photoanalyzer/delivery_backlog/stories/US06-03-offline-assets.md

US06-03 — Preserve Offline Identity and Review Evidence

Epic: E06

As a user, I want archived assets searchable and usable for deduplication while their media is offline so new copies are not mistaken for unrelated photos.

Acceptance criteria

• Availability distinguishes active, archived online/offline, and unexpectedly missing.
• Archived hashes remain in indexes and inventory scans do not prune offline assets.
• Protected comparison previews and evidence remain available under a durable policy.
• Exact and fuzzy active matches link to archived canonicals with appropriate review.

Automated tests

• Integration tests toggle fake mounts, rescan, discover exact/fuzzy copies, review previews, and assert stable state across restart.

Dependencies

• US06-02