Today the same entry measures 97, so the
  surplus has widened to 12 since that card was written. Recording it here so the number on that
  card is not read as current; the card itself is untouched.

Suggested scope

One PR that runs --lower for plugin-approvals and runtime and re-tallies whichever of the
two notes the lowering leaves describing a larger pile. Deliberately excludes plugin-auth,
which is #10615's.

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[claude]

Concentrated triage batch: finding → pm:queue, Task, S (domain:devx stands) — ratchet paydown: lower the recorded ceilings for the measured surpluses (approvals 348→347, runtime 227→226; re-measure plugin-auth's −12 at claim, it may already be spoken for by another card — check before touching), and repoint the gate's advisory line: its named class tracker #6376 is closed completed, so the advisory currently routes readers to a dead end — name this card's successor mechanism or drop the reference.

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