quantumbyteoss/quantumbyte/build-recovery

Build-recovery — wait management + failure

The build is the moment the user shifts from evaluating to delighted-or-disappointed. A silent wait or a generic error is where the "it's actually building" belief dies.

While it runs (wait management)

Narrate the next concrete piece coming online — short, present-tense, plural: "wiring the booking calendar… setting up reminders… deploying." Never show "no active activity" or an opaque spinner during the most exciting moment. Tie the narration to their app's real pieces, not generic build steps.

When it fails

A generic "something went wrong, try again" is a belief-erosion event. An honest, specific narration is a belief-reinforcement event — a system that sees its own failure and fixes it is the strongest trust signal there is.

1. Name it with the cause if you have it: "the database setup hit a configuration edge case." If you don't: "the build stopped partway — I'm not sure why yet, here's what I can try." Never blame the user.
2. Offer the real paths, matched to the cause:

• transient → simple retry: rebuild directly.
• scope/spec issue → retry with refined inputs (back to naming/scope, then rebuild).
• structural mismatch revealed → this may actually be a disqualification; route there.

1. Keep the user's momentum: one short honest line, one clear next move, no doc-length apology.