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Continuity Director v0.8.42 — 20-Iteration Maintenance Log

Tracking issue: #20
Hardening pull request: #21
Release preparation issue: #22

The hardening branch contains exactly 20 sequential commits. Each commit addresses a concrete defect, unsafe edge case, regression gap, or packaging risk.

#	Commit	Maintenance result
01	7a4cdf9b16fae0066953ddfff105f5f884cd5ea7	Whitespace-only JSON now uses defaults and tuple type errors are readable.
02	b33291eb4e273ef19029cc210c3c49df1e203880	Collection inputs are normalized and deduplicated while preserving order.
03	2268d4087e2fd31aab65d69939f4f4d770095f5d	Ignored continuity paths now include list descendants.
04	42cf25d1941cd609e7485629a035eaf7ed28e7f6	Manifest locks validate structure, kind, IDs, and duplicates.
05	61fc716993b650462297b493c6b8c1e672284ef8	Storyboard IDs, collections, references, seeds, and durations are validated.
06	6589be4f885a53da0134e1f088cd7b289d6c4186	Production numeric handling rejects or safely clamps NaN and infinity.
07	be0d267516521530d3bb9535ed77b1ef5a79f29e	Quality modes are validated and metric checks are deterministic.
08	09265d4aafa2a19e1c29a1680893c7498e2d9156	Take IDs are normalized and duplicate identities and invalid weights are rejected.
09	18f394386a13c576956501efeae49b3eef0f4b3b	Task dependencies accept safe string/list forms and scheduler limits are bounded.
10	c275e51f3c3b8f18e6e17ae8bf7ab549a3851653	Execution plans report effective clamped parallelism.
11	4578e2c62d83f3b9c419d6740710e684b8497683	Three-way merge diagnostics distinguish deletion from null values.
12	443739cbfa80065d2a8d1cc19f61bf52e84e5985	Same-version migrations are true no-ops and targets are validated.
13	4174614e635620b8a9c5c23af5d6eab899ad0360	Retry schedules avoid exponent overflow and reject non-finite delays.
14	bdc733e0a1290a9de7d250f7af9d7950abd4602a	Checkpoints validate plan structure, duplicates, overlap, and preserve task order.
15	29f9b952de11279c7826bd752f5bff21d5fc8392	Hash verification validates format, uses constant-time comparison, and reports reasons.
16	62755b70b1e99a0445e31319582bf8ef80f664c0	Environment model inventories are validated, deduplicated, sorted, and version-safe.
17	e7eefffc0a85f30fa81dfeb77fd76475b7a0e26d	ZIP archives are reproducible, symlink-safe, and free of OS junk files.
18	6b34695f067fe8622a90e2a5d5ae6a1709549d10	Release validation checks versions, node metadata, docs, workflows, and package files.
19	7347e2c5401e467087ff0470263923504b57e0a8	Frontend storage and partial Starter Chain creation are failure-safe and rollback-capable.
20	bd645779258efbbb2ce092599931859786fb3aea	Comprehensive regression tests cover the hardened boundaries.

Verification

PR #21 completed the Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12 matrix. Every job passed compilation, maintainer health, ComfyUI lifecycle import, unit tests, release validation, installable package validation, frontend syntax, the main dashboard smoke test, and the reliability dashboard smoke test.

Scope statement

This log is evidence of active maintenance and verified automated coverage. It is not a claim that all possible ComfyUI, operating-system, model, or third-party-node combinations are bug-free. Real-interface compatibility remains separately tracked through public Issues.