fix(bounty): organizers always see submissions regardless of visibility

components/organization/bounties/manage/BountyManagementDashboard.tsx

@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ export default function BountyManagementDashboard() {
           <BountySubmissionsPanel
             organizationId={organizationId}
             bountyId={bountyId}
-            submissionVisibility={overview.submissionVisibility}
-            submissionDeadline={overview.submissionDeadline ?? null}
             rewardCurrency={overview.rewardCurrency}
             staged={stagedWinners}
             onToggleStage={toggleStagedWinner}

components/organization/bounties/manage/BountyPayoutPanel.tsx

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/ui/select';
 import { BoundlessButton } from '@/components/buttons';
 import EmptyState from '@/components/EmptyState';
-import { SealedUntilDeadline } from '@/components/bounties/SealedUntilDeadline';
-import { useDeadlinePassed } from '@/components/bounties/use-deadline-passed';
 import {
   useAllBountySubmissions,
   ESCROW_PHASE_LABEL,
@@ -63,20 +61,15 @@ export default function BountyPayoutPanel({
   staged: Set<string>;
 }) {
   const isCompleted = overview.status === 'completed';
-  const deadlinePassed = useDeadlinePassed(overview.submissionDeadline ?? null);
-  // UX gate only, mirroring the Submissions tab. Publish validation guarantees
-  // live competitions have a deadline, so a null deadline does not gate.
-  const gated =
-    overview.submissionVisibility === 'HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE' &&
-    overview.submissionDeadline != null &&
-    !deadlinePassed;
 
   // Winner selection must see the COMPLETE pool, never one review page.
+  // Organizers always see submissions regardless of submissionVisibility;
+  // HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE only hides peer work from other participants.
   const {
     data: allSubmissions,
     isLoading,
     error,
-  } = useAllBountySubmissions(organizationId, bountyId, { enabled: !gated });
+  } = useAllBountySubmissions(organizationId, bountyId);
   const submissions = useMemo(() => allSubmissions ?? [], [allSubmissions]);
 
   const payout = useBountyPayout({ organizationId, bountyId });
@@ -168,16 +161,6 @@ export default function BountyPayoutPanel({
     );
   }
 
-  if (gated && overview.submissionDeadline) {
-    return (
-      <SealedUntilDeadline
-        deadline={overview.submissionDeadline}
-        title='Winner selection opens at the deadline'
-        description='Competition submissions stay sealed until then.'
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
   if (isLoading) {
     return (
       <div className='flex items-center justify-center py-16'>

components/organization/bounties/manage/BountySubmissionsPanel.tsx

@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ import { Avatar, AvatarFallback, AvatarImage } from '@/components/ui/avatar';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { BoundlessButton } from '@/components/buttons';
 import EmptyState from '@/components/EmptyState';
-import { SealedUntilDeadline } from '@/components/bounties/SealedUntilDeadline';
 import { submissionStatusClass } from '@/components/bounties/statusClass';
-import { useDeadlinePassed } from '@/components/bounties/use-deadline-passed';
 import {
   useBountySubmissions,
-  type BountyOperateOverview,
   type OrganizerBountySubmission,
 } from '@/features/bounties';
 import { ordinal } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -51,49 +48,26 @@ function formatTierAmount(amount: string): string {
 export default function BountySubmissionsPanel({
   organizationId,
   bountyId,
-  submissionVisibility,
-  submissionDeadline,
   rewardCurrency,
   staged,
   onToggleStage,
 }: {
   organizationId: string;
   bountyId: string;
-  submissionVisibility: BountyOperateOverview['submissionVisibility'];
-  submissionDeadline: string | null;
   rewardCurrency: string;
   staged: Set<string>;
   onToggleStage: (id: string) => void;
 }) {
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
-  const deadlinePassed = useDeadlinePassed(submissionDeadline);
 
-  // Keep competition work out of the UI until the deadline. Publish validation
-  // guarantees a deadline for live competitions; without one there is nothing
-  // to count down to, so we do not gate. NOTE: this is a UX gate only, the
-  // organizer endpoint itself returns submissions regardless of visibility.
-  const gated =
-    submissionVisibility === 'HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE' &&
-    submissionDeadline != null &&
-    !deadlinePassed;
-
-  // Don't fetch sealed competition work until the deadline.
+  // Organizers always see submissions, regardless of submissionVisibility.
+  // HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE only hides peer work from other participants.
   const { data, isLoading, error } = useBountySubmissions(
     organizationId,
     bountyId,
-    { params: { page, limit: PAGE_SIZE }, enabled: !gated }
+    { params: { page, limit: PAGE_SIZE } }
   );
 
-  if (gated && submissionDeadline) {
-    return (
-      <SealedUntilDeadline
-        deadline={submissionDeadline}
-        title='Submissions are hidden until the deadline'
-        description='This is a competition. Work stays sealed so review stays fair.'
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
   if (isLoading) {
     return (
       <div className='flex items-center justify-center py-16'>

components/organization/bounties/new/tabs/SubmissionModelTab.tsx

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ export default function SubmissionModelTab({
               </p>
               <p className='mt-0.5 text-xs text-zinc-500'>
                 {isCompetition
-                  ? 'Hidden until the deadline so the organizer cannot play favorites.'
+                  ? "Participants can't see each other's work until the deadline. You review submissions as they arrive."
                   : 'Visible to the organizer as submissions arrive.'}
               </p>
             </div>

components/organization/bounties/new/tabs/schemas/modeSchema.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function computeBountyModeDescription(
   if (entryType === 'OPEN') {
     return single
       ? 'Anyone eligible can claim this bounty directly. The first to claim locks it, does the work, and gets paid. One worker, one reward.'
-      : 'Anyone can join and work in parallel. Submissions stay hidden until the deadline, then the organizer picks the winner(s).';
+      : 'Anyone can join and work in parallel. Submissions stay hidden from other participants until the deadline, then the organizer picks the winner(s).';
   }
   const depth =
     entryType === 'APPLICATION_LIGHT'

components/organization/bounties/new/tabs/schemas/submissionModelSchema.ts

@@ -97,14 +97,16 @@ export function makeSubmissionModelSchema(
       }
     }
 
-    // Competition modes must hide submissions until the deadline.
+    // Competition modes must hide peer submissions from other participants
+    // until the deadline (organizers always see submissions).
     if (
       claimType === 'COMPETITION' &&
       data.submissionVisibility !== 'HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE'
     ) {
       ctx.addIssue({
         code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
-        message: 'Competition submissions are hidden until the deadline',
+        message:
+          'Competition submissions are hidden from other participants until the deadline',
         path: ['submissionVisibility'],
       });
     }

features/bounties/api/use-organizer-dashboard.ts

@@ -32,15 +32,14 @@ export function useBountyOverview(
 
 /**
  * Submitted work on a bounty, for the reviewing organizer (#337 / #632).
- * Pass `enabled: false` to keep the Submissions tab from fetching sealed
- * competition work before the deadline. This is a UX gate only: the API
- * returns the organizer's submissions regardless of visibility, so the
- * actual seal (if required) must be enforced server-side.
+ * Organizers always see submissions regardless of submissionVisibility —
+ * HIDDEN_UNTIL_DEADLINE only hides peer work from other participants, and
+ * the API returns the organizer's submissions at all times.
  */
 export function useBountySubmissions(
   organizationId: string | undefined,
   bountyId: string | undefined,
-  options: { params?: OrganizerSubmissionsParams; enabled?: boolean } = {}
+  options: { params?: OrganizerSubmissionsParams } = {}
 ) {
   const params = options.params ?? {};
   return useQuery<OrganizerBountySubmissionList>({
@@ -55,19 +54,18 @@ export function useBountySubmissions(
         bountyId as string,
         params
       ),
-    enabled: !!organizationId && !!bountyId && (options.enabled ?? true),
+    enabled: !!organizationId && !!bountyId,
   });
 }
 
 /**
  * The COMPLETE submission set for a bounty (pages through the capped list
  * endpoint). Winner selection reads this so the payout pool is never a
- * truncated page. Same UX-only caveat as useBountySubmissions.
+ * truncated page. Same organizer-visibility rule as useBountySubmissions.
  */
 export function useAllBountySubmissions(
   organizationId: string | undefined,
-  bountyId: string | undefined,
-  options: { enabled?: boolean } = {}
+  bountyId: string | undefined
 ) {
   return useQuery<OrganizerBountySubmission[]>({
     queryKey: bountyKeys.orgSubmissionsAll(
@@ -76,6 +74,6 @@ export function useAllBountySubmissions(
     ),
     queryFn: () =>
       listAllBountySubmissions(organizationId as string, bountyId as string),
-    enabled: !!organizationId && !!bountyId && (options.enabled ?? true),
+    enabled: !!organizationId && !!bountyId,
   });
 }