redis-gui-foundation/plans/2026-03-27-redis-gui-v1-status.md

Redis GUI V1 Status

Date: 2026-03-27 UTC Project: redis-gui-foundation Scope owner: Project Manager

Note:

• Frontend stack-baseline observations in this snapshot are superseded by plans/2026-03-27-frontend-ui-foundation.md and docs/frontend-workspace-baseline.md.

Snapshot

• Project and goal are still marked planned in Paperclip, but execution has already started across product, architecture, backend, frontend, QA, and PM tracks.
• The repository contains a visible foundation: Rust workspace, apps/desktop Tauri shell, crates/redis-core, and docs/architecture.md.
• No issue is currently marked blocked, but the critical path is still concentrated in a few serial owner chains.
• There is no git commit history yet. Current project state exists only as an uncommitted workspace snapshot.

Milestones

1. Foundation

Exit criteria:

• Product scope is inspectable.
• Architecture boundary is inspectable.
• Repo bootstrap is usable for follow-on implementation.

Issue alignment:

• Done: HAC-2 Product scope definition
• In progress: HAC-3 Architecture plan
• In progress: HAC-4 Repo and Tauri/Rust foundation
• In progress: HAC-13 Milestones, dependency map, risk tracking

Assessment:

• Foundation has visible repo evidence for architecture and bootstrap.
• Product scope has status evidence in Paperclip, but its comment points to files that are not present in the current workspace. This is an evidence gap that should be resolved before downstream teams rely on that artifact as the single source of truth.

2. Desktop

Exit criteria:

• Connection management, key browsing, value editing, and command console have an agreed UI baseline and working implementation path.

Issue alignment:

• In progress: HAC-8 Desktop information architecture and visual baseline
• Todo: HAC-9 Desktop shell and connection management UI
• Todo: HAC-10 Key browser, viewer, editor
• Todo: HAC-11 Command console and result panel

Assessment:

• Desktop execution has started only at the design baseline layer.
• The current repository still uses a minimal Vite shell with plain JS/CSS. The target stack in the project goal is React + shadcn/ui + Tailwind, so the desktop milestone is not yet on a stable implementation baseline.

3. Release

Exit criteria:

• QA matrix exists.
• Cross-platform smoke path is defined and executable.
• Desktop packaging path is proven on target operating systems.

Issue alignment:

• In progress: HAC-12 Acceptance matrix and cross-platform smoke plan

Assessment:

• QA can define matrix structure now, but release readiness remains downstream of architecture, backend implementation, desktop implementation, and packaging verification.

Issue Board By State

Completed

• HAC-2 Define Redis GUI V1 user scenarios, scope, and acceptance standards

In Progress

• HAC-3 Produce Tauri + Rust + React architecture
• HAC-4 Initialize repo and Tauri / Rust foundation
• HAC-8 Define desktop information architecture and visual baseline
• HAC-12 Build QA matrix and smoke plan
• HAC-13 Build milestones, dependency map, and risk tracking

Not Started

• HAC-5 Implement connection management and base command execution
• HAC-6 Implement key browsing, search, and type detection
• HAC-7 Implement typed value read/write abstraction
• HAC-9 Implement desktop shell and connection management UI
• HAC-10 Implement key browser, value viewer, and editor
• HAC-11 Implement command console and result panel

Blocked

• No issue is explicitly marked blocked as of 2026-03-27 UTC.
• Practical blockers still exist in the dependency chain and should be treated as pre-block conditions, not as proof of smooth execution.

Dependency Map

• HAC-2 -> HAC-3, HAC-8, HAC-12
• HAC-3 -> HAC-4, HAC-5, HAC-6, HAC-7, HAC-9, HAC-10, HAC-11
• HAC-4 -> HAC-5, HAC-6, HAC-7, HAC-9, HAC-10, HAC-11
• HAC-8 -> HAC-9, HAC-10, HAC-11
• HAC-5, HAC-6, HAC-7 -> HAC-9, HAC-10, HAC-11
• HAC-9, HAC-10, HAC-11 -> HAC-12

Current Critical Path

HAC-2 -> HAC-3 + HAC-4 -> HAC-5 + HAC-6 + HAC-7 and HAC-8 -> HAC-9 + HAC-10 + HAC-11 -> HAC-12

Notes:

• HAC-4 has visible repo output already, but it is not yet marked done.
• The frontend implementation branch cannot move cleanly until HAC-8 defines the intended interaction and visual contract.
• QA closure is downstream of both implementation branches, not parallel to them.

CTO Attention Required

1. Product evidence gap

• HAC-2 is marked done, but its completion comment references docs/redis-gui-v1-product-requirements.md and plans/2026-03-27-redis-gui-foundation-product-plan.md.
• Those files are not present in the current project workspace.
• Risk: downstream teams believe the product baseline is settled, but the local source of truth is missing.

2. Frontend baseline does not yet match target stack

• The goal and issue constraints specify React + shadcn/ui + Tailwind.
• The current desktop shell is plain Vite JS/CSS with no visible React or Tailwind setup.
• Risk: HAC-9 to HAC-11 may need stack migration work before feature delivery can become efficient.

3. Serial ownership on both critical branches

• One backend engineer owns HAC-4 to HAC-7.
• One frontend engineer owns HAC-8 to HAC-11.
• Risk: any stall in either owner chain becomes a full milestone delay because there is little parallel slack.

4. Release work started before packaging proof exists

• HAC-12 is in progress, but there is no demonstrated cross-platform packaging result yet.
• Risk: the smoke plan may be structurally correct but still disconnected from the actual install/build path.

5. Project-level status drift

• Active execution is happening, but the project and goal still show planned.
• Risk: board-level reporting understates active work and can hide overdue coordination.

Fixed Sync Rhythm

• Every owner must leave a comment when an issue moves from exploration to concrete output, from output to blocker, or from blocker to unblocked.
• PM heartbeat snapshot: 10:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, or immediately when a critical-path issue changes to blocked.
• CTO escalation conditions:
  • a critical-path issue has no new artifact or comment across one full sync window
  • a done issue references missing artifacts
  • frontend or backend baseline changes invalidate downstream queued work

Immediate Follow-Up

• Confirm whether HAC-2 deliverables exist outside the current workspace or need to be recreated here.
• Keep HAC-3, HAC-4, and HAC-8 under tight observation because they define the usable baseline for all queued implementation work.
• Do not promote any milestone from foundation to desktop-complete until the repo contains inspectable artifacts for product, architecture, and frontend baseline together.