rdmbair15m5-changelog-20260922-2315-batch6-appstore-connect-certification-rdcontact

Host: rdmbair15m5 (Apple Silicon, macOS 27.2)
Date: 2026-09-22 23:15 EDT
Summary: Certified App #57 rdcontact (ContactRoo / apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App) for Mac App Store & TestFlight distribution across all 6 gates, achieving 100% test pass rate (7/7 tests), Universal2 (x86_64 arm64) fat binary packaging, App Sandbox isolation with zero AppleDouble metadata pollution, and syncing artifacts across canonical remotes.

1. Scope & Objective

Certify App #57 (rdcontact / ContactRoo) in apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App against the canonical 6-gate Mac App Store & TestFlight distribution standard:

1. Gate 1 (Universal2 Mach-O fat binary): Verified arm64 and x86_64 architecture slices via lipo -archs.
2. Gate 2 (App Sandbox & Entitlements): Enforced com.apple.security.app-sandbox = true, files.user-selected read/write, contacts usage, and ZU2882L4HT.com.eastcoastscience.rdcontact ubiquity KVS identifier.
3. Gate 3 (Zero AppleDouble Packaging): Clean installer package dist/rdcontact.pkg (388 KB) with zero ._* AppleDouble or .DS_Store files.
4. Gate 4 (Submission Engine Preflight): Automated submission preflight validation via scripts/submit_appstore.zsh --validate passing with rc=0.
5. Gate 5 (Swift 6 Strict Concurrency & Test Suite): 7/7 unit tests passing in 0.003s under Swift 6 strict concurrency (rdcontactTests).
6. Gate 6 (App Store Connect Metadata): Generated comprehensive docs/app-store/APP_STORE_METADATA.md packet.

2. Key Actions Taken

A. Xcode Project & Test Target Integration

• Updated project.yml for rdcontact (apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App):
  • Defined Swift 6 strict concurrency, deployment target macOS 15.0+.
  • Added unit test target rdcontactTests linking synthetic model fixtures.
  • Generated updated Xcode project structure via xcodegen generate.

B. Unit Test Suite Implementation (Tests/rdcontactTests.swift)

• Author-designed synthetic in-memory test suite verifying:
  • testApprovalGateContract: Verifies explicit approval transitions and invariants.
  • testCandidatePairDecoding: Validates deduplication candidate pair serialization.
  • testCandidatePairEntity: Validates entity model attributes.
  • testContactRecordModel: Validates contact property hydration and hashing.
  • testCSVExporter: Tests RFC-4180 compliant CSV serialization.
  • testMergeTierEnum: Tests automated vs manual confidence tiering.
  • testXLSXExporterAndZipWriter: Validates OpenXML spreadsheet generation.
• Executed:

  xcodebuild -project apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App/rdcontact.xcodeproj -scheme rdcontactTests -destination 'platform=macOS' test

  Result: Executed 7 tests, with 0 failures in 0.003s.

C. Universal2 Build & Packaging Engine (build.sh)

• Authored production build.sh supporting:
  • Multi-architecture compilation (x86_64 + arm64) targeting macOS 15.0+.
  • lipo -create fat Mach-O assembly.
  • Apple Developer codesigning with hardened runtime (--options runtime --timestamp).
  • Strict App Sandbox entitlement injection (entitlements/rdcontact.AppStore.entitlements).
  • Distribution package generation (productbuild --component) with zero AppleDouble / resource fork pollution (COPYFILE_DISABLE=1).
• Mirrored package output dist/rdcontact.pkg (388 KB) to /Users/richh/dev/apps/dist/rdcontact.pkg.

D. App Store Connect Submission Engine & Metadata

• Implemented scripts/submit_appstore.zsh featuring automated preflight validation checks:
  • Universal2 fat binary architecture validation (lipo -archs).
  • Codesign deep strict verification (codesign --verify --deep --strict).
  • Zero AppleDouble payload scanning (pkgutil --payload-files).
  • Sandbox entitlement validation (codesign -d --entitlements :-).
• Generated docs/app-store/APP_STORE_METADATA.md defining app description, keywords, privacy manifest declarations, and support URLs.

E. Data Privacy & Git Synchronization

• Confirmed that real contact databases (canonical.sqlite, proposals.json) remain strictly .gitignored and excluded from git.
• Committed all changes to apps/rdKIPP:
  • Commit 42964d1: feat(rdcontact): certify rdcontact (ContactRoo) for Mac App Store & TestFlight distribution across all 6 gates.
• Pushed to origin/main (git.ecs0.net:git/apps/rdKIPP.git) and backup/main (GitHub private remote).
• Updated top-level symlinks: apps/rdcontact -> apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App and apps/ContactRoo -> apps/rdKIPP/apps/rdcontact/App.

3. Verification Evidence

• Lipo Archs: x86_64 arm64 verified on dist/rdcontact.app/Contents/MacOS/rdcontact.
• Package Size: 388 KB (dist/rdcontact.pkg).
• AppleDouble Invariant: Exactly 0 AppleDouble files in dist/rdcontact.pkg.
• Preflight Validation: submit_appstore.zsh --validate exited with code 0.
• Test Results: 7/7 tests passed in 0.003s.
• Git Parity: HEAD -> main, origin/main, backup/main aligned at 42964d1.

4. Rollback & Undo

If necessary, revert commit 42964d1 in apps/rdKIPP:

git -C apps/rdKIPP revert 42964d1

The original repo copy is also preserved in archive/.