The next maintainer should accept a defined scope of ongoing work, with known defects, dependencies, owner identity and open decisions recorded. Do not use a development test result as a substitute for that agreement.
Separate delivery from maintenance
A feature check asks whether a behaviour meets an expectation. Maintenance acceptance asks who will investigate future problems, what they can reasonably support and when they must escalate.
Lovable documents each project as one app with a single owner inside a workspace. Project contents include chat, preview, code, version history and settings. That structure gives a handoff concrete reference points, but it does not establish a maintenance contract or service commitment.
For Indian agencies and small businesses, state coverage hours in IST and distinguish a response target from a guaranteed resolution time. These are editorial contracting questions, not legal advice.
Write the acceptance record
Include the following sections in a short, dated record:
- Identity: app, workspace, named project owner and incoming maintainer.
- Accepted work: the specific maintenance categories included.
- Known defects: symptoms, impact and current workaround, if verified.
- Dependencies: what requires another person's approval or assistance.
- Open decisions: question, decision-maker and due date.
- Exclusions: tasks or periods not covered by the agreement.
- Evidence references: relevant project context and settings questions.
- Escalation: who decides when work exceeds the accepted scope.
Avoid copying customer reports containing private information. Summarise defects using synthetic reproduction inputs wherever possible. Record unknowns explicitly rather than converting them into “no issues found.”
Hypothetical limited acceptance
Suppose an Ahmedabad team hands over a fictional course-directory demo. The incoming maintainer accepts weekday investigation of display defects for four weeks. Two known issues remain: a long synthetic course title wraps poorly, and the ordering rule needs a business decision.
The record assigns the display issue to maintenance and the ordering decision to the app's business sponsor. It excludes new course-import work pending dependency review.
Evaluate acceptance by asking whether each issue has an owner, a scope classification and a next date. The maintainer can accept this bounded arrangement without claiming the app is defect-free. Conversely, passing a display test does not mean the maintainer accepted imports or ongoing spending oversight.
Make acceptance conditional where needed
Stop unconditional acceptance when an essential dependency has no responsible contact. Next, record conditional acceptance with a precise exclusion, or defer the handoff until the gap is resolved.
If extra tools are needed for the agreed work, check the AI tools catalog for access format and saved terms before buying. Marketplace account, code or token offers are not proof of official subscription equivalence or maintenance coverage.
Sources and scope
Source material checked 29 October 2026; features/policies may change. Lovable project overview establishes project structure, ownership and contents. The acceptance record, coverage example and escalation rules are editorial advice, not provider service commitments.