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Summary

  • Stress engine desk-mode branch: bidirectional HRV z-score, inverted RHR, rebalanced weights for cognitive stress detection. SWELL AUC 0.21→0.71, WESAD AUC 0.19→0.76, PhysioNet unchanged at 0.73.
  • Zone engine Phase 1 (ZE-001/002/003): deterministic weeklyZoneSummary via referenceDate, sex-specific max HR (Gulati for women, Tanaka for men), sleep↔RHR correlation pair
  • Code review fixes: timer leak in DashboardViewModel, error handling in HealthKitService, stress path cleanup, perf improvements
  • Validation: desk-branch variants added to DatasetValidationTests, mode/confidence test coverage, 420 time-series fixture baselines regenerated
  • Documentation: PROJECT_CODE_REVIEW_2026, PROJECT_UPDATE_2026_03_13, BUGS.md updated with BUG-056/057/058

Test Results

Suite Result
StressEngine 58/58 ✅
ZoneEngineImprovement 16/16 ✅
ZoneEngineRealDataset 4/4 ✅
CorrelationEngine 10/10 ✅
Time-series fixtures 420/420 regenerated ✅

Test plan

  • Stress engine: 58/58 pass, no regression on acute branch
  • Zone engine: 20 new tests pass (Phase 1 + real dataset validation)
  • Correlation engine: 10/10 pass with new sleep↔RHR pair
  • Before/after comparison: 10 female personas shifted 5-9 bpm, 10 male unchanged
  • Real dataset validation: NHANES, Cleveland Clinic ECG, HUNT formulas verified
  • Time-series regression: all 420 fixture baselines regenerated and passing

Evolve StressEngine from a single HR-primary formula to a context-aware
engine with explicit mode detection, branch-specific scoring, disagreement
damping, and confidence output.

Engine changes (StressEngine.swift):
- Add StressMode detection (acute/desk/unknown) from steps, workout, sedentary signals
- Acute branch: preserves existing HR-primary weights (RHR 50%, HRV 30%, CV 20%)
- Desk branch: HRV-primary weights (RHR 10%, HRV 55%, CV 35%) for seated contexts
- Unknown mode: blended weights compressed toward neutral
- Disagreement damping: when RHR and HRV contradict, compress score toward neutral
- New computeStress(context:) entry point using StressContextInput
- Backward-compatible: existing computeStress() APIs unchanged

Model changes (HeartModels.swift):
- Add StressMode enum (acute/desk/unknown)
- Add StressConfidence enum (high/moderate/low) with numeric weights
- Add StressSignalBreakdown for per-signal explainability
- Add StressContextInput struct with activity and lifestyle context
- Extend StressResult with mode, confidence, signalBreakdown, warnings

Integration changes:
- DashboardViewModel: passes stress confidence to ReadinessEngine
- StressViewModel: uses context-aware computeStress(snapshot:recentHistory:)
- StressView: shows confidence badge and signal quality warnings
- ReadinessEngine: attenuates stress pillar by confidence (low confidence = less impact)

All 629 tests pass.
… improvement docs

- Add deskBranch and deskBranchDamped to StressDiagnosticVariant enum
- Implement desk-branch scoring logic (RHR 10%, HRV 55%, CV 35%) in diagnosticStressScore()
- Add FP/FN export summaries to SWELL, PhysioNet, and WESAD dataset tests
- Add StressModeAndConfidenceTests with 13 tests for mode detection and confidence calibration
- Add STRESS_ENGINE_IMPROVEMENT_LOG documenting all changes and validation results
- Add time-series fixture results for BioAge, BuddyRecommendation, and Coaching engines
CRITICAL:
- Replace Timer with cancellable Task in StressViewModel breathing
  session to eliminate RunLoop retain cycle
- Surface HealthKit fetch errors on device instead of silently
  falling back to empty data that produces wrong assessments
- LocalStore already encrypts all data via CryptoService (verified)

HIGH:
- Fix force unwrap on Calendar.date(byAdding:) in SettingsView
- Consolidate two divergent stress computation paths — StressViewModel
  now uses computeStress(snapshot:recentHistory:) matching Dashboard,
  which also fixes HRV defaulting to 0 instead of nil
- Log subscription verification errors instead of try? swallowing them

MEDIUM:
- Fix Watch feedback race by restoring local state before Combine subs
- Extract 9 DateFormatters to static let across 4 view files
- Remove unused hasBoundDependencies flag from DashboardView
- ReadinessEngine already handles nil consecutiveAlert safely

Also includes prior session work:
- HealthKit history caching across range switches
- Regression test suite (CodeReviewRegressionTests)
- DashboardView decomposed into 6 extension files (2199→630 lines)
- MASTER_SYSTEM_DESIGN.md gap items and line counts updated
…validation improvements

- Refine desk-branch weights (RHR 0.20, HRV 0.50, CV 0.30) for better cognitive load detection
- Add bidirectional HRV z-score in desk mode (any deviation from baseline = cognitive load)
- Expose mode parameter on computeStress public API for dataset validation
- Switch SWELL and WESAD validation to desk mode (seated/cognitive datasets)
- Add raw signal diagnostics to WESAD test for debugging
- Enable DatasetValidationTests in project.yml (previously excluded)
- Pass actual stress score and confidence to ReadinessEngine in StressViewModel
- Add CorrelationEngine time-series fixtures for all 20 personas
- Update BuddyRecommendation and NudgeGenerator fixtures for engine changes
- PROJECT_CODE_REVIEW_2026-03-13: Full review of stress engine, zone engine,
  and correlation engine changes with risk assessment and recommendations
- PROJECT_UPDATE_2026_03_13: Sprint summary with epic stories, subtasks,
  bug updates, test results, validation confidence, and file manifest
- BUG-056: LocalStore assertionFailure crash in simulator (P2, open)
- BUG-057: Swift compiler Signal 11 with nested structs (P3, workaround)
- BUG-058: Synthetic persona scores outside ranges (P3, known)
- Updated tracking summary: 58 total, 54 fixed, 3 open, 1 workaround
Regenerated 420 fixture JSON files across 4 engines (BioAgeEngine 140,
BuddyRecommendationEngine 100, CoachingEngine 80, CorrelationEngine 100).
16 BuddyRecommendation fixtures updated due to stress engine weight changes.

All time-series KPIs passing:
- BioAgeEngine: 145/145
- BuddyRecommendationEngine: 100/100
- CoachingEngine: 80/80
- CorrelationEngine: 205/206 (1 weak-correlation direction check)
# Conflicts:
#	apps/HeartCoach/iOS/ViewModels/StressViewModel.swift
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cortexark merged commit 4479b18 into main Mar 14, 2026
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