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+// apps/app/src/components-v2/shared/statusSeverity.ts
+// Single source of truth for status → PrimeVue Tag severity.
+// Seeded VERBATIM from design spec §8 (commit ae0bd2da). Do NOT
+// reinterpret here — a wrong severity is a spec-amendment process,
+// not an edit to this file. Enforced bidirectionally by
+// tests/unit/utils/statusSeverity.consistency.spec.ts (spec §8.X).
+
+export type TagSeverity = 'success' | 'warn' | 'info' | 'secondary' | 'danger'
+
+export const STATUS_SEVERITY: Readonly<Record<string, TagSeverity>> = Object.freeze({
+  // success — terminal-good / fully settled
+  approved: 'success',
+  completed: 'success',
+  confirmed: 'success',
+  contracted: 'success',
+  paid_in_full: 'success',
+
+  // warn — organizer action required
+  pending_approval: 'warn',
+  pending: 'warn',
+  applied: 'warn',
+  option: 'warn',
+  offered: 'warn',
+  reverted: 'warn',
+
+  // info — awaiting external party / in-progress, no viewer action
+  invited: 'info',
+  requested: 'info',
+  deposit_paid: 'info',
+
+  // secondary — muted: absent / not-yet-live / archived
+  none: 'secondary',
+  draft: 'secondary',
+  dismissed: 'secondary',
+
+  // danger — terminal-bad
+  rejected: 'danger',
+  cancelled: 'danger',
+  declined: 'danger',
+  no_show: 'danger',
+})
+
+const FALLBACK: TagSeverity = 'info'
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a status string to a Tag severity. The §8.X consistency
+ * test guarantees every live enum value is mapped, so the fallback
+ * is unreachable in a passing build; it exists only as defence in
+ * depth and emits a dev-only console warning so any gap is loud.
+ */
+export function statusSeverity(status: string): TagSeverity {
+  const hit = STATUS_SEVERITY[status]
+  if (hit)
+    return hit
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV)
+    console.warn(`[statusSeverity] unmapped status "${status}" — falling back to "${FALLBACK}". Add a §8 row + extend the §8.X test.`)
+
+  return FALLBACK
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/tests/unit/utils/statusSeverity.consistency.spec.ts b/apps/app/tests/unit/utils/statusSeverity.consistency.spec.ts
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+// apps/app/tests/unit/utils/statusSeverity.consistency.spec.ts
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { ShiftAssignmentStatus } from '@/types/shiftAssignment'
+import { PersonStatus } from '@/types/person'
+import { MatchStatus } from '@/types/identityMatch'
+import { ArtistEngagementStatus, PaymentStatus } from '@/types/timetable'
+import { STATUS_SEVERITY, statusSeverity } from '@/components-v2/shared/statusSeverity'
+
+const ENUMS = { ShiftAssignmentStatus, ArtistEngagementStatus, PaymentStatus, PersonStatus, MatchStatus }
+const ALL_VALUES = Object.values(ENUMS).flatMap(e => Object.values(e)) as string[]
+
+describe('statusSeverity §8.X enforcement', () => {
+  it('completeness: every live enum value resolves to an explicit severity (no dev-fallback)', () => {
+    const missing = ALL_VALUES.filter(v => !(v in STATUS_SEVERITY))
+
+    expect(missing, `unmapped enum values: ${missing.join(', ')}`).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('no phantoms: every map key exists in at least one live enum', () => {
+    const orphans = Object.keys(STATUS_SEVERITY).filter(k => !ALL_VALUES.includes(k))
+
+    expect(orphans, `orphan keys: ${orphans.join(', ')}`).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('resolver returns the mapped severity and never throws on a known value', () => {
+    expect(statusSeverity('approved')).toBe('success')
+    expect(statusSeverity('no_show')).toBe('danger')
+    expect(statusSeverity('deposit_paid')).toBe('info')
+  })
+})