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type: Fixed
pr: 3595
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**`state` writes no longer shrink progress.total_phases to the started-phase count when ROADMAP.md is absent** — with no readable roadmap, every state command persisted the on-disk phase-directory count as the declared total (only phases that had started counted, so a 5-phase project read 50-100% complete with 3-4 phases unstarted); the stored frontmatter total now wins, with a warning, and `state json` reports the same preserved value. (#3573)