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@jaseknighter jaseknighter released this 30 Jan 17:36
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Release Notes: v0.5.4 — Vector Export & Meta-Testing (PoC)

Overview:
This release introduces a Proof of Concept (PoC) Diagnostic for formal meta-testing. This infrastructure provides a mechanism to verify that tests validate decisions, policies, and failure modes rather than just execution paths. By auditing the test suite's semantic implementation, the system provides actionable data to identify "suspect" tests and guide future hardening efforts.


1. Vector Graphics Pipeline (SVG Export)

  • Integrated SVGRenderer: Added high-fidelity SVG export capability in Export3dControl.js. Designs can now be downloaded as vector files for use in professional design software like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape.
  • Production-Ready Paths: Optimized export logic to suppress wireframes and minimize rendering artifacts (overdraw), ensuring clean geometric paths.

2. Meta-Testing: Experimental Quality Audit (PoC)

  • Intent Tagging Protocol: Established three core categories for test classification:
    • [behavior] — Validates functional user-facing decisions.
    • [policy] — Validates architectural constraints and invariants.
    • [failure-mode] — Validates system resilience and error recovery.
  • Heuristic Intent Validation: Shipped scripts/analyze-tests.cjs, a scanner that performs semantic implementation checks. It verifies if a test tagged [behavior] actually contains interaction markers (e.g., userEvent).
  • PoC Diagnostic Results: Initial audit of 297 tests identified 276 "Suspect" (untagged) tests, establishing a clear technical debt map for subsequent sprints.
  • Quality Pipeline Self-Validation (meta-meta-testing): Implemented unit tests for the auditor itself (tests/meta/metaTests.test.js) to ensure the reliability of the quality reporting infrastructure.

3. Internal Documentation

  • TESTING-TIPS-N-TRICKS.md: Authored a comprehensive manual summarizing lessons learned during the 0.5.X cycle, including:
    • Managing React 18 act() boundaries.
    • Bypassing event.isTrusted for simulated events.
    • Strategies for deterministic WebGL visual regression.

4. Stability & Refactoring

  • Cross-Browser Event Sync: Refactored useOutsideDismiss to utilize standard Pointer events, ensuring consistent behavior across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
  • Unified Coverage: Aggregated 48 browser shards and Node coverage into a single reporting stream, achieving a high-fidelity view of the logic and display layers.

5. Quality Audit (v0.5.4 PoC Results)

Category Metric Result Notes
Global Pass Rate Total Success ✅ 100% (741/741) Jest + Playwright
Full Stack Statement Coverage ✅ 88.08% Unified Metric
Visual Regression Snapshot Integrity ✅ 100% Deterministic Engines
Meta-Audit (PoC) Intent Signal POC under evaluation

6. Bug Fixes

  • Layout Regression: Resolved an issue where mobile interface containers were not laid out correctly and were missing their intended backgrounds.

7. Forward Plan: v0.5.4.1

  • Optimization Finalization: The immediate v0.5.4.1 patch will flip all 0.5.X feature flags to ON by default.
  • Baseline Development: Future work will transition the Meta-Testing from a PoC to an Operational Baseline by retroactively tagging high-value logic in ParametricGeometryBuilder and hardening implementation alignment.

v0.5.4 | 2026-01-29