compoennts consolidation and avoid dropping of functionality work in progress

docs/modules/ui/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 The Console presents operator dashboards for scans, policies, VEX evidence, runtime posture, and admin workflows.
 
+## Latest updates (2026-03-07)
+- Generated the first-pass UI component preservation map at `component-preservation-map/README.md`.
+- The preservation map currently tracks 303 candidate components: 167 high-confidence dead surfaces and 136 routed-but-weakly-surfaced surfaces.
+- Each candidate now has a stable markdown dossier so later iterations can deepen keep / merge / wire / archive decisions without rebuilding the inventory.
+
 ## Latest updates (2026-02-21)
 - Runtime mock cutover completed for policy simulation history/conflict/batch flows and graph explorer data loading in `src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/**`.
 - Runtime bindings now resolve to backend APIs for:
@@ -43,10 +48,11 @@ The Console presents operator dashboards for scans, policies, VEX evidence, runt
 - Console architecture doc for layout and SSE fan-out.
 - Operator guide: `../../UI_GUIDE.md`. Accessibility: `../../accessibility.md`. Security: `../../security/`.
 
-## Related resources
-- ./operations/auth-smoke.md
-- ./operations/observability.md
-- ./console-architecture.md
+## Related resources
+- ./operations/auth-smoke.md
+- ./operations/observability.md
+- ./console-architecture.md
+- ./component-preservation-map/README.md
 
 ## Backlog references
 - DOCS-CONSOLE-23-001 … DOCS-CONSOLE-23-003 baseline (done).