@kudzujs/core 0.16.22 → 0.16.23

package/PERFORMANCE.md

@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ route handlers. Benchmark contract and budget deltas are zero; the production AI
 comparison is not rerun until selected-branch reactive text is also addressed.
 This follow-up ships as `@kudzujs/core@0.16.22`.
 
+The 2026-09-04 selected-branch follow-up lowers a reactive scalar branch through
+the existing text-binding compiler path. It adds no semantic primitive,
+compiler pass, runtime concept, API, dependency, or shared-runtime source byte;
+net production growth is 11 lines in one existing compiler file. The focused
+fixture covers an update that remains in the selected branch and a later branch
+replacement. Required Chrome, all 302 tests, `npm run check`, and package smoke
+pass. Rebuilding the five retained commerce sources against this tree changes
+their frozen `below` check from false to true, so all five pass build, behavior,
+accessibility, browser, and output acceptance while retaining the zero-JavaScript
+static sibling. The existing checkout handler grows by 147-154 transferred bytes
+across those authored variants; no shared runtime module was added. Benchmark
+contracts and budgets are unchanged. This is a same-source compiler follow-up,
+not a new equal-condition model run, so the published 11/25 versus 24/25 result
+and the `1.0.0` block remain unchanged pending the complete production rerun.
+This follow-up ships as `@kudzujs/core@0.16.23`.
+
 ## 0.21.2 Browser Performance And Memory
 
 Measured 2026-09-03 at revision

package/README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Kudzu compiles ordinary React-shaped TypeScript and TSX into complete static HTM
 
 > Experimental `0.16.x`: the compiler API and supported TSX surface may change.
 
-**Latest release: 0.16.22 - reactive collection count reuse.** Filtered collection aliases now feed keyed rendering, top-level counts, reactive text, and count-selected branches without duplicated state. This removes the first blocker selected by the failed `0.21.4` AI delivery gate; `1.0.0` remains blocked. Read the [release notes](./RELEASES.md#01622---reactive-collection-count-reuse), open the [release page](https://github.com/kudzujs/kudzu/releases/tag/v0.16.22), or follow the [architecture packet](./docs/next-architecture/README.md).
+**Latest release: 0.16.23 - reactive conditional branch text.** Selected conditional branches now keep scalar text reactive while their condition remains true, using Kudzu's existing text-binding ownership. The retained commerce sources pass 5/5 on the current compiler; `1.0.0` remains blocked pending a complete equal-condition rerun. Read the [release notes](./RELEASES.md#01623---reactive-conditional-branch-text), open the [release page](https://github.com/kudzujs/kudzu/releases/tag/v0.16.23), or follow the [architecture packet](./docs/next-architecture/README.md).
 
 - [Documentation](https://kudzujs.cloud/docs)
 - [Installation guide](https://kudzujs.cloud/docs#install)

package/RELEASES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Kudzu Releases
 
+## 0.16.23 - Reactive Conditional Branch Text
+
+Kudzu 0.16.23 removes the second commerce compiler blocker selected by the
+corrected `0.21.4` AI delivery evidence: scalar text inside a selected
+conditional branch remains reactive without restructuring ordinary TSX.
+
+### Changed in 0.16.23
+
+- Lowers reactive scalar conditional branches through the existing text-binding
+  compiler path while preserving conditional ownership and static HTML.
+- Verifies updates that remain in one branch and later replace that branch in
+  required Chrome.
+- Passes all five retained commerce sources with `empty`, `below`, and `reached`
+  true while preserving their zero-JavaScript static siblings.
+- Adds no semantic primitive, compiler pass, runtime concept, public API,
+  dependency, or shared-runtime source byte; `1.0.0` remains unauthorized pending
+  a complete equal-condition rerun.
+- Updates `create-kudzu@0.1.148` to generate projects on
+  `@kudzujs/core@^0.16.23`.
+
+### Upgrade
+
+```sh
+npm install @kudzujs/core@^0.16.23
+```
+
 ## 0.16.22 - Reactive Collection Count Reuse
 
 Kudzu 0.16.22 removes the first compiler blocker selected by the corrected

package/docs/next-architecture/application-capability-release-plan.md

@@ -2169,6 +2169,20 @@ comparison must be rerun only after the remaining selected-branch reactive-text
 blocker is addressed. This follow-up is released as `@kudzujs/core@0.16.22`
 with `create-kudzu@0.1.147`. `1.0.0` remains unauthorized.
 
+The second evidence-selected follow-up now lowers reactive scalar text inside a
+selected conditional branch through the existing binding descriptor and
+conditional ownership paths. It adds no semantic primitive, compiler pass,
+runtime concept, API, dependency, or shared-runtime source byte; one production
+compiler file grows by net 11 lines. A focused fixture proves same-branch text
+updates and branch replacement, and required Chrome, all 302 tests, package
+smoke, and `npm run check` pass. The five retained commerce sources now pass
+their complete acceptance with `empty`, `below`, and `reached` all true and a
+zero-JavaScript static sibling. Their route-specific checkout handlers add
+147-154 transferred bytes; no runtime module or benchmark contract changes.
+This does not revise the published equal-condition score without a complete
+rerun, so `1.0.0` remains unauthorized. This follow-up is released as
+`@kudzujs/core@0.16.23` with `create-kudzu@0.1.148`.
+
 ## `1.0.0`: Stable Application Model
 
 `1.0.0` is authorized only after every required `0.21.x` gate passes. It means:
@@ -2314,4 +2328,4 @@ release transaction where possible or document and publish a forward-fix patch.
 | `0.21.1` | Released as `0.16.16` | Preserve 100/1,000/10,000-route phase, RSS, output, digest, incremental-equivalence, recovery, and bounded canonical-AST retention evidence. | Full 10,000-route report has one complete measured run after two measured-stage diagnostics; no projection used |
 | `0.21.2` | Closed by existing semantics | Preserve initial/session/lazy bytes, keyed/range/navigation median alarms, and bounded endurance ownership evidence. | Same-revision absolute gates; structural artifact bytes are not compressed network transfer |
 | `0.21.3` | Released as `0.16.17` | Preserve exact package, browser, benchmark, registry, and fresh-install evidence. | One initial navigation benchmark invocation stalled at the outer timeout; its clean seven-profile rerun passed all alarms |
-| `0.21.4` | Measured gate failed; first blocker released as `0.16.22` | Preserve both raw batches, the corrected revision-2 protocols, the failed success/cost decision, and collection count reuse; keep `1.0.0` blocked. | Kudzu 11/25 versus React + Vite 24/25; next evidence work is conditional-branch reactive text |
+| `0.21.4` | Measured gate failed; selected blockers released through `0.16.23` | Preserve both raw batches, the corrected revision-2 protocols, the failed success/cost decision, collection count reuse, and selected-branch reactive text; keep `1.0.0` blocked pending a complete rerun. | Published result remains Kudzu 11/25 versus React + Vite 24/25; retained commerce sources now pass 5/5 on `0.16.23` |

package/docs/next-architecture/compiler-current-architecture.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Current Compiler Architecture
 
-This maps the current `0.16.22` architecture, built on the completed `0.9.0` semantic-compression release and `0.8.23` Goal A compiler foundation. The `0.21.4` AI delivery gate is measured and blocked; file and function names are the stable references, while line numbers are intentionally omitted because later work may still move code.
+This maps the current `0.16.23` architecture, built on the completed `0.9.0` semantic-compression release and `0.8.23` Goal A compiler foundation. The `0.21.4` AI delivery gate is measured and blocked; file and function names are the stable references, while line numbers are intentionally omitted because later work may still move code.
 
 ## Responsibility Map
 

package/docs/next-architecture/versioning.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Keep each patch behavior-preserving and independently reviewable. If a boundary
 
 ## Generator Versions
 
-`create-kudzu@0.1.147` retains the explicit install instructions and generates projects with `@kudzujs/core@^0.16.22`.
+`create-kudzu@0.1.148` retains the explicit install instructions and generates projects with `@kudzujs/core@^0.16.23`.
 
 ## Release Boundary
 

package/framework/compiler/source-compiler.mjs

@@ -1872,8 +1872,19 @@ function createKudzuTransformer({ semantic, handlerUrl, file, sourceFiles, sourc
 
     const compileRenderExpression = (expression, anchor) => {
       const parts = conditionalParts(expression)
-      if (!parts) return ts.visitNode(expression, visitor)
       const setters = settersForNode(anchor, settersByFunction)
+      if (!parts) {
+        if (containsJsx(expression)) return ts.visitNode(expression, visitor)
+        const resolved = resolveReactiveJsxExpression(expression, nearestFunction(anchor), setters)
+        const usedStates = referencedStateNames(resolved, setters, resolved, bindingIndex)
+        const captures = captureNames(resolved, resolved, setters, bindingIndex)
+        if ((usedStates.size || captures.size) && !ts.isIdentifier(resolved)) {
+          usesBehavior = true
+          usesBinding = true
+          return descriptors.compileReactiveBinding(resolved, { setters, importBindings, derived: calculationBinding(expression, nearestFunction(anchor)) }).node
+        }
+        return ts.visitNode(expression, visitor)
+      }
       const condition = resolveReactiveJsxExpression(parts.condition, nearestFunction(anchor), setters)
       const usedStates = referencedStateNames(condition, setters, condition, bindingIndex)
       const captures = captureNames(condition, condition, setters, bindingIndex)

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kudzujs/core",
-  "version": "0.16.22",
+  "version": "0.16.23",
   "description": "HTML-first TSX framework with synchronous state semantics and no virtual DOM",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",