Keeping the pipeline diagram in motion

This change keeps the delivery diagram moving after the opening sequence: return loops breathe on a slow cycle and the verdict dots shimmer without end, all in stylesheets only, while readers who prefer still motion see the same complete static diagram.

Motivation

The diagram already moved on load, but two of its continuous motions never reached the screen. The return-loop pulse carried a long start delay tied to the entrance order, and the verdict-dot shimmer pointed at dots nested inside the animated list while the page renders those dots beside it. Visitors therefore saw the opening light-up and then stillness where the design promised ongoing motion. This change points every continuous motion at an element the page actually renders and frees it from entrance timing.

What changed

Three stylesheet rules changed and one was added, with no markup or script touched. The loop pulse drops its start delay and settles on a mid-two-second cycle; the dot shimmer is retargeted from the animated list to the receipts row the renderer actually emits, on the same cycle; and the closing stage marker now glows with the shared dot motion so the eye lands on the current position. Staggered entrance, themes, small screens and the reduced-motion fallback are untouched, and the animation block stays well under the size budget.

How it was done

After the hosting preflight and a fresh feature branch from the main line, development committed the stylesheet correction first so the log entry could reference the real commit, then added this entry in the same branch. Styles reuse the existing semantic tokens only, keyframes touch opacity and transform alone, and the standing reduced-motion guard restores the static diagram. The full unit suite, the deterministic rebuild and the presence gate run green before review, and a secret scan of the diff is clean.

Verification evidence

The full unit suite runs green including the animation case, the markup gate accepts the generated diagram unchanged, the build rebuilds byte-identical output, the presence gate passes on this branch, and a secret scan of the diff is clean. Evidence on this head includes the loop pulse without start delay, the dot shimmer on the rendered receipts row, the closing-stage glow, both themes, small screens, the reduced-motion fallback and the added stylesheet weight. Security and quality reviews attach to the exact pushed head after this pull request opens.