fix(chronology): skip **Status:**/**Track ID:**/**Track:**/**>** metadata lines in summary extraction

scripts/audit/generate_chronology.py

@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ def extract_summary(folder_path: Path) -> str:
    continue
   for line in text.splitlines():
    stripped = line.strip()
-   if not stripped or stripped.startswith("#"):
+   if not stripped:
      continue
-   return _truncate_to_25_words(_first_sentence(stripped))
+   if stripped.startswith("#"):
+     continue
+   if stripped.startswith(">"):
+     continue
+   bare = stripped.lstrip(">").strip()
+   if bare.startswith("**Status:**") or bare.startswith("**Track ID:**") or bare.startswith("**Track:**"):
+     continue
+   return _truncate_to_25_words(_first_sentence(bare))
  return "Imported from archive (no spec)"
 
 

tests/test_generate_chronology.py

@@ -35,4 +35,11 @@ def test_summary_extraction_truncates_to_25_words(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
  result: str = extract_summary(tmp_path)
  expected: str = " ".join(["word"] * 25) + "\u2026"
  assert result == expected
- assert result.endswith("\u2026")
+ assert result.endswith("\u2026")
+
+
+def test_summary_extraction_skips_status_metadata_line(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ spec_content: str = "# Title\n\n**Status:** Spec approved 2026-06-19\n\nReal description of the work.\n"
+ (tmp_path / "spec.md").write_text(spec_content, encoding="utf-8")
+ result: str = extract_summary(tmp_path)
+ assert result == "Real description of the work."