# Documentation Review: task-status-reason

## Summary
No DESIGN.md. Conducting ad-hoc review of code documentation for the status_reason feature.

## Documentation Completeness
- Code documentation: Adequate — `status_reason` property has a docstring. `parse_verdict_status` was already documented. No DESIGN.md or deployment docs produced (proportional to the small change set).
- User documentation: Not updated — the dashboard README (`automaton/dashboard/README.md`) doesn't mention the status reason display. The new status_reason field in the API response is also undocumented.
- API documentation: No formal API docs exist for the dashboard endpoints.

## Issues Found

### Issue 1: Dashboard README not updated for status reason display
- **Severity**: Low
- **Description**: The dashboard README at `automaton/dashboard/README.md` doesn't document that the detail panel now shows a status reason. This is a user-facing UI change without documentation.
- **Suggested Fix**: Add a note to the README under "Detail Panel" section describing the status reason.

### Issue 2: CHANGELOG entry missing bug fixes
- **Severity**: Low
- **Description**: The CHANGELOG correctly lists the status_reason feature and revoke buttons, but doesn't mention the REFEREE state fix (a consequence of Bug 2 fix from BUG_REPORT.md).
- **Suggested Fix**: Add a Fixed entry for the REFEREE state being unreachable.

## Score
+3