{
  "status": "Illustrative acceptance plan, not an executable test suite or observed production result",
  "topic": "Gym software integration discovery",
  "date": "2026-11-04",
  "sourceArticle": "https://aptixlabs.com/insights/gym-software-api-integration",
  "setup": [
    "Use synthetic accounts and records",
    "Record the environment and implementation version",
    "Agree the expected product contract before testing"
  ],
  "reviewSequence": [
    "Inventory systems objects and authoritative owners",
    "Verify actual provider access and update mechanisms",
    "Define reconciliation and a staff fallback"
  ],
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "condition": "Membership status arrives late",
      "expectedBehavior": "Access follows the agreed reconciliation policy",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "condition": "Provider API is unavailable",
      "expectedBehavior": "Staff have a documented fallback",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "3",
      "condition": "Two systems disagree",
      "expectedBehavior": "An explicit source-of-truth rule resolves the conflict",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    }
  ],
  "tradeoff": "Real-time synchronization is not always necessary. A scheduled reconciliation with clear limits may be sufficient for some workflows and easier for the gym to operate."
}