docs: capture absence polish-pass landing + refresh deploy counter

CLAUDE.md breadcrumb: 'subsequent UX polish' → '6 subsequent
commits' so the next session can see at a glance how much is
pending pull-and-restart on production.

parked-work.md:
- 'Small polish follow-ups' section: 7 items cleared on 15 May;
  section header retained as a landing pad for future cleanups.
- 'Pending pull-and-restart' table: added rows for 70fa085
  (day-name in modal) and d1d3e15 (polish pass) so the deploy
  checklist is current.
- 'Recently shipped' grew two new entries at the top: the polish
  pass and the day-name modal change.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 `0014_add_absence`, `0015_absence_project` are deployed; `/history/`
 is no longer crashing on the production VM. The Worker Absences
 feature shipped on 14 May 2026 (commits `bf6f0a5` → `27fe05e` on
-`ai-dev`). Subsequent UX polish (multi-checkbox-dropdown stacking
-fix, absence-form team-filter bug fix, team filter added to
-`/workers/` and `/history/`) is on `ai-dev` HEAD but not yet on
+`ai-dev`). **6 subsequent commits** of UX polish + cleanup
+(team-filter bug fix, dropdown stacking fix, team filter on
+`/workers/` and `/history/`, day-name in payroll modal, 7 small
+code-review polish items) are on `ai-dev` HEAD but not yet on
 production — needs a `git pull` + `sudo systemctl restart
 django-dev.service` whenever convenient (no migrations or
-collectstatic required for those commits).
+collectstatic required for any of them).
 
 Phase A.2 (manual JournalEntry UI) and Phase B (Letterly inbound
 webhook) from the Site Work Logging design are parked pending Q5 / Q7

docs/plans/parked-work.md

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ that are NOT yet on production:
 | `02c6d4d` | Fixes the Reasons multi-checkbox dropdown stacking-context bug on `/absences/` (lifted the filter card above the table card) |
 | `4b57cff` | Adds a Team filter to `/workers/` |
 | `398a5b2` | Adds a Team filter to `/history/` (and CSV export) |
+| `70fa085` | Shows day name in Work Log Payroll modal header ("Friday, 15 May 2026") |
+| `d1d3e15` | 7 absence-feature polish follow-ups (dead code removal, N+1 fixes, DRY helpers, WCAG icon contrast) |
 
 **To deploy these:**
 - No migrations needed (pure template + view changes; no schema changes).
@@ -77,42 +79,10 @@ verification, shared-secret URL token.
 
 ## Small polish follow-ups from the Absences feature
 
-These were flagged during code review of the absences feature but
-deemed non-blocking. They can roll into a future janitorial pass.
-
-- **`AbsenceQuickForm` is defined but never wired up** —
-  `core/forms.py:797-827`. Originally planned for a per-worker ✗
-  modal on the attendance form, but Round C replaced that paradigm
-  with the "Submit + Log Absences" button. Either wire the form up
-  somewhere or delete the class. ~30 LOC.
-- **N+1 in `team_workers_map` build** — affects both `attendance_log`
-  and `absence_log`. Pre-existing in `attendance_log`; Round A
-  inherited the pattern. Fix is to use
-  `Prefetch('workers', queryset=Worker.objects.filter(active=True),
-  to_attr='active_workers_cached')` like the payroll dashboard does.
-  Recommend extracting `_build_team_workers_map(user)` as a shared
-  helper.
-- **`absence_list` permission check duplicates `_user_can_log_absences`** —
-  `core/views.py:5535` inlines `is_admin(user) or
-  user.supervised_teams.exists()` instead of calling the helper.
-  Trivial DRY cleanup.
-- **`--badge-neutral-bg` referenced but never defined** —
-  `static/css/custom.css` near line 2197. The CSS uses
-  `var(--badge-neutral-bg, #6c757d)` for `.badge-absence-unpaid` and
-  `.badge-absence-other`; the fallback always wins because the
-  variable isn't declared in `:root`. Either define it in both
-  themes or drop the `var()` wrapper.
-- **`conflicting_worklogs()` runs N queries per (worker, date) pair** —
-  `core/forms.py:785-786`. Fine at FoxFitt's scale. Worth profiling
-  if/when batch sizes grow.
-- **CSV export filter block is duplicated** — `core/views.py`
-  `absence_export_csv` copies the filter logic from `absence_list`.
-  TODO comment in code says "factor into `_apply_absence_filters`
-  when a third filter joins."
-- **Paid-checkmark icon in `site_report_detail.html`** uses
-  `color: var(--badge-bonus-bg)` (a BACKGROUND color) as foreground
-  — fails WCAG contrast on white. Same fix as we applied to absence
-  templates (use `text-success`). Trivial one-line change.
+> All 7 cleared on 15 May 2026 (commit `d1d3e15`). Kept the section
+> header in place because more polish items will accumulate from
+> future code reviews — when they do, append here. The shipped items
+> are summarized under "Recently shipped" below.
 
 ---
 
@@ -133,6 +103,26 @@ From Q9, Q4 of the Site Work Logging brainstorm:
 
 ## Recently shipped (for context, so a fresh session knows what just landed)
 
+- **Absence-feature polish pass** (commit `d1d3e15`, 15 May 2026):
+  Seven small cleanups in one focused commit. (1) Deleted unused
+  `AbsenceQuickForm` (Round C made it obsolete). (2) Extracted
+  `_build_team_workers_map(user)` helper using `Prefetch(..., to_attr=...)`,
+  fixing N+1 on both `attendance_log` and `absence_log` (one query
+  instead of one-per-team). (3) `absence_list` now calls the existing
+  `_user_can_log_absences` helper. (4) Removed undefined
+  `var(--badge-neutral-bg)` CSS wrapper — fallback hex was always
+  winning anyway. (5) `conflicting_worklogs()` rewritten as a single
+  query with Python-side pair-set filtering — 25-query → 2-query for
+  a 5×5 form. (6) Extracted `_apply_absence_filters(qs, request)`
+  shared by `absence_list` + `absence_export_csv` so adding a filter
+  param now touches one place, not two. (7) `site_report_detail.html`
+  paid-check icon uses `text-success` instead of background-color
+  variable as foreground (WCAG contrast fix). 157/157 tests still
+  green.
+- **Day name in Work Log Payroll modal header** (commit `70fa085`,
+  15 May 2026): The modal opened from /history/ now shows
+  "Friday, 15 May 2026" instead of "2026-05-15". Pure server-side
+  `strftime` on the already-loaded `log.date` — zero overhead.
 - **Team filters on `/workers/` and `/history/`** (commits `4b57cff`,
   `398a5b2`, 15 May 2026): Both pages now have a Team dropdown in
   their filter row. `/workers/?team=<id>` filters by Team.workers