P0-R3 Research Design manual authority fix

app.py

@@ -1517,11 +1517,10 @@ def render_workspace_controls(user):
         }
         method_signature = ""
     else:
-        # U1-R2C: SmartPaper intentionally supports only two reader-visible
-        # research designs. No cue defaults to qualitative. Specialized-method
-        # cues (panel/meta/fsQCA/bibliometric-review) are advisory-only and pin
-        # the current topic to the qualitative framework rather than exposing
-        # or blocking on an unsupported method family.
+        # SmartPaper intentionally supports only two reader-visible research
+        # designs. No cue defaults to qualitative. Specialized-method cues remain
+        # advisory-only for automatic detection; an explicit user selection
+        # between the two supported designs is authoritative for this topic.
         auto_preflight, method_signature = _current_method_preflight(confirmed_method_family="")
         auto_family = str(auto_preflight.get("method_family") or "qualitative").strip().casefold()
         if auto_family not in METHOD_FAMILIES:
@@ -1531,16 +1530,14 @@ def render_workspace_controls(user):
         stored = str(st.session_state.get("sp_method_confirmation") or "").strip().casefold()
         stored_sig = str(st.session_state.get("sp_method_confirmation_signature") or "").strip()
         selected_default = (
-            auto_family
-            if specialized_redirect
-            else (stored if stored_sig == method_signature and stored in METHOD_FAMILIES else auto_family)
+            stored if stored_sig == method_signature and stored in METHOD_FAMILIES else auto_family
         )
 
         # A changed Title/Keywords signature invalidates a previous manual
-        # override. Specialized topics also clear any prior override so they
-        # cannot be silently converted into an ordinary survey manuscript.
+        # override. For the same signature, the user's explicit selection remains
+        # authoritative even when automatic detection found a specialized cue.
         selector_sig = str(st.session_state.get("sp_method_selector_signature") or "").strip()
-        if selector_sig != method_signature or specialized_redirect:
+        if selector_sig != method_signature:
             st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation"] = ""
             st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation_signature"] = ""
             st.session_state["sp_method_selector"] = auto_family
@@ -1555,14 +1552,10 @@ def render_workspace_controls(user):
             index=list(METHOD_FAMILIES).index(selected_default),
             format_func=lambda family: tr(lang_code, f"method_{family}"),
             key="sp_method_selector",
-            disabled=active or specialized_redirect,
+            disabled=active,
         )
         selected = str(selected or auto_family).strip().casefold()
-        if specialized_redirect:
-            selected = "qualitative"
-            st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation"] = ""
-            st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation_signature"] = ""
-        elif selected != auto_family:
+        if selected != auto_family:
             st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation"] = selected
             st.session_state["sp_method_confirmation_signature"] = method_signature
         else:
@@ -1582,7 +1575,7 @@ def render_workspace_controls(user):
 
     block_reason = str(preflight.get("block_reason") or "")
     specialized_redirect = bool((preflight.get("resolution") or {}).get("specialized_method_detected"))
-    if specialized_redirect and not active:
+    if specialized_redirect and not active and method_family == "qualitative":
         st.warning(tr(lang_code, "specialized_method_redirect"))
     elif block_reason:
         st.warning(tr(lang_code, "method_resolution_invalid"))

core/advanced_method_registry.py

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ U1-R2C intentionally limits production research design to two supported paths:
 qualitative research and survey-based quantitative research.  Specialized cues
 such as fsQCA, panel data/econometrics, meta-analysis, and bibliometric/review
 methods are detected only to provide a reader-facing scope notice; they are not
-exposed as selectable method families and are redirected to the qualitative
-framework before task creation.
+exposed as selectable method families.  Automatic detection falls back to the
+qualitative framework, while an explicit user selection between the two supported
+designs remains authoritative for the current Title + Keywords signature.
 
 This module never selects providers/models and never rewrites Title/Keywords.
 """
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import os
 import re
 from typing import Any, Iterable
 
-METHOD_RESOLVER_VERSION = "smartpaper-auto-method-resolver-v4"
+METHOD_RESOLVER_VERSION = "smartpaper-auto-method-resolver-v5"
 METHOD_CAPABILITY_REGISTRY_VERSION = "smartpaper-method-capability-registry-v3"
 
 # Reader-visible / task-owning method families.  Order is intentional:
@@ -252,16 +253,15 @@ def resolve_generation_preflight(
     """Resolve the two supported designs before any task/quota creation.
 
     Manual adjustment is available only between qualitative and survey-based
-    quantitative research.  Specialized-method cues intentionally pin the
-    current topic to the qualitative fallback so a user cannot silently turn a
-    panel/meta/fsQCA/review topic into an ordinary survey manuscript.
+    quantitative research.  Automatic detection may map specialized-method cues
+    to the qualitative fallback, but an explicit user selection between the two
+    supported production designs is authoritative for the current topic.
     """
     resolution = resolve_method_family(title, keywords, materials=materials)
     family = str(resolution.get("method_family") or "qualitative").strip().casefold()
 
     confirmed = str(confirmed_method_family or "").strip().casefold()
-    specialized = bool(resolution.get("specialized_method_detected"))
-    if not specialized and confirmed in METHOD_FAMILIES and confirmed != family:
+    if confirmed in METHOD_FAMILIES and confirmed != family:
         family = confirmed
         capability = method_capability(family)
         resolution = dict(resolution)
@@ -272,9 +272,6 @@ def resolve_generation_preflight(
             "capability": capability,
             "reason_codes": list(resolution.get("reason_codes") or []) + ["user_override_method_family"],
         })
-    elif specialized:
-        resolution = dict(resolution)
-        resolution["manual_override_locked"] = True
 
     capability = method_capability(family)
     lane = str(capability.get("legacy_policy_lane") or "").strip().casefold() or None