phase: 106_document_dates

Everything is verified green. Final report:

**Phase 106 — Document dates (final verification pass; all 10 tasks already complete)**

- Verified all phase artifacts: alembic `0020` (dev DB at `0020`), `doc_dates.py`, git `file_commit_dates`, importer `doc_dates_by_root`/`dates_updated`, both entry-point wirings, date APIs + tree `created_at`/`updated_at`, LLM surfaces (prompt block, `read` line 2, appended `ls` field), `apply_recency_boost` in `retrieve()`, UI columns/badge, admin editor, mock-LLM regex — all present and correct; no defects found, no fixes needed.
- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → **2299 passed, TOTAL 99%** (>90% ✓)
- `uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py -v --no-cov` → **6/6 passed** in isolation (DB up)
- 12 regression E2E suites (retrieval_quality, whole_document_context, agent_document_tools, ls_tree_drilldown, read_truncation_cap, kb_tree, kb_tree_nav, document_viewer, edit_summaries, import_documents, sync_button, hidden_folders_toggle, smoke) → **all green in isolation**
- `uv run ruff check .` → clean; `uv run pyright` → **0 errors, 0 warnings**

**Completion criteria:** 1) non-null `created_at` + 0020 upgrade/downgrade on dev DB ✓ (real-Alembic integration tests) 2) sync refresh/older/manual-persists/content-reset/no sources_meta bump ✓ 3) zip/tar mtime + future→today ✓ 4) LLM date surfaces + cross-check ✓ 5) UI Created/Updated/badge positions ✓ 6) admin editor set+revert round-trip ✓ 7) old-correct-beats-new-similar (defaults & boost-off) + near-tie + `BOR_RECENCY_BOOST=0` byte-identical ✓ 8) full gate ✓ 9) commit/phase-move — left to harness per instructions.

- **Notable:** recency default tuned 0.001 → **0.0007** (task 07 step 5 explicitly permits; measured margins recorded in `test_recency_boost.py` docstring).
- **Next pending phase:** none — `todo/` holds only this phase.

tests/integration/test_document_content.py

@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ def _seed_doc(
         content=content,
         content_hash="a" * 64,
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106: pin the creation date explicitly — the endpoint
+        # serves it verbatim (the column is NOT NULL; the server
+        # default would make the pin time-dependent).
+        created_at=datetime(2020, 5, 4, 8, 30, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
         summary=summary,
     )
     db.add(doc)
@@ -417,9 +421,13 @@ def test_content_200_all_fields(client, db) -> None:
         )
         assert r.status_code == 200
         body = r.json()
+        # Wire-additive (phase 106, task 05): ``created_at`` joins the
+        # content shape (after ``summary``, before ``content``).
         assert set(body) == {
-            "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "content", "indexed_at", "chunks"
+            "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "created_at",
+            "content", "indexed_at", "chunks",
         }
+        datetime.fromisoformat(body["created_at"])  # raises if not ISO-8601
         assert body["source"] == "Homelab"
         assert body["path"] == "kubernetes.md"
         assert body["title"] == "Kubernetes Homelab Cluster"