EVT 2026-03-27 - Post-login resumes last program and limits cross-program aggregation

Session scope

• Discovery root: docs/Domains/DOL English/Product Discovery/
• Lane lock: DOL English V2
• Collaboration mode: autonomous (user explicitly asked to update canon and archive old logic)
• Objective: retire the default logged-in Global Today overview and replace it with a simpler resume last program model that matches the majority single-program learner behavior.

Confirmed outcomes

1. Logged-in default entry

• DOL English no longer opens a standalone cross-program overview as the default post-login surface.
• Default entry after login is:
  • valid returnTo,
  • else last meaningful program workspace,
  • else safe fallback inside a valid program,
  • else onboarding/program choice when no valid program context exists.

2. Majority-behavior alignment

• Team aligned that, in most real study periods, learners focus on 1 program at a time.
• Designing the main shell around a multi-program overview creates too much complexity for too little real value.

3. Cross-program aggregation boundary

• Cross-program aggregation is still allowed, but only in explicitly scoped views where combined data is genuinely useful.
• Confirmed initial use case: schedule / calendar style views.
• This aggregation is a view scope, not a shell mode and not a peer program context.

4. Program context policy

• Logged-in shell remains program-first.
• Program switcher continues to list only real programs.
• All Programs must not return as a pseudo-workspace in the main shell.

5. Archive direction

• The former Global Today Hub / post-login overview model is retained only as historical context.
• Active canon moves to resume last program workspace + selective aggregate views only.

Open items after session

• Confirm the final list of aggregate-eligible views beyond schedule / calendar.
• Validate the exact restore source for last meaningful program workspace in implementation:
  • resume last safe destination if valid,
  • otherwise fallback to the same program root.