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+# Internal Beta Hardening Week Plan
+
+## Window
+
+- `2026-03-16` to `2026-03-20`
+
+## Goal
+
+Convert the current internal-beta candidate into a more truthful and defensible build by completing clean-machine validation, tightening first-run confidence, and strengthening the real `Smart Clean` execution evidence for the most valuable safe targets.
+
+## Scope
+
+Keep work inside the frozen MVP modules:
+
+- `Overview`
+- `Smart Clean`
+- `Apps`
+- `History`
+- `Recovery`
+- `Permissions`
+- `Settings`
+
+Do not expand into:
+
+- `Storage treemap`
+- `Menu Bar`
+- `Automation`
+- signed public beta work
+
+## Must Deliver
+
+- Clean-machine bilingual QA for first launch, language switching, install path, `Smart Clean`, `Apps`, and `History/Recovery`
+- Fresh-state verification using a new workspace-state file and the latest packaged build
+- One concrete increment in real `Smart Clean` execute coverage for high-value safe targets
+- Stronger `scan -> execute -> rescan` verification for supported `Smart Clean` paths
+- A current recovery-boundary note that distinguishes physical restore from model-only restore
+
+## Backlog Mapping
+
+- `ATL-203` Run bilingual manual QA on a clean machine
+- `ATL-204` Validate fresh-state first launch from packaged artifacts
+- `ATL-211` Expand real `Smart Clean` execute coverage for top safe target classes
+- `ATL-213` Add stronger `scan -> execute -> rescan` contract coverage
+- `ATL-214` Make history and completion states reflect real side effects only
+
+## Day Plan
+
+- `Day 1` Repackage the current build, run clean-machine bilingual QA, and log all trust or first-run defects
+- `Day 2` Validate fresh-state behavior end to end, then close any launch, language, or stale-state regressions found on Day 1
+- `Day 3` Implement the next safe-target execution increment for `Smart Clean`
+- `Day 4` Add or tighten `scan -> execute -> rescan` coverage and verify history/completion summaries only claim real side effects
+- `Day 5` Re-run focused verification, update execution docs, and hold an internal hardening gate review
+
+## Owner Tasks
+
+- `Product Agent`
+  - keep execution hardening inside frozen MVP scope
+  - decide whether any newly discovered recovery wording needs to narrow further before the next build
+- `UX Agent`
+  - review first-run, failure, and restore-adjacent wording on the validating build
+  - flag any UI text that still implies universal physical restore or universal direct execution
+- `Mac App Agent`
+  - close first-run and state-presentation issues from clean-machine QA
+  - keep `Smart Clean` failure and completion surfaces aligned with real worker outcomes
+- `System Agent`
+  - extend real `Smart Clean` execution support for the selected safe target classes
+  - preserve fail-closed behavior for unsupported targets
+- `Core Agent`
+  - help carry executable structured targets and result summaries through the worker/application path
+- `QA Agent`
+  - run clean-machine validation and maintain the issue list
+  - add and rerun `scan -> execute -> rescan` verification
+- `Docs Agent`
+  - update execution notes and recovery-boundary wording when evidence changes
+
+## Validation Plan
+
+### Manual
+
+- Install the latest packaged build on a clean machine
+- Verify default app language and switching to `English`
+- Verify fresh-state launch with a new workspace-state file
+- Run `Smart Clean` scan, preview, execute, and rescan for the supported safe-path fixture
+- Verify `History` / `Recovery` wording still matches actual restore behavior
+
+### Automated
+
+- `swift test --package-path Packages`
+- `swift test --package-path Apps`
+- focused `scan -> execute -> rescan` coverage for the newly supported safe targets
+- `./scripts/atlas/full-acceptance.sh` after implementation work lands
+
+## Exit Criteria
+
+- Clean-machine QA is complete and documented
+- Fresh-state launch behavior is verified on the latest packaged build
+- At least one new high-value safe target class has real `Smart Clean` execution support
+- `scan -> execute -> rescan` evidence exists for the newly supported path
+- No user-facing copy in the validating build overclaims physical restore or direct execution
+- Week-end gate can either pass or fail with a short explicit blocker list
+
+## Known Blockers
+
+- Public release work remains blocked by missing Apple signing and notarization credentials
+- Recovery still requires explicit wording discipline wherever physical restore is not yet guaranteed
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 - `RISKS.md` — active project risk register
 - `Execution/` — weekly execution plans, status snapshots, beta checklists, gate reviews, manual test SOPs, and release execution notes
 - `Execution/Current-Status-2026-03-07.md` — current engineering status snapshot
+- `Execution/Internal-Beta-Hardening-Week-2026-03-16.md` — one-week execution plan for clean-machine QA and Smart Clean hardening
 - `Execution/Release-Roadmap-2026-03-12.md` — internal-beta hardening plan plus conditional signed release path
 - `Execution/UI-Audit-2026-03-08.md` — UI design audit and prioritized remediation directions
 - `Execution/UI-Copy-Walkthrough-2026-03-09.md` — page-by-page UI copy glossary, consistency checklist, and acceptance guide