Polish edit category label and preserve free-text statuses

Author: Codex

internal/integrations/slack/slack.go

@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ func openEditModal(api *slack.Client, db *sql.DB, cfg Config, triggerID, channel
 		}
 		noChangeOpt := slack.NewOptionBlockObject(
 			noCategoryChangeValue,
-			slack.NewTextBlockObject(slack.PlainTextType, "(no change)", false, false),
+			slack.NewTextBlockObject(slack.PlainTextType, "Auto", false, false),
 			nil,
 		)
 		catOptions := []*slack.OptionBlockObject{noChangeOpt}

internal/report/report_builder.go

@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ func mergeIncomingItems(
 }
 
 func chooseNormalizedStatus(incomingStatus, llmStatus string, useLLM bool) string {
+	if isFreeTextStatus(incomingStatus) {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(incomingStatus)
+	}
 	if useLLM {
 		switch normalizeStatus(llmStatus) {
 		case "done", "in testing", "in progress":
@@ -627,10 +630,7 @@ func categoryAuthors(cat TemplateCategory) []string {
 }
 
 func formatTeamItem(item TemplateItem) string {
-	status := normalizeStatus(item.Status)
-	if status == "" {
-		status = "done"
-	}
+	status := statusForDisplay(item.Status)
 	author := synthesizeName(item.Author)
 	tickets := canonicalTicketIDs(item.TicketIDs)
 	description := stripLeadingTicketPrefixIfSame(item.Description, tickets)
@@ -646,10 +646,7 @@ func formatTeamItem(item TemplateItem) string {
 }
 
 func formatBossItem(item TemplateItem) string {
-	status := normalizeStatus(item.Status)
-	if status == "" {
-		status = "done"
-	}
+	status := statusForDisplay(item.Status)
 	tickets := canonicalTicketIDs(item.TicketIDs)
 	description := stripLeadingTicketPrefixIfSame(item.Description, tickets)
 	description = synthesizeDescription(description)
@@ -734,6 +731,26 @@ func normalizeStatus(status string) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func statusForDisplay(status string) string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(status)
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return "done"
+	}
+	if isFreeTextStatus(trimmed) {
+		return trimmed
+	}
+	return normalizeStatus(trimmed)
+}
+
+func isFreeTextStatus(status string) bool {
+	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(status)) {
+	case "done", "in testing", "in test", "in progress":
+		return false
+	default:
+		return strings.TrimSpace(status) != ""
+	}
+}
+
 func statusBucket(status string) int {
 	switch normalizeStatus(status) {
 	case "done":

internal/report/report_builder_test.go

@@ -231,6 +231,54 @@ func TestBuildReportsFromLast_LLMConfidenceAndDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildReportsFromLast_PreservesFreeTextStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	prev := `### TEAMX 20260202
+
+#### Top Focus
+
+- **Feature A**
+  - **Pat One** - Existing ongoing item (in progress)
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "TEAMX_20260202.md"), []byte(prev), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write previous report: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := Config{
+		ReportOutputDir: dir,
+		TeamName:        "TEAMX",
+	}
+
+	orig := classifySectionsFn
+	classifySectionsFn = func(_ Config, items []WorkItem, _ []sectionOption, _ []existingItemContext, _ []ClassificationCorrection, _ []historicalItem) (map[int64]LLMSectionDecision, LLMUsage, error) {
+		out := make(map[int64]LLMSectionDecision, len(items))
+		for _, item := range items {
+			out[item.ID] = LLMSectionDecision{
+				SectionID:        "S0_0",
+				NormalizedStatus: "in progress",
+				Confidence:       0.95,
+			}
+		}
+		return out, LLMUsage{}, nil
+	}
+	defer func() { classifySectionsFn = orig }()
+
+	freeTextStatus := "resolved in session; root cause analysis in progress"
+	items := []WorkItem{
+		{ID: 41, Author: "Pat Two", Description: "Investigate customer database startup issue", Status: freeTextStatus},
+	}
+
+	result, err := BuildReportsFromLast(cfg, items, mustDate(t, "20260209"), nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildReportsFromLast failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	team := renderTeamMarkdown(result.Template)
+	if !strings.Contains(team, "Investigate customer database startup issue ("+freeTextStatus+")") {
+		t.Fatalf("free-text status should be preserved in team report:\n%s", team)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildReportsFromLast_PreservesPrefixBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	prev := `### Product Alpha - 20260130