The week’s defining result
The lead matchup names both sides, the final score, the winner, and the verified margin. It does not promote a projected score or an in-progress lead into a result.
Weekly recap guide
A weekly recap should settle the week.
A trustworthy fantasy football recap says who won, shows every final score, and separates verified league facts from the story told about them.
Direct answer: Leagueborn publishes a recap only after its target week passes explicit completeness, provider-advance, and stability checks. A live scoreboard is not a final recap.The finished edition
What belongs in a weekly recap?
The useful version is a compact record of the entire league, not a feature story that hides half the results. Leagueborn keeps the result ledger and its evidence ahead of any optional narration.
What the source can support
Records, transactions, and matchup facts can add context when they are present in the normalized league source. Leagueborn does not invent a drive-by-drive timeline the provider did not supply.
Every final, not just the headline
The edition accounts for every roster exactly once in a valid two-team matchup. All final scores remain visible so any member can check the recap against the week.
From live to settled
The recap waits for evidence.
Leagueborn keeps an unsettled week in a live or candidate state. It becomes a published edition only after the provider context has advanced and two complete source reads still agree.
Before publication
- Read the target week and map every roster to a matchup.
- Wait until Sleeper has advanced beyond that scoring week.
- Confirm the same canonical source again at least 15 minutes later.
After publication
The verified source becomes a frozen weekly edition that can support a stable share receipt and the league’s longer record. A later source change should become an explicit correction, not a silent rewrite. The current finalizer does not automatically replace a published edition after a later Sleeper correction.
Current boundary: Leagueborn supports Sleeper leagues. A week with incomplete matchup coverage, missing scores, or a bye does not pass the present finality rule.
Questions, answered
What “final” means here.
These answers describe the current product boundary, including the cases where Leagueborn deliberately refuses to publish.
- When is a fantasy football weekly recap ready?
- After the target week has complete matchup coverage, Sleeper’s scoring context has advanced, and two matching source reads at least 15 minutes apart confirm the same result.
- What happens if a score changes during confirmation?
- The source fingerprint changes and the observation sequence starts over. Elapsed time alone cannot turn a changed score into a final one.
- Does AI decide who won?
- No. Scores, outcomes, records, and margins come from normalized league data. Optional AI narration may rephrase those facts but is not a source of results.
- Why show the complete score ledger?
- It makes the edition auditable. A member can verify every matchup instead of trusting a headline or a selective summary.
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