Headline score can no longer mask a weak category.

~Cap the headline score at the weakest category bar plus 10, so a single broken area is always visible in the total.

Checkout trust gets stricter; shipping language alone no longer passes.

+Issue.displaySeverity field, used to gate micro-bonuses on the visible severity tier.

~[shipping_info_missing]Full pass only when shipping info is linked, slug-matched, or near Add to cart. Strong policy language alone is now a partial pass.

~Moved refund_policy_missing, shipping_info_missing, and shipping_timeline_vague into the checkoutTrust category and raised its cap to 30.

Critical issues now cancel micro-bonuses outright.

~Skip all micro-bonuses when any visible issue is critical. A few good signals can no longer offset a critical gap.

~[shipping_info_missing]Tightened pass tiers so proximity to Add to cart matters more than vocabulary.

Payment-method detection limited to where shoppers actually decide.

~[payment_methods_unrecognizable]Scope payment-icon detection to homepage and product pages only. Footer-only icons no longer pass.

~[bnpl_absent]Use the same homepage and product page scope when counting BNPL options.

~[payment_methods_unrecognizable]Three recognizable methods are now treated as full strength.