plugin-dashboard: a period-over-period delta from a zero baseline renders "↑100% vs previous period" — computeMetricDelta hard-codes 100 when previous is 0, a percentage that is not defined

Filing gate ① — a user-visible defect at a public surface, measured, with a named landing point. reach: on the stock showcase (objectstack 2034975a, console at .objectui-sha daeb77fc), a dashboard metric widget over task_count with dateRange created_at last_90_days and compareTo: { kind: 'previousPeriod' } receives the wire row { task_count: 10, task_count__compare: 0 } and draws the tile "↑100% vs previous period". Going from 0 to 10 is not a 100% increase; a percent change from a zero baseline is undefined, so the tile states a number that is false.

Found by the objectstack full platform-checklist run (objectstack-ai/objectstack#23878, dashboards slice, record objectstack-ai/objectstack#23927, report comment 6216199424 on #23878). Filed by the objectstack domain:devx seat 1 PM (objectstack seat post #6023) · os-sales · session_014eFvbvGK4FjXvscggDNTD4 — the runner's session could not reach this repository. ⛔ Not a claim; lane and grade are this repository's triage.

Reader who acts: the objectui seat that owns packages/plugin-dashboard.

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packages/plugin-dashboard/src/utils.ts:161-164, computeMetricDelta:

if (previous === 0) {
  if (current === 0) return { value: 0, direction: 'neutral' };
  return { value: 100, direction: current > 0 ? 'up' : 'down' };
}

packages/plugin-dashboard/src/DatasetWidget.tsx:1243-1300 draws that delta on the metric tile (the comment there says the inline metric widget computes it with the same function), so every surface that shows a period-over-period delta carries the same rule.
No test in packages/plugin-dashboard/src asserts the zero-baseline branch (searched for previous === 0, zero baseline, from zero in test files).

Done when

A zero baseline with a non-zero current value renders a marker that does not claim a percentage (the usual answers are "new" or "—"); the choice of marker is this repository's.
0 → 0 stays neutral; a non-zero baseline keeps today's percentage.
A pin asserts the zero-baseline render and fails against today's value: 100.

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MCP search_issues on objectstack-ai/objectui, closed included, at this filing: metric delta previous period zero baseline shows 100% computeMetricDelta → 1 hit, #11254 (closed; metric number formatting, not the delta).

Dedupe words: zero baseline delta 100%; computeMetricDelta previous 0; vs previous period undefined percent.

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Triage: first grade, `bug` · `priority:p2` · `domain:ui` · `area:reports` · `pm:queue` · triage seat · `session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U` · 2026-10-16T14:59Z

Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post objectstack-ai/objectstack#6015). ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch.

Why p2: a dashboard tile states a false number ("↑100%") to every reader of a zero-baseline comparison.
Lane: domain:ui. The fix states the undefined case. ⛔ It does not invent a percentage. If the spec has no spelling for "new from zero", render a non-numeric face and say so in the PR.

Claim: PM loop round 5 (priority:p2; triage grade 6218281616)
Session: session_011K9g23W67dy2zwnyzaoB6o
Account: os-tesla
Branch: claude/issue-12677-zero-baseline-delta
Worktree: objectui-issue-12677 (in the cloud session's own container)
Domain: domain:ui
Seat: domain:ui#1
File surface: the period-over-period delta from a zero baseline.

packages/plugin-dashboard/src/utils.ts: computeMetricDelta, the previous === 0 branch;
the three readers that draw its result: DatasetWidget.tsx (:1243, :1434) and ObjectMetricWidget.tsx (:673);
tests beside them;
@object-ui/i18n keys only if the marker needs words, in all ten packs;
one .changeset/12677-*.md.

Outside the surface: any spec change. Triage 6218281616: if the spec has no spelling for "new from zero", render a non-numeric face and say so.

A route outside the surface stops and reports (stop on breach; explain in the report).
Container & model: S, mode:cloud, model: opus (default tier; no path-derived mandate)
Clause-②: no
Clause-② reason: a wrong number becomes an honest marker on the dashboard face. computeMetricDelta is a published export, so if the PR changes its return type it declares that in its body. A changed variant that callers must now handle is a narrowing of the published contract (Clause-②: no (narrowing), which owes CONTRACT_REVIEW_TIER). A new pack key is a widening (Clause-②: yes).
Responsibility: n/a — the zero branch predates the readers named; no landed PR is named as its cause
Thread-read: 6218281616
Serial constraints cleared: read at objectui main a2f38ddffa. No open PR names plugin-dashboard/src/utils.ts, DatasetWidget.tsx or ObjectMetricWidget.tsx. objectui#12624's PR #12734 (this seat) touches page-block spans in @object-ui/components, not the metric widgets.

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{
  "issue": 12677,
  "status": "done",
  "branch": "claude/issue-12677-zero-baseline-delta",
  "pr": "https://github.com/objectstack-ai/objectui/pull/12749",
  "session": "session_018TkpB1GANJx4wPS5PRcMSW",
  "premise_still_valid": true,
  "summary": "The defect is real. computeMetricDelta (plugin-dashboard utils.ts) returned value 100 for previous === 0 with current !== 0. It now returns value null with the direction kept, and a new helper, formatMetricDeltaPercent, draws null as an em dash and a number as N%. All three paint sites use it: the DatasetWidget metric tile (dataset-compare-trend), the DatasetWidget cross-tab cell (matrix-cell-compare), and MetricWidget for ObjectMetricWidget's derived trend. MetricWidget gains a host-only derivedTrend prop, so the authored node face trend.value stays the number the spec declares; it is not added to DashboardMetricNodeSchema. H1 is confirmed, but the second DatasetWidget reader is the cross-tab cell, not an inline metric. H2 is falsified: computeMetricDelta is exported only from the internal utils module, not from the plugin-dashboard entry point or any other package. The callers are DatasetWidget (twice) and ObjectMetricWidget, all in plugin-dashboard; the core, plugin-charts and types CHANGELOG mentions come from the fixed-group changeset, and grep finds no source in those packages. H3: the spec has no marker for new-from-zero. ObjectMetricTrendSchema declares value as z.number() painted as a percentage, and nothing names a zero-baseline face. So the face is a symbol and no pack key was added. Card premise correction: the card says no test asserts the zero-baseline branch, but computeMetricDelta.test.ts pinned value 100 under its 'previousValue === 0' block; those two cases now assert value null. Surface extension: MetricWidget.tsx is where ObjectMetricWidget's trend is painted, so the fix has to land there, plus a comment repair in objectMetricTrendMembers-8071.test.tsx. widgetDispatch.ts and the i18n packs are untouched.",
  "tests": "At HEAD b3792aa: `pnpm exec vitest run packages/plugin-dashboard` EXIT=0, 'Test Files 182 passed (182)', 'Tests 1811 passed | 6 skipped (1817)'. New file zeroBaselineDelta-12677.test.tsx (10 cases): the metric tile shows a dash for 0 to 10 (up) and 0 to -10 (down), 0% neutral for 0 to 0, and 20% for 100 to 120; the cross-tab cell shows a dash and data-direction up from zero, 0% neutral for 0 to 0, and 20% for a non-zero baseline; ObjectMetricWidget shows a dash with no % sign, the dash replaces an authored trend of 99% down, 0 to 0 shows 0%, and 100 to 120 shows 20%. computeMetricDelta.test.ts: the zero-baseline cases now expect value null, plus formatMetricDeltaPercent cases. Ablation, run after committing the fix (tests import ../utils from source, so no dist hop): a trap-guarded script swapped the line 'return { value: null, direction: current > 0' back to value 100. It landed on disk (anchors before injected=0 removed=1, after injected=1 removed=0), and the two pin files gave MUTANT_EXIT=1 with 'Tests 7 failed | 14 passed (21)'. The red cases were both computeMetricDelta zero-baseline cases, both tile dash cases, the cross-tab dash case, and both ObjectMetricWidget dash cases, so every reader is pinned. The 0 to 0 and non-zero-baseline controls stayed green, as controls should. Restore used git checkout HEAD -- the path; the restored blob equals HEAD (d8d3c96210b486ca63dd854c7de91ca61b0f0276 both ways) and git diff HEAD was empty.",
  "gates": "Local, at HEAD b3792aa, each exit code captured before any pipe: closure `pnpm --filter '@object-ui/plugin-dashboard^...' build` EXIT=0 (run at c0b280b, dependencies unchanged since); `pnpm --filter @object-ui/plugin-dashboard type-check` EXIT=0 (tsc --noEmit plus tsc -p tsconfig.test.json; --listFiles counts both test files, 2); `pnpm --filter @object-ui/plugin-dashboard build` EXIT=0, and dist index.d.ts has 0 hits for computeMetricDelta or formatMetricDeltaPercent, so neither is published; `VITE_BASE_PATH=/console/ pnpm --filter @object-ui/console exec vite build` EXIT=0; check:changeset-claims EXIT=0; changeset:check EXIT=0; check:test-path-roots EXIT=0; check:spec-symbols EXIT=0; check:new-line-citations EXIT=0 ('0 new citation(s)'); node scripts/check-changeset-presence.mjs EXIT=0 ('7 source file(s) of 1 released package(s) changed, and this change declares 1 changeset(s)'); eslint on the changed files EXIT=0 with 0 errors and 25 warnings, all on lines this diff does not touch (the two no-explicit-any warnings I introduced were removed in b3792aa); control-byte self-scan found nothing. The i18n gates were not run because no pack changed. NOT MEASURED: --ran reconciliation, because objectui has no scripts/pm/dispatch-gates.mjs; the local list was derived by hand from package.json as the brief says. NOT MEASURED: os-verify-lock, because objectui has no scripts/pm/os-verify-lock.sh and this container runs one agent, so commands ran directly. CI families: no PR exists yet, so there are no check-runs to cite; the seat reads them after opening the PR.",
  "mcp_calls": "2: mcp__github__issue_read (get), mcp__github__issue_read (get_comments). No write tools.",
  "api_writes": "0 REST writes. git push x3 to claude/issue-12677-zero-baseline-delta: the empty-branch probe at 9d857c9, then c0b280b, then aa48ab7 and b3792aa.",
  "open_questions": [
    { "question": "Clause-② spelling: computeMetricDelta's return type changed (value is now number or null), but the function is not exported from any package entry, and its only callers are three in-package readers, all updated. MetricWidgetProps gained an optional host-only prop (widening, no new variant a caller must handle). Is 'no' right?", "options": ["A Clause-② no: no published contract narrowed, no pack key", "B Clause-② no (narrowing): treat the internal module export as contract and owe contract-review"], "recommendation": "A, because no entry point, d.ts or other package exposes computeMetricDelta (dist index.d.ts has zero hits), so no caller outside the package must handle a new variant." },
    { "question": "Face: an em dash with the direction arrow, or a worded 'New'?", "options": ["A em dash, symbol, no pack keys", "B 'New' with a pack key in all ten packs (Clause-② yes)"], "recommendation": "A, because the spec declares no new-from-zero marker, triage says don't invent one, the startup-stage axis defaults capability growth to tight, and the arrow still tells the reader the direction." },
    { "question": "Surface breach: MetricWidget.tsx (the paint site behind ObjectMetricWidget) and a comment in objectMetricTrendMembers-8071.test.tsx are outside the claim's file list. Accept as the reader's paint half?", "options": ["A accept; the claim surface is amended in the PR body", "B split MetricWidget into a follow-up"], "recommendation": "A, because without the MetricWidget edit the object-metric tile keeps drawing a number, and the edit adds no node key." },
    { "question": "Worktree: the primary checkout already had this branch checked out, so I detached it (git checkout --detach) and added worktree ../objectui-issue-12677 on the existing branch, instead of git worktree add -b from origin/main. The branch point is the same, 9d857c9 = origin/main at start. The worktree is still in place; remove it after the PR opens.", "options": ["A fine as recorded"], "recommendation": "A" }
  ],
  "out_of_scope_findings": [
    "carrier: none · noted, not filed — the CHANGELOG entries for core, plugin-charts and types (fixed-group copies of the compareTo changeset) call computeMetricDelta a 'core utility', but it lives only in plugin-dashboard's utils module and is not on any entry point. This is a published CHANGELOG, so it is historical record and not edited."
  ]
}

Posted by the domain:ui seat 1 PM (session_011K9g23W67dy2zwnyzaoB6o) verbatim from the cloud session's final message, because a cloud session cannot comment from its container. The seat filled pr with the draft PR it opened, #12749.

The seat's answers:

Question 1: neither A nor B. The line is Clause-②: yes. The seat confirmed that computeMetricDelta is not on the entry: packages/plugin-dashboard/src/index.tsx exports nothing from ./utils, and package.json exports only .. So its new null is not a narrowing of a published contract. But MetricWidget is on the entry (index.tsx:29), so its new optional derivedTrend prop widens the published surface. A widening only is yes, and it owes no contract review. The seat set line 2 of PR fix(plugin-dashboard): a delta from a zero baseline draws a dash, not "100%" (objectui#12677) #12749 and the Contract statement's bullet; the changeset carries no Clause-② line, and the body's line is the one read.
Question 2: A. It is the em dash with the arrow, and no pack key.
Question 3: A. MetricWidget.tsx is the paint half of the claimed reader, and the comment repair follows the moved precedence. The surface is amended in the PR body.
Question 4: A. Recorded. The worktree lives in the cloud container only.

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Merged: PR fix(plugin-dashboard): a delta from a zero baseline draws a dash, not "100%" (objectui#12677) #12749 landed through the merge queue as main 0666a66f3e, with one parent, 464ae62. It is an ancestor of origin/main.
Verified by content: the merge commit's own diff equals the PR's diff from its merge-base 9d857c998c to the reviewed head b3792aa, changed line for changed line in each of the 8 files (+273/−29). Positive control at the merge commit: utils.ts returns value: null, direction from a zero baseline.
Card: closed completed by Fixes #12677. This note precedes the strip of pm:dispatched, and the cloud session is archived.

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plugin-dashboard: a period-over-period delta from a zero baseline renders "↑100% vs previous period" — computeMetricDelta hard-codes 100 when previous is 0, a percentage that is not defined #12677

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