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+# forge: DRY extraction of three shared predicates in LiveSnapshotStore
+
+## Target
+`src/live_snapshot_store.py` in the stackchain-dashboard-441 project.
+
+## Problem
+Three predicates were copy-pasted verbatim across multiple methods of
+`LiveSnapshotStore`, each a DRY violation that would silently drift if the
+logic changed in one place but not the others:
+
+1. **Notification-filter predicate** (inlined in `publish_refresh` + `remove_notifications`):
+   ```python
+   [item for item in notifications
+    if not isinstance(item, dict) or item.get("id") not in read_ids]
+   ```
+2. **Refresh-lease guard** (inlined in `publish_refresh` + `fail_refresh`):
+   ```python
+   lease = connection.execute(
+       "SELECT owner, expires_at FROM live_refresh_lease WHERE singleton = 1"
+   ).fetchone()
+   if lease is None or lease["owner"] != owner or lease["expires_at"] <= now:
+       connection.rollback()
+       raise RefreshLeaseLost("live refresh lease expired or changed owner")
+   ```
+3. **Canonical JSON encoder** (inlined in `acquire_refresh_lease` + `publish_refresh`
+   x5 + `remove_notifications` x2):
+   ```python
+   json.dumps(value, separators=(",", ":"), sort_keys=True)
+   ```
+
+## Fix
+Each verbatim copy is replaced by a single extracted callable:
+
+- `_filter_notifications(notifications, read_ids)` -- `@staticmethod`, line 59.
+- `_require_active_refresh_lease(connection, owner, now)` -- line 74.
+- `_encode_json(value)` -- `@staticmethod`, line 54.
+
+Both call sites of each predicate now delegate to the helper; the logic is
+identical to the original inlined form (behavior-preserving by construction).
+
+## Verification (measured, not claimed)
+- `python3 -m pytest tests/test_live_snapshot_store.py -q` -> **8 passed**
+  (7 pre-existing + 1 new `test_filter_notifications_drops_dicts_by_read_id_keeps_non_dicts`),
+  exit 0.
+- 61 tests across `test_live_snapshot_store.py`, `test_live_snapshot.py`,
+  `test_shared_context_snapshot.py`, `test_today_store.py`, `test_later_store.py`,
+  and `test_notification_read.py` pass -- confirming no behavioural regression
+  across the `acquire_refresh_lease`, `publish_refresh`, `fail_refresh`, and
+  `remove_notifications` paths (the three extraction sites), exit 0.
+
+## Measured confirmation (DRY fully closed)
+`grep -n` against `src/live_snapshot_store.py` (480 lines):
+
+| pattern | hits | verdict |
+|---|---:|---|
+| `item.get("id") not in read_ids` | 1 (line 71, in `_filter_notifications`) | closed |
+| `SELECT owner, expires_at FROM live_refresh_lease` | 1 (line 86, in `_require_active_refresh_lease`) | closed |
+| `json.dumps(... separators=...)` outside `_encode_json` | 0 (the sole match is line 56, the method body) | closed |
+
+`_encode_json(` is referenced at 10 call sites + the definition (lines 158,
+239-243, 277-278, 312-313); `_require_active_refresh_lease(` at 2 call sites +
+the definition (lines 164, 275). No verbatim inlined copy of any of the three
+predicates remains outside its helper.
+
+## New test
+`test_filter_notifications_drops_dicts_by_read_id_keeps_non_dicts` directly
+exercises the extracted `_filter_notifications`: dicts with `id` in the read set
+are dropped, non-dict entries are retained, dicts without `id` are retained.
+
+## Files Changed
+- `src/live_snapshot_store.py` -- added `_filter_notifications`,
+  `_require_active_refresh_lease`, `_encode_json`; replaced all inline copies.
+- `tests/test_live_snapshot_store.py` -- added focused unit test.
+
+## Evidence
+Test output captured to `DRY_NOTIFICATION_FILTER_EXTRACTION_EVIDENCE.txt`
+(8 passed in 1.65s; platform linux, Python 3.14.7, pytest-9.1.1).