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+{"id":"firehose-1h8","title":"Verify feeds exclude future-dated posts","description":"## Context\nRSS/Atom feeds call blog.all_posts() which should now filter by date (from Step 1).\nAdd explicit tests confirming feeds exclude future-dated published posts.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/test/blogex/feed_test.exs\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test RSS and Atom feeds exclude future-dated published posts\nGREEN: Should already pass from Step 1 changes\nREFACTOR: None","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.213785081Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.213785081Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-1h8","depends_on_id":"firehose-2wc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.701493058Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-1x3","title":"Make get_post/get_post! search all compiled posts (unfiltered)","description":"## Context\nget_post/1 and get_post!/1 currently search all_posts() (filtered). Change to search @posts (unfiltered)\nso direct URL access works for draft and scheduled posts. Enables preview links for reviewers.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/lib/blogex/blog.ex: get_post/1, get_post!/1\n- blogex/test/support/fake_blog.ex: get_post/1, get_post!/1\n- blogex/test/blogex/blog_test.exs: update existing tests, add new ones\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test get_post! returns future-dated post, get_post returns draft post\nGREEN: Search @posts instead of all_posts()\nREFACTOR: Update existing test that expects get_post!(\"draft-post\") to raise","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:04.676875214Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:04.676875214Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-1x3","depends_on_id":"firehose-2wc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.666577397Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-2wc","title":"Add date filtering to Blogex all_posts/0","description":"## Context\nall_posts() in blogex/lib/blogex/blog.ex (line 77-83) currently filters by `published` boolean only.\nAdd `date \u003c= Date.utc_today()` filter so future-dated posts are hidden from public views.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/lib/blogex/blog.ex: all_posts/0\n- blogex/test/support/fake_blog.ex: all_posts/0\n- blogex/test/blogex/blog_test.exs: new tests\n- blogex/test/support/setup.ex: add future-dated post to default_posts\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test that future-dated published post is excluded from all_posts, posts_by_tag, recent_posts, all_tags\nGREEN: Add date filter after published filter\nREFACTOR: Extract filtering predicate if duplicated","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:06:54.303723951Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:15:39.395327878Z"}
+{"id":"firehose-4nq","title":"Add post visibility and days_until_live helpers","description":"## Context\nDashboard and status banners need to compute post visibility (draft/scheduled/live)\nand days until a scheduled post goes live.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/lib/blogex/post.ex: add visibility/1 and days_until_live/1\n- blogex/test/blogex/post_test.exs: new tests\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test visibility returns :draft/:scheduled/:live correctly, days_until_live returns integer or nil\nGREEN: Implement functions\nREFACTOR: None","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.5973142Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:15:39.478922912Z"}
+{"id":"firehose-4yh","title":"Create LiveView editor dashboard","description":"## Context\nLiveView at /editor/dashboard behind auth. Two tabs: drafts and scheduled.\nUnified timeline across all blogs. Scheduled posts show \"X days until live\".\nLinks to post show page.\n\n## Scope\n- app/lib/firehose_web/live/editor_dashboard_live.ex\n- app/lib/firehose_web/router.ex: add /editor scope\n- app/test/firehose_web/live/editor_dashboard_live_test.exs\n\n## TDD\nRED: Unauth redirected, auth sees dashboard, drafts tab, scheduled tab with countdown, links work\nGREEN: Implement LiveView, add route\nREFACTOR: Extract tab component if markup duplicated","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.673871753Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.673871753Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-4yh","depends_on_id":"firehose-4nq","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.570736282Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"},{"issue_id":"firehose-4yh","depends_on_id":"firehose-ai8","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.597663464Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"},{"issue_id":"firehose-4yh","depends_on_id":"firehose-dhh","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.625180883Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-8zg","title":"Gate registration to ALLOWED_REGISTRATION_EMAIL","description":"## Context\nRegistration must be restricted to a single email from env var.\nUnset = disabled. Wrong email = \"registration is invite only.\"\n\n## Scope\n- app/config/runtime.exs: read ALLOWED_REGISTRATION_EMAIL\n- app/config/test.exs: set test value\n- Registration controller or Accounts context: add validation\n- Registration tests: add gating tests\n\n## TDD\nRED: Registration succeeds for matching email, fails for non-matching, fails when unset\nGREEN: Add config reading + validation check\nREFACTOR: None","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:28.051938506Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:28.051938506Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-8zg","depends_on_id":"firehose-dhh","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.502562336Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-ai8","title":"Add unfiltered post access for dashboard","description":"## Context\nDashboard needs access to all posts including drafts and future-dated.\nAdd unfiltered_posts/0 to Blog macro and all_posts_unfiltered/0 to Registry.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/lib/blogex/blog.ex: add unfiltered_posts/0\n- blogex/lib/blogex/registry.ex: add all_posts_unfiltered/0\n- blogex/test/support/fake_blog.ex: add unfiltered_posts/0\n- blogex/test/blogex/registry_test.exs: new tests\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test unfiltered returns all posts including drafts and future-dated\nGREEN: Implement functions\nREFACTOR: None","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.63593107Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:15:39.519698002Z"}
+{"id":"firehose-apw","title":"Add integration tests for scheduled post filtering in Phoenix","description":"## Context\nPhoenix blog controller tests need to verify date filtering works end-to-end.\nMay need a far-future markdown test fixture (2099/01-01-future-post.md).\n\n## Scope\n- app/test/firehose_web/controllers/blog_test.exs\n- app/priv/blog/engineering/2099/01-01-future-post.md (test fixture)\n\n## TDD\nRED: Blog index hides future post, show page returns it, tag page excludes it\nGREEN: Should pass from Blogex changes\nREFACTOR: None","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.294363414Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.294363414Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-apw","depends_on_id":"firehose-2wc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.797645635Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"},{"issue_id":"firehose-apw","depends_on_id":"firehose-1x3","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.829112074Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-dhh","title":"Run mix phx.gen.auth and configure","description":"## Context\nNo auth exists. Run mix phx.gen.auth Accounts User users.\nRemove auth links from public nav (login/registration are hidden URLs).\n\n## Scope\n- Generated files in app/lib/firehose/accounts/, app/lib/firehose_web/\n- app/lib/firehose_web/router.ex\n- Layout files (root.html.heex, app.html.heex) — remove injected auth links\n\n## TDD\nRED: Generated tests should pass\nGREEN: Run generator, migrate, verify\nREFACTOR: Remove auth links from public navigation","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:28.010843844Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:15:39.441389296Z"}
+{"id":"firehose-pp3","title":"Seed demo user in dev","description":"## Context\nSeed demo@example.com / password123 in dev environment only.\nUse Accounts context from phx.gen.auth.\n\n## Scope\n- app/priv/repo/seeds.exs\n\n## TDD\nTrivial — manual verification","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:28.091149857Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:28.091149857Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-pp3","depends_on_id":"firehose-dhh","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.537294098Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-ra3","title":"Show draft/scheduled status banners for authenticated users","description":"## Context\nWhen authenticated user views a draft or scheduled post via direct URL,\nshow a banner: \"Draft — not published\" or \"This post is scheduled for {date}\".\nUnauthenticated users see no banner.\n\n## Scope\n- app/lib/firehose_web/controllers/blog_controller.ex: pass visibility to template\n- app/lib/firehose_web/controllers/blog_html/show.html.heex: conditional banner\n- app/test/firehose_web/controllers/blog_test.exs: banner tests\n\n## TDD\nRED: Auth user sees banner on draft/scheduled, no banner on live, unauth sees no banner\nGREEN: Compute visibility, pass to template, render conditionally\nREFACTOR: Extract banner component if reusable","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.713739919Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:44.713739919Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-ra3","depends_on_id":"firehose-4nq","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.660225195Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"},{"issue_id":"firehose-ra3","depends_on_id":"firehose-dhh","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:08:01.696919105Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
+{"id":"firehose-vyw","title":"Verify router respects date filtering","description":"## Context\nBlogex.Router index, tag, and feed routes use all_posts()/posts_by_tag() (now filtered).\nThe /:slug route uses get_post() (now unfiltered). Add tests confirming correct behaviour.\n\n## Scope\n- blogex/test/blogex/router_test.exs\n\n## TDD\nRED: Test GET / excludes future posts, GET /tag/:tag excludes, GET /:slug returns future post\nGREEN: Should pass from Steps 1-2\nREFACTOR: None","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"willem+gitea@livingsoftware.co.uk","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.253169962Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende","updated_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:16.253169962Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"firehose-vyw","depends_on_id":"firehose-2wc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.73739353Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"},{"issue_id":"firehose-vyw","depends_on_id":"firehose-1x3","type":"blocks","created_at":"2026-04-01T20:07:52.770379034Z","created_by":"Willem van den Ende"}]}
diff --git a/blogex/lib/blogex/post.ex b/blogex/lib/blogex/post.ex
index a8b2775..3d6c4dd 100644
--- a/blogex/lib/blogex/post.ex
+++ b/blogex/lib/blogex/post.ex
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@ defmodule Blogex.Post do
           published: boolean()
         }
 
+  @type visibility :: :draft | :scheduled | :live
+
+  @doc "Returns the visibility of a post: :draft, :scheduled, or :live."
+  def visibility(%__MODULE__{published: false}), do: :draft
+
+  def visibility(%__MODULE__{published: true, date: date}) do
+    if Date.after?(date, Date.utc_today()), do: :scheduled, else: :live
+  end
+
+  @doc "Returns days until a scheduled post goes live, or nil."
+  def days_until_live(%__MODULE__{} = post) do
+    case visibility(post) do
+      :scheduled -> Date.diff(post.date, Date.utc_today())
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
   @doc """
   Build callback for NimblePublisher.
 
diff --git a/blogex/test/blogex/post_visibility_test.exs b/blogex/test/blogex/post_visibility_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d98e03
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@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+defmodule Blogex.Post.VisibilityTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  import Blogex.Test.PostBuilder
+
+  describe "visibility/1" do
+    test "returns :draft when post is not published" do
+      post = build(published: false, date: ~D[2026-01-01])
+      assert Blogex.Post.visibility(post) == :draft
+    end
+
+    test "returns :scheduled when post is published with future date" do
+      post = build(published: true, date: ~D[2099-01-01])
+      assert Blogex.Post.visibility(post) == :scheduled
+    end
+
+    test "returns :live when post is published with past date" do
+      post = build(published: true, date: ~D[2020-01-01])
+      assert Blogex.Post.visibility(post) == :live
+    end
+
+    test "returns :live when post is published with today's date" do
+      post = build(published: true, date: Date.utc_today())
+      assert Blogex.Post.visibility(post) == :live
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "days_until_live/1" do
+    test "returns positive integer for scheduled post" do
+      future = Date.add(Date.utc_today(), 10)
+      post = build(published: true, date: future)
+      assert Blogex.Post.days_until_live(post) == 10
+    end
+
+    test "returns nil for draft post" do
+      post = build(published: false, date: ~D[2099-01-01])
+      assert Blogex.Post.days_until_live(post) == nil
+    end
+
+    test "returns nil for live post" do
+      post = build(published: true, date: ~D[2020-01-01])
+      assert Blogex.Post.days_until_live(post) == nil
+    end
+  end
+end