{
  "agent": "backend-integration",
  "status": "awaiting_merge_authorization",
  "summary": "All backend work validated e2e by 135-provision via Playwright (Track A v3 PASS)",
  "pr_274": {
    "url": "https://github.com/NanoStreetApp/backend/pull/274",
    "branch": "fix/simtrade-order-numeric-fields",
    "title": "fix(simtrade): numeric order fields + portfolio news + lower starting balance to $50k",
    "fixes": [
      "PlaceOrderRequest accepts numeric qty/limit_price/stop_price (float|str)",
      "Service layer coerces numeric values to clean strings before Alpaca call",
      "/portfolio/news derives tickers from positions when query param empty",
      "simtrade_starting_balance: 100000 -> 50000 (fits single ACH, no firm journal needed)"
    ],
    "tests": "1491 unit tests pass, lint clean",
    "e2e_validation": [
      "Numeric qty: qty:1, qty:135, qty:143, qty:203, qty:101 all accepted",
      "Numeric limit_price: 250.5 accepted",
      "Buy 203 AAPL: cash $100k -> $49,778 without reload",
      "Sell 101 AAPL: cash $49,778 -> $74,774 without reload",
      "Cache invalidation verified for both buy AND sell",
      "News tab shows MSFT/TSLA articles for user with positions"
    ]
  },
  "non_blocking_followups": [
    "Race condition: provision returns before ACH/journal settles (~4s for journal, hours for pure ACH). Mobile may briefly see $0 cash post-provision. Fix: add polling to _ensure_funded.",
    "Long-term: contact Alpaca to enable /v1/instant_funding to allow $100k starting balance without firm depletion."
  ],
  "local_server": {
    "url": "http://localhost:8000",
    "branch": "fix/simtrade-order-numeric-fields",
    "still_running": true
  },
  "waiting_for": "human approval to squash-merge PR #274",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-07T10:00:00Z"
}