fix

apps/api/internal/httpapi/catalog_handlers.go

@@ -440,7 +440,16 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetProduct(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	stripCatalogSEOMetaIfOmitted(processing.CompanyOmitsSEOMeta(r.Context(), s.Pool, cid), item)
+	// Deliberately NOT stripped here. The omit rule hides SEO meta from list views
+	// for cohorts that do not sell on it, but this payload feeds the review screen
+	// and meta the pipeline actually generated has to be reviewable.
+	//
+	// The cohort flag still travels, so the panel can say "disabled for this
+	// company" instead of "the AI generated nothing" — without it an empty block is
+	// unexplained, which is exactly what made SEO meta look missing.
+	if item != nil && processing.CompanyOmitsSEOMeta(r.Context(), s.Pool, cid) {
+		item["seo_meta_omitted"] = true
+	}
 	JSON(w, http.StatusOK, item)
 }
 
@@ -467,6 +476,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleUpdateProduct(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // stripCatalogSEOMetaIfOmitted drops meta_title / meta_description from dashboard
 // product payloads when omit is true (same detection as V1 process / CompanyOmitsSEOMeta).
+//
+// Only EMPTY values are dropped. The omit cohort does not generate SEO meta, but
+// rows enriched before that rule (or by an earlier pipeline) still carry it, and
+// hiding stored copy from the dashboard meant Review could not show what the AI had
+// actually produced. Generation still respects the cohort — this only stops the
+// read path from concealing data that exists.
 func stripCatalogSEOMetaIfOmitted(omit bool, items ...map[string]any) {
 	if !omit {
 		return
@@ -475,14 +490,15 @@ func stripCatalogSEOMetaIfOmitted(omit bool, items ...map[string]any) {
 		if item == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		delete(item, "meta_title")
-		delete(item, "meta_description")
-		if loc, ok := item["localized_content"].(company.LocalizedContent); ok {
-			for lang, fields := range loc {
-				fields.MetaTitle = ""
-				fields.MetaDescription = ""
-				loc[lang] = fields
-			}
+		// Tell the client the cohort does not generate SEO meta, so an empty block
+		// reads as "disabled here" instead of "the AI produced nothing".
+		item["seo_meta_omitted"] = true
+		if asMapString(item["meta_title"]) == "" {
+			delete(item, "meta_title")
 		}
+		if asMapString(item["meta_description"]) == "" {
+			delete(item, "meta_description")
+		}
+		// Localized meta is left exactly as stored, for the same reason.
 	}
 }