Integration checkpoint for epic-structured-post-session-report-services
epic-structured-post-session-report-services-integration-task — Integration Task
Integration Purpose
Verify integration with dependent epics: epic-structured-post-session-report-foundation
This integration checkpoint ensures proper coordination and compatibility between different epics. It verifies that all interfaces, data flows, and dependencies are correctly implemented before proceeding.
Integrates With Epics
Execution Context
Tier 5 - 253 tasks
Can start after Tier 4 completes
Handles integration between different epics or system components. Requires coordination across multiple development streams.
| Status | pending |
| Type | Integration |
| Estimated | 4h |
| Tier | 5 |
Flutter's speech_to_text package behaviour differs meaningfully between iOS and Android — microphone permission flows, locale availability, background audio session interference, and partial-result timing all vary. Inconsistent behaviour could make voice input unreliable for the primary audience (visually impaired peer mentors on iOS VoiceOver).
Mitigation & Contingency
Mitigation: Test speech-to-text-adapter on physical iOS and Android devices from the start, not just simulators. Write platform-specific test cases for permission flows and locale detection. Design the adapter's public interface to be platform-agnostic so that a native bridge could replace the package if needed.
Contingency: If speech_to_text proves unreliable on a platform, implement a native-speech-api-bridge (already identified in the component catalogue) as a drop-in replacement within the adapter, keeping the external interface unchanged so no UI code needs to change.
The coordinator task queue notification mechanism is not fully specified. If the queue system is owned by another team or uses an external service, way-forward-task-service may block on an undefined integration contract, delaying this epic.
Mitigation & Contingency
Mitigation: Define the task queue notification interface as an abstract Dart interface early in the epic. Implement a stub that writes a flag to the database so coordinator list queries can detect new tasks, deferring the real notification integration to a later epic.
Contingency: If the queue integration remains undefined at implementation time, ship way-forward-task-service with database persistence only and add a TODO-flagged notification hook. Coordinators will still see items on next page load; push notification delivery is deferred.