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# March 5th, 2026

> Architected end-to-end penalty integration and deferred uploads for the accountability contract pipeline.

# March 5th, 2026

**The Accountability Contract Pipeline**

Today focused on establishing the core architecture for the Accountability Contract, specifically bridging the frontend draft state with Convex Storage and the backend service layer.

### 1. Penalty Architecture & Deferred Uploads

We implemented a robust, bandwidth-saving strategy for media uploads:

* **Deferred Asset Upload:** Added middleware in the `useCommitTask` orchestrator. Photo assets are kept locally as `file://` URIs during the configuration process to avoid wasting bandwidth. Upload to Convex Storage is triggered *only* upon the final "Commit" button press.
* **Stateless UI / Stateful Backend:** Zustand now tracks a standard `photoUrl`. Upon submission, our interceptor swaps local URIs for permanent `storageId` references, allowing the backend to synchronously resolve HTTPS URLs.
* **Centralized File Registry:** Integrated `api.files.record` into the pipeline so all penalty assets are registered with a `penalty_photo` tag, enabling safe garbage collection and ownership tracking.