Session 57: Phase 0 — Kill the Lies (2309 tests)

Work-order Phase 0 (Jul 10 live audit): every fabricated UI element deleted
or rewired to real data. Deletion sprint — no new product features.

0.1 Fake NBA game: root cause was scheduleService fetching the ESPN
    scoreboard with no ?dates= param or date filter — off-season ESPN
    returns the NEAREST slate (Jun 13 NYK@SA Finals rendered as tonight).
    Now pinned to the requested ET date + defensive filter; undated events
    dropped. Honest month-aware per-sport empty states (lib/emptyState.js).
0.2 Fake header counters: liveTick stripped to a bare 1s pulse (the
    auto-incrementing "247 graded", sin-driven brain-%, aPlus/cascades are
    dead). New GET /api/snapshot/summary (cache-only, before /:sport) +
    Next proxy; HeartbeatBar shows the real graded count and SYNC =
    elapsed since the last pipeline run (amber past 5 min).
0.3 Ticker: hardcoded fallback items deleted (real snapshot exhaust only);
    MOVE kept — computeLineDeltas is real movement. <4 real items → no
    ticker; bar publishes --ticker-h so the fixed header collapses cleanly.
0.4 /terminal retired: route redirects to /dashboard; VVI/injury-wire/
    leaders layouts preserved unrouted as §12 content-engine templates.
    Nav PRIMARY = Slate/Scan/Ledger; BottomTabBar Terminal→Explore; PWA
    shortcut Terminal→Ledger; #terminal alias → /dashboard.
0.5 ›Query nav pill deleted (duplicate /scan link).

Backend 2289 → 2309 tests (199 suites), web build exit 0.
Spec: specs/phase-0-kill-the-lies.md. Next: work-order Phase 1 (ledger
persistence + settlement).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tests/integration/scheduleRoute.test.js

@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ function mountApp() {
   return app;
 }
 
+// NOTE (Session 57, Phase 0): the event date must fall on the REQUESTED ET
+// date (2026-06-12) — 00:40Z Jun 13 = 20:40 ET Jun 12. The old fixture was
+// dated a day later and the route served it anyway; that exact hole is how the
+// Jun 13 NYK@SA Finals game kept rendering as "tonight" all July.
 const ESPN_NBA = {
   data: {
     events: [
       {
         id: '401234567',
-        date: '2026-06-14T00:40:00Z',
+        date: '2026-06-13T00:40:00Z',
         status: { type: { state: 'pre' } },
         competitions: [{
           venue: { fullName: 'Frost Bank Center' },
@@ -81,6 +85,57 @@ describe('GET /api/schedule/:sport', () => {
     expect(axios.get.mock.calls.length).toBe(callsAfterFirst); // served from cache
   });
 
+  test('pins the ESPN fetch to the requested date (?dates=YYYYMMDD)', async () => {
+    axios.get.mockResolvedValue(ESPN_NBA);
+    await request(mountApp()).get('/api/schedule/nba?date=2026-06-12');
+    expect(axios.get.mock.calls[0][0]).toContain('dates=20260612');
+  });
+
+  // Session 57 (Phase 0) regression — in the off-season ESPN returns the
+  // NEAREST slate, not today's. Any event whose ET date ≠ the requested date
+  // must be dropped, or a June Finals game renders as tonight's slate in July.
+  test('filters out events from a different ET date (fake off-season game)', async () => {
+    axios.get.mockResolvedValue({
+      data: {
+        events: [
+          {
+            id: '401999999',
+            date: '2026-06-14T00:30:00Z', // Jun 13 ET — NOT the requested Jun 12
+            status: { type: { state: 'pre' } },
+            competitions: [{
+              competitors: [
+                { homeAway: 'home', score: '0', team: { displayName: 'San Antonio Spurs', abbreviation: 'SA' } },
+                { homeAway: 'away', score: '0', team: { displayName: 'New York Knicks', abbreviation: 'NYK' } },
+              ],
+            }],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    const res = await request(mountApp()).get('/api/schedule/nba?date=2026-06-12');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.games).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('drops events with no parseable date (live feed only)', async () => {
+    axios.get.mockResolvedValue({
+      data: {
+        events: [{
+          id: '77', // no `date` field at all
+          status: { type: { state: 'pre' } },
+          competitions: [{
+            competitors: [
+              { homeAway: 'home', score: '0', team: { displayName: 'A', abbreviation: 'A' } },
+              { homeAway: 'away', score: '0', team: { displayName: 'B', abbreviation: 'B' } },
+            ],
+          }],
+        }],
+      },
+    });
+    const res = await request(mountApp()).get('/api/schedule/nba?date=2026-06-12');
+    expect(res.body.games).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test('returns empty array (not error) when no games today', async () => {
     axios.get.mockResolvedValue({ data: { events: [] } });
     const res = await request(mountApp()).get('/api/schedule/mlb?date=2026-06-12');