[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":103},["ShallowReactive",2],{"changelog-\u002Fchangelog\u002Flimitations":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":84,"description":85,"emailSummary":86,"extension":87,"highlights":88,"image":93,"imageWidth":93,"meta":94,"navigation":95,"path":96,"seo":97,"stem":98,"tags":99,"__hash__":102},"changelog\u002Fchangelog\u002F0036.limitations.md","Limitations are now separate from defects",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":80},"minimark",[9,13,29,67,74,77],[10,11,12],"p",{},"\"Couldn't get into the attic\" and \"active roof leak\" are both worth telling a\nclient. They are not the same kind of thing, and until now the report treated\nthem the same.",[10,14,15,16,20,21,24,25,28],{},"Every warning now has a ",[17,18,19],"strong",{},"type",": ",[17,22,23],{},"Defect"," (the default, and what every\nexisting warning is) or ",[17,26,27],{},"Limitation",". Mark a warning as a limitation when it\nrecords something you couldn't inspect or evaluate.",[30,31,32,43,49,55,61],"ul",{},[33,34,35,38,39,42],"li",{},[17,36,37],{},"Their own section."," Limitations appear under ",[17,40,41],{},"Limitations & Items Not\nInspected",", after the findings, numbered L-01, L-02 and so on. The F-numbers\nstay defects only.",[33,44,45,48],{},[17,46,47],{},"Not counted as defects."," They're left out of the Safety \u002F Major \u002F Minor \u002F\nInfo totals and the system-health strip. A one-line link at the top of the\nreport points readers to them.",[33,50,51,54],{},[17,52,53],{},"Not in repair requests."," There's nothing to repair in an attic you\ncouldn't reach, so buyers won't see limitations when they build an ask list.",[33,56,57,60],{},[17,58,59],{},"AI summaries stay accurate."," The summary mentions what couldn't be\ninspected in neutral terms and doesn't describe it as a problem.",[33,62,63,66],{},[17,64,65],{},"Set it anywhere."," Pick the type when you write a template warning, an\nissue option, or a comment-library finding, or change it on an inspection\nfrom the Warnings page. Reset puts it back to the template's choice.",[10,68,69,70,73],{},"The sample templates already use it. The default template's ",[17,71,72],{},"Inspection\nLimitations"," question, the basement accessibility question, untested\nappliances, and heating or cooling that couldn't be tested now produce\nlimitations, as do the equivalent access questions in the asbestos, septic,\npool & spa, WDO, wildlife, and energy audit templates, and every \"not\naccessible\" result in the re-inspection template.",[10,75,76],{},"Inspections already underway keep the template they started with, so they\nwon't pick these up automatically. Templates you built yourself are unchanged,\nand nothing about existing warnings changes unless you opt in.",[10,78,79],{},"That's all for now. Go forth and note, accurately, the things you were never\ngoing to get to.",{"title":81,"searchDepth":82,"depth":82,"links":83},"",2,[],"2026-10-29","Mark a warning as a limitation when it records something you couldn't inspect. It gets its own section on the report and stays out of the defect counts.","Warnings now have a type. Mark one as a limitation when it records something you couldn't inspect, like a locked attic or an untested appliance. Limitations get their own section on the report, aren't counted as defects, and don't appear in repair requests.","md",[89,90,91,92],"New Defect \u002F Limitation type on every warning, on templates and on inspections","Limitations get their own section on the report, numbered L-01, L-02, and so on","They're left out of the severity counts and the buyer's repair request","The sample templates now flag their access and not-tested warnings as limitations",null,{},true,"\u002Fchangelog\u002Flimitations",{"title":5,"description":85},"changelog\u002F0036.limitations",[100,101],"Reports","Templates","_nHfWTqMOoZzZll7M698FnisqOsDnlVU67RN0nJ33lQ",1793316953565]