Project reporting

Author: RantsRoamer

lib/projectReport.js

@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ function prepareMemoryForReport(memory) {
   return merged.join('\n\n').replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n').trim();
 }
 
+function excerptLatest(memory, maxLen = MEMORY_EXCERPT_LEN) {
+  const text = String(memory || '').trim();
+  if (!text) return '';
+  if (text.length <= maxLen) return text;
+  // Keep the most recent content instead of stale opening sections.
+  return '…' + text.slice(-maxLen);
+}
+
 function getTimezone() {
   try {
     const config = getConfig();
@@ -141,9 +149,10 @@ function getRawProjectData(projectIds) {
   for (const id of projectIds) {
     const project = projectStore.getProject(id);
     if (!project) continue;
-    const memory = projectStore.readProjectMemory(id).trim();
+    const memoryRaw = projectStore.readProjectMemory(id).trim();
+    const memory = prepareMemoryForReport(memoryRaw);
     const excerpt = memory
-      ? (memory.length <= MEMORY_EXCERPT_LEN ? memory : memory.slice(0, MEMORY_EXCERPT_LEN) + '…')
+      ? excerptLatest(memory, MEMORY_EXCERPT_LEN)
       : '(No notes or imported content yet.)';
     let updatedAtStr = '—';
     if (project.updatedAt) {
@@ -430,5 +439,6 @@ module.exports = {
   newReportId,
   normalizeReport,
   persistReports,
-  prepareMemoryForReport
+  prepareMemoryForReport,
+  excerptLatest
 };

tests/project-report-memory-prep.test.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const test = require('node:test');
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
 
-const { prepareMemoryForReport } = require('../lib/projectReport.js');
+const { prepareMemoryForReport, excerptLatest } = require('../lib/projectReport.js');
 
 test('prepareMemoryForReport keeps latest financial summary variant', () => {
   const memory = [
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ test('prepareMemoryForReport keeps latest financial summary variant', () => {
   assert.match(out, /\$7,500/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(out, /\$1,500 \| \$16,250/);
 });
+
+test('excerptLatest keeps newest text window for long memory', () => {
+  const older = 'OLD-SECTION '.repeat(300);
+  const latest = 'LATEST-BUDGET-VALUE $7,500 paid $10,250 remaining';
+  const combined = `${older}\n\n${latest}`;
+  const out = excerptLatest(combined, 120);
+  assert.match(out, /LATEST-BUDGET-VALUE/);
+  assert.ok(out.startsWith('…'));
+  assert.ok(out.length <= 121);
+});