spec - startup-gate.test.ts

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Idea	Status	Tags	Summary
activation			VS Code loads the extension host entry at ["../../packages/extension/src/extension/main.ts"] when an activation event in ["../../packages/extension/package.json"] matches. The exported `activate(context)` function is the single activation entry point for [scope.vscode_extension]. Install-time and first-run sequencing across extension vs base layers: ["./installation.rq".installation_sequencing]. Startup failure diagnosis, first-paint sequencing, bundle splitting, and development-host lessons: ["./startup-performance.rq"].
activity_bar			The extension should provide an activity bar sidebar for editor-adjacent requirement context per [consumption.local_graph_view]. UI is implemented as Svelte webview panes per [development_core], not as a long-lived tree of static rows. The host loads slices from the index via [graph_analysers.local_graph_analysis] and forwards editor focus through [activity_bar_webview] and [activity_bar_data]. Panes should be performance conscious: capped neighbourhoods, lazy cytoscape mount, debounced cursor updates — same discipline as [webview_doc.webview]. Workspace-wide tables, full layout controls, and unconstrained graph dumps belong in Ideas Summary per [ideas_summary_doc.ideas_summary]; panes link out with prefilled state instead of duplicating those views.
loading_state	done		After the activity bar shell mounts, the header may appear before pane data. Cover every sequencing beat with an explicit loading or error affordance — never a blank content area: 1. HTML shell ( before Svelte boots ): inline waiting markup in [get_activity_bar_html]. 2. Connecting: header visible; a post-first-frame `ready` handshake starts the index and requests the first host state. 3. Waiting for index: [workspace_panel.workspace_loading]. 4. Ready panes: [current_context_scope.context_panes_loading] and [minigraph.minigraph_loading]. Index sync progress belongs in [workspace_pane]; graph slice waits stay in [miniature_graph_pane], not a second global overlay. Host posts index health on `ready` and on subsequent status changes; soft-waits when the index is not ready instead of erroring the whole bar.
performance	done		Sidebar webviews share the same constraints as [graph_lib.webview_threading]. - The HTML / Svelte shell paints before index discovery begins; the post-paint `ready` handshake starts indexing. - Keep sql. js outside the activation-critical host bundle and load it only when a database opens. - Default neighbourhood slices; never load the full workspace graph into a pane. - Debounce editor selection and cursor events before rebuilding slices. - Lazy-mount cytoscape only for visible sub-panes; destroy when collapsed or hidden. - Reuse [graph_analysers.local_graph_analysis] and graph query builders rather than ad-hoc index walks in the webview.
extension_startup_reliability	done		Reqlan startup must make the activity-bar shell and contributed commands available before optional indexing, parser construction, database initialization, or language-client startup can monopolize the extension host. The implementation contract is [first_paint_contract], [deferred_startup_sequence], [lazy_runtime_dependencies], and [development_bundle_freshness]. Operational diagnosis follows [startup_diagnostics]. [activation.activation_sequence] [activitybar.loading_state] [indexer.nonblocking_index] [build.extension_bundle]

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../../../packages/extension/test/startup-gate.test.ts, ../../packages/extension/test/startup-gate.test.ts