chore(publication): close pre-integration release blockers

tests/test_hwfit_amd.py

@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ like Apple Silicon (GGUF-only recommendations) while datacenter CDNA and
 unknown-family AMD are left untouched, and that CUDA is unchanged.
 """
 
+import pytest
+
 from services.hwfit import hardware
 from services.hwfit.fit import rank_models
 from services.hwfit.models import get_models
+from tests.hwfit_publication_fixtures import publication_catalog  # noqa: F401
+
+# Rank authored inputs rather than publication catalog snapshots.
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("publication_catalog")
 
 
 def _rocm_system(family="rdna", ram_gb=32.0, vram_gb=16.0):
@@ -170,6 +176,8 @@ def test_sort_by_newest_orders_by_release_date():
            "gpu_family": "rdna", "gpu_count": 1, "available_ram_gb": 22.0, "total_ram_gb": 31.0}
     res = rank_models(sys, sort="newest", limit=50)
     dated = [r.get("release_date") for r in res if r.get("release_date")]
+    assert len(set(dated)) > 1, "authored inputs must exercise date ordering"
+    assert any(not r.get("release_date") for r in res), "authored inputs must include an undated row"
     # dates present must be in descending order
     assert dated == sorted(dated, reverse=True), "release dates not descending"
     # any undated entries must come after all dated ones