Changelog

Recent shipped commits and why they matter:

Commit	What	Why It Matters
78ce148	CLI package installability/importability	corex CLI can now be installed and imported without setuptools mapping errors
7c17204	Service dashboard render/model display hardening	Prevents crashes when services are offline or models list is empty
0755077	CLI help ergonomics	Cleaner --help output, subcommand discovery
374f590	Ecosystem flow smoke suite (scripts/test_ecosystem_flow.sh)	First automated end-to-end integration test for the full pipeline
1fb23fe	Event-bus smoke startup reliability	Event bus starts cleanly on first attempt, no stale port conflicts
e1975a4	OpenResponses latency hardening (timeout + retry)	Gateway no longer hangs on slow model loading; exponential backoff + jitter
fabd337	Clean shell isolation testing	Tests run in isolated shell to catch missing env vars / implicit deps

Recently Shipped Features (This Branch)

• Launcher home page — app grid + embedded terminal + service health chips
• Headerless runtime shell — floating glass chrome (topbar, nav rail, session HUD)
• useDraggable hook — pointer-event drag with sessionStorage persistence, double-click reset
• Glass morphism — backdrop-filter: blur(12px) on all runtime chrome elements
• corex-cli-v2 — Complete Rich TUI video analysis pipeline (31 tests, Typer + httpx + Pydantic)

Roadmap

Phase 12: Reliability Baseline Hardening

• Strict JSON manifest validity — All manifests pass schema validation on CI
• Canonical manifest ownership — Single source of truth for services.manifest.json at core-x/config/ (root copy is deprecated)
• Strict schema validation — Enforce all 70 schemas at startup, not just at build
• Preflight dependency checks — corex CLI validates ffmpeg, Python version, node, ports before running
• Event-bus startup standardization — Deterministic startup order, graceful shutdown, no orphan processes

Data Pipeline Revival

• run_all.py runner hardening — Error isolation per phase, structured JSONL logging
• knowledge_builder RAG ingestion fix — LanceDB index rebuild after schema changes
• Refinery revival — Reactivate ingest_refinery.py pipeline with new content
• corex-cli-v2 Phase 2 — sensitive_v1 mode hardening, OpenResponses streaming panel, expanded test coverage

Near-Term Priorities

• Museum exhibit integration — wire flash-ui-core as a Core-X mode
• Voice avatar head fit profiles — per-head scale/offset calibration
• Model zoo contracts — enforce service ↔ model compatibility checks
• CI/CD pipeline — GitHub Actions for schema validation + smoke tests