Remove retired reporting and diagnostic code

internal/cli/process_command_integration_test.go

@@ -93,6 +93,42 @@ func TestProcessUsesResolvedReportingMode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProcessChecksOnlyTheActiveReportDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		flags      []string
+		wantReport bool
+		wantError  bool
+	}{
+		{"file output ignores blank configured directory", nil, true, false},
+		{"explicit blank directory", []string{"--report-dir="}, false, true},
+		{"disabled reporting ignores explicit blank directory", []string{"--reporting=false", "--report-dir="}, false, false},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			configPath := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
+			if err := os.WriteFile(configPath, []byte("version: 3\npipeline: {stages: []}\nreporting: {stdout_dir: ''}\n"), 0600); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			transcript := filepath.Join(dir, "transcript.json")
+			if err := os.WriteFile(transcript, []byte(`[{"speaker":"Alice","start":0,"end":1,"text":"hello"}]`), 0600); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			output := filepath.Join(dir, "output.json")
+			args := append([]string{"process", "--config", configPath, "--output", output}, tc.flags...)
+			var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+			status := Run(context.Background(), append(args, transcript), &stdout, &stderr)
+			if (status != 0) != tc.wantError || (tc.wantError && !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "report directory is required")) {
+				t.Fatalf("status=%d stdout=%q stderr=%q", status, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
+			}
+			_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "errors.yml"))
+			if (tc.wantReport && err != nil) || (!tc.wantReport && !os.IsNotExist(err)) {
+				t.Fatalf("report file: %v, want present=%t", err, tc.wantReport)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProcessCollectionFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	for name, contents := range map[string]string{