docs: add prioritized PR review issues document

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Author: Copilot

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+# PR Review Issues - Prioritized Action Plan
+
+**PR**: refactor: move registry item installation to the core  
+**Date**: 2026-02-07  
+**Reviewer**: copilot-pull-request-reviewer[bot]
+
+## Summary
+
+This document collects and prioritizes all issues identified in the code review for the registry refactor PR. Issues are ranked by severity and impact on functionality, security, and maintainability.
+
+---
+
+## 🔴 Critical Priority (Must Fix)
+
+### 1. Path Traversal Vulnerability in Registry Fetcher
+
+**Files**: 
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/api.ts:6-8`
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/api.ts:12-16`
+
+**Issue**: The core registry fetcher interpolates `path` directly into the URL without validation/normalization. This allows `../` (and encoded variants) to escape the registry prefix and fetch arbitrary paths under the same origin.
+
+**Impact**: Security vulnerability - potential unauthorized access to arbitrary paths
+
+**Action Required**: Apply the same `validateRegistryPath()` guard that the CLI version uses:
+- Remove leading slashes
+- Reject traversal segments (`..`)
+- Reject encoded traversal variants
+
+**Priority Justification**: Security vulnerabilities must be addressed before merge.
+
+---
+
+### 2. TypeScript Compilation Failure - Missing BranchConfig Import
+
+**File**: `packages/core/src/index.ts:544-548`
+
+**Issue**: `BranchConfig` is referenced in the `installRegistryItemToXano` signature but is not imported in this file.
+
+**Impact**: TypeScript compilation will fail, blocking builds
+
+**Action Required**: Import `BranchConfig` alongside `InstanceConfig`/`WorkspaceConfig` from `@repo/types`
+
+**Priority Justification**: Compilation errors block all development and deployment.
+
+---
+
+### 3. Null Dereference in InstallParams.instanceConfig
+
+**Files**:
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/install-to-xano.ts:5-11`
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/install-to-xano.ts:75`
+
+**Issue**: `InstallParams.instanceConfig` is typed as `InstanceConfig | null`, but the implementation unconditionally dereferences `instanceConfig.name`.
+
+**Impact**: Runtime error when instanceConfig is null
+
+**Action Required**: Either:
+- Make `instanceConfig` non-nullable throughout the module (preferred if it must exist to install)
+- OR handle the null case before calling `loadToken`
+
+**Priority Justification**: Runtime crashes are critical bugs.
+
+---
+
+## 🟠 High Priority (Should Fix)
+
+### 4. Unstable Sorting in sortByTypePriority
+
+**File**: `packages/core/src/features/registry/general.ts:28-29`
+
+**Issue**: `typePriority[a.type]` / `typePriority[b.type]` can be `undefined` for unexpected/unknown item types, which makes the comparator return `NaN` and results in unstable/no-op sorting.
+
+**Impact**: Non-deterministic sorting behavior, test failures
+
+**Action Required**: Use numeric fallback for both priorities:
+```typescript
+const aPriority = typePriority[a.type] ?? 99;
+const bPriority = typePriority[b.type] ?? 99;
+```
+
+**Priority Justification**: Breaks expected behavior and existing tests.
+
+---
+
+### 5. Install Flow Using Summary Instead of Full Registry Item
+
+**Files**:
+- `packages/cli/src/commands/registry/implementation/registry.ts:36`
+- `packages/cli/src/commands/registry/implementation/registry.ts:45`
+- `packages/cli/src/commands/registry/implementation/registry.ts:71-75`
+
+**Issue**: The install flow pulls the "item" from `index.json` and passes it directly to `installRegistryItemToXano`. If `index.json` items are summaries (commonly `{ name, description, ... }`) and not full install manifests (with `files`/`content`), installs will silently no-op or fail.
+
+**Impact**: Registry installs may fail silently or not work at all
+
+**Action Required**: Call `core.getRegistryItem(componentName, registryUrl)` to ensure you're installing the full registry item definition (not just the summary from index.json).
+
+**Priority Justification**: Core feature functionality broken.
+
+---
+
+### 6. results.skipped Never Populated (Regression)
+
+**Files**:
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/install-to-xano.ts:64`
+- `packages/core/src/features/registry/install-to-xano.ts:124-129`
+
+**Issue**: `results.skipped` is never populated, so "already exists" / idempotent install cases will be reported as failures (regression vs prior CLI behavior).
+
+**Impact**: Poor UX - legitimate skipped cases reported as failures
+
+**Action Required**: Parse the error JSON body from Xano (when available) and map known "already exists/duplicate" errors into `skipped` (keep `failed` for real errors).
+
+**Priority Justification**: User-facing regression in error reporting.
+
+---
+
+### 7. Browser Storage readdir() Double-Slash Bug
+
+**File**: `packages/browser-consumer/src/browser-config-storage.ts:134-138`
+
+**Issue**: `readdir()` appends `'/'` unconditionally. If the caller already passes `'dir/'`, the prefix becomes `'dir//'` and `listFiles()` won't match keys like `'dir/file1.txt'`.
+
+**Impact**: Directory listing will fail in browser storage
+
+**Action Required**: Normalize by trimming trailing slashes before appending one.
+
+**Priority Justification**: Breaks browser-consumer functionality.
+
+---
+
+### 8. Browser Storage readFile() Binary Data Handling
+
+**File**: `packages/browser-consumer/src/browser-config-storage.ts:145-156`
+
+**Issue**: `readFile()` will almost always return a string for binary data because `TextDecoder().decode()` typically does not throw on arbitrary bytes—so the "fallback to Uint8Array" path won't run.
+
+**Impact**: Binary file handling broken in browser storage
+
+**Action Required**: If `ConfigStorage.readFile` is meant to behave like the Node implementation (Buffer/Uint8Array), return `Uint8Array` consistently (or store metadata to distinguish binary vs text).
+
+**Priority Justification**: Data corruption for binary files.
+
+---
+
+## 🟡 Medium Priority (Nice to Have)
+
+### 9. Duplicate Type Definitions
+
+**File**: `packages/core/src/features/testing/index.ts:7-43`
+
+**Issue**: This file (and `packages/core/src/implementations/run-tests.ts`) defines `TestConfigEntry/TestResult/TestGroupResult/AssertContext` inline, but this PR also adds exported equivalents to `@repo/types`.
+
+**Impact**: Type drift risk, maintenance burden
+
+**Action Required**: Switch core to import the canonical types from `@repo/types` and remove the inline interfaces.
+
+**Priority Justification**: Technical debt that increases maintenance cost.
+
+---
+
+### 10. runTest() Process Control Issues
+
+**File**: `packages/cli/src/commands/test/implementation/test.ts:283-301`
+
+**Issue**: `runTest()` both returns an exit code and calls `process.exit(1)` in CI mode. This makes the function hard to reuse programmatically and complicates unit testing.
+
+**Impact**: Reduced testability and reusability
+
+**Action Required**: Prefer returning the exit code and letting the commander action decide (e.g., set `process.exitCode = 1` or call `process.exit(code)` only at the CLI boundary).
+
+**Priority Justification**: Code quality improvement.
+
+---
+
+### 11. Missing DBSchema Extension for CalyDBSchema
+
+**Files**:
+- `packages/browser-consumer/src/indexeddb-utils.ts:1`
+- `packages/browser-consumer/src/indexeddb-utils.ts:13-17`
+
+**Issue**: For `idb`, the schema generic is typically constrained to `DBSchema`. If `CalyDBSchema` doesn't extend `DBSchema`, TypeScript may reject `openDB<CalyDBSchema>(...)` or lose type safety.
+
+**Impact**: Potential type safety loss
+
+**Action Required**: Import `DBSchema` from `idb` and declare `interface CalyDBSchema extends DBSchema { ... }`.
+
+**Priority Justification**: Type safety improvement.
+
+---
+
+### 12. Missing Test Config Example Field
+
+**File**: `packages/cli/examples/config.js:13`
+
+**Issue**: The test runner expects each parameter to include an `in` field (`'path' | 'query' | 'header' | 'cookie'`), and the JSON schema also requires it. This example config omits `in`.
+
+**Impact**: Example config will fail validation
+
+**Action Required**: Update example entries to include `in: 'query'` (and similarly ensure path params include `in: 'path'`).
+
+**Priority Justification**: Documentation accuracy.
+
+---
+
+## 🟢 Low Priority (Future Work)
+
+### 13. Missing Unit Tests for installRegistryItemToXano
+
+**File**: `packages/core/src/features/registry/install-to-xano.ts:57-62`
+
+**Issue**: `installRegistryItemToXano` introduces new core behavior (hybrid inline/file content, meta API posting, query apiGroupId requirements, and install result shaping) but has no unit tests.
+
+**Impact**: Reduced confidence in behavior, harder to catch regressions
+
+**Action Required**: Add tests for:
+1. Inline `content` install
+2. Path-based fetch install
+3. Query install error when apiGroupId missing
+4. Error body parsing/skipped behavior
+
+**Priority Justification**: Test coverage improvement for future maintenance.
+
+---
+
+## Recommended Fix Order
+
+1. **Immediate (Block merge)**: Issues #1, #2, #3 - Security and compilation blockers
+2. **Before merge**: Issues #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 - Core functionality and correctness
+3. **Post-merge/Next sprint**: Issues #9, #10, #11, #12 - Code quality and documentation
+4. **Backlog**: Issue #13 - Test coverage improvement
+
+---
+
+## Notes
+
+- Total issues identified: 13
+- Critical/High priority: 8 issues
+- Medium priority: 4 issues
+- Low priority: 1 issue
+
+All issues should be tracked and addressed according to their priority level. Critical and high-priority issues must be resolved before merging this PR.