# `progress_interstitial`

## Use when / do not use when

Use for progress, calculation, loading, reveal, or transition. Do not use for a screen that presents purchasable plans: that is a paywall offer.

## Exact metadata contract

<!-- funnelsgrove:generated:start contract-v3/step/progress_interstitial -->
### Generated contract facts — do not edit

- Step contract version: `3`
- Contract hash: `d761e91d5ac6ff9e72c6d49c5bcd014270912473a66f99c49d726c65998085cf`
- Type: `progress_interstitial`
- Family: `transition`
- Description: Progress, calculation, loading, reveal, or transition screen.
- Action owner: `either`
- Analytics role: _none_
- Terminal: `false`
- Required kind: _none_
- Allowed kinds: _None_
- Allowed semantic events: _None_
- Forbidden capabilities: `choice-write`, `email-capture`, `checkout`, `subscription-management`, `subscription-handoff`, `hardcoded-navigation`, `provider-direct-analytics`, `browser-registration-completed`

#### Choice contract

_Not a choice type._

#### Automatic lifecycle events

`first_step_clicked`, `first_step_viewed`, `funnel_started`, `step_completed`, `step_exited`, `step_started`

#### Approved capability owners

_No special capability is allowed._

#### Reserved identities

_No reserved identity for this type._

#### Golden fixture source

```ts
import type { FunnelManifestStep, FunnelStepMeta } from '@funnelsgrove/runtime';

const manifestStep = {
  id: 'building-plan',
  name: 'building-plan',
  path: '/building-plan',
  filePath: 'src/steps/step-building-plan.tsx',
  componentKey: 'stepBuildingPlan',
  type: 'progress_interstitial',
  title: 'Building your plan',
} as const satisfies FunnelManifestStep;

const componentMeta = {
  id: 'building-plan',
  name: 'building-plan',
  type: 'progress_interstitial',
  figmaNodeId: 'golden:progress-interstitial',
  title: 'Building your plan',
  description: 'Show progress while preparing the next screen.',
} as const satisfies FunnelStepMeta;

export const goldenFixture = {
  stepType: 'progress_interstitial',
  manifestStep,
  componentMeta,
  semanticHelpers: [],
  isPaywall: false,
} as const;
```
<!-- funnelsgrove:generated:end contract-v3/step/progress_interstitial -->

## Interaction and persisted answer shape

This transition does not persist a choice answer. An automatic delay or explicit Continue may complete it through the controller.

## Automatic lifecycle events

The controller distinguishes completion from abandonment and suppresses provider delivery in preview.

## Required semantic conversions

None. A reveal or “your plan is ready” transition is not a paywall or checkout conversion.

## Approved shared helpers

Use shared progress/action primitives and manifest routing.

## MUST rules

- Keep automatic completion cancellable when the visit becomes stale.
- Classify by actual interaction, not by funnel position.

## NEVER rules

- Never set paywall identity or emit checkout semantics.
- Never hard-code a paywall destination.

## Golden template or fixture

See the [embedded canonical fixture](#golden-fixture-source) generated from `progress_interstitial.fixture.ts`.

## Validation command

Run `fgrove validate`.

## Manual QA and completion criteria

Confirm timer/manual completion fires once, leaving early records an exit, and no paywall or checkout event appears.