pcat/emex vehicles decode into a tree whose top level is ~100% folders with
zero parts (6746/9458 root nodes are parents, 0 direct leaves across 477
vehicles). Users — serkan filazi among them — saw an opaque wall of identical
folder cards, assumed the parts feature was missing, and bounced without ever
drilling (his session: 3 view-mode toggles, 0 category clicks; his data was
2-3 clicks deep and fully reachable).
Two changes, no upstream/proxy cost:
- getCategoryTree now rolls up a subtree partCount per node (one grouped parts
read + JS post-order sum). The grid already renders "N parça", so folders
now read "Fren sistemi · 142 parça" and steer drilling toward the branches
that actually contain parts; empty branches stay quiet. Counts reflect
drilled data and grow as branches are visited.
- A one-line drill hint on a "cold" tree (nothing drilled yet → no counts) so
first-visit users know parts live inside the subcategories instead of reading
the folder wall as a broken/empty catalog. Drops away once any branch is hit.
Verified: subtree roll-up unit test + existing suite (10/10), tsc + biome clean
across api/web/shared.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
