# HAC-19 Local Smoke Assist Surface

Date: 2026-03-28 UTC
Owner: Senior Frontend Engineer
Issue: HAC-19

## Goal

Reduce QA and engineer friction during local desktop smoke runs by exposing the existing Redis fixture path and its expected verification actions directly in the desktop shell.

## Selected Scope

- add one bounded utility-rail surface for the local Redis smoke fixture
- surface the seeded fixture target and expected keys without changing backend contracts
- add quick actions that switch to the fixture profile and prefill common smoke inputs such as `smoke:` search and safe read commands
- keep the rest of the desktop shell behavior, backend calls, and destructive boundaries unchanged

## Non-Goals

- no new backend or Tauri commands
- no fixture lifecycle control from the UI
- no destructive Redis execution path
- no visual redesign outside the current workspace language

## Verification Plan

- `pnpm --filter @redis-gui/desktop test`
- `pnpm run desktop:build`

## Expected User Impact

- QA can move from runbook to in-app validation with less manual typing
- smoke sessions become easier to reproduce because the fixture path is visible inside the shell
- browser demo mode and live desktop smoke mode remain clearly separated