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From: doxa-maps-88655c70
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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:53:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?test(i18n):=20ratchet=20down=20=E2=80=94=20five?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20locales=20now=20must=20stay=20complete?=
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The ceilings drop as the debt is paid: 429 -> 344 keys, and ar/es/fr/pt/ru
reached zero.

Those five are REMOVED from the DEBT map rather than set to 0. The gate already
treats a locale with no entry as "must be complete", so deletion is what
converts a finished translation into a permanent guarantee — setting 0 would
read the same but leaves a line inviting someone to raise it.

Confirmed the guarantee works before relying on it: deleting one Spanish key
reports "es is missing 1/176 key(s) and has no DEBT entry" rather than passing.
---
 internal/check-i18n-parity.mjs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/check-i18n-parity.mjs b/internal/check-i18n-parity.mjs
index 4f9d4dd06..ed551b35c 100644
--- a/internal/check-i18n-parity.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-i18n-parity.mjs
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ const areas = readdirSync(join(ROOT, 'en')).filter((f) => f.endsWith('.json'))
 // gets WORSE, and prints a nudge when one gets better so the ceiling can be
 // lowered. That makes drift impossible while leaving the backlog as backlog.
 // Lower a number whenever you translate something; never raise one.
+// ar/es/fr/pt/ru reached ZERO on 2026-09-24 and are DELIBERATELY ABSENT from this
+// map: a locale with no entry must be complete, so those five can never silently
+// regress. Only the four still carrying debt are listed.
 const DEBT = {
-  ar: 10, de: 30, es: 10, fr: 6, hi: 50, it: 101, pt: 10, ro: 101, ru: 10, zh: 101,
+  de: 22, hi: 40, it: 94, ro: 94, zh: 94,
 }
 
 const fails = []