# Feature: UX & Notification Improvements

**Branch:** `feature/ux-notification-improvements`
**Base branch:** `feature/entity-relationship-refactor`
**Created:** 2026-03-20
**Status:** 🟡 In Progress
**Strategy:** Incremental
**Mode:** Automated
**Execution:** Orchestrator

## Summary
Seven UX and notification improvements: show entity icons, enrich event data, dashboard filtering/sorting, friendly Telegram chat names, bot test messages, album public link validation, and graceful degradation for albums without public links.

## Build & Test Commands
- **Build (backend):** `cd packages/server && pip install -e .`
- **Build (frontend):** `cd frontend && npx vite build`
- **Test (backend):** `cd packages/server && python -m pytest` (if tests exist)
- **Lint:** N/A

## Phases

- [ ] Phase 1: Show Entity Icons on Cards [domain: frontend] → [subplan](./phase-1-entity-icons.md)
- [ ] Phase 2: Enrich Event Data [domain: backend] → [subplan](./phase-2-enrich-events.md)
- [ ] Phase 3: Richer Events Display + Filtering & Sorting [domain: frontend] → [subplan](./phase-3-events-ui.md)
- [ ] Phase 4: Friendly Chat Names + Test Message for Bots [domain: fullstack] → [subplan](./phase-4-chat-names-test-msg.md)
- [ ] Phase 5: Album Public Link Validation [domain: fullstack] → [subplan](./phase-5-link-validation.md)
- [ ] Phase 6: Support Albums Without Public Links [domain: backend] → [subplan](./phase-6-no-link-support.md)

## Phase Progress Log

| Phase | Domain | Status | Review | Build | Committed |
|-------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-----------|
| Phase 1: Entity Icons | frontend | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |
| Phase 2: Enrich Events | backend | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |
| Phase 3: Events UI | frontend | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |
| Phase 4: Chat Names + Test | fullstack | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |
| Phase 5: Link Validation | fullstack | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |
| Phase 6: No-Link Support | backend | ⬜ Not Started | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ |

## Final Review
- [ ] Comprehensive code review
- [ ] Full build passes
- [ ] Full test suite passes
- [ ] Merged to `feature/entity-relationship-refactor`