v0.9.0

Breaking changes

• Removed --restore-faces and --restore-faces-method CLI flags. Every face-restore approach we evaluated (GFPGAN-on-cleaned, PhotoMaker-V2, InstantID txt2img, InstantID img2img-on-cleaned at three parameter sweeps, full record in docs/synthid-robust-identity-research-2026-06-08.md) regenerated the face via SDXL diffusion — the output face inherited SDXL's "clean skin" aesthetic and lost original identity precision, looking more AI-generated than the cleaned image. The cleaned controlnet 0.20 image is the least-AI face state achievable without re-introducing SynthID, so that's now the prod output.
• Dropped restore, photomaker, instantid extras (and the [tool.hatch.metadata] allow-direct-references block that was only there for the photomaker git URL).
• Dropped restore_faces / restore_faces_method parameters from InvisibleEngine.remove_watermark and AutoConfig.

License

• MIT → Apache 2.0. Apache adds an explicit patent grant and the trademark-use clause, and matches the licenses of the upstream projects this library mirrors / depends on (diffusers, transformers, controlnet-aux, xinsir's canny ControlNet weights).

Notes

• --pipeline controlnet and the canny ControlNet path are unchanged. Canny preserves face structure, not identity — the regenerated face drifts in likeness. That drift is now the documented prod behavior.
• Vendored MIT attribution for mertizci/noai-watermark is preserved in noai/__init__.py as required by the original MIT license; Apache 2.0 and MIT are compatible.