VantagePost issue list: validated, grouped and planned
Source: VantagePost_Full_Issue_List.pdf (tested on vantagepost.ai, 18 Oct 2026). Checked 19 Oct 2026 against production code (main) and the next release (release/v0.1.7). Read-only: code review plus public-page checks. No database reads, no live app runs.
Real-time progress on all 78 issues: the race track, project health, the delivery pipeline, the live console and every work item.
On "people tested it"
74 of the 78 issues are real or likely in the code we're about to ship. Only 3 are fixed, and only on the release branch, so production never got them. One (#11) didn't reproduce, and one (#3) needs a browser.
Many of them turn up on a single pass through the site:
- 16
href="#"links on the live homepage. /signupreturns 404.- Every new free user sees the $100/month upsell, then a red "Low balance" banner.
- The app's own keyword banner sends free users to a paywall.
- "Invalid Date" in chat history, caused by a field-name mismatch.
Not verified: the tester's exact figures (−$0.20, $0.13, 288 keywords). Those need the database. What's confirmed is the code that produces them.
Before anything ships: release blockers
R0. Merge production's 73 hotfixes back into release/v0.1.7. main has 73 commits the release branch lacks. Shipping v0.1.7 as it stands drops them and brings bugs back. They include:
- VP-1231 (#638): wallet banners shown before the wallet loads.
- The newer X work (#634 for VP-678, #635 paid-only X).
- Facebook Page posting.
- The token-logging fixes.
Two of those hotfixes touch the same files as the fixes for #47 and #29/#30, so R0 lands first.
Decisions (made 19 Oct 2026)
- No free plan and no trial for now. "Free", "Start free" and "no card" come off the site and onboarding; signup goes to the paid plans. Free or a trial comes later. (#32, #48, #49)
- Pricing copy: the writing calls stay free; the "roughly 10 articles for $100" copy gets rewritten to what articles really cost. (#33)
- Free first article outline fee: moot for now, since there is no free first article. Parked. (#55)
- Overdraft: stop at $0. Check the balance before a paid step and never go negative. (#10)
- Enterprise-only features: none for now; CMS stays on every plan. Parked. (#34)
- X/Twitter: ship it for paid plans once R0 brings main's X work into the release; keep the homepage copy. (#39)
- Default variations: keep 3 for now. Parked. (#58)
- Marketing site: build every page the links point to (Docs, Support, Contact, Status, Help, Getting started) so every homepage link works; rename "Watch Vince work" to what it does. (#25–#28)
- Onboarding end: rename the last button to "Write my first article" and keep sending people to the writer. New workspaces take their time zone from the browser; existing ones stay as they are. (#50, #51, #63)
The plan: 25 workstreams in 5 waves
Grouped by shared root cause, not by the PDF's sections. Each workstream is one ticket and one PR into release/v0.1.7. Findings outside the PDF get their own tickets (see side tickets at the end).
Side findings: separate tickets
- S1. Enterprise workspaces are labelled "Free" on Billing, and credits granted to them are never used, because only Team workspaces bill the workspace wallet.
- S2. The keyword wizard finds its cluster by name only. If two clusters share a name, a re-run's keywords can land in the old cluster. Found in code; not tested live.
- S3. The article Comments panel and its button are hidden below 1024px, so comments can't be opened at 800px. Found while checking #3.
How we prove it's fixed
- Each ticket carries the PDF's repro step as its acceptance check, plus file:line references from the validation reports.
- Before v0.1.7 goes to production, a full re-run of all 78 items on staging (fresh free account plus an existing account), with screenshots sent to you directly.
- That 78-item run becomes the standing pre-release checklist, so "tested" means a list was run.
All 78 issues
| # | Issue | Severity | Verdict | Workstream |
|---|
Evidence per issue (file:line on both branches, root cause, fix): reports/full-issue-list/validation/1-sources-citations.md, 2-writer-ai-content.md, 3-social.md, 4-billing-plans.md, 5-keywords.md, 6-onboarding-site-ui.md.