# Phase 61 — Stale UI Copy (retire the homelab-era text)
**Source:** `TODO.md` L4 — "Clean up the UI, there's text that references old features or talks about the way BOR used to work. For example the page-sub text in knowledge base references !/Homelab and ~/Deployments but those aren't the only sources and sometimes aren't included."
**Story:** n/a (TODO-derived — owner roadmap confirmation 2026-09-01)
**Context:** Verified copy inventory (audited 2026-09-01, all line numbers as of this writing):
- `frontend/index.html` L6 — meta description "Ask Brain of Reese anything about the homelab and deployments."; L199–201 — empty-state sub "I've read through the homelab and deployment notes — ask me anything, and I'll point you at the exact doc. You've got this."; L231 — composer `placeholder="Ask me about the homelab…"`.
- `app/config.py` L265–270 — the DEFAULT suggestion chips: 3 of 4 are owner-corpus-specific ("How is my Kubernetes cluster set up?", "What's my backup strategy?", "How do I deploy a new service?", "What's currently running in the homelab?"). Rendered as empty-state chips by `app.js` from `GET /api/suggestions`.
- `frontend/sources.html` L110–114 — the KB page-sub cited in the TODO: "Every `*.md` file indexed from `~/Homelab` and `~/Deployments`. Press **Sync sources** to clone the repos and re-import." Stale on three counts: sources are now git repos + local directories + uploaded archives (phases 28/38/49); import extensions are configurable, not only `*.md` (phase 56); Sync pulls the configured git repos and imports local dirs — it does not clone "the repos" in general.
- `frontend/git-sources.html` L175 — form example `placeholder="https://github.com/you/homelab.git"`.
- ALL 9 pages — footer `Powered by Reese's self-hosted models` (`index.html` L245, `sources.html` L186, `tuning.html` L148, `document.html` L150, `git-sources.html` L243, `history.html` L173, `login.html` L131, `shared.html` L147, `doc-edit.html` L118).
- OUT OF SCOPE (owner-locked A3): code/HTML *comments* mentioning "homelab" (`frontend/assets/app.js` L180/L1398/L1419, `frontend/assets/history.js` L39/L244, `frontend/index.html` L176) — not user-visible; left untouched to keep the diff minimal.
- The phase-39 brand layer (`frontend/assets/brand.js`) already rewrites every occurrence of the literal "Brain of Reese" (titles, `.brand-text`, text nodes, aria/placeholder/meta attributes) — so strings that embed the BRAND name (e.g. the visually-hidden label "Ask Brain of Reese a question", `index.html` ~L227) stay as-is: the layer keeps them in sync when `BOR_APP_NAME` is set.
- No existing test pins the exact default chip text (`tests/integration/test_api.py` L75–81 asserts only shape: a list, `len >= 3`, non-empty strings).
- `.agent/` is UNTRACKED (owner instruction, commit 281f355) — the phase commit stages `frontend/ tests/ app/` only.
- The E2E shared conftest server boots with the default env — this phase's E2E asserts the NEW neutral copy against that shared server.
## Objective
Every user-visible string in the app describes how BOR works TODAY (any configured sources — git, local directories, uploads — with configurable extensions) instead of the owner's original `~/Homelab` + `~/Deployments` deployment: accurate, neutral defaults on all pages, with the exact replacement copy locked below.
## Dependencies
- `60_sticky_navbar` (complete, preceding — no functional dependency; ordering by number)
## Tasks
1. `01_chat_page_copy.md` — neutralize the chat page (`index.html` meta description, empty-state sub, composer placeholder) + the default suggestion chips in `app/config.py`.
2. `02_sources_pages_copy.md` — rewrite the KB page-sub + review the remaining page-subs and the git-sources example URL against current behavior.
3. `03_footer_defaults.md` — all 9 footers → neutral default text, tagged `class="footer-text"` (the hook phase 62's env var drives).
4. `04_tests_and_commit.md` — unit text pins, dedicated E2E `tests/e2e/test_stale_ui_copy.py`, regression suites, one atomic commit.
## Testing & Quality
- Unit pins (house style, `tests/unit/test_frontend_brand.py` pattern — read the HTML/`config.py` as text): the old literals are GONE, the locked replacements are present, all 9 pages carry `.footer-text`.
- E2E (mandatory, house rule): `tests/e2e/test_stale_ui_copy.py`, run in isolation against the shared conftest server — no visible page text contains "homelab"/"deployment" (case-insensitive), placeholder/meta/footer/chips match the locked copy.
- Coverage: **>90%** on `app/` (validate.sh gate — this phase changes one Settings default, so the gate is meaningful, not ceremonial).
## Completion Criteria
- [ ] No user-visible "homelab"/"deployment(s)" text on any of the 9 pages (case-insensitive; code comments excepted per A3) — proven by the E2E body-text scan on chat + sources pages and the DOM assertions.
- [ ] KB page-sub describes the CURRENT source model (git repos + local directories + uploaded archives; Sync pulls/imports).
- [ ] All 9 footers read the locked neutral default inside `