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+/// textgate guard: collects every word a screen PAINTS.
+///
+/// Walks the render tree (every [RenderParagraph], so Text, RichText, button
+/// labels, AppBar titles, SnackBars and dialog bodies alike) and returns the
+/// painted strings that still hold a 2+ letter word once content is removed:
+/// exercise names, a unit symbol right after a number. Spoken-only labels
+/// (`semanticLabel`, `Semantics(label:)`) are never painted, so they never
+/// show up here. User-typed field values live in EditableText, not in a
+/// RenderParagraph, so they are skipped too.
+library;
+
+import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/workout_plan.dart';
+
+final _word = RegExp('[A-Za-z]{2,}');
+
+// Unit symbols are content only when they qualify a number: "20kg",
+// "1.2 km", "5 min".
+final _unitAfterNumber = RegExp(r'(\d|\d\s)(kg|km|min|bpm|ms)\b');
+
+/// Exercise names from both plans plus the test fixtures' names.
+Set<String> _exerciseNames(Iterable<String> extra) => {
+  for (final e in [...workoutA, ...workoutB]) e.name,
+  'Squat',
+  'Press',
+  ...extra,
+};
+
+/// Painted strings that still contain a word after content is removed.
+List<String> chromeWords(
+  WidgetTester tester, {
+  Iterable<String> content = const [],
+}) {
+  final names = _exerciseNames(content).toList()
+    ..sort((a, b) => b.length.compareTo(a.length));
+  final hits = <String>{};
+  for (final r in tester.allRenderObjects.whereType<RenderParagraph>()) {
+    final painted = r.text.toPlainText();
+    var rest = painted.replaceAllMapped(_unitAfterNumber, (m) => m[1]!);
+    for (final n in names) {
+      rest = rest.replaceAll(n, '');
+    }
+    if (_word.hasMatch(rest)) hits.add(painted);
+  }
+  return hits.toList()..sort();
+}
+
+/// Fails with every offending string, and fails when nothing was painted
+/// at all (an empty capture must never read as "clean").
+void expectTextFree(
+  WidgetTester tester, {
+  Iterable<String> content = const [],
+}) {
+  final painted = tester.allRenderObjects.whereType<RenderParagraph>();
+  expect(painted, isNotEmpty, reason: 'nothing painted: the guard saw no UI');
+  expect(chromeWords(tester, content: content), isEmpty);
+}
diff --git a/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/test/text_free_guard_test.dart b/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/test/text_free_guard_test.dart
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+// textgate guard: the main screens paint no chrome words.
+//
+// Each test pumps one screen through the same fixtures its own test file
+// uses and asserts, via [expectTextFree], that nothing painted holds a word
+// besides exercise names and unit symbols after numbers.
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/sqflite_ffi.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/exercise.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/exercise_result.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/set_result.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/workout_session.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/screens/manual_workout_screen.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/screens/settings_screen.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/progression_sync_service.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/storage_service.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/sync_service.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/ui/theme.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/widgets/workout_summary_dialog.dart';
+
+import 'fake_audio_platform.dart';
+import 'fake_pc_pairing.dart';
+import 'fake_secure_storage.dart';
+import 'screens/_history_test_fixtures.dart';
+import 'screens/_home_test_fixtures.dart';
+import 'screens/_manual_screen_fixtures.dart';
+import 'screens/_workout_screen_test_fixtures.dart';
+import 'text_free_guard.dart';
+
+String _sessionJson() => jsonEncode({
+  'exercises': [
+    {
+      'name': 'Squat',
+      'targetSets': 3,
+      'targetReps': 5,
+      'targetWeight': 20.0,
+      'warmupDone': false,
+      'succeeded': true,
+      'sets': [
+        {'targetReps': 5, 'doneReps': 5, 'weight': 20.0, 'succeeded': true},
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+});
+
+WorkoutSession _session({required bool ok}) {
+  final start = DateTime(2024, 6, 1, 9);
+  return WorkoutSession(
+    workoutType: 'A',
+    startTime: start,
+    endTime: start.add(const Duration(minutes: 45)),
+    exercises: [
+      ExerciseResult(
+        exercise: const Exercise(name: 'Squat', sets: 3, reps: 5, weight: 20),
+        sets: List.generate(
+          3,
+          (_) => SetResult(targetReps: 5, doneReps: ok ? 5 : 3, weight: 20),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ],
+  );
+}
+
+void main() {
+  setUpAll(() {
+    sqfliteFfiInit();
+    databaseFactory = databaseFactoryFfi;
+  });
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    StorageService.resetForTesting();
+    await StorageService.init();
+    installFakeSecureStorage();
+    installFakeAudioPlatform();
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('home, nothing done yet', (tester) async {
+    await pumpHome(tester, wrapHome());
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('home, done for today', (tester) async {
+    await seedSession(tester, _sessionJson(), date: '2026-08-15');
+    await pumpHome(tester, wrapHome());
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('workout screen', (tester) async {
+    await pumpWorkout(tester, wrapWorkout());
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('history, empty and with a session', (tester) async {
+    await pumpHistory(tester, wrapHistory());
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+    await seedSession(tester, _sessionJson());
+    await pumpHistory(tester, wrapHistory());
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('settings', (tester) async {
+    await tester.runAsync(() async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          theme: buildAppTheme(),
+          home: SettingsScreen(
+            pcPairingLoader: fakePcPairing,
+            firebaseFactory: () async => null,
+            accountLoader: () async => null,
+            sessionProbe: () async => false,
+            storageChecker: () async => false,
+            progressionPuller: () async =>
+                const ProgressionSyncResult(changed: false, reason: 'stub'),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+    });
+    await tester.pump();
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('manual workout form', (tester) async {
+    await pumpManual(
+      tester,
+      ManualWorkoutScreen(syncService: FakeManualSync(), clock: fixedManualNow),
+    );
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  for (final ok in [true, false]) {
+    testWidgets('summary dialog, all succeeded: $ok', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          theme: buildAppTheme(),
+          home: WorkoutSummaryDialog(
+            session: _session(ok: ok),
+            syncResult: const SyncResult(success: true, path: '/sdcard/x.json'),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      expectTextFree(tester);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/test/text_free_widgets_guard_test.dart b/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/test/text_free_widgets_guard_test.dart
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+// textgate guard, widget states the screen-level guard does not reach:
+// every sync-card state, every PC poke outcome, the settings sheet in each
+// progression mode, and the GitHub mirror screen.
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/sqflite_ffi.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/exercise_state.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/progression.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/models/workout_plan.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/screens/github_mirror_screen.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/pc_poke_result.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/storage_service.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/services/sync_status.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/ui/theme.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/widgets/exercise_settings_sheet.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/widgets/pc_poke_line.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/widgets/sync_setup_banner.dart';
+import 'package:workout_app/widgets/sync_status_card.dart';
+
+import 'fake_secure_storage.dart';
+import 'text_free_guard.dart';
+
+Widget _app(Widget child) => MaterialApp(
+  theme: buildAppTheme(),
+  home: Scaffold(body: child),
+);
+
+void main() {
+  const statuses = [
+    SyncStatus(state: SyncState.notConnected),
+    SyncStatus(state: SyncState.failed, reason: 'sync failed: offline'),
+    SyncStatus(state: SyncState.outOfDate, age: Duration(hours: 30)),
+    SyncStatus(state: SyncState.synced, age: Duration(minutes: 5)),
+  ];
+  for (final s in statuses) {
+    testWidgets('sync card: ${s.state.name}', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        _app(SyncStatusCard(status: s, onRetry: () {}, onSetUp: () {})),
+      );
+      expectTextFree(tester);
+    });
+  }
+
+  testWidgets('sync setup banner', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(_app(const SyncSetupBanner()));
+    expectTextFree(tester);
+  });
+
+  const pokes = [
+    PokeResult(
+      outcome: PokeOutcome.credited,
+      reason: 'credited',
+      shutdown: '22:00',
+      gamingBudgetMinutes: 90,
+    ),
+    PokeResult(outcome: PokeOutcome.duplicate, reason: 'dup'),
+    PokeResult(outcome: PokeOutcome.sandbox, reason: 'sb', roundTripMs: 40),
+    PokeResult(outcome: PokeOutcome.alreadyPaidToday, reason: 'paid'),
+    PokeResult(outcome: PokeOutcome.notCounted, reason: 'too short'),
+    PokeResult.failed('no reply'),
+  ];
+  for (final p in pokes) {
+    testWidgets('pc poke line: ${p.outcome.name}', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(_app(PcPokeLine(poke: Future.value(p))));
+      await tester.pump();
+      expectTextFree(tester);
+    });
+  }
+
+  for (final mode in ProgressionMode.values) {
+    testWidgets('settings sheet: ${mode.name}', (tester) async {
+      final state = ExerciseState.initial(workoutA.first).copyWith(mode: mode);
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        _app(
+          ExerciseSettingsSheet(
+            state: state,
+            onChanged: (_) {},
+            onDeload: () async => null,
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      expectTextFree(tester);
+    });
+  }
+
+  group('github mirror screen', () {
+    setUpAll(() {
+      sqfliteFfiInit();
+      databaseFactory = databaseFactoryFfi;
+    });
+
+    setUp(() async {
+      StorageService.resetForTesting();
+      await StorageService.init();
+      installFakeSecureStorage();
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('idle', (tester) async {
+      await tester.runAsync(() async {
+        await tester.pumpWidget(
+          MaterialApp(theme: buildAppTheme(), home: const GitHubMirrorScreen()),
+        );
+        await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+      });
+      await tester.pump();
+      expectTextFree(tester);
+    });
+  });
+}