# KIP Interfaces — Cumulative Release History

## v0.1.41 — development build, NOT APPROVED

See [Release Notes v0.1.41](Release-Notes-v0.1.41.html). Approval enforcement added to the self-update staging path; independent semantic review and live acceptance remain pending.

## v0.1.40 — deployed, documentation NOT ACCEPTED

User reports v0.1.40 deployed. Its release notes and several other documents are stale or incomplete; documentation audit reports `NOT_VERIFIED`. See [Release Notes v0.1.40](Release-Notes-v0.1.40.html).

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## Historical records (as originally recorded)

The entries below retain their historical wording and are not evidence of current acceptance.

# KIP Interfaces — Release Notes v0.1.36

**Base:** v0.1.34. **Status:** Local release candidate; not deployed or accepted.

## Changes in this release
- P3-REC-001: Preserve verified backups and historical deployment ZIPs; verify staged and installed file hashes.
- P3-REC-002: Administrator-only previous-installation recovery in the separately deployed external updater; retain displaced installation and write audit record.
- P3-DOC-001: Expand task-oriented administration and user documentation; add recovery procedures.
- P3-DOC-002: Publish implemented read-only API reference with executable request examples and explicit limits.
- P3-DOC-003: Human-readable HTML documentation audit and back-to-documentation navigation.
- P3-DOC-004: Cumulative reverse-chronological release history.
- P3-TST-001: Linked test report with detailed evidence and execution-status distinctions.
- P3-PLAN-001: Publish cumulative backlog and development handoff in HTML, DOCX and Markdown.
- P3-PLAN-002: Preserve separate deployed/latest/accepted release references, with unverified values explicitly disclosed.
- P3-REL-001: Verification and Acceptance Plan, structural release gates, source-document parity checks.

## Limitations
- External updater installation is a separate administrator action; including its source does not update the live updater.
- Deployed version and independent user acceptance cannot be established from an offline build.
- Phase 4 unit-test framework and Phase 5 write API remain planned, not implemented.

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# KIP Interfaces — Cumulative Release History

Versions below reflect available archived release-note records; earlier undocumented changes are not inferred.

## v0.1.41 — Unapproved development (not released)

Based on v0.1.40. The development source adds package approval checks in self-update staging and the external updater, trusted installed-verifier loading, protected-path and symlink rejection, and associated negative regression tests. A local 28-test run passed. **Not independently accepted; not deployed.** See [v0.1.41 development notes](Release-Notes-v0.1.41.html) and [test report](Release-Test-Report-v0.1.41.html).

## v0.1.40 — Deployed baseline (user-reported; documentation not accepted)

The v0.1.40 archive records Documents-tab link changes, document-link auditing, and updated dashboard/navigation. The release notes in that archive describe it as a candidate. The user subsequently confirmed deployment; independent documentation acceptance remains unresolved. See [archived v0.1.40 notes](Release-Notes-v0.1.40.html).



# KIP Interfaces — Release Notes v0.1.34

## Changes
- Permanent documentation traceability registry with stable requirement IDs and linked source/test evidence.
- Documentation audit script and versioned exception report.
- Structural documentation checks integrated into the ZIP release gate.
- Readable HTML and styled DOCX renditions of seven primary documents plus the integration specification.
- User Guide rewritten for first-time users; Administrator Guide expanded with setup and troubleshooting steps.
- Documentation tab offers HTML, DOCX and Markdown links for primary documents.

## Known limitations
- Semantic correctness requires independent review and live tests; static source references alone do not prove behavior.
- Stage 3 backup/rollback failure-path defects remain unresolved and are explicitly recorded as a high-severity unverified item.
- The external updater remains independently installed.

# KIP Interfaces — Release Notes v0.1.33

**Base:** accepted v0.1.30. v0.1.31 and v0.1.32 were rejected during staging.

- Fixes compatibility with the **installed v0.1.30** pre-install validator: updater files referenced in the manifest now exist under the staged application directory.
- Includes the complete external updater both as a bundled application subdirectory and as a sibling directory for separate installation. The installed external updater is **not** automatically replaced.
- Includes the Documentation tab entries for specifications, guides, release notes, and test reports.
- Stage 3 deployment/rollback hardening remains pending; no claim of live deployment success.

# KIP Interfaces — Release Notes v0.1.32

**Base:** accepted v0.1.30 (v0.1.31 was rejected during staging). **Scope:** correct staging integrity validation and complete Documentation tab.

- Corrects package validation of sibling `KIP-Interfaces-Updater/` files: their manifest paths are relative to the ZIP extraction root, not the application directory.
- Displays all current guides, specifications, integration contract, release notes, and test report in the Documentation tab.
- Includes the updater sibling source, but does not automatically install or replace the installed external updater.
- Retains outstanding Stage 3 deployment and rollback safety findings; failure-path tests remain pending.

# KIP Interfaces — Release Notes v0.1.31

**Base:** accepted v0.1.30. **Scope:** documentation and enforceable release packaging gates. **Status:** corrective candidate; not Stage 3 deployment-safety acceptance.

- Bundles the complete supplied KIP-Interfaces-Updater v0.1.22 sibling source, including installer, runtime and README; retains historical `lib/updater-old.php` as supplied.
- Adds normative Release Specification and package validation script; updates user/admin/system/functional/integration/handoff documentation.
- Records Stage 2 user-reported live acceptance (10/10 checks passed) without rewriting historical reports.
- Does not modify internal deployment/rollback code or installed external updater. Stage 3 audit high-severity failure paths remain open and must be addressed in a separate tested corrective build.
- Existing self-update path installs the application only. The updater is included for release completeness, but is not automatically installed.


## v0.1.37 — Documentation-only update
See [Release Notes](Release-Notes-v0.1.37.html). Application logic unchanged; production installation unverified.


## v0.1.44 documentation maintenance and status

Current packaged release: **v0.1.44** (documentation correction). Last user-observed installed release: **v0.1.43**. Historical references to v0.1.41–v0.1.43 in preceding sections describe earlier checkpoints and must not be interpreted as the current packaged continuity baseline. See [Current Development Continuity Baseline](Development-Continuity-Baseline-v0.1.44.html), [Requirements and Scope](Requirements-and-Scope-v0.1.44.html), and [Documentation Inventory](Documentation-Inventory-v0.1.44.html). Documentation content and live functional acceptance remain separate from automated link checks.
