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Hard-fail
A Keep QAKeep QA is the human checklist a Botski pack or keep branch waits on before someone wires it into the live site. result that blocks shipping until fixed.
Why this word exists
Some problems must stop the train. A hard-fail is a Keep QAKeep QA is the human checklist a Botski pack or keep branch waits on before someone wires it into the live site. result that blocks shipping until fixed — honesty lies, broken safe-areas, missing footers.
P0Priority zero — fix or ship this before everything else in the queue. often pairs with hard-fail. Pass-with-notes is the softer sibling that still allows ship.
Where you will meet it
Keep receipts and tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out.-train notes mark hard-fail clearly. Laser does not wireHooking finished art or copy into the real site code so visitors can see it. around an open hard-fail.
Examples
- Invented HallThe public Botski listing of real reviewed bot records — empty until real claims exist. listings earn a hard-fail on honesty-passKeep's check that the page does not invent Hall listings, installers, or Live AI..
- HeroThe big top artwork or banner on a page, above the main copy. title outside safe-area is a hard-fail for the packA folder of related artwork (icons, heroes, contact sheet) ready for Keep QA and wiring..
- Hard-fail clears only after a new glanceA short Keep or human look at a page or art pack — lighter than a full QA writeup. or full QAKeep QA is the human checklist a Botski pack or keep branch waits on before someone wires it into the live site. says so.
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.