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browser FileReader, rendered UI, HTTP, authentication, packaged desktop, customer data, concurrent tills, fault recovery and independent reproduction were not exercised" }, "focusedSourceTests": { "implementation": 55, "billingRecords": 37, "verticalWorkflows": 57, "pharmacyExpiry": 11, "api": 7953, "apiFailed": 0 }, "hardwareProtocolTests": { "passed": 35, "physicalDevicesConnected": false } }, "organizationEvidence": { "publicMaintainer": { "releaseTag": "v1.3.0", "sourceCommit": "b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9", "commitAuthor": "Sridhar Bala", "githubProfile": "https://github.com/sridharkalaibala", "commitUrl": "https://github.com/Posnic/POS/commit/b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9", "governanceStatement": "The project states that it currently has effectively one maintainer." }, "historicalDpiitRecord": { "certificateNumber": "DIPP159427", "issuedAt": "2024-03-08", "recognizedUntil": "2026-07-20", "scope": "Historical DPIIT startup-recognition certificate. It supports the facts printed in the document but is not evidence of current Startup India recognition or current company status after its validity date.", "publicUrl": "https://www.posnic.com/assets/trust/dpiit-recognition-2024.pdf" } }, "knownLimitations": [ "The reproduced runtime workflow covers Windows x64 only and used Electron-level external-host isolation, not an operating-system-wide disconnect.", "The inventory lifecycle result used synthetic data through the real HTTP API and local persistence; it did not drive the packaged Electron interface or a complete trading day.", "The counter-session result was a compressed synthetic API run. Cash, UPI and Card were labels only; no physical cash, terminal, authorization, capture, settlement or clock-length trading day was tested.", "The item-catalog import result is a source-branch observation through the shared parser, item repository and isolated MongoDB. 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