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CAROL-INI-3710-00: Model Subscriptions: the ChatGPT Plus + Codex box shows absolute euros like the other boxes

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The subscription box for ChatGPT (Plus) + Codex renders both figures as percentages (Top-up: 100%, Balance: 0%) while every other box shows euros. OpenAI publishes the weekly Codex allowance only as a percentage, so an absolute balance cannot be READ. Fix: (1) the Top-up slot shows the real plan fee in euros (EUR absolute, renewed each cycle) like every other box, with the allowance basis moved to the card detail; (2) the Balance slot keeps the provider-read percentage AND adds a computed euro equivalent, visibly marked as computed, never in the read style (ruling 1215).

⚖️Decisions

  • Elrond's bypass methodology checklist (a reminder, not a gate -- you've got this): 0. File it requested_mode='bypass' (planner-vs-bypass is a deliberate choice). bypass_start REFUSES a non-bypass initiative (CAROL-INI-1846), and the dispatcher only skips the bypass lane when the mode says bypass -- a 'planner' mistag lets Merlin's pipeline grab the placeholder step and block your finished work. 1. Filed as planned status -- let the bypass claim/activate it; never file active. 2. Open the bypass (bypass_start) with your droid id + the remediation answer (remediates_initiative_id=NNN, or remediates_nothing=True). 3. Work the blocks for your work-type: template -> design -> code -> test -> review. Do the real work; record decisions on the initiative as you make them. 4. Reality is recorded for you at close -- code (files changed), each decision, and the twin-review verdict become real activities tied to this initiative and show in the Activity Tracker like a planner run (CAROL-INI-1840). No dummy rows. 5. Keep the initiative status moving; it parks in 'reviewing' and is tagged uat-pending for you at close (CAROL-INI-1836), so the stuck-watchdog leaves it alone until UAT. 6. Close runs the gates (design/architecture compliance + caller-audit). If a gate flags something pre-existing or unrelated to your change, waive it with a clear written rationale -- audit, don't skip. 7. Bypass skips the planner's auto-orchestration, NOT the standards. Same template checklist, same review, same observability as a planner run. (elrond)
  • [status-router] planned -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • CAROL-INI-3710 D1: the Top-up slot shows the plan fee in euros — the decorative 100% is removed and the fee keeps its own basis (plan fee), with the allowance wording moved beside the percentage it actually describes.
  • CAROL-INI-3710 D2: the Balance keeps the provider-READ percentage as the primary figure; a computed euro equivalent (left% x fee x window/cycle) travels ONLY in its own field and renders in the dotted computed mark — ruling 1215 upheld; a missing input yields absence, never a guess.
  • CAROL-INI-3710 D3: the ChatGPT balance reader now passes the raw pair behind its headline (left_percent, window_seconds) so surfaces can derive without re-reading; old stored readings lack them and correctly produce no euro.
  • CAROL-INI-3710 D4: no design covered the subscription boxes surface at all — created the Model Subscriptions boxes design (read vs computed contract, one-pot-one-remainder, retirement and grey rules) rather than leaving the architecture in code only.
  • [delivery-check] 5 pending must-have criteria stamped met at bypass_end on live re-performance evidence (CAROL-INI-3020): test test_ini3710.py: PASS (7 passed in 3.94s) (orion)
  • [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [status-router] reviewing -> blocked | event=reviewer_verdict | bypass twin reviewer verdict != pass (CAROL-INI-2039) (orion)
  • [status-router] blocked -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [status-router] reviewing -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • CAROL-INI-3710 D5 (UAT rework): the balance slot shows ONE figure — the computed euro (dotted computed mark); the provider-read percentage moves to the card detail. Design v1.1.
  • [status-router] reviewing -> closed | event=operator_signoff | Auto-accepted (CAROL-INI-1859): Orion-initiated, >2 days in reviewing with no objection. (el-srac-01)

Success criteria

  • The ChatGPT Plus + Codex box Top-up slot shows the plan fee as an absolute EUR figure, matching the style of the other boxes (must_have)
  • The Balance slot still shows the provider-read percentage of the weekly Codex allowance as the primary figure (must_have)
  • A computed EUR equivalent appears alongside the percentage and is visibly marked as computed, never presented in the read-from-provider style (must_have)
  • No other subscription box changes its rendering (must_have)
  • A regression test asserts the box carries both the absolute EUR top-up and the computed-marked EUR balance equivalent (must_have)