Pre-Launch Code Audit — Acme Enterprise Dashboard

Section 01

Audit Metadata & Ledger

Establishes consulting authority, scan scope, and performance evidence for this engagement.

Client name	Digital Build Agency LLC
Target repository / branch	`agency/acme-dashboard` / `staging` · platform `agency/acme-dashboard`
Timestamp	January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Engine core version	Simplebeacon Engine v1.1.0 (Zero-Dependency)
Scan performance ledger	342 code files deep-scanned · 342 gate-rule files checked · 412 repo files indexed · execution 1.8 seconds
Report assessor	Simplebeacon Security Audit Service
Quality score	72% · code health 68% · audit confidence 100/100

Section 02

Executive Dashboard (CFO View)

Deterministic executive narrative and remediation mapping generated directly from complete scan JSON — no AI inference on counts or findings.

Risk tier	Count	Business meaning
Critical	1	High-risk cloud exposure — private keys, AWS/Stripe/API tokens in source
High	3	Structural release risk — mock/sample paths referenced from production code
Medium	1	AI-fiction and hygiene patterns — placeholders, fake KPIs, debug artifacts

Independent pre-launch assessment combining Simplebeacon gate analysis (REVIEW REQUIRED), full-tree inventory, and deep codebase hygiene on 342 source files. This deliverable is scoped to configured paths and deterministic rules — not a penetration test.

Release blocked: resolve 2 gate-level issue(s) before client handoff.

Clear all gate-blocking findings before any production deploy
Remediate 4 runtime-path finding(s) in Week 1
Improve production-path hygiene from 68% toward 90%+

3Gate issues

4Runtime findings

5Doc-tier (info)

68%Code health

342Files deep-scanned

Section 03

Developer Action Plan (Technical Recipe Book)

Each row maps scan JSON to a full remediation chain: raw file flag → business impact → safe copy-paste fix recipe. Showing up to 100 prioritized rows from 342 total scan match(es).

Severity	File & snippet	Rule triggered	Why it breaks (impact)	Safe code fix recipe
CRITICAL	`server/config/storage.js:42AKIA…redacted…`	`CREDENTIALS / AWS-ACCESS-KEY`	CRITICAL RISK: Left unchanged, this key can be scraped by automated bots within minutes of a public Git push — leading to immediate cloud wallet drainage and vendor account takeover.	Remove hardcoded pattern; load from environment or secret manager; rotate if ever deployed.
HIGH	`client/src/…/AnalyticsDashboard.tsx:89import sample from "../data/kpi-sample.json"`	`PRODUCTION-LEAK`	HIGH RISK: Left unchanged, production builds ship demo metrics and mock JSON to live users — triggering breach-of-contract delivery reviews at handoff.	Replace the static import with a runtime API/database call. Restrict sample JSON to test fixtures excluded from production webpack/esbuild bundles.
HIGH	`server/routes/analytics.js:17readFileSync("data/demo-metrics.json")`	`PRODUCTION-LEAK`	HIGH RISK: Left unchanged, production builds ship demo metrics and mock JSON to live users — triggering breach-of-contract delivery reviews at handoff.	Replace the static import with a runtime API/database call. Restrict sample JSON to test fixtures excluded from production webpack/esbuild bundles.
MEDIUM	`server/middleware/auth.js:12console.log(`	`DEBUG_ARTIFACT / CONSOLE_OR_DEBUGGER`	HYGIENE RISK: Left unchanged, secrets and PII can leak through server logs, support bundles, and browser consoles during client demos.	Remove the statement or replace with structured logging behind a non-production guard. Never log tokens, API keys, or session identifiers.

5 documentation-tier and 0 tooling/script-tier markers were excluded from Section 03 — they are tracked for hygiene but not release blockers.

Local verification before re-submit

After engineering applies the recipes above, prove a clean gate locally — without waiting for a re-audit.

npx simplebeacon scan --path ./agency/acme-dashboard --gate

Category distribution (runtime scope)

Counts below reflect runtime-path findings included in this audit sample.

Category	Total	Production paths	High	Med / Low
credentials	1	1	1	0 / 0
production leak	2	2	2	0 / 0
debug artifact	1	1	0	1 / 0

Section 04

Compliance & Git Gate Recommendations

Continuous evaluation checklist and automated prevention steps for the engineering team.

Continuous evaluation checklist

Checklist item	Status	Notes
Zero hardcoded credential patterns	FAIL	1 credential pattern in server/config
Production path separation	FAIL	2 sample-path references from production code
Schema conformity (configured samples)	PASS	12/12 samples match schema specs
Fiction KPI baseline (sample JSON)	PASS	Consistency score 100% — no fiction KPI drift

Automated next step — local pre-commit hook

npx simplebeacon hook install

Install the open-source local hook so credential, mock-path, and fiction KPI patterns cannot re-enter the repository before commit.

Recommended CI gate

npx simplebeacon scan --gate --format json --output .simplebeacon/report.json

Add .github/workflows/simplebeacon-gate.yml from Simplebeacon examples so pull requests fail on configured high-severity findings.

Independent disclaimer. This assessment is an opinion-based, static technical review of the source files and configured scan paths at the time of evaluation. It is not a legal compliance guarantee, formal penetration test, SOC 2 attestation, or certification that the system is secure in production. The client remains responsible for remediation, release authorization, and ongoing security posture.

Section 05

Simplebeacon production compliance sign-off

Formal handoff seal — complete after remediations and a zero Critical/High re-scan.

STAGE 1: Line-by-line remediation applied by engineering team. STAGE 2: Zero-dependency re-scan executed (0 Critical/High flags remaining).

Approved for production handoff by: CTO / Lead Architect · Date: _______________

Appendix

Methodology & scan scope

Repository inventory: 412 files — gate rules checked 342 (mock paths, credentials, server/ leaks).
Pattern matching on JSON samples and server/ production paths — not LLM semantic review.
Fiction/KPI rules scan repository JSON plus source code in server/, packages/*/src/, and client/.
Complete scan: analyzed 342 of 348 code-like files under the agency staging profile.
Context-aware filtering reduces false positives in tests, docs, and example paths.

Consolidation: 0 duplicate group(s) · 28 JSON files hashed.