v2.1.8

Enhanced Loot-to-Finding Workflow & Enriched Loot Capture

• Explicit Loot-to-Finding Transition: Transform Loot items directly into structured
  report findings while bundling supporting Loot entries as linked evidence.
• Enriched Loot Properties: Added CVSS score, vector calculation, finding status,
  references, and multi-target associations directly in the session Loot capture dialog.
• Evidence Provenance Preservation: CVSS scores, targets, and metadata provenance
  remain intact when converting Loot into findings.

Granular Loot & Finding Reconciliation

• Smart Difference Review: Live comparison distinguishes new, modified, and
  report-only entries with clear status indicators.
• Actionable Conflict Resolution: Provides granular, non-destructive resolution
  choices for every changed item (keep report version, update from Loot, preserve both,
  detach, or delete).

Theme & Styling Harmonization

• Appendix & Form Field Readability: Unified text fields and code editors across the
  Appendix Inspector to use standard themed CommandBox styling, eliminating contrast
  blowouts and unreadable text across built-in themes.
• Independent Workspace Sidebar Styling: The workspace navigation sidebar and toolbars
  now retain their theme-governed cyber-HUD aesthetics regardless of whether the document
  editor/preview is toggled into light mode.
• Universal Palette Safety: Added fallback resolution for background tokens, ensuring
  custom and legacy HUD popups maintain solid contrast without color leaks.

Workspace & Live Preview Polish

• Clean Metadata Display: Evidence metadata tags (<!-- spectre:evidence:... -->) are
  hidden from plain-text inspector descriptions during editing and cleanly reconciled upon save.
• Live Preview Typography: Improved heading spacing and block margins between findings
  and sections in the live preview document.
• Removed Degrading Opacity: Eliminated fading opacity on quick notes and clipboard cards
  for clearer readability.

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Compatibility and Upgrade

• Python 3.10 through 3.13 supported.
• Fully backward compatible with existing SpectreHUD v2.1.7 and earlier project databases,
  reports, Loot collections, and templates.
• No project or storage migration required.
• Primary production platform is Windows 10/11; Linux X11 verified.