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Parity gap — /browse

Loom route: /browse (rendered by apps/fiab-console/app/browse/page.tsx) Fabric reference: Microsoft Fabric Browse — https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/fundamentals (Browse pane shows Recent, Favorites, Shared with me, My data) Loom screenshot: temp/parity/page-browse-loom.png Captured: 2026-05-26

Phase 3 — Side-by-side gap matrix

# Fabric Browse element Loom Browse element Status Severity
1 Page header "Browse" "Browse" page header with subtitle present
2 "Recent" tab (items recently opened) RecentItems component (reused from Home) — pulls from /api/items/recent present
3 "Favorites" / starred items Not surfaced as separate tab missing MAJOR
4 "Shared with me" tab Not present — Loom doesn't have explicit "shared" surface yet missing MAJOR
5 "My data" tab (datasets owned by user) Not present missing MINOR
6 "Endorsed in your org" tab Not present missing MINOR
7 "Pinned" section "Pinned" section — loads from /api/user-prefs?key=pinnedItems, shows pin grid with label/type per pin present
8 Filter by type / time / owner Not present missing MAJOR
9 Sort columns Not present (single column view) missing MINOR
10 Empty states (per section) "Nothing pinned yet" empty state + Recent items handles empty internally present
11 View toggle (list/tile) Not present missing MINOR
12 Bulk select / batch action Not present missing MINOR

Phase 4 — Functional verification

Control Source Result
Pin grid links Each pin's href is loaded from /api/user-prefs?key=pinnedItems — real Cosmos read OK
Recent items RecentItems component → /api/items/recent OK (verified 200 in initial session)
Loading state <Spinner size="tiny" label="Loading pins…"> OK
Empty state Honest "Nothing pinned yet" with explanation OK

Honest grade

Grade: C+

Reasoning: - Phase 3: 0 BLOCKER, 3 MAJOR (no Favorites/Shared-with-me/Filter), 4 MINOR. - Phase 4: 0 BROKEN — what's there works. - The page renders correctly, calls real APIs, shows honest empty states. - BUT the page is incomplete relative to Fabric: Fabric's Browse has 4-5 distinct sections (Recent, Favorites, Shared with me, My data, Endorsed). Loom Browse has just 2 (Pinned + Recent), of which Recent is the same component as Home. - It feels like a "lite" version of Home rather than a distinct Browse surface.

Not D because the controls that exist are real and the page is honest. Not B+ because the section count is half of Fabric's.

  1. Add a 4-tab structure: Recent / Favorites / Shared with me / My data — backed by real Cosmos queries per scope.
  2. Add filter input + type filter chip + time filter (Today / This week / This month).
  3. Add "Endorsed in your org" if endorsement metadata is tracked on items.
  4. Add bulk-select with batch Move / Endorse / Pin / Delete actions.