Coding (Platform)

Cloud-native full-stack: Choose a safe refactoring boundary for observability API module boundary

A cross-layer workflow passes unit tests but breaks when client, API, and persistence state arrive in a different order. The affected area is observability API.

Repair the observability API module boundary implementation so it ranks change-prone modules, preserves ownership boundaries, and identifies where characterization tests are required before extraction.

Evidence

Affected surface: Cloud-native full-stack / observability API.
Observed failure family: choose a safe refactoring boundary.
Scope policy: zoneState must equal healthy.

What this task practices

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