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CMODAL-103 · Specify overlay contracts

Define when unsaved settings dialogs may close

Practice briefTaskIntermediate

Escape silently discards edited settings. Add a dirty-state close contract shared by close button and outside interaction.

Focused work estimate
2h + prerequisites
Priority in the scenario
High
Engineering practice
Forms · State machines

Estimated field mix

  • Frontend60%
  • Accessibility40%

Field percentages are editorial estimates of the ticket's engineering focus. They total 100%; they are not measured time, proficiency scores, or ownership evidence.

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Project context

Fictional membership portal Juniper manages synthetic team settings. Use locally owned components and a local settings adapter.

Setup prerequisites

  • Create synthetic settings forms and destructive-action stubs.
  • Provide delayed success, rejection and removed-trigger cases.

Preceding work

Complete these dependencies, or supply their agreed outputs before taking this ticket.

Acceptance criteria

  • Clean dialogs close normally
  • Dirty close requests confirmation
  • Cancel keeps draft and focus

Implementation constraints

  • Avoid browser-wide beforeunload for local overlay changes.

Verification to include

  • Close clean dialog
  • Cancel dirty dismissal

Deliverables

  • Close policy and interaction cases

Rollout and recovery

Disable outside dismissal while correcting the policy.

Value of the work

For the engineer: Practice focus containment, dismissal and asynchronous feedback.

For the team: Inspect whether shared UI primitives protect users across many product flows.

Evidence boundaries

Outcome Evidence: Tests, patches, and runbooks are requested deliverables. They become Outcome Evidence only through a qualified Mission and immutable Evidence IDs.

Ownership Evidence: Independent adaptation must be observed under a declared verification policy and cite immutable Evidence IDs. Completing a planning ticket establishes no Ownership Evidence.