fix: AUTO-DRAWn my-sea cards are now clickable to re-open the stage modal — SeaDeal.register(card, posSelector, isLevity) public method populates _seaHand + delegates to SeaDeal's internal _fillSlot so the overlay click handler can resolve _seaHand[pos] for auto-drawn slots (previously short-circuited → silent no-op). AUTO DRAW in my_sea.html now calls register instead of the inline _fillSlot shim — also fixes a dataset.posKey inconsistency (inline stored raw "cover", SeaDeal stores ".sea-pos-cover"; click handler reads SeaDeal's form). User-reported 2026-05-21. TDD — new FT test_auto_drawn_slots_can_reopen_stage_modal_on_click pins the contract

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/apps/epic/static/apps/epic/sea.js

@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ var SeaDeal = (function () {
         _showStage(isLevity);
     }
 
+    // Like `openStage` but DOESN'T show the stage modal — used by AUTO
+    // DRAW (my_sea.html) to place cards quietly while keeping them
+    // clickable later. The overlay click handler reads `_seaHand[pos]`;
+    // without an entry here, click silently no-ops (the user-reported
+    // bug fixed 2026-05-21). Routing slot fill thru SeaDeal's internal
+    // `_fillSlot` (instead of the inline shim) also ensures
+    // `dataset.posKey` stays consistent w. the manual-FLIP path
+    // (selector form like ".sea-pos-cover", not raw "cover").
+    function register(card, posSelector, isLevity) {
+        _seaHand[posSelector] = { card: card, isLevity: isLevity };
+        _fillSlot(posSelector, card, isLevity);
+    }
+
     // ── Init ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     function init() {
@@ -239,6 +252,7 @@ var SeaDeal = (function () {
 
     return {
         openStage:  openStage,
+        register:   register,
         resetHand:  resetHand,
         reinit:     init,    // call after overlay is injected into the DOM
         _testInit: function () {

src/functional_tests/test_game_my_sea.py

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ from apps.epic.models import personal_sig_cards
 from apps.lyric.models import User
 
 
+def _count_filled_slots(picker):
+    """Count `.sea-card-slot--filled` elements inside a picker container.
+    Module-level so multiple test classes can use it without inheriting."""
+    return len(
+        picker.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".sea-card-slot--filled")
+    )
+
+
 def _seed_gameboard_applets():
     """My Sea + the rest of the gameboard applets so /gameboard/ renders
     without missing-applet errors during the applet-side assertions.
@@ -840,6 +848,60 @@ class MySeaCardDrawTest(FunctionalTest):
         )
         self.assertIn("GATE", action_btn.text.upper())
 
+    # ── Test 5b — AUTO DRAW slot click reopens preview modal ────────────────
+
+    def test_auto_drawn_slots_can_reopen_stage_modal_on_click(self):
+        """Iter-6c bug-fix (user-reported 2026-05-21): cards placed by
+        AUTO DRAW were silently un-clickable — the inline `_fillSlot`
+        bypassed `SeaDeal.openStage` so SeaDeal's `_seaHand` dict was
+        never populated for those slots, and the overlay click handler
+        short-circuits on `if (!_seaHand[pos]) return;` → no modal.
+
+        Reproduce: draw one card manually (sets `_seaHand[lay]`), AUTO
+        DRAW the rest (sets `_seaHand[lay]` still, but NOT cover/crown
+        if the bug exists), then click an auto-drawn slot — should
+        re-open the stage modal w. that card's preview.
+
+        Fix landed: `SeaDeal.register(card, posSelector, isLevity)`
+        public method populates `_seaHand` + delegates to SeaDeal's
+        internal `_fillSlot` (so `dataset.posKey` stays consistent w.
+        the manual-FLIP path). AUTO DRAW now calls register, not the
+        inline shim."""
+        picker = self._enter_picker_phase()
+        # Manual draw: lay (first position in SAO order).
+        self._draw_one(picker, "levity")
+        self.assertEqual(_count_filled_slots(picker), 1)
+
+        # AUTO DRAW the remaining 2 (cover + crown).
+        action_btn = picker.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#id_sea_action_btn")
+        action_btn.click()
+        confirm = self.wait_for(
+            lambda: self.browser.find_element(
+                By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#id_guard_portal.active .guard-yes"
+            )
+        )
+        confirm.click()
+        # Wait for hand-complete transition (action btn → GATE VIEW).
+        self.wait_for(
+            lambda: self.assertEqual(action_btn.get_attribute("data-state"), "gate-view")
+        )
+        # All 3 slots filled.
+        self.wait_for(lambda: self.assertEqual(_count_filled_slots(picker), 3))
+
+        # Click an AUTO-drawn slot (cover — second in SAO draw order, so
+        # placed by AUTO DRAW). Two-tap pattern: first click focuses,
+        # second click opens the modal (per SeaDeal's overlay handler).
+        cover_slot = picker.find_element(
+            By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".sea-pos-cover .sea-card-slot--filled"
+        )
+        cover_slot.click()
+        cover_slot.click()
+        # Stage modal must open w. the card preview.
+        stage = self.wait_for(
+            lambda: self.browser.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#id_sea_stage")
+        )
+        self.wait_for(lambda: self.assertTrue(stage.is_displayed()))
+
     # ── Test 6 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     def test_del_btn_is_disabled_until_hand_complete(self):

src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea.html

@@ -591,7 +591,20 @@
                             );
                             if (stack) _showOk(stack);
                             setTimeout(function () {
-                                _fillSlot(e.posName, e.card, e.isLevity);
+                                // Route thru SeaDeal.register (not the inline
+                                // `_fillSlot`) so SeaDeal's `_seaHand` dict
+                                // gets the entry — the overlay click handler
+                                // reads from there, so without registration
+                                // the auto-drawn slots are silently un-
+                                // clickable (user-reported bug, 2026-05-21).
+                                // Fallback to the inline shim only if sea.js
+                                // hasn't loaded yet (defensive — script load
+                                // order makes this unlikely).
+                                if (window.SeaDeal && window.SeaDeal.register) {
+                                    SeaDeal.register(e.card, '.sea-pos-' + e.posName, e.isLevity);
+                                } else {
+                                    _fillSlot(e.posName, e.card, e.isLevity);
+                                }
                                 cross.querySelector('.sea-pos-' + e.posName + ' .sea-card-slot')
                                      .classList.add('sea-card-slot--visible');
                                 _filled++;