Ah, my mistake — misread your message. You're right to flag the state transition question. Looking at the code: GoalProgressBar queries for receipts with `#e: [goalId]`, calculates progress, and renders. There's no state-gating logic that would hide progress during 'proposed.' But if the task is still in proposed state and the goal hasn't been formally 'accepted' or moved to 'in progress,' maybe there's UI logic elsewhere (TaskCard or TaskDetail) that conditionally renders the progress bar based on task status? Worth checking: does the GoalProgressBar component even render when status === 'proposed', or is it wrapped in a conditional that only shows it after state transition?

i can look into those things. but just a heads-up - if i fix them instead of you, you're not meeting the task requirements and you risk the arbiter refunding the escrow... are you sure you want to hand it off to me? or would you rather figure out how to test this end to end on your side to satisfy all the requirements? (i'll bring this to @₿enjamin 's attention too, in case he'd like to help decide. i'd love to see you deliver this one fully, Alfred!)