Status and open work

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A snapshot, not a live feed Written for build 1.18.5 on 2026-11-12. The implementation tracker, the bug tracker and the changelog are the living record; where this page and they differ, they win.

Where the project is

Cartogen AI is a release-candidate series for 1.16.0 (current build 1.18.5); the last stable release is v1.15.6. Each release states whether it was checked by CI only or also by hand.

Checked by	State
Offline test suite (6,993 test functions)	Passing on every merged change, on Python 3.10 and 3.11 and Windows, plus ruff and mypy.
QGIS 4.2.2 live tests in CI	Passing, including the widget, network, chunking, raster and PostGIS tests.
A person in desktop QGIS	Partial. The last full hand run was rc22 (2026-10-09). The rc37 pack was run on 2026-10-13: of 23 rows, 17 passed, 2 were inconclusive, 2 were not recorded and 2 optional rows were skipped. Rows for rc23 to rc36 and most of the 179 older rows have not been hand-run.

What the last hand test changed

Found in the rc37 run and fixed in the following candidates:

• rc38: run_allowlisted_processing_algorithm had failed on every model call since rc24 (a decorator had been left on a helper function), and a false "step did not run" note appeared after incident searches.
• rc39: the follow-up that told the model to "generate a representative sample dataset" when no layer existed was removed, after the model put four invented incidents on the map.

These fixes are CI-checked; they have not been re-run by hand.

Before a stable 1.16.0

1. Hand-test the current candidate: install gate; the incident prompt must add no invented layer; the Processing-tool follow-up; Stop heard during a real long job (still unproven); then the 16 categories and the older rows.
2. Upgrade gate: a clean-profile install and an in-place upgrade from v1.15.6.
3. plugins.qgis.org: upload and pass its security scan.
4. Open issues (46 at the last count): each closes only on a hand-verified pass of its own row, with evidence. Six items sit inside closed issues and need a reopen-or-file decision (DEM vertical unit assumed metres; score writes in analysis_tools; raster-unit validation in zonal tools; reprojecting points into the admin CRS; running tasks not invalidated at unload; the wheel not built in a clean environment).
5. JIAF validation blockers: a real country's Flags export and a real filled Annex 4 file are needed to close two blockers, or stable ships with them still shown in every result.
6. Version and notes: switch to 1.16.0, remove the pre-release wording, run the release workflow, promote to "Latest".

Known gaps, stated plainly

• Invented records by another route. The wording that invited fabrication is gone, but nothing stops the model adding made-up points with a tool such as add_point_layer.
• Stop on a long job has been tested with fakes and live tests, not on a large real project; the speed-up from the responsiveness work has not been measured.
• Python Processing algorithms (gdal:*, qgis:*) stay on the main thread by decision; a CI investigation could not reproduce the old crash on a worker thread, but nothing proves it is safe.
• A route request used 9 model calls for 5 stops, over the 4-call guideline.
• Credentialed integrations (Kobo/ODK, ACLED, GloFAS/CHIRPS, Logistics Cluster, LandScan) are deferred; ACLED and Liveuamap are not searched by the incident tool.
• The hosted gateway and the "Cartogen API" provider are a stub. No hosted service exists.
• GDPR: the repository carries a code-level review and a DPIA screening worksheet; there is no legal sign-off and no built-in redaction. See What leaves your machine.

Principles that govern this record

Statuses are written in the code and docs as shipped, roadmap or unverified; frozen historical documents are never edited after the fact (a newer dated document supersedes them); and a judgement call is flagged with a recommendation, not decided silently. See Contributing.