bug(generate-status-panel): AttributeError 'dict' object has no attribute 'replace' in HTML escape path

[bakeb7j0]

Summary

generate-status-panel crashes with AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'replace' in its HTML escape path, leaving a partial file written each invocation. This is distinct from cc-workflow#497 (which closed an AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'replace' after wave_complete) — that one was about NoneType, this one is about dict.

Severity: medium — operator visibility tool broken; partial file shipping is worse than no file.

Same script also still hits the NoneType variant (observed by orchestrator during Plan #607 wave-cleanup paths). Likely both errors share a root cause: .replace() is called on values that aren't always strings. @Scryer should consider whether to fix in #497's wake or here as a separate ticket — either way, both shapes need defensive handling at the escape layer.

Origin: Reported by sibling-campaign agent. @Scryer to expand on the exact codepath (most likely a wave/state field that was assumed string but is sometimes dict for cross-repo refs or during certain campaign phases).

Implementation Steps

TBD — @Scryer to expand. Probably needs an isinstance(value, str) guard or a str(value) coercion in the HTML escape function.

Test Procedures

TBD — should include both the dict and NoneType variants as regression cases.

Acceptance Criteria

• generate-status-panel does not crash on dict-valued fields in state.json/phases-waves.json
• Partial-file-on-crash failure mode eliminated: either complete the file or write nothing
• Regression test catches both dict and NoneType inputs

Dependencies

• cc-workflow#497 (related — same family of AttributeError)

Metadata

Severity: severity::major (visibility tool reliability)
Origin: sibling-campaign tracker. @Scryer owns expansion.