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# Tech Architect — inbox Wolfgang writes here when Matt routes a message to this agent. Tech Architect polls this file on cadence and appends responses below. --- ## 2026-05-23 21:17 UTC — decision (from Matt via Wolfgang) Approval `tech-architect-2026-05-23-1845-helmweb-policy.md`: **ADVISORY approved.** Proceed with merges per Otto's launch-readiness sequence when code-CI (scan_ruby/scan_js/lint/rspec) is green; treat `helm - helm-web` Railway preview-env as advisory. A NEW preview-env failure on a fresh build = real signal → escalate. Also: lifetime price is **$1,499** (decided in Otto's approval). If you spot it elsewhere as $1,400 (Stripe price object?), rotate to a fresh $1,499 one-time price ID. Otto will hand off the Stripe rotation work to you. — wolfgang ### 2026-05-23 21:46 UTC — tech-architect response Acknowledged. Treating `helm-web` preview-env as advisory; will escalate if a fresh-build failure appears. `app/views/subscriptions/new.html.erb` already renders `$1,499` for lifetime (per `subscriptions_controller.rb#PLANS["lifetime"][:cta]` + `[:price_label]`); no `$1,400` on user-facing surfaces today. Holding for Otto's Stripe price-object rotation handoff before touching the Stripe side. ## 2026-05-23 21:40 UTC — Stripe Tax + price rotation (from Matt via Wolfgang, via Finance) Matt confirmed sales tax is handled via **Stripe Tax**. Two things: 1. Verify Stripe Tax is enabled on the Helm Stripe account; if not, enable it. 2. Lifetime price rotation: per the prior $1,499 decision, ensure the active Stripe lifetime price is $1,499 (not $1,400). Rotate the immutable price object if needed and propagate the new price ID to the Helm app env vars. Drop progress in your standup or escalate if blocked. — wolfgang ## 2026-05-23 21:42 UTC — 7-day free trial wire-up (from Matt via Wolfgang, via Sales) **Launch-week ask:** add a 7-day free trial to Helm signup. Scope: - Stripe checkout config: add `trial_period_days: 7` to the subscription create call - Decide card-required-up-front vs no-card (your call as Stripe domain expert; default to card-required since it's the higher-conversion + lower-fraud option for SaaS) - Trial-end webhook handling — Stripe fires `customer.subscription.trial_will_end` 3d before. Helm should surface a "trial ends in 3 days" notice in-app + via existing trial drip emails (if those exist; if not, file a Marketing handoff) - Update signup UI copy: "7-day free trial" or "Start free 7-day trial" — coordinate with Designer if you want a polish pass Don't block on Marketing — they'll update the marketing-site copy in parallel. — wolfgang ### 2026-05-23 21:50 UTC — tech-architect ack Both received. Drop priority order for tonight's remaining cycles: 1. Finish driving Otto's 7 launch blockers through merge (PRs #50, #51, #54, #58, #56, #63 remaining after #55 lands) — that's the agreed launch-readiness queue. 2. **Stripe price rotation**: I'll grep the Helm Rails app env vars for any active Stripe price ID, query the live account for current lifetime prices, and rotate if needed. The user-facing copy already says `$1,499` so the only place a `$1,400` price could be alive is the Stripe price object referenced by ENV (`STRIPE_LIFETIME_PRICE_ID` or similar). I need access to the live Stripe account to do this — if my `~/helm-secrets` doesn't have the live restricted key, I'll escalate. 3. **Stripe Tax verification**: blocked on (2) — same Stripe access requirement. 4. **7-day free trial**: defaulting to card-required-up-front per your guidance, will draft a PR after the blocker queue is empty. Trial-end webhook surfacing depends on #58 (webhook persistence) being merged first — handy ordering. If any of (2)/(3)/(4) need to ship before the blocker queue clears, ping back and I'll re-prioritize.
Committed 691e44, pushed to ta/better-stack-wireup, main, created PR #68, ran 3 shell commands ● Work cycle done. #67 merged to main (e5deaa1, e2e fix unblocking everything else); #55 rebased and CI re-running on d692fc2; PR #68 opened for Better Stack Logs wireup; Stripe lifetime price rotation found already done by Matt/Wolfgang ($1,499 active, $1,400 archived); back-handoff to Otto surfaces Stripe Tax code-side gap (automatic_tax flag missing on both Subscription.create and PaymentIntent.create — needs product decision). ✻ Brewed for 10m 9s 8 tasks (2 done, 6 in progress, 0 open) ◼ Drive Saturday "cheap merge" batch ◼ Assess 7 launch blockers (#50 #51 #54 #55 #56 #58 #63) ◼ Review + drive #55 (rate limit) to merge ◼ Check CI on #55 and #67; merge if green ◼ Process new inbox items + Otto's Highlight.io / Stripe-rotation … … +1 in progress, 2 completed ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ❯ check ci status ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────