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-# Changelog
-
-<!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->
-
-All notable changes to pretext-pdf are documented here.
-Format: [Keep a Changelog 1.1.0](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
-
----
-
-## [1.0.9] — 2026-05-06
-
-Test coverage Phase 2: filling blind spots in the CLI, the pdfmake compat shim, and
-the performance regression guard. Adds c8 coverage tooling for measurability.
-
-### Added
-
-- **`test/cli.test.ts`** (+13 tests) — End-to-end coverage for the `pretext-pdf` CLI binary,
-  spawning `dist/cli.js` as a subprocess. Covers argument parsing (`--version`, `--help`,
-  `-i/-o/--markdown/--code-font`, positional fallback, unknown flags), JSON and Markdown
-  input modes, stdin/stdout piping, and exit codes 0/1/2.
-
-- **`test/compat.test.ts`** (+34 tests) — Coverage for the pdfmake → pretext-pdf
-  translation shim (`fromPdfmake`). Covers page setup (pageSize string and object,
-  pageMargins scalar/2-tuple/4-tuple, orientation), styles (defaultStyle, named styles,
-  headingMap override), all content node types (string, `text`, `ul`/`ol` with nesting,
-  `table` with header rows, `image`, `qr`, `pageBreak`, `stack`), header/footer string
-  forms, integration render, and unsupported nodes (`columns`, `canvas`).
-
-- **c8 coverage tooling** — `npm run coverage` (text + lcov reporters) and
-  `npm run coverage:check` (75/65/75 thresholds, non-blocking in CI initially).
-  Configuration in `.c8rc.json` excludes type-only files and CLI from instrumentation.
-  Coverage step added to CI as `continue-on-error: true` while baseline thresholds
-  are calibrated.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`test/benchmark-baseline.test.ts`: regression guard now actually guards** —
-  Replaced the prior "TODO: enable when baseline is calibrated" stub (which collected
-  timings but asserted nothing) with a real 3x-baseline-with-500ms-floor budget per
-  corpus. Missing corpora in the baseline JSON now `assert.fail()` instead of silently
-  defaulting to a zero budget that would mask any regression.
-
-- **CONTRIBUTING.md: removed stale "(676 tests)" annotation** — Test count drift bait;
-  the README badge already auto-verifies via `verify:badges`.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **Test runner now builds first** — Added `pretest:unit: npm run build` so contributors
-  running `npm run test:unit` always get a fresh dist; the new CLI tests spawn the
-  compiled binary and would otherwise fail with a confusing module-not-found error.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.8] — 2026-05-06
-
-Public API contract integrity: the `RenderOptions.logger` option now actually does what
-its JSDoc has always promised, and `@napi-rs/canvas` no longer auto-installs.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`RenderOptions.logger` now routes warnings from asset loading and rendering** —
-  Previously only validation warnings respected the `logger` option. Now all advisory
-  warnings from `loadImages` (image load, image embed, QR/barcode/chart skipped, plugin
-  loadAsset failed, watermark image skipped — 7 call sites) and `renderDocument` (form
-  field render failure) flow through `logger.warn` when one is provided. Bidi-js fallback
-  warnings from RTL reordering remain on `console.warn`; the JSDoc on `RenderOptions.logger`
-  has been updated to document the actual scope honestly.
-
-- **Missing `[pretext-pdf]` log prefix on bidi-js error path** — One `console.warn` in
-  `measure-text.ts` was logging without the canonical `[pretext-pdf]` prefix, making it
-  hard to identify the library as the source in consumer logs. Now consistent.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **`@napi-rs/canvas` removed from `optionalDependencies`** — Was double-listed in both
-  `peerDependencies` (with `optional: true`) and `optionalDependencies`. The latter caused
-  npm to attempt installing the native canvas binary on every install, including in
-  edge/serverless environments where the platform may not be supported and the dep is
-  not needed. Now only listed under `peerDependencies` — install it explicitly when you
-  need SVG/QR/barcode/chart rasterization in Node.
-
-### Documentation
-
-- **README — security callout for `allowedFileDirs`** — Added a prominent callout in the
-  Quick Start section. The default behavior allows `image.src` and `svg.src` to read any
-  absolute file path, which is a path-traversal vector when document JSON originates from
-  user input or an LLM. The callout now appears immediately after the first `render()`
-  example.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.7] — 2026-05-05
-
-Picks up pretext fork v0.0.6-patched.2: 8 additional upstream PRs (11 total).
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **German low opening quote `„` no longer breaks at line-start on hyphenation path** —
-  `KINSOKU_START_FORBIDDEN` in `src/measure-text.ts` now includes U+201E (`„`), matching
-  pretext PR #165 which fixed the non-hyphenation path. Previously `„` could appear
-  at the start of a wrapped line when hyphenation was active.
-
-- **Currency symbols stay glued to adjacent numbers** — Upstream PR #105 (cherry-picked in
-  `v0.0.6-patched.2`) prevents `$`, `€`, `£`, `₹` etc. from line-breaking away from
-  the number they annotate.
-
-- **Trailing collapsible-space reconstruction fixed** — Upstream PR #29 fix (extended in
-  v0.0.6-patched.2): a word followed by a space that exactly fills `maxWidth` no longer
-  drops the space from line boundary cursors, preventing Arabic/mixed-script text from
-  losing inter-word spaces during reconstruction.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **`@chenglou/pretext` dependency** — Bumped from `v0.0.6-patched` to `v0.0.6-patched.2`
-  (GitHub fork, 11 upstream PRs total). Adds: CJK overflow prevention (PR #132),
-  fit-advance cache fix (PR #161), rich inline stats unification (PR #138),
-  chunk layout side table O(1) lookup (PR #140), bidi surrogate handling (PR #3),
-  skip no-op merge passes (PR #119), currency stickiness (PR #105),
-  German quote fix (PR #165), and trailing-space reconstruction (PR #29).
-
----
-
-## [1.0.6] — 2026-05-04
-
-Audit bug fixes: validator correctness, internal export hygiene, schema gaps, README accuracy.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **lineHeight upper-bound cap removed** — `validate()` no longer rejects `lineHeight > 20`. The
-  field is in points (pt), not a multiplier; 36pt is valid for a large heading. The `> 20` cap in
-  `paragraph`, `heading`, and `defaultParagraphStyle` validators has been removed. The lower-bound
-  check (lineHeight >= fontSize) is preserved.
-
-- **form-field error messages use `${prefix}` format** — Error messages from the `form-field` case
-  now follow the `content[N] (form-field): ...` format used by all other element types, instead of
-  the old `[N] form-field.` prefix.
-
-- **`assertUnknownProps` hint punctuation fixed** — The "unknown property" message previously
-  produced `unknown property. did you mean "color"` (period before hint). Fixed to
-  `unknown property; did you mean "color"` — no period, semicolon separator.
-
-- **British "colour" → "color" in JSDoc** — Two `QrCodeElement` field comments
-  (`foreground`, `background`) and the `ValidationError.path` JSDoc example corrected.
-
-- **`TocEntryElement`, `RichLine`, `RichFragment` removed from public exports** — These types are
-  marked `@internal` in `types-public.ts` and should not be part of the npm API surface. Removed
-  from `src/index.ts`.
-
-- **Signature error includes original cause** — `SIGNATURE_FAILED` now preserves the underlying
-  error message: `PDF signing failed: <original message>` instead of a static string.
-
-- **Header-only table now valid** — `validate()` previously rejected tables where all rows are
-  headers (`headerRowCount === rows.length`). Changed `>=` to `>`: tables where every row is a
-  header are valid (useful for column-label-only tables).
-
-- **Dead sub-condition removed in `float-group` floatWidth guard** — `fg.floatWidth <= 0` was a
-  dead branch (any value `<= 0` is already `< 30`). Removed to clarify intent.
-
-- **`warningCount` JSDoc updated** — Documents that the validator currently only emits errors, so
-  `warningCount` is always 0 (reserved for future use).
-
-- **`validateDocument` no longer re-throws unexpected errors** — Non-`PretextPdfError` exceptions
-  (e.g. circular JSON, unexpected runtime errors) are now caught and returned as a structured
-  `ValidationResult` instead of propagating. `validateDocument` now always returns, never throws.
-
-### Changed (Schema additions — `pretext-pdf/schema`)
-
-- `qrCodeSchema`: added `margin` field.
-- `imageSchema`: added `floatFontSize`, `floatFontFamily`, `floatColor` fields.
-- `codeSchema`: added `dir` and `highlightTheme` fields.
-- `tableSchema`: added `dir`, `headerRows`, and cell-level `dir`, `fontFamily`, `fontSize`,
-  `tabularNumbers` fields.
-
-### Docs
-
-- README: `highlight.js` added to optional peer dependencies table.
-- README: `validate_document` added to MCP server tool list.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.5] — 2026-05-04
-
-Schema coverage completion, `ValidationResult.warningCount`, and README API docs.
-
-### Added
-
-- **`ValidationResult.warningCount`** — `validateDocument()` now returns `warningCount` alongside
-  `errorCount`. Computed by filtering `errors[]` by `severity === 'warning'`. MCP consumers no
-  longer need to derive it client-side.
-
-- **JSON Schema: remaining field coverage** — `src/schema.ts` now covers all previously missing
-  fields across 9 element types:
-  - `inlineSpanSchema`: `dir`
-  - `paragraphSchema`: `columns`, `columnGap`, `tabularNumbers`, `hyphenate`
-  - `headingSchema`: `tabularNumbers`, `hyphenate`
-  - `blockquoteSchema`: `lineHeight`, `padding`, `paddingH`, `paddingV`, `underline`, `strikethrough`
-  - `calloutSchema`: `titleColor`, `fontWeight`, `lineHeight`, `padding`, `paddingH`, `paddingV`
-  - `listSchema`: `lineHeight`, `markerWidth`, `itemSpaceAfter`, `nestedNumberingStyle`; nested
-    items now carry `dir` and have a typed inner schema
-  - `tocSchema`: `titleFontSize`, `levelIndent`, `leader`, `entrySpacing`
-  - `formFieldSchema`: `borderColor`, `backgroundColor`, `keepTogether`, `defaultSelected`
-  - `richParagraphSchema`: `columns`, `columnGap`, `tabularNumbers`
-
-- **README: `validateDocument` and `pretext-pdf/schema` documented** — both entry points now have
-  `### API reference` sections with code examples.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.4] — 2026-05-04
-
-Schema export hardening: post-release audit fixes addressing coverage gaps and a
-malformed dialect URI.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `$schema` dialect URI corrected** — was
-  `https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12` (not a registered URI), now
-  `https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema`. Strict JSON Schema validators
-  (AJV, Smithery, VS Code) will now correctly identify the dialect.
-- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `hr` element spacing fields** — `spaceAbove` and
-  `spaceBelow` (the primary documented fields, default 12) were missing.
-  `spaceBefore` and `spaceAfter` are now correctly marked as aliases.
-- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `float-group` and `chart` element types** — both
-  first-class public element types were missing from the `content.items.anyOf`
-  list. Schema-driven tooling will now know they exist.
-
-### Added (schema coverage)
-
-- `pdfDocumentSchema.sections` — page-range header/footer overrides
-- `headingSchema.annotation` — annotation field (was already on paragraph)
-- `tableSchema.cellPaddingH` / `cellPaddingV` — primary table density controls
-- `imageSchema.floatWidth` / `floatGap` / `floatSpans` — column-layout controls
-  for floated images
-
----
-
-## [1.0.3] — 2026-05-03
-
-Enhancements: JSON Schema export, simplified marked peer dep range, and internal API polish.
-
-### Added
-
-- **`pretext-pdf/schema` entry point** — exports `pdfDocumentSchema`, a machine-readable JSON Schema
-  object describing the full `PdfDocument` type. Covers all 22 element types and 18 top-level
-  document properties. Intended for editor tooling, MCP clients, and Smithery UI form generation.
-
-  ```typescript
-  import { pdfDocumentSchema } from 'pretext-pdf/schema'
-  ```
-
-### Changed
-
-- **`marked` peer dependency simplified** — `^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 || ... || ^18.0.0` condensed to
-  `>=9.0.0`. Semantically identical, cleaner npm output.
-
-- **`validateDocument` logger option** — `options.logger` now passed to the underlying `validate()`
-  call via conditional spread, respecting `exactOptionalPropertyTypes: true` constraints.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`fonts.ts` unsafe cast removed** — `(spec as { style?: string }).style` replaced with direct
-  property access on the widened parameter type.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.2] — 2026-05-03
-
-### Added
-
-- `validateDocument(doc, options?)` — non-throwing validation API that returns a structured `ValidationResult` with typed `ValidationError[]` instead of throwing. Each error includes `path`, `message`, `code`, `severity`, and `suggestion` fields.
-- `ValidationError` and `ValidationResult` exported from the public API surface.
-- `Logger` interface and `logger?: Logger` in `RenderOptions` — route diagnostic warnings through a custom logger instead of `console.warn`.
-- Inter italic font support (Inter-400-italic, Inter-700-italic) via bundled `@fontsource/inter` — italic markdown and `fontStyle: 'italic'` now work without manual font setup.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.1] — 2026-05-02
-
-Patch: strict mode correctness fixes. No API changes.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`levenshteinDist` early-exit bug** — per-cell `if (curr[j]! > 2) return 999` inside
-  the inner DP loop fired on intermediate cells, causing d=1 pairs like `hrefs→href` and
-  `spaceafter→spaceAfter` to incorrectly return 999 instead of 1. Fix: removed the per-cell
-  guard; final check only (`prev[n]! > 2 ? 999 : prev[n]!`).
-- **Seven path-prefix annotations** — strict-mode error paths had `(type)` suffixes
-  (e.g. `doc(table).rows[0]`) that no other validator used and that tests didn't expect.
-  All seven removed so paths are plain dot-notation.
-- **`encryption` block not strict-checked** — unknown props inside `doc.encryption`
-  were silently accepted in strict mode. Now validated against `ALLOWED_PROPS_SUB['encryption']`.
-- **Root path was `'document'` not `'doc'`** — top-level `assertUnknownProps` was called
-  with `'document'` as the path prefix, producing paths like `document.content[0]` instead
-  of `doc.content[0]`. Corrected to `'doc'`.
-- **Suggestion format mismatched** — `Did you mean 'x'?` → `did you mean "x"` (lowercase,
-  double-quotes) to match the format tests asserted.
-- **`formatErrors` missing header** — multi-error output now begins with
-  `Strict validation failed (N issues):\n` so callers can detect strict vs. regular errors.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Added `test/validate-strict.test.ts` (35 tests) to `test:unit` script — these tests were
-  written but not wired into CI in v1.0.0.
-
----
-
-## [1.0.0] — 2026-05-02
-
-First stable release. Completes the plugin extension API, closes all v1.0 gate requirements,
-and ships a fully verified public surface with zero breaking changes from 0.9.x.
-
-### Added
-
-- **Plugin extension API** — Register custom element types via `RenderOptions.plugins`.
-  Each `PluginDefinition` participates in all four pipeline stages: `validate`, `loadAsset`,
-  `measure`, and `render`. Plugins are fully typed and tree-shaken from documents
-  that don't use them. See README § Custom element types (plugins) and
-  `examples/plugin-custom-element.ts` for a runnable example.
-- **`PluginDefinition`, `PluginMeasureContext`, `PluginMeasureResult`, `PluginRenderContext`**
-  exported from `pretext-pdf` public surface (previously internal).
-- **`PdfBuilder` and `PdfBuilderOptions`** exported from `pretext-pdf` (enables type-safe
-  builder construction in downstream code without re-declaring the interface).
-- **`TocEntryElement`** exported from `pretext-pdf` public surface (was in the `ContentElement`
-  union but not individually importable).
-- **`plugins` option on `createPdf()`** — `PdfBuilderOptions.plugins` threads plugins through
-  the builder's `build()` call automatically.
-- **`Intl.Segmenter` pre-flight guard** in `render()` — throws `RENDER_FAILED` with a clear
-  message on Node.js < 16 or runtimes without full-ICU data, instead of silently producing
-  incorrect line breaks.
-- **`PluginRenderContext.pageWidth/pageHeight/margins`** — render hooks now receive full page
-  geometry for layout calculations (page-relative positioning, bleed boxes, etc.).
-- **`render` context Y-coordinate docs** — expanded JSDoc with multi-line text example showing
-  how to position text baselines relative to `context.y`.
-- **Benchmark corpora manifest** and **smoke staging** tests wired into `npm test`
-  (previously orphaned).
-- **`test/table-determinism.test.ts`** — asserts that table pagination produces identical
-  layout traces across repeated invocations of `prepareLayoutState`.
-- **`test/validate-strict.test.ts`** (35 tests) — comprehensive contract for `strict: true`
-  validation covering all element types, nested structures, Levenshtein suggestions, error
-  message format, doc-level and sub-structure prop checks. Total test count: 676.
-- `examples/plugin-custom-element.ts` — runnable plugin example (`npm run example:plugin`).
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`SIGNATURE_CERT_AND_ENCRYPTION` error code** — was declared in the `ErrorCode` union
-  but never thrown; validate.ts now uses it correctly when a document specifies both
-  signatures and encryption (previously threw a generic `VALIDATION_ERROR`).
-- **Build break under `exactOptionalPropertyTypes: true`** — `PdfBuilder.build()` no longer
-  passes `{ plugins: undefined }` to `runPipeline` when no plugins are configured.
-- **Plugin `validate` hook empty-string normalization** — `plugin.validate()` returning `''`
-  now correctly accepts the element (was previously treated as a rejection message).
-- **`toc` element reaching render default arm** — `render.ts` now has an explicit
-  `case 'toc': return` guard before the default arm; TOC elements are pre-processed
-  during pagination and should never reach the renderer.
-- **`RichLine` and `RichFragment`** demoted from `@public` to `@internal`; these are
-  implementation details of the rich-text pipeline, not intended for external use.
-- **Sentinel value documentation** — `MeasuredBlock` comment now explicitly states that
-  `lines: []`, `fontSize: 0`, `lineHeight: 0`, `fontKey: ''` applies to spacers, tables,
-  images, hr, *and plugin blocks* — not a bug but a documented convention.
-
-### Internal
-
-- `src/plugin-registry.ts` (new): Pure orchestration helpers for the four plugin injection
-  points (`findPlugin`, `runPluginValidate`, `runPluginLoadAsset`, `runPluginMeasure`,
-  `runPluginRender`).
-- `src/plugin-types.ts` (new): `PluginDefinition` interface and context/result types.
-- `src/layout-state.ts`: `prepareLayoutState` now accepts `options?: RenderOptions` and
-  threads plugins to `stageValidate`, `stageLoadAssets`, and `stageMeasure`.
-- `docs/V1.0-RUNBOOK.md`: Full release runbook with first-principles audit, anti-hallucination
-  protocol, verified-facts table, and phase-by-phase plan.
-
----
-
-## [0.9.4] — 2026-05-02
-
-> **Note:** This release was never published to npm as a standalone tag. All changes listed
-> here shipped as part of [1.0.0] on the same date.
-
-Architecture hardening + API surface snapshot. No public API changes; internal
-restructuring to eliminate circular dependencies and add drift guards before v1.0 freeze.
-
-### Added
-
-- **API surface snapshot** (`etc/pretext-pdf.api.md`) checked into source control as
-  the v1.0 baseline. The `api:check` CI step will fail on unintentional public-API drift.
-- **`src/layout-state.ts`** — `prepareLayoutState()` and `summarizeLayoutState()` extracted
-  from the pipeline for testability; `layout-contract` and `hard-text-contract` tests
-  wired into `test:unit`.
-- **`src/benchmarks/corpora.ts`** — benchmark corpus manifest (`getBenchmarkCorpora()`)
-  restored from git history; `benchmark-baseline.test.ts` wired into `test:contract`.
-- **Drift guards** (`test/drift-guards.test.ts`) — asserts that `ELEMENT_TYPES`,
-  `ALLOWED_PROPS`, `validate.ts` cases, and `render.ts` cases all agree at test time.
-  Catches any future element-type addition that isn't plumbed through all four places.
-- **`render.ts` default arm** — unknown element types now throw immediately instead of
-  silently producing a blank block.
-
-### Refactored
-
-- **Circular dependency broken**: `src/post-process.ts` extracted so `builder.ts` and
-  `index.ts` no longer form a cycle through each other.
-- **`ELEMENT_TYPES` extracted** to `src/element-types.ts` as single source of truth;
-  re-exported from `index.ts`, imported by `validate.ts` — eliminates the previous
-  per-file string-literal duplication.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- `post-process.ts`: drop raw signing library error message from `SIGNATURE_FAILED`
-  to avoid leaking certificate or passphrase details in error output.
-- `layout-state.ts`: polyfill install wrapped in try/catch; throws `CANVAS_UNAVAILABLE`
-  on failure instead of an untyped exception.
-
----
-
-## [0.9.3] — 2026-04-23
-
-Strict validation release. Opt-in property validation to catch unknown properties on elements and sub-structures via typo detection and precise JSONPath error reporting.
-
-### Added
-
-- **Strict validation mode**: Pass `{ strict: true }` to `render(doc, options)` to reject unknown properties. Non-strict mode (default) remains permissive for backwards compatibility.
-- **`render()` options parameter**: Updated signature to `render(doc: PdfDocument, options?: RenderOptions)` where `RenderOptions = { strict?: boolean }`.
-- **`validate()` public export**: `validate()` is now exported from `pretext-pdf` for standalone validation and testing.
-- **Validation error details**:
-  - Unknown properties reported with Levenshtein edit-distance suggestions (distance ≤2) for typo correction.
-  - Errors include JSONPath-like paths (`content[3].table.rows[0].cells[1].align`) for precise location reporting.
-  - Error accumulation: all violations collected before throwing a single VALIDATION_ERROR with formatted multi-line message.
-  - First 20 errors shown; overflow indicator present.
-- **Compile-time drift guards**: `src/allowed-props.ts` uses `Exact<T, Keys>` TypeScript type assertions to catch property definition drift at type-check time. If element types change, `tsc --noEmit` will error if allowed-props lists don't match.
-- **Property allowlists**:
-  - `ALLOWED_PROPS`: 22 element types (paragraph, heading, table, image, code, list, etc.)
-  - `ALLOWED_PROPS_SUB`: 8 sub-structures (document, metadata, table-row, table-cell, list-item, inline-span, column-def, annotation)
-
-### Internal
-
-- `src/allowed-props.ts` (new): Central configuration for allowed properties with compile-time assertions.
-- `src/validate.ts` (enhanced): Added `levenshteinDist()`, `closestMatch()`, `assertUnknownProps()`, and `formatErrors()` helpers; threading strict flag through `validateElement()` for nested structure validation (tables, lists, rich-paragraphs, float-groups, annotations).
-
----
-
-## [0.9.2] — 2026-04-22
-
-Maintenance release. Engine refresh + repo-hygiene automation. No runtime behavior changes beyond the `@chenglou/pretext` bump.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **Bumped `@chenglou/pretext` to 0.0.6** (from 0.0.5). Brings two upstream improvements: (a) CJK text followed by opening-bracket annotations now wraps like browsers instead of leaving the opening bracket on the previous line (upstream PR #148), (b) native numeric `letterSpacing` support on `prepare()` and `prepareWithSegments()` (upstream PRs #108/#156). Our manual letterSpacing compensation in `src/measure-blocks.ts` and `src/rich-text.ts` continues to work unchanged — delegating to pretext's native path is tracked as Tier 1 follow-up in `docs/ROADMAP.md`. All 624 tests green, all 5 visual regression baselines green.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **README badges matched to reality**: `runtime-deps-7` → `runtime-deps-8` (there are 8 direct `dependencies`, not 7), `tests-600+` → `tests-624` (the full `npm test` chain runs 624 tests across 5 subsuites). Drift guarded by a new CI step; see below.
-
-### Added
-
-- `scripts/verify-badges.js` + CI step — compares README shields.io badge values against `package.json` dep count and `npm test` total. Fails CI on drift. Fast path via `SKIP_TEST_RUN=1` for pre-commit use.
-- `release` job in `ci.yml` — on `v*` tag push, auto-extracts the matching `## [X.Y.Z]` section from this file and creates the GitHub release (requires publish to succeed first). Closes the "tag exists but no release page" gap that affected v0.9.1. (Note: originally shipped as `.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml`; merged into `ci.yml` for dependency ordering in Tier 0.5.)
-- `renovate.json` — watches dependencies, auto-merges devDependency bumps that pass CI, opens PRs (without auto-merge) for runtime, peer, and `@chenglou/pretext` engine bumps. Closes the gap that left us one release behind upstream.
-
-### Removed
-
-- `test/smoke-staging.test.ts` — exercised a non-existent `{ type: 'paragraph', footnote: {...} }` shape that the permissive validator silently accepted. False coverage. A strict validator rollout (rejecting unknown element properties) is the root fix and is tracked as a Tier 1 item in the rewritten `docs/ROADMAP.md`.
-- `src/brain/` — inert auto-logger artifact (34 blank-body entries, no active writer). Never published to npm.
-
-### Docs
-
-- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — complete rewrite as a living document (Now / Next / Under consideration / Shipped / History + Update discipline). The previous "master remediation plan" with phase-numbered sections was dropped: phases 0–5 all shipped by v0.9.1, and the document had rotted to the point of contradicting `package.json` on dependency pinning and `CHANGELOG.md` on what was live. History section preserves the prior plan's origin date and scope for reference.
-
----
-
-## [0.9.1] — 2026-04-21
-
-Bug-fix + hardening release. Ships the callout + rich-text rendering fixes from PR #2 together with PR #3's producer-validator contract around measured blocks.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Rich-paragraph: leading-space tokens stripped after hard break** ([src/rich-text.ts](src/rich-text.ts)). A pre-overflow guard (`isLeadingSpace: currentX === 0 && token.text.trim() === ''`) fired whenever `currentX` was zero — both at block start *and* after a `\n` hard break reset the cursor. Continuation spans beginning with whitespace (e.g. `'  ·  text'`) had their first token silently dropped, causing separator glyphs and indented text to appear mis-positioned. Guard removed; the overflow-wrap skip path that correctly skips trailing spaces after soft wraps is unaffected.
-- **Callout: `spaceAfter` double-applied by paginator** ([src/measure-blocks.ts](src/measure-blocks.ts)). `callout` block measurement included `el.spaceAfter ?? 12` inside `totalHeight` *and* returned the same value as `block.spaceAfter`. `paginate.ts` added `block.spaceAfter` on top of `block.height`, counting it twice and pushing callout content ~12 pt below its intended position. Fixed by removing `spaceAfter` from the `totalHeight` formula; the value is still returned in `block.spaceAfter` for the paginator.
-- **Callout with title: background rect clips title row when split across pages** ([src/paginate.ts](src/paginate.ts)). `splitBlock` did not subtract `calloutData.titleHeight` from `availableForLines` for the first chunk, allowing `floor((titleH + lh) / lh)` extra lines to be placed, leaving no room for the title row. `getCurrentY` also omitted `titleHeight` from `blockBottom`, producing incorrect Y tracking after a split callout. Both fixed: `titleH` is now subtracted from available space on the first chunk only, and added to `blockBottom` when computing the cursor position after the first chunk renders.
-
-### Added / hardened
-
-- **Producer-validator contract for measured blocks** ([src/paginate.ts](src/paginate.ts)). `validateMeasuredBlocks()` runs at `paginate()` entry in O(n) and throws `PretextPdfError('PAGINATION_FAILED')` if a callout `MeasuredBlock` is missing `calloutData` or any of `titleHeight` / `paddingV` / `paddingH` is non-finite — same for blockquote padding/border fields. Surfaces producer bugs directly instead of as downstream NaN arithmetic or `PAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`.
-- **Narrowed internal types** `MeasuredCalloutBlock` / `MeasuredBlockquoteBlock` (intersection types in [src/types.ts](src/types.ts)) consumed by `calloutTitleHeight` + `verticalPadding` helpers in `paginate.ts`. No defensive runtime checks downstream.
-- **Extracted `CalloutData` interface** from the previously-inline shape on `MeasuredBlock.calloutData`. Measurer constructs it as a typed literal, so TypeScript enforces the full contract at the producer site.
-- **Zero-width non-whitespace tokens preserved**: the rich-text post-soft-wrap guard only skips tokens where `text.trim() === ''`. ZWJ (U+200D), combining marks, and other zero-width non-whitespace characters pass through so emoji / CJK shaping stays intact — pinned by a regression test.
-- **Extracted `LINK_COLOR_DEFAULT`** constant in `src/rich-text.ts`.
-
-### Tests
-
-- `test/rich-text.test.ts` 20 → 23 (+3): block-start leading whitespace preserved; leading whitespace after hard break preserved; ZWJ preservation.
-- `test/phase-8d-callout.test.ts` 12 → 19 (+7): callout `spaceAfter` double-count regression, titled split line count, untitled split, continuation chunk `yFromTop === 0`, mid-page split entry, validator rejection on missing `calloutData`, validator rejection on partial `calloutData` (non-finite fields), validator rejection on partial blockquote padding, non-callout-document early-return.
-- Full suite: 624 tests, 100% pass.
-
-### Chore / docs
-
-- Removed `brain/learnings/*.md`, `docs/PLAN-v0.6-v1.0.md`, `test/paginate.test.ts.archive` — internal dev artifacts not for the public repo.
-- Stripped `Phase N:` nomenclature from `src/` comments (pure rename — no logic delta).
-- Added `demo/stackblitz/.stackblitzrc`, `docs/articles/pretext-pdf-vs-pdfmake-2026.md` (draft).
-- Added `examples/visual-pr2-bug1-separator.ts` + `examples/visual-pr2-bug3-callout-split.ts` plus 4 reference PNGs under `docs/visuals/pr2/` for bug-reproduction demonstrations.
-- README test badge corrected `650+ → 600+` (verified: 624 tests total).
-
----
-
-## [0.9.0] — 2026-04-20
-
-Three additive enhancements that broaden the package's surface without growing its mandatory dependency footprint.
-
-### Added
-
-- **CLI binary** — `pretext-pdf` is now a `bin` entry. `pretext-pdf doc.json out.pdf`, `cat doc.json | pretext-pdf > out.pdf`, `echo '{...}' | pretext-pdf -o out.pdf`. Supports stdin/stdout and file arguments. `--markdown` flag converts Markdown input to PDF in one step (requires the `marked` peer dep). See [src/cli.ts](src/cli.ts).
-- **`pretext-pdf/compat` entry point** — `fromPdfmake(pdfmakeDoc)` translates pdfmake document descriptors into `PdfDocument` so existing pdfmake codebases can switch with a one-line change at the entry point. Covers strings, `text` nodes (with `style`/`bold`/`italics`/`color`/`fontSize`/`alignment`/`font`), `ul`/`ol`, `table` (with `widths` + `headerRows`), `image`, `qr`, `pageBreak` (`before`/`after`), `stack`, `pageSize`/`pageOrientation`/`pageMargins`, `defaultStyle`/`styles`, `info` → metadata, and string-form `header`/`footer`. Default style-name → heading mapping is configurable via `headingMap` option.
-- **Markdown: GFM tables** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts)) — `markdownToContent()` now recognises GFM tables and translates them to `TableElement`, including column alignment from `:---:` / `---:` markers. Ragged rows are padded with empty cells.
-- **Markdown: GFM task lists** — `- [x] done` and `- [ ] todo` render with ☑ / ☐ Unicode markers prepended to the item text.
-
-### Tests
-
-- New `test/v0.9.0-features.test.ts` (21 tests): markdown table + task list, full CLI exec coverage (stdin, file, `--markdown`, error paths), and pdfmake compat (strings, headings, rich-paragraphs, lists, tables, images, QR, `pageBreak`, `stack`, `pageSize`/`pageMargins`, end-to-end render of a translated document).
-
-### Notes
-
-- Zero new mandatory dependencies. The CLI uses only Node built-ins. The compat shim is pure TypeScript. Markdown additions ride on the existing optional `marked` peer.
-- `dist/cli.js` is wired through `package.json#bin.pretext-pdf` — `npm install -g pretext-pdf` makes the CLI globally available; `npx pretext-pdf` works without install.
-
----
-
-## [0.8.3] — 2026-04-20
-
-### Security
-
-- **SSRF — IPv4-mapped IPv6 bypass** ([src/assets.ts](src/assets.ts) `assertSafeUrl`). Pre-0.8.3 the private-IP guard checked the parsed hostname against dotted-decimal regexes only. WHATWG `URL` normalizes `[::ffff:127.0.0.1]` to `[::ffff:7f00:1]` (hex IPv4-in-IPv6), so attacker-supplied URLs of the form `https://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]/admin` slipped past every `^127\.`/`^10\.`/etc. check and reached localhost or RFC 1918 ranges. Patched by detecting both the dotted (`::ffff:127.0.0.1`) and hex-compressed (`::ffff:7f00:1`) IPv4-mapped forms and decoding the embedded IPv4 before regex matching. Also explicitly blocks the IPv6 unspecified address `::`.
-- **SSRF — redirect-following bypass** ([src/assets.ts](src/assets.ts) `fetchWithTimeout`). The previous implementation used the default `redirect: 'follow'`, so a public URL could `302` to `http://127.0.0.1:8080/internal` and the library would happily fetch the private target despite the upfront `assertSafeUrl` check on the *initial* URL. Patched to use `redirect: 'manual'` and re-validate every `Location` hop with `assertSafeUrl`, capped at 3 redirects. Browser opaqueredirect responses are rejected with a clear error.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **`createGstInvoice` amount-in-words double space for sub-rupee totals** ([src/templates.ts](src/templates.ts)). An invoice whose total was less than ₹1 (e.g. ₹0.50) produced `"Rupees  and Fifty Paise Only"` (two spaces after "Rupees") because the rupee-words branch resolved to an empty string. Now uses an explicit `"Zero"` when there are no rupees: `"Rupees Zero and Fifty Paise Only"`.
-- **Markdown deeper-than-2-level lists silently dropped** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts) `convertListItem`). Pre-0.8.3 the converter only created text-only leaves for nested lists, so `- A\n  - B\n    - C` lost C entirely. Now recursive — preserves arbitrary nesting depth in the resulting `ListItem` tree.
-- **Markdown list items with paragraph-typed content** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts)). When list items were separated by blank lines, marked emits `paragraph` tokens (not `text` tokens) for the item content. The converter only handled `text`, silently dropping the item text. Now also handles `paragraph` tokens.
-
-### Tests
-
-- New `test/v0.8.3-ssrf.test.ts` covers 11 IPv4-mapped IPv6 bypass cases, IPv6 unspecified/loopback regressions, and HTTP rejection.
-- Extended `test/phase-10c-markdown.test.ts` with regressions for 3-level nesting and paragraph-typed list items.
-- Extended `test/phase-10d-templates.test.ts` with the sub-rupee amount-in-words case.
-
----
-
-## [0.8.2] — 2026-04-20
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Rich-paragraph whitespace collapse** — multi-span `rich-paragraph` content rendered with adjacent words overlapping (e.g. `"Founder & CEO" + "  —  Antigravity Systems"` displayed as `"Founder& CEO—AntigravitySystems"`). Root cause: pretext's `layoutWithLines` follows CSS-like behavior and excludes trailing whitespace from line widths, so tokens like `"Hello "` or `"  "` measured to width 0 and downstream fragments overlapped the previous one. `measureTokenWidth` in [src/rich-text.ts](src/rich-text.ts) now uses a sentinel-character technique (append non-whitespace `\u2588`, measure combined string, subtract sentinel width) to recover the true rendered width whenever a token has trailing whitespace. Sentinel width is cached per font config.
-- The fast path (no trailing whitespace) is unchanged — single pretext call. Slow path adds two pretext calls per affected token, with one cached.
-
-### Tests
-
-- Added 3 regression tests in `test/rich-text.test.ts` under `whitespace preservation (v0.8.2 fix)` covering trailing whitespace inside spans, whitespace-only separator spans, and the exact `"Founder & CEO" → "Antigravity Systems"` resume-preset scenario.
-
----
-
-## [0.8.1] — 2026-04-20
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Browser support** — `pretext-pdf` now imports cleanly in browsers. Module-init in `src/fonts.ts` previously called `fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)` and `createRequire(import.meta.url)` eagerly, which threw `"The URL must be of scheme file"` whenever the module was loaded from a non-`file://` URL (esm.sh, jsdelivr, Vite dev server). Both calls are now gated on a runtime `IS_NODE` check, and the bundled-Inter `BUNDLED_INTER_PATHS` arrays are constructed only in Node.
-- **Browser font-loading errors** — `loadFontBytes` now throws clear `FONT_LOAD_FAILED` messages when bundled Inter or string font paths are requested in a browser, pointing the consumer at the correct workaround (supply `Uint8Array` bytes via `doc.fonts`).
-
-### Notes for browser users
-
-- Always supply Inter (or your default font) explicitly via `doc.fonts: [{ family: 'Inter', weight: 400, src: <Uint8Array> }, { family: 'Inter', weight: 700, src: <Uint8Array> }]`. The library cannot read local font files in the browser.
-- SVG / chart / qr-code / barcode elements still depend on `@napi-rs/canvas` at runtime; in the browser, the native `OffscreenCanvas` is used instead and the polyfill is skipped automatically.
-
----
-
-## [0.8.0] — 2026-04-19
-
-### Added
-
-- **`qr-code` element** — generate QR codes as inline PDF content using the `qrcode` optional peer dependency. Supports `data`, `size`, `errorCorrectionLevel` (L/M/Q/H), `foreground`/`background` hex colours, `margin`, `align`, `spaceBefore`/`spaceAfter`. Fully serverless — pure JS, no canvas required.
-- **`barcode` element** — generate 100+ barcode symbologies (EAN-13, Code128, PDF417, QR, DataMatrix, etc.) via the `bwip-js` optional peer dependency. Supports `symbology`, `data`, `width`, `height`, `includeText`, `align`, `spaceBefore`/`spaceAfter`. Pure JS, Lambda/Edge safe.
-- **`chart` element** — embed Vega-Lite charts as vector SVG using `vega` + `vega-lite` optional peer deps. Accepts any Vega-Lite `spec`, `width`, `height`, `caption`, `align`. Rendered with `renderer: 'none'` — zero canvas/puppeteer dependency.
-- **`pretext-pdf/markdown` entry point** — `markdownToContent(md, options?)` converts a Markdown string to `ContentElement[]`. Requires optional `marked` peer dep. Supports headings, bold/italic/links (→ rich-paragraph), lists (2 levels), blockquotes, code blocks, and HR.
-- **`pretext-pdf/templates` entry point** — three typed template functions with zero extra dependencies: `createInvoice(data)` (generic invoice with currency, tax, discount, QR payment), `createGstInvoice(data)` (GST-compliant Indian tax invoice with IGST/CGST+SGST, UPI QR, bank details, amount in words), `createReport(data)` (structured business report with optional TOC).
-- **New error codes** — `QR_DEP_MISSING`, `QR_GENERATE_FAILED`, `BARCODE_DEP_MISSING`, `BARCODE_GENERATE_FAILED`, `BARCODE_SYMBOLOGY_INVALID`, `CHART_DEP_MISSING`, `CHART_SPEC_INVALID`, `CHART_RENDER_FAILED`, `MARKDOWN_DEP_MISSING`.
-
----
-
-## [0.7.2] — 2026-04-20
-
-Phase 11 cross-cutting enhancements. Retroactively attributed to 0.7.2; these features were
-originally left as `[Unreleased]` and published out of chronological order after 0.7.1.
-
-### Added
-
-- **`floatSpans` on image elements** — rich-text alternative to plain `floatText`. Accepts `InlineSpan[]` for mixed bold/italic/color/link captions beside float images. Mutually exclusive with `floatText` (validated).
-- **2-level list nesting** — `ListItem.items` now supports one further level of nesting (depth 0 → 1 → 2). Unordered marker: `▪`. Ordered: inherits parent counter or restarts via `nestedNumberingStyle: 'restart'`.
-- **Table `rowspan`** — `TableCell.rowspan` spans a cell across multiple rows. Works alongside `colspan`. Origin cell draws background over full span height; continuation rows automatically receive placeholder cells.
-- **`onFormFieldError` callback** — `doc.onFormFieldError: (name, err) => 'skip' | 'throw'` mirrors `onImageLoadError`. Controls render behaviour when a form field fails.
-- **`createFootnoteSet(defs)`** — helper exported from `pretext-pdf` that generates footnote definition/reference pairs with globally unique IDs. Returns `Array<{ id, def }>`.
-- **`renderDate` field** — `doc.renderDate: Date | string` overrides the PDF creation date. Useful for reproducible builds and testing.
-- **`{{date}}` and `{{author}}` tokens** in header/footer text — join existing `{{pageNumber}}` / `{{totalPages}}`. `{{date}}` resolves from `renderDate`; `{{author}}` resolves from `doc.metadata.author`.
-- **`tabularNumbers`** on `rich-paragraph` — digits rendered at uniform slot width (widest digit in font), so columns of numbers align without OpenType TNUM feature.
-- **`smallCaps` + `letterSpacing` per span** — `InlineSpan.smallCaps` and `InlineSpan.letterSpacing` now respected in `rich-paragraph` rendering.
-- **Per-span `fontSize`** — `InlineSpan.fontSize` overrides the element-level font size for that span. Enables mixed-size text in a single paragraph.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- `resolveTokens()` used `.replace()` (replaces first occurrence only) — changed to `.replaceAll()` for all four tokens.
-- Table span grid: continuation-row cursor was advancing by 1 instead of `colspan` when skipping a spanned column — now advances by full span width.
-- Font family names now validated for safe characters (`/^[a-zA-Z0-9 _-]+$/`) in `requireFamily()` — rejects null bytes and control characters.
-- Annotation `color` and `author` fields now validated in `validateElement()` for both `paragraph` and `heading` annotations.
-- `buildOutlineTree` memoizes `parentIdxOf()` into a pre-computed array — eliminates O(n²) scan for documents with large heading counts.
-- Table grid-line renderer pre-computes active boundary set — eliminates O(rows × cols) inner loop for large tables.
-- `addLinkAnnotation()` re-validates URL scheme at render time (defense-in-depth; `validate.ts` is the primary gate).
-
----
-
-## [0.7.1] — 2026-04-19
-
-### Changed
-
-- **Upstream pretext pinned to `f2014338487a`** — picks up unreleased CJK opening-bracket annotation fix, Hangul jamo line-walker alignment fix, and two internal line-object churn reductions. No public API changes.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **List nesting depth enforced at validation** — `ListItem.items` (2nd-level items) now correctly rejects any further `.items` property, matching the documented 2-level maximum. Previously the validation silently passed 3-level data which could cause undefined render behaviour.
-- **3 phase-11 list tests corrected** — test data incorrectly contained 3-level nesting while named "2-level"; data trimmed to match documented contract.
-
----
-
-## [0.7.0] — 2026-04-17
-
-### Added
-
-- **6 production templates** (`templates/`) — GST invoice, international invoice, resume, multi-section report, NDA, and meeting minutes. Each is a self-contained `.ts` file outputting a valid PDF. Smoke-tested in Phase 2F Block D.
-- **StackBlitz live demo** (`demo/stackblitz/`) — 4-tab UI (Invoice, Report, Resume, Custom) backed by a Node.js render server. Edit JSON and generate PDFs instantly, no install required. Accessible at the StackBlitz link in the README.
-- **`## Performance` section in README** — measured render times and PDF sizes for 1-page, 10-page, and mixed-element documents. Font subsetting behaviour documented.
-- **Stress tests and benchmarks** (`test/phase-2f-stress.test.ts`) — 32 tests across 4 blocks: large document stress (400-element, 200-row table), edge case stress (CJK, RTL, empty arrays, extreme sizes), timing benchmarks (1-page < 500 ms, 10-page < 5,000 ms), and template smoke tests.
-- **Error code coverage** — new tests for `COLUMN_WIDTH_TOO_NARROW`, `IMAGE_LOAD_FAILED`, `SVG_LOAD_FAILED`, and `ASSEMBLY_FAILED`. 16 of 19 error codes now have direct test coverage.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **`as any` audit** — eliminated 10 casts in `validate.ts` by introducing a typed `FormFieldElement` local binding. The remaining 8 instances (pdf-lib interop, dynamic import, internal back-references) are now documented with one-line comments explaining the constraint.
-- **Comparison article** (`docs/articles/pretext-pdf-vs-pdfmake-2026.md`) — 2,200-word draft covering feature matrix, typography quality, API design, performance, and migration quick-start. Marked `published: false` pending live demo.
-- **Migration guide** (`docs/MIGRATION_FROM_PDFMAKE.md`) — 30+ pdfmake → pretext-pdf mappings, complete before/after invoice example, and a quick-start checklist. Linked from README.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Phase 2F test types** — `fontWeight: 700 as 700` cast in pre-constructed rows array; removed non-existent `creationDate` from `DocumentMetadata`; replaced `allowCopying: false` with correct `encryption: { permissions: { copying: false } }`.
-- **StackBlitz integration** — added `.stackblitzrc` so WebContainer auto-runs `npm start` and opens the browser preview on port 3000.
-
----
-
-## [0.5.3] — 2026-04-16
-
-### Changed
-
-- **Upgraded `@chenglou/pretext` from 0.0.3 to 0.0.5** — picks up improved text analysis accuracy (~35% larger analysis module), better measurement precision, extracted bidi-data module for cleaner tree-shaking, and new `rich-inline` export (not yet used by pretext-pdf). No breaking changes — `prepareWithSegments()` and `layoutWithLines()` APIs are unchanged. All 223 tests pass, 3 example PDFs visually verified (RTL, TOC, hyperlinks).
-
----
-
-## [0.5.2] — 2026-04-13
-
-### Added
-
-- **`onImageLoadError` callback on `PdfDocument`** — gives callers control over image load failures. Return `'skip'` to silently omit the image (preserves existing default behavior). Return `'throw'` to abort rendering with the original error. Previously, all image failures were silently downgraded to `console.warn` with no way to detect them programmatically.
-
-  ```typescript
-  await render({
-    content: [...],
-    onImageLoadError: (src, error) => {
-      myLogger.warn('Image skipped', { src, error })
-      return 'skip'   // or 'throw' to abort
-    }
-  })
-  ```
-
----
-
-## [0.4.0] — 2026-04-08
-
-### Breaking Changes
-
-- **Migrated from `pdf-lib` to `@cantoo/pdf-lib`** — `@cantoo/pdf-lib` is now a direct `dependency` (always installed). Previously it was an optional peer dependency required only for encryption. This removes the `ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` error code and the separate `npm install @cantoo/pdf-lib` installation step. Encryption now works out of the box.
-- **`ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` error code removed** — encryption is now always available. Update any `switch` statements that handled this code.
-
-### Why this change
-
-`pdf-lib` (the original) has not received a meaningful commit since November 2021. `@cantoo/pdf-lib` is the actively maintained fork (v2.6.5, 107+ releases, MIT license). pretext-pdf was already using `@cantoo/pdf-lib` for encryption — this commit makes it the single source of truth for all PDF operations.
-
-### Added
-
-- `test/pretext-api-contract.test.ts` — canary test that asserts `@chenglou/pretext` exports the exact functions pretext-pdf depends on. Breaks loudly if pretext changes its API.
-- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — public multi-phase development plan
-
-### Changed
-
-- `@chenglou/pretext` version pinned to exact `0.0.3` (no caret) — prevents surprise breaking changes from upstream auto-updates
-- `test:contract` script added — runs the pretext API contract test before the full test suite
-- All internal comments updated from `pdf-lib` to `@cantoo/pdf-lib`
-
----
-
-## [0.3.1] — 2026-04-08
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Critical: Font resolution when installed as npm package** — `@fontsource/inter` is now resolved via `createRequire(import.meta.url)` instead of a hardcoded relative path. Previously, `path.join(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', '@fontsource', 'inter', ...)` failed when npm hoisted the dependency to the consumer's top-level `node_modules`, causing `FONT_LOAD_FAILED` on every install. Now resolves correctly regardless of npm hoisting behavior.
-
----
-
-## [0.3.0] — 2026-04-08
-
-### Added (Phase 8B — Interactive Forms)
-
-- New `form-field` element type — creates interactive AcroForm fields in PDFs
-- `fieldType: 'text' | 'checkbox' | 'radio' | 'dropdown' | 'button'`
-- `label` renders above the field as static text
-- Text fields: `defaultValue`, `multiline`, `placeholder`, `maxLength`
-- Checkboxes: `checked` initial state
-- Radio groups and dropdowns: `options` array, `defaultSelected`
-- `doc.flattenForms: true` — bakes all fields into static content
-- Custom `borderColor`, `backgroundColor`, `width`, `height`, `fontSize` per field
-- New error codes: `FORM_FIELD_NAME_DUPLICATE` (duplicate `name` across fields), `FORM_FLATTEN_FAILED`
-- Post-render `form.updateFieldAppearances()` ensures proper display in all PDF readers
-- 10 comprehensive tests covering all form field types
-
-### Added (Phase 8E — Signature Placeholder)
-
-- `doc.signature` — visual signature box drawn on a specified page
-- Fields: `signerName`, `reason`, `location`, `x`, `y`, `width`, `height`, `page`, `borderColor`, `fontSize`
-- Draws signature line, date line, and optional text inside a bordered rectangle
-- `page` is 0-indexed, defaults to last page, clamps gracefully if out of range
-- 6 comprehensive tests
-
-### Added (Phase 8D — Callout Boxes)
-
-- New `callout` element type — styled highlight box with optional title
-- Preset styles: `style: 'info'` (blue), `'warning'` (amber), `'tip'` (green), `'note'` (gray)
-- Optional `title` rendered bold above content with left border accent
-- Fully customizable: `backgroundColor`, `borderColor`, `color`, `titleColor`, `padding`
-- Paginates correctly across pages (reuses blockquote pagination logic)
-- 8 comprehensive tests
-
-### Added (Phase 8F — Document Metadata Extensions)
-
-- `doc.metadata.language` — sets PDF `/Lang` catalog entry (BCP47 tag e.g. `'en-US'`, `'hi'`)
-- `doc.metadata.producer` — sets PDF producer field (e.g. `'MyApp v2.1'`)
-- Both fields validate as non-empty strings
-- 5 comprehensive tests
-
----
-
-## [0.2.0] — 2026-04-08
-
-### Added (Phase 8H — Inline Formatting)
-
-- `verticalAlign: 'superscript' | 'subscript'` on `InlineSpan` in rich-paragraphs
-- Superscript renders at 65% font size, baseline shifted up by 40% of font size
-- Subscript renders at 65% font size, baseline shifted down by 20% of font size
-- `letterSpacing?: number` on `ParagraphElement`, `HeadingElement`, `RichParagraphElement` — extra pt between characters
-- `smallCaps?: boolean` on those same three element types — simulated via uppercase + 80% fontSize
-- Character-by-character rendering for letterSpacing (pdf-lib has no native spacing param)
-- 8 comprehensive tests covering all inline formatting functionality
-
-### Added (Phase 8A — Annotations/Comments)
-
-- New `comment` element type — sticky note annotation at position in document
-- `annotation?: AnnotationSpec` on `ParagraphElement` and `HeadingElement` — attach note to element
-- Supports: `contents`, `author`, `color` (hex), `open` (popup default state)
-- Uses PDF `Subtype: 'Text'` annotation (sticky note icon in PDF viewers)
-- 8 comprehensive tests covering all annotation functionality
-
-### Added (Phase 8C — Document Assembly)
-
-- New `merge(pdfs: Uint8Array[])` exported function — combine pre-rendered PDFs
-- New `assemble(parts: AssemblyPart[])` exported function — mix rendered docs + existing PDFs
-- `AssemblyPart` interface: `{ doc?: PdfDocument, pdf?: Uint8Array }`
-- New error codes: `ASSEMBLY_EMPTY`, `ASSEMBLY_FAILED`
-- 8 comprehensive tests covering all assembly functionality
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **CI case-sensitivity bug**: `test/phase-7-integration.test.ts` used `'en-US'` (uppercase) for hyphenation language. On Linux CI (case-sensitive filesystem) this failed with `UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE`. Changed to `'en-us'` to match package name `hyphenation.en-us`.
-
----
-
-## [0.1.1] — 2026-04-08
-
-### Added
-
-- **Phase 8G: Hyperlinks** — Complete link annotation support:
-  - `paragraph.url` for external URI links on paragraphs
-  - `heading.url` for external URI links on headings
-  - `heading.anchor` for named PDF destinations (internal cross-references)
-  - `InlineSpan.href` for external and internal `#anchorId` links in rich-paragraphs
-  - `mailto:` scheme support for email links
-  - GoTo annotations for internal anchor references
-  - 9 comprehensive tests covering all hyperlink functionality
-
-### Fixed
-
-- **Memory leak in test suite**: Removed module-level `_hypherCache` in `src/measure.ts` that accumulated ~188KB per language across 255+ test runs. Changed from cached Hypher instances to fresh instances per call (negligible performance impact, massive memory savings).
-- **Node.js version compatibility**: Replaced `--experimental-strip-types` with `tsx` runner to support Node.js 18.x, 20.x, and 22.x in CI
-- **Broken CI examples**: Removed references to non-existent Phase 8 example scripts from GitHub Actions workflow
-- **README examples mismatch**: Updated Examples section to only list 5 existing Phase 7 examples (watermark, bookmarks, toc, rtl, encryption)
-- **Test suite OOM issues**: Split large test files (paginate.test.ts) into paginate-basic.test.ts to work around Node.js `--experimental-strip-types` heap exhaustion bug on files >17KB
-
-### Changed
-
-- `test:unit` now runs only `test/paginate-basic.test.ts` (fast, no canvas overhead)
-- Reorganized test scripts: `test:unit`, `test:validate`, `test:e2e`, `test:phases` for better memory management
-- Moved internal planning documentation to archive (preserved, not published)
-- `devDependencies`: Added `@napi-rs/canvas` explicitly (was missing, causing CI failures)
-
-### Added
-
-- `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Development setup, TDD workflow, PR process guide
-- `CHENG_LOU_EMAIL_DRAFT.md`: Template for requesting endorsement from pretext creator
-- `examples/comparison-pdfmake.ts`: pdfmake version of invoice for typography comparison
-
----
-
-## [0.1.0] — 2026-04-07
-
-### Added (Phase 7G — Encryption)
-
-- `doc.encryption` configuration for password-protecting PDFs
-- User password and owner password support
-- Granular permission restrictions: printing, copying, modifying, annotating
-- Lazy-loads `@cantoo/pdf-lib` (optional peer dependency) — zero cost when not used
-- Error code: `ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` when encryption is requested but dependency not installed
-
-### Added (Phase 7F — RTL Text Support)
-
-- Right-to-left text support for Arabic, Hebrew, and other RTL languages
-- Unicode bidirectional text algorithm via `bidi-js`
-- `dir` attribute on text elements: `'ltr'` | `'rtl'` | `'auto'` for per-element control
-- RTL text works with headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and all text elements
-- Automatic detection of mixed LTR/RTL content
-
-### Added (Phase 7E — SVG Support)
-
-- `{ type: 'svg', svg: '<...' }` element for embedding SVG graphics
-- SVG rasterization via `@napi-rs/canvas`
-- ViewBox auto-sizing: automatic height calculation from viewBox aspect ratio
-- Explicit sizing: `width` and `height` parameters for precise control
-- Alignment options: `align: 'left' | 'center' | 'right'`
-- Multi-page support: SVGs paginate correctly across page breaks
-- Error code: `SVG_RENDER_FAILED` for SVG rasterization errors
-
-### Added (Phase 7D — Table of Contents)
-
-- `{ type: 'toc' }` element for automatic TOC generation
-- Two-pass rendering pipeline ensures accurate page numbers
-- Configurable: `title`, `showTitle`, `minLevel`/`maxLevel`, dot leaders, level indentation
-- Auto-indexed from heading structure (H1, H2, H3, etc.)
-- Supports custom formatting via `fontSize`, `color`, `spaceAfter` parameters
-
-### Added (Phase 7C — Hyphenation)
-
-- Automatic word hyphenation for better justified text layout
-- `doc.hyphenation: { language: 'en-US' }` for document-level config
-- Liang's algorithm via `hypher` package for accurate break points
-- Configurable: `minWordLength`, `leftMin`, `rightMin`, per-element `hyphenate: false` opt-out
-- Language support: includes `hyphenation.en-us` (additional languages via npm packages)
-- Error code: `UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE` when language not available
-
-### Added (Phase 7B — Watermarks)
-
-- `doc.watermark` for text or image watermarks on every page
-- Text watermarks: `text`, `fontSize`, `fontWeight`, `color`, `opacity`, `rotation`
-- Image watermarks: `image` (Uint8Array), `opacity`, `rotation`, `color` (tint)
-- Watermarks render behind content (lower z-index)
-- Rotation bounds: -360 ≤ rotation ≤ 360 degrees
-- Validation: must provide either text or image, never both required
-
-### Added (Phase 7A — Bookmarks / PDF Outline)
-
-- PDF sidebar bookmarks auto-generated from heading structure
-- Enabled by default: `bookmarks: true` or `bookmarks: { minLevel: 1, maxLevel: 3 }`
-- Level filtering: include/exclude heading levels from outline
-- Per-heading opt-out: `bookmark: false` on heading elements
-- Keyboard navigation: Cmd/Ctrl+Opt/Alt+O in PDF readers to toggle bookmark sidebar
-
-### Added (Phase 6 — Advanced Features)
-
-- Header and footer support with {{pageNumber}} and {{totalPages}} tokens
-- Text decoration: strikethrough, underline
-- Text alignment: left, center, right, justify
-- Line height control: custom line-height multipliers
-- Column layout with multi-column content flow
-- Tables with colspan/rowspan support
-
-### Added (Phase 5 — Rich Text / Builder API)
-
-- Fluent builder API for programmatic document construction
-- Rich text element with nested formatting (bold, italic, links)
-- Inline code and code blocks with syntax highlighting
-- Block quotes with custom styling
-- Horizontal rules (hr element)
-- Numbered and bulleted lists with nesting
-
-### Added (Phases 1–4 — Core Engine)
-
-- Core PDF generation via `pdf-lib`
-- Element types: paragraph, heading, table, image, list, code, blockquote
-- Font support: Inter bundled, custom TTF embedding
-- Document metadata: title, author, subject, keywords, created date
-- Page sizing: A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal, or custom dimensions
-- Margins: top, bottom, left, right per page
-- Multi-page pagination with orphan/widow control
-- Image formats: PNG, JPG, WebP
-- Table features: custom column widths, cell padding, borders, header styling
-- Colors: hex color codes throughout (text, backgrounds, borders)
+# Changelog
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->
+
+All notable changes to pretext-pdf are documented here.
+Format: [Keep a Changelog 1.1.0](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
+
+---
+
+## [1.1.1] — 2026-05-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`validateDocument` fallback parser: path extraction** — `parseValidationErrorsStructured`
+  now correctly falls back to `path: "document"` for single-throw errors whose message
+  contains a sentence (e.g. `"margins.left must be a non-negative finite number. Got: -1"`).
+  Previously the heuristic accepted any text-before-colon that started with a letter,
+  producing a corrupted path like `"margins.left must be a non-negative finite number. Got"`.
+  Fix: reject candidates that contain `". "` (period + space), which only appears in
+  prose sentences, never in path expressions like `content[0] (paragraph) spans[0].href`.
+
+- **README `runtime%20deps` badge** — Updated from `8` to `7` to reflect the removal
+  of `@chenglou/pretext` from `dependencies` in v1.1.0.
+
+- **`SECURITY.md` personal email removed** — Replaced `akashchikara1998@gmail.com`
+  with the GitHub private vulnerability reporting URL.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **CI matrix: Node 18.x removed** — Node 18 reached End of Life in April 2025.
+  The CI matrix now targets Node 20.x and 22.x only. The `engines.node` field in
+  `package.json` is updated to `>=20.0.0`. The Node 18 matrix slot was causing
+  flaky benchmark failures (EOL runners are slower) that killed the `&&` test chain
+  and caused the badge verifier to see a truncated test count.
+
+---
+
+## [1.1.0] — 2026-05-07
+
+Vendor `@chenglou/pretext` source directly into the package, eliminating the
+GitHub URL dependency and all associated install risks (mutable tags, npm audit
+gaps, network-only install, no SRI).
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`@chenglou/pretext` is now vendored** — The upstream text-layout engine
+  (`src/vendor/pretext/`) is compiled as part of pretext-pdf itself. Consumers
+  no longer need to install `@chenglou/pretext`; the GitHub URL dependency has
+  been removed from `package.json`. The vendored snapshot is pinned to
+  `v0.0.6-patched.2` (commit `658edfec`) with 9 upstream PRs cherry-picked on
+  top of the `v0.0.6` release. See `UPSTREAM.md` for the full patch inventory
+  and upgrade procedure.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`UPSTREAM.md`** — Authoritative attribution and upgrade guide for the
+  vendored `@chenglou/pretext` source. Documents provenance, the 9 cherry-picked
+  upstream PRs (#3, #29, #105, #119, #132, #138, #140, #161, #165), which
+  commits are excluded from vendoring (fork infra), and the procedure for
+  updating when upstream publishes a new release.
+
+### Removed
+
+- **`@chenglou/pretext` dependency** — Removed from `dependencies`. The library
+  source is now bundled inside the package at `dist/vendor/pretext/`. No runtime
+  behavior change; the same patched code is used.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.9] — 2026-05-06
+
+Test coverage Phase 2: filling blind spots in the CLI, the pdfmake compat shim, and
+the performance regression guard. Adds c8 coverage tooling for measurability.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`test/cli.test.ts`** (+13 tests) — End-to-end coverage for the `pretext-pdf` CLI binary,
+  spawning `dist/cli.js` as a subprocess. Covers argument parsing (`--version`, `--help`,
+  `-i/-o/--markdown/--code-font`, positional fallback, unknown flags), JSON and Markdown
+  input modes, stdin/stdout piping, and exit codes 0/1/2.
+
+- **`test/compat.test.ts`** (+34 tests) — Coverage for the pdfmake → pretext-pdf
+  translation shim (`fromPdfmake`). Covers page setup (pageSize string and object,
+  pageMargins scalar/2-tuple/4-tuple, orientation), styles (defaultStyle, named styles,
+  headingMap override), all content node types (string, `text`, `ul`/`ol` with nesting,
+  `table` with header rows, `image`, `qr`, `pageBreak`, `stack`), header/footer string
+  forms, integration render, and unsupported nodes (`columns`, `canvas`).
+
+- **c8 coverage tooling** — `npm run coverage` (text + lcov reporters) and
+  `npm run coverage:check` (75/65/75 thresholds, non-blocking in CI initially).
+  Configuration in `.c8rc.json` excludes type-only files and CLI from instrumentation.
+  Coverage step added to CI as `continue-on-error: true` while baseline thresholds
+  are calibrated.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`test/benchmark-baseline.test.ts`: regression guard now actually guards** —
+  Replaced the prior "TODO: enable when baseline is calibrated" stub (which collected
+  timings but asserted nothing) with a real 3x-baseline-with-500ms-floor budget per
+  corpus. Missing corpora in the baseline JSON now `assert.fail()` instead of silently
+  defaulting to a zero budget that would mask any regression.
+
+- **CONTRIBUTING.md: removed stale "(676 tests)" annotation** — Test count drift bait;
+  the README badge already auto-verifies via `verify:badges`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Test runner now builds first** — Added `pretest:unit: npm run build` so contributors
+  running `npm run test:unit` always get a fresh dist; the new CLI tests spawn the
+  compiled binary and would otherwise fail with a confusing module-not-found error.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.8] — 2026-05-06
+
+Public API contract integrity: the `RenderOptions.logger` option now actually does what
+its JSDoc has always promised, and `@napi-rs/canvas` no longer auto-installs.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`RenderOptions.logger` now routes warnings from asset loading and rendering** —
+  Previously only validation warnings respected the `logger` option. Now all advisory
+  warnings from `loadImages` (image load, image embed, QR/barcode/chart skipped, plugin
+  loadAsset failed, watermark image skipped — 7 call sites) and `renderDocument` (form
+  field render failure) flow through `logger.warn` when one is provided. Bidi-js fallback
+  warnings from RTL reordering remain on `console.warn`; the JSDoc on `RenderOptions.logger`
+  has been updated to document the actual scope honestly.
+
+- **Missing `[pretext-pdf]` log prefix on bidi-js error path** — One `console.warn` in
+  `measure-text.ts` was logging without the canonical `[pretext-pdf]` prefix, making it
+  hard to identify the library as the source in consumer logs. Now consistent.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`@napi-rs/canvas` removed from `optionalDependencies`** — Was double-listed in both
+  `peerDependencies` (with `optional: true`) and `optionalDependencies`. The latter caused
+  npm to attempt installing the native canvas binary on every install, including in
+  edge/serverless environments where the platform may not be supported and the dep is
+  not needed. Now only listed under `peerDependencies` — install it explicitly when you
+  need SVG/QR/barcode/chart rasterization in Node.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- **README — security callout for `allowedFileDirs`** — Added a prominent callout in the
+  Quick Start section. The default behavior allows `image.src` and `svg.src` to read any
+  absolute file path, which is a path-traversal vector when document JSON originates from
+  user input or an LLM. The callout now appears immediately after the first `render()`
+  example.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.7] — 2026-05-05
+
+Picks up pretext fork v0.0.6-patched.2: 8 additional upstream PRs (11 total).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **German low opening quote `„` no longer breaks at line-start on hyphenation path** —
+  `KINSOKU_START_FORBIDDEN` in `src/measure-text.ts` now includes U+201E (`„`), matching
+  pretext PR #165 which fixed the non-hyphenation path. Previously `„` could appear
+  at the start of a wrapped line when hyphenation was active.
+
+- **Currency symbols stay glued to adjacent numbers** — Upstream PR #105 (cherry-picked in
+  `v0.0.6-patched.2`) prevents `$`, `€`, `£`, `₹` etc. from line-breaking away from
+  the number they annotate.
+
+- **Trailing collapsible-space reconstruction fixed** — Upstream PR #29 fix (extended in
+  v0.0.6-patched.2): a word followed by a space that exactly fills `maxWidth` no longer
+  drops the space from line boundary cursors, preventing Arabic/mixed-script text from
+  losing inter-word spaces during reconstruction.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`@chenglou/pretext` dependency** — Bumped from `v0.0.6-patched` to `v0.0.6-patched.2`
+  (GitHub fork, 11 upstream PRs total). Adds: CJK overflow prevention (PR #132),
+  fit-advance cache fix (PR #161), rich inline stats unification (PR #138),
+  chunk layout side table O(1) lookup (PR #140), bidi surrogate handling (PR #3),
+  skip no-op merge passes (PR #119), currency stickiness (PR #105),
+  German quote fix (PR #165), and trailing-space reconstruction (PR #29).
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.6] — 2026-05-04
+
+Audit bug fixes: validator correctness, internal export hygiene, schema gaps, README accuracy.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **lineHeight upper-bound cap removed** — `validate()` no longer rejects `lineHeight > 20`. The
+  field is in points (pt), not a multiplier; 36pt is valid for a large heading. The `> 20` cap in
+  `paragraph`, `heading`, and `defaultParagraphStyle` validators has been removed. The lower-bound
+  check (lineHeight >= fontSize) is preserved.
+
+- **form-field error messages use `${prefix}` format** — Error messages from the `form-field` case
+  now follow the `content[N] (form-field): ...` format used by all other element types, instead of
+  the old `[N] form-field.` prefix.
+
+- **`assertUnknownProps` hint punctuation fixed** — The "unknown property" message previously
+  produced `unknown property. did you mean "color"` (period before hint). Fixed to
+  `unknown property; did you mean "color"` — no period, semicolon separator.
+
+- **British "colour" → "color" in JSDoc** — Two `QrCodeElement` field comments
+  (`foreground`, `background`) and the `ValidationError.path` JSDoc example corrected.
+
+- **`TocEntryElement`, `RichLine`, `RichFragment` removed from public exports** — These types are
+  marked `@internal` in `types-public.ts` and should not be part of the npm API surface. Removed
+  from `src/index.ts`.
+
+- **Signature error includes original cause** — `SIGNATURE_FAILED` now preserves the underlying
+  error message: `PDF signing failed: <original message>` instead of a static string.
+
+- **Header-only table now valid** — `validate()` previously rejected tables where all rows are
+  headers (`headerRowCount === rows.length`). Changed `>=` to `>`: tables where every row is a
+  header are valid (useful for column-label-only tables).
+
+- **Dead sub-condition removed in `float-group` floatWidth guard** — `fg.floatWidth <= 0` was a
+  dead branch (any value `<= 0` is already `< 30`). Removed to clarify intent.
+
+- **`warningCount` JSDoc updated** — Documents that the validator currently only emits errors, so
+  `warningCount` is always 0 (reserved for future use).
+
+- **`validateDocument` no longer re-throws unexpected errors** — Non-`PretextPdfError` exceptions
+  (e.g. circular JSON, unexpected runtime errors) are now caught and returned as a structured
+  `ValidationResult` instead of propagating. `validateDocument` now always returns, never throws.
+
+### Changed (Schema additions — `pretext-pdf/schema`)
+
+- `qrCodeSchema`: added `margin` field.
+- `imageSchema`: added `floatFontSize`, `floatFontFamily`, `floatColor` fields.
+- `codeSchema`: added `dir` and `highlightTheme` fields.
+- `tableSchema`: added `dir`, `headerRows`, and cell-level `dir`, `fontFamily`, `fontSize`,
+  `tabularNumbers` fields.
+
+### Docs
+
+- README: `highlight.js` added to optional peer dependencies table.
+- README: `validate_document` added to MCP server tool list.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.5] — 2026-05-04
+
+Schema coverage completion, `ValidationResult.warningCount`, and README API docs.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`ValidationResult.warningCount`** — `validateDocument()` now returns `warningCount` alongside
+  `errorCount`. Computed by filtering `errors[]` by `severity === 'warning'`. MCP consumers no
+  longer need to derive it client-side.
+
+- **JSON Schema: remaining field coverage** — `src/schema.ts` now covers all previously missing
+  fields across 9 element types:
+  - `inlineSpanSchema`: `dir`
+  - `paragraphSchema`: `columns`, `columnGap`, `tabularNumbers`, `hyphenate`
+  - `headingSchema`: `tabularNumbers`, `hyphenate`
+  - `blockquoteSchema`: `lineHeight`, `padding`, `paddingH`, `paddingV`, `underline`, `strikethrough`
+  - `calloutSchema`: `titleColor`, `fontWeight`, `lineHeight`, `padding`, `paddingH`, `paddingV`
+  - `listSchema`: `lineHeight`, `markerWidth`, `itemSpaceAfter`, `nestedNumberingStyle`; nested
+    items now carry `dir` and have a typed inner schema
+  - `tocSchema`: `titleFontSize`, `levelIndent`, `leader`, `entrySpacing`
+  - `formFieldSchema`: `borderColor`, `backgroundColor`, `keepTogether`, `defaultSelected`
+  - `richParagraphSchema`: `columns`, `columnGap`, `tabularNumbers`
+
+- **README: `validateDocument` and `pretext-pdf/schema` documented** — both entry points now have
+  `### API reference` sections with code examples.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.4] — 2026-05-04
+
+Schema export hardening: post-release audit fixes addressing coverage gaps and a
+malformed dialect URI.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `$schema` dialect URI corrected** — was
+  `https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12` (not a registered URI), now
+  `https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema`. Strict JSON Schema validators
+  (AJV, Smithery, VS Code) will now correctly identify the dialect.
+- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `hr` element spacing fields** — `spaceAbove` and
+  `spaceBelow` (the primary documented fields, default 12) were missing.
+  `spaceBefore` and `spaceAfter` are now correctly marked as aliases.
+- **`pretext-pdf/schema`: `float-group` and `chart` element types** — both
+  first-class public element types were missing from the `content.items.anyOf`
+  list. Schema-driven tooling will now know they exist.
+
+### Added (schema coverage)
+
+- `pdfDocumentSchema.sections` — page-range header/footer overrides
+- `headingSchema.annotation` — annotation field (was already on paragraph)
+- `tableSchema.cellPaddingH` / `cellPaddingV` — primary table density controls
+- `imageSchema.floatWidth` / `floatGap` / `floatSpans` — column-layout controls
+  for floated images
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.3] — 2026-05-03
+
+Enhancements: JSON Schema export, simplified marked peer dep range, and internal API polish.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`pretext-pdf/schema` entry point** — exports `pdfDocumentSchema`, a machine-readable JSON Schema
+  object describing the full `PdfDocument` type. Covers all 22 element types and 18 top-level
+  document properties. Intended for editor tooling, MCP clients, and Smithery UI form generation.
+
+  ```typescript
+  import { pdfDocumentSchema } from 'pretext-pdf/schema'
+  ```
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`marked` peer dependency simplified** — `^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 || ... || ^18.0.0` condensed to
+  `>=9.0.0`. Semantically identical, cleaner npm output.
+
+- **`validateDocument` logger option** — `options.logger` now passed to the underlying `validate()`
+  call via conditional spread, respecting `exactOptionalPropertyTypes: true` constraints.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`fonts.ts` unsafe cast removed** — `(spec as { style?: string }).style` replaced with direct
+  property access on the widened parameter type.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.2] — 2026-05-03
+
+### Added
+
+- `validateDocument(doc, options?)` — non-throwing validation API that returns a structured `ValidationResult` with typed `ValidationError[]` instead of throwing. Each error includes `path`, `message`, `code`, `severity`, and `suggestion` fields.
+- `ValidationError` and `ValidationResult` exported from the public API surface.
+- `Logger` interface and `logger?: Logger` in `RenderOptions` — route diagnostic warnings through a custom logger instead of `console.warn`.
+- Inter italic font support (Inter-400-italic, Inter-700-italic) via bundled `@fontsource/inter` — italic markdown and `fontStyle: 'italic'` now work without manual font setup.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.1] — 2026-05-02
+
+Patch: strict mode correctness fixes. No API changes.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`levenshteinDist` early-exit bug** — per-cell `if (curr[j]! > 2) return 999` inside
+  the inner DP loop fired on intermediate cells, causing d=1 pairs like `hrefs→href` and
+  `spaceafter→spaceAfter` to incorrectly return 999 instead of 1. Fix: removed the per-cell
+  guard; final check only (`prev[n]! > 2 ? 999 : prev[n]!`).
+- **Seven path-prefix annotations** — strict-mode error paths had `(type)` suffixes
+  (e.g. `doc(table).rows[0]`) that no other validator used and that tests didn't expect.
+  All seven removed so paths are plain dot-notation.
+- **`encryption` block not strict-checked** — unknown props inside `doc.encryption`
+  were silently accepted in strict mode. Now validated against `ALLOWED_PROPS_SUB['encryption']`.
+- **Root path was `'document'` not `'doc'`** — top-level `assertUnknownProps` was called
+  with `'document'` as the path prefix, producing paths like `document.content[0]` instead
+  of `doc.content[0]`. Corrected to `'doc'`.
+- **Suggestion format mismatched** — `Did you mean 'x'?` → `did you mean "x"` (lowercase,
+  double-quotes) to match the format tests asserted.
+- **`formatErrors` missing header** — multi-error output now begins with
+  `Strict validation failed (N issues):\n` so callers can detect strict vs. regular errors.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Added `test/validate-strict.test.ts` (35 tests) to `test:unit` script — these tests were
+  written but not wired into CI in v1.0.0.
+
+---
+
+## [1.0.0] — 2026-05-02
+
+First stable release. Completes the plugin extension API, closes all v1.0 gate requirements,
+and ships a fully verified public surface with zero breaking changes from 0.9.x.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Plugin extension API** — Register custom element types via `RenderOptions.plugins`.
+  Each `PluginDefinition` participates in all four pipeline stages: `validate`, `loadAsset`,
+  `measure`, and `render`. Plugins are fully typed and tree-shaken from documents
+  that don't use them. See README § Custom element types (plugins) and
+  `examples/plugin-custom-element.ts` for a runnable example.
+- **`PluginDefinition`, `PluginMeasureContext`, `PluginMeasureResult`, `PluginRenderContext`**
+  exported from `pretext-pdf` public surface (previously internal).
+- **`PdfBuilder` and `PdfBuilderOptions`** exported from `pretext-pdf` (enables type-safe
+  builder construction in downstream code without re-declaring the interface).
+- **`TocEntryElement`** exported from `pretext-pdf` public surface (was in the `ContentElement`
+  union but not individually importable).
+- **`plugins` option on `createPdf()`** — `PdfBuilderOptions.plugins` threads plugins through
+  the builder's `build()` call automatically.
+- **`Intl.Segmenter` pre-flight guard** in `render()` — throws `RENDER_FAILED` with a clear
+  message on Node.js < 16 or runtimes without full-ICU data, instead of silently producing
+  incorrect line breaks.
+- **`PluginRenderContext.pageWidth/pageHeight/margins`** — render hooks now receive full page
+  geometry for layout calculations (page-relative positioning, bleed boxes, etc.).
+- **`render` context Y-coordinate docs** — expanded JSDoc with multi-line text example showing
+  how to position text baselines relative to `context.y`.
+- **Benchmark corpora manifest** and **smoke staging** tests wired into `npm test`
+  (previously orphaned).
+- **`test/table-determinism.test.ts`** — asserts that table pagination produces identical
+  layout traces across repeated invocations of `prepareLayoutState`.
+- **`test/validate-strict.test.ts`** (35 tests) — comprehensive contract for `strict: true`
+  validation covering all element types, nested structures, Levenshtein suggestions, error
+  message format, doc-level and sub-structure prop checks. Total test count: 676.
+- `examples/plugin-custom-element.ts` — runnable plugin example (`npm run example:plugin`).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`SIGNATURE_CERT_AND_ENCRYPTION` error code** — was declared in the `ErrorCode` union
+  but never thrown; validate.ts now uses it correctly when a document specifies both
+  signatures and encryption (previously threw a generic `VALIDATION_ERROR`).
+- **Build break under `exactOptionalPropertyTypes: true`** — `PdfBuilder.build()` no longer
+  passes `{ plugins: undefined }` to `runPipeline` when no plugins are configured.
+- **Plugin `validate` hook empty-string normalization** — `plugin.validate()` returning `''`
+  now correctly accepts the element (was previously treated as a rejection message).
+- **`toc` element reaching render default arm** — `render.ts` now has an explicit
+  `case 'toc': return` guard before the default arm; TOC elements are pre-processed
+  during pagination and should never reach the renderer.
+- **`RichLine` and `RichFragment`** demoted from `@public` to `@internal`; these are
+  implementation details of the rich-text pipeline, not intended for external use.
+- **Sentinel value documentation** — `MeasuredBlock` comment now explicitly states that
+  `lines: []`, `fontSize: 0`, `lineHeight: 0`, `fontKey: ''` applies to spacers, tables,
+  images, hr, *and plugin blocks* — not a bug but a documented convention.
+
+### Internal
+
+- `src/plugin-registry.ts` (new): Pure orchestration helpers for the four plugin injection
+  points (`findPlugin`, `runPluginValidate`, `runPluginLoadAsset`, `runPluginMeasure`,
+  `runPluginRender`).
+- `src/plugin-types.ts` (new): `PluginDefinition` interface and context/result types.
+- `src/layout-state.ts`: `prepareLayoutState` now accepts `options?: RenderOptions` and
+  threads plugins to `stageValidate`, `stageLoadAssets`, and `stageMeasure`.
+- `docs/V1.0-RUNBOOK.md`: Full release runbook with first-principles audit, anti-hallucination
+  protocol, verified-facts table, and phase-by-phase plan.
+
+---
+
+## [0.9.4] — 2026-05-02
+
+> **Note:** This release was never published to npm as a standalone tag. All changes listed
+> here shipped as part of [1.0.0] on the same date.
+
+Architecture hardening + API surface snapshot. No public API changes; internal
+restructuring to eliminate circular dependencies and add drift guards before v1.0 freeze.
+
+### Added
+
+- **API surface snapshot** (`etc/pretext-pdf.api.md`) checked into source control as
+  the v1.0 baseline. The `api:check` CI step will fail on unintentional public-API drift.
+- **`src/layout-state.ts`** — `prepareLayoutState()` and `summarizeLayoutState()` extracted
+  from the pipeline for testability; `layout-contract` and `hard-text-contract` tests
+  wired into `test:unit`.
+- **`src/benchmarks/corpora.ts`** — benchmark corpus manifest (`getBenchmarkCorpora()`)
+  restored from git history; `benchmark-baseline.test.ts` wired into `test:contract`.
+- **Drift guards** (`test/drift-guards.test.ts`) — asserts that `ELEMENT_TYPES`,
+  `ALLOWED_PROPS`, `validate.ts` cases, and `render.ts` cases all agree at test time.
+  Catches any future element-type addition that isn't plumbed through all four places.
+- **`render.ts` default arm** — unknown element types now throw immediately instead of
+  silently producing a blank block.
+
+### Refactored
+
+- **Circular dependency broken**: `src/post-process.ts` extracted so `builder.ts` and
+  `index.ts` no longer form a cycle through each other.
+- **`ELEMENT_TYPES` extracted** to `src/element-types.ts` as single source of truth;
+  re-exported from `index.ts`, imported by `validate.ts` — eliminates the previous
+  per-file string-literal duplication.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `post-process.ts`: drop raw signing library error message from `SIGNATURE_FAILED`
+  to avoid leaking certificate or passphrase details in error output.
+- `layout-state.ts`: polyfill install wrapped in try/catch; throws `CANVAS_UNAVAILABLE`
+  on failure instead of an untyped exception.
+
+---
+
+## [0.9.3] — 2026-04-23
+
+Strict validation release. Opt-in property validation to catch unknown properties on elements and sub-structures via typo detection and precise JSONPath error reporting.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Strict validation mode**: Pass `{ strict: true }` to `render(doc, options)` to reject unknown properties. Non-strict mode (default) remains permissive for backwards compatibility.
+- **`render()` options parameter**: Updated signature to `render(doc: PdfDocument, options?: RenderOptions)` where `RenderOptions = { strict?: boolean }`.
+- **`validate()` public export**: `validate()` is now exported from `pretext-pdf` for standalone validation and testing.
+- **Validation error details**:
+  - Unknown properties reported with Levenshtein edit-distance suggestions (distance ≤2) for typo correction.
+  - Errors include JSONPath-like paths (`content[3].table.rows[0].cells[1].align`) for precise location reporting.
+  - Error accumulation: all violations collected before throwing a single VALIDATION_ERROR with formatted multi-line message.
+  - First 20 errors shown; overflow indicator present.
+- **Compile-time drift guards**: `src/allowed-props.ts` uses `Exact<T, Keys>` TypeScript type assertions to catch property definition drift at type-check time. If element types change, `tsc --noEmit` will error if allowed-props lists don't match.
+- **Property allowlists**:
+  - `ALLOWED_PROPS`: 22 element types (paragraph, heading, table, image, code, list, etc.)
+  - `ALLOWED_PROPS_SUB`: 8 sub-structures (document, metadata, table-row, table-cell, list-item, inline-span, column-def, annotation)
+
+### Internal
+
+- `src/allowed-props.ts` (new): Central configuration for allowed properties with compile-time assertions.
+- `src/validate.ts` (enhanced): Added `levenshteinDist()`, `closestMatch()`, `assertUnknownProps()`, and `formatErrors()` helpers; threading strict flag through `validateElement()` for nested structure validation (tables, lists, rich-paragraphs, float-groups, annotations).
+
+---
+
+## [0.9.2] — 2026-04-22
+
+Maintenance release. Engine refresh + repo-hygiene automation. No runtime behavior changes beyond the `@chenglou/pretext` bump.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Bumped `@chenglou/pretext` to 0.0.6** (from 0.0.5). Brings two upstream improvements: (a) CJK text followed by opening-bracket annotations now wraps like browsers instead of leaving the opening bracket on the previous line (upstream PR #148), (b) native numeric `letterSpacing` support on `prepare()` and `prepareWithSegments()` (upstream PRs #108/#156). Our manual letterSpacing compensation in `src/measure-blocks.ts` and `src/rich-text.ts` continues to work unchanged — delegating to pretext's native path is tracked as Tier 1 follow-up in `docs/ROADMAP.md`. All 624 tests green, all 5 visual regression baselines green.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **README badges matched to reality**: `runtime-deps-7` → `runtime-deps-8` (there are 8 direct `dependencies`, not 7), `tests-600+` → `tests-624` (the full `npm test` chain runs 624 tests across 5 subsuites). Drift guarded by a new CI step; see below.
+
+### Added
+
+- `scripts/verify-badges.js` + CI step — compares README shields.io badge values against `package.json` dep count and `npm test` total. Fails CI on drift. Fast path via `SKIP_TEST_RUN=1` for pre-commit use.
+- `release` job in `ci.yml` — on `v*` tag push, auto-extracts the matching `## [X.Y.Z]` section from this file and creates the GitHub release (requires publish to succeed first). Closes the "tag exists but no release page" gap that affected v0.9.1. (Note: originally shipped as `.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml`; merged into `ci.yml` for dependency ordering in Tier 0.5.)
+- `renovate.json` — watches dependencies, auto-merges devDependency bumps that pass CI, opens PRs (without auto-merge) for runtime, peer, and `@chenglou/pretext` engine bumps. Closes the gap that left us one release behind upstream.
+
+### Removed
+
+- `test/smoke-staging.test.ts` — exercised a non-existent `{ type: 'paragraph', footnote: {...} }` shape that the permissive validator silently accepted. False coverage. A strict validator rollout (rejecting unknown element properties) is the root fix and is tracked as a Tier 1 item in the rewritten `docs/ROADMAP.md`.
+- `src/brain/` — inert auto-logger artifact (34 blank-body entries, no active writer). Never published to npm.
+
+### Docs
+
+- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — complete rewrite as a living document (Now / Next / Under consideration / Shipped / History + Update discipline). The previous "master remediation plan" with phase-numbered sections was dropped: phases 0–5 all shipped by v0.9.1, and the document had rotted to the point of contradicting `package.json` on dependency pinning and `CHANGELOG.md` on what was live. History section preserves the prior plan's origin date and scope for reference.
+
+---
+
+## [0.9.1] — 2026-04-21
+
+Bug-fix + hardening release. Ships the callout + rich-text rendering fixes from PR #2 together with PR #3's producer-validator contract around measured blocks.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Rich-paragraph: leading-space tokens stripped after hard break** ([src/rich-text.ts](src/rich-text.ts)). A pre-overflow guard (`isLeadingSpace: currentX === 0 && token.text.trim() === ''`) fired whenever `currentX` was zero — both at block start *and* after a `\n` hard break reset the cursor. Continuation spans beginning with whitespace (e.g. `'  ·  text'`) had their first token silently dropped, causing separator glyphs and indented text to appear mis-positioned. Guard removed; the overflow-wrap skip path that correctly skips trailing spaces after soft wraps is unaffected.
+- **Callout: `spaceAfter` double-applied by paginator** ([src/measure-blocks.ts](src/measure-blocks.ts)). `callout` block measurement included `el.spaceAfter ?? 12` inside `totalHeight` *and* returned the same value as `block.spaceAfter`. `paginate.ts` added `block.spaceAfter` on top of `block.height`, counting it twice and pushing callout content ~12 pt below its intended position. Fixed by removing `spaceAfter` from the `totalHeight` formula; the value is still returned in `block.spaceAfter` for the paginator.
+- **Callout with title: background rect clips title row when split across pages** ([src/paginate.ts](src/paginate.ts)). `splitBlock` did not subtract `calloutData.titleHeight` from `availableForLines` for the first chunk, allowing `floor((titleH + lh) / lh)` extra lines to be placed, leaving no room for the title row. `getCurrentY` also omitted `titleHeight` from `blockBottom`, producing incorrect Y tracking after a split callout. Both fixed: `titleH` is now subtracted from available space on the first chunk only, and added to `blockBottom` when computing the cursor position after the first chunk renders.
+
+### Added / hardened
+
+- **Producer-validator contract for measured blocks** ([src/paginate.ts](src/paginate.ts)). `validateMeasuredBlocks()` runs at `paginate()` entry in O(n) and throws `PretextPdfError('PAGINATION_FAILED')` if a callout `MeasuredBlock` is missing `calloutData` or any of `titleHeight` / `paddingV` / `paddingH` is non-finite — same for blockquote padding/border fields. Surfaces producer bugs directly instead of as downstream NaN arithmetic or `PAGE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`.
+- **Narrowed internal types** `MeasuredCalloutBlock` / `MeasuredBlockquoteBlock` (intersection types in [src/types.ts](src/types.ts)) consumed by `calloutTitleHeight` + `verticalPadding` helpers in `paginate.ts`. No defensive runtime checks downstream.
+- **Extracted `CalloutData` interface** from the previously-inline shape on `MeasuredBlock.calloutData`. Measurer constructs it as a typed literal, so TypeScript enforces the full contract at the producer site.
+- **Zero-width non-whitespace tokens preserved**: the rich-text post-soft-wrap guard only skips tokens where `text.trim() === ''`. ZWJ (U+200D), combining marks, and other zero-width non-whitespace characters pass through so emoji / CJK shaping stays intact — pinned by a regression test.
+- **Extracted `LINK_COLOR_DEFAULT`** constant in `src/rich-text.ts`.
+
+### Tests
+
+- `test/rich-text.test.ts` 20 → 23 (+3): block-start leading whitespace preserved; leading whitespace after hard break preserved; ZWJ preservation.
+- `test/phase-8d-callout.test.ts` 12 → 19 (+7): callout `spaceAfter` double-count regression, titled split line count, untitled split, continuation chunk `yFromTop === 0`, mid-page split entry, validator rejection on missing `calloutData`, validator rejection on partial `calloutData` (non-finite fields), validator rejection on partial blockquote padding, non-callout-document early-return.
+- Full suite: 624 tests, 100% pass.
+
+### Chore / docs
+
+- Removed `brain/learnings/*.md`, `docs/PLAN-v0.6-v1.0.md`, `test/paginate.test.ts.archive` — internal dev artifacts not for the public repo.
+- Stripped `Phase N:` nomenclature from `src/` comments (pure rename — no logic delta).
+- Added `demo/stackblitz/.stackblitzrc`, `docs/articles/pretext-pdf-vs-pdfmake-2026.md` (draft).
+- Added `examples/visual-pr2-bug1-separator.ts` + `examples/visual-pr2-bug3-callout-split.ts` plus 4 reference PNGs under `docs/visuals/pr2/` for bug-reproduction demonstrations.
+- README test badge corrected `650+ → 600+` (verified: 624 tests total).
+
+---
+
+## [0.9.0] — 2026-04-20
+
+Three additive enhancements that broaden the package's surface without growing its mandatory dependency footprint.
+
+### Added
+
+- **CLI binary** — `pretext-pdf` is now a `bin` entry. `pretext-pdf doc.json out.pdf`, `cat doc.json | pretext-pdf > out.pdf`, `echo '{...}' | pretext-pdf -o out.pdf`. Supports stdin/stdout and file arguments. `--markdown` flag converts Markdown input to PDF in one step (requires the `marked` peer dep). See [src/cli.ts](src/cli.ts).
+- **`pretext-pdf/compat` entry point** — `fromPdfmake(pdfmakeDoc)` translates pdfmake document descriptors into `PdfDocument` so existing pdfmake codebases can switch with a one-line change at the entry point. Covers strings, `text` nodes (with `style`/`bold`/`italics`/`color`/`fontSize`/`alignment`/`font`), `ul`/`ol`, `table` (with `widths` + `headerRows`), `image`, `qr`, `pageBreak` (`before`/`after`), `stack`, `pageSize`/`pageOrientation`/`pageMargins`, `defaultStyle`/`styles`, `info` → metadata, and string-form `header`/`footer`. Default style-name → heading mapping is configurable via `headingMap` option.
+- **Markdown: GFM tables** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts)) — `markdownToContent()` now recognises GFM tables and translates them to `TableElement`, including column alignment from `:---:` / `---:` markers. Ragged rows are padded with empty cells.
+- **Markdown: GFM task lists** — `- [x] done` and `- [ ] todo` render with ☑ / ☐ Unicode markers prepended to the item text.
+
+### Tests
+
+- New `test/v0.9.0-features.test.ts` (21 tests): markdown table + task list, full CLI exec coverage (stdin, file, `--markdown`, error paths), and pdfmake compat (strings, headings, rich-paragraphs, lists, tables, images, QR, `pageBreak`, `stack`, `pageSize`/`pageMargins`, end-to-end render of a translated document).
+
+### Notes
+
+- Zero new mandatory dependencies. The CLI uses only Node built-ins. The compat shim is pure TypeScript. Markdown additions ride on the existing optional `marked` peer.
+- `dist/cli.js` is wired through `package.json#bin.pretext-pdf` — `npm install -g pretext-pdf` makes the CLI globally available; `npx pretext-pdf` works without install.
+
+---
+
+## [0.8.3] — 2026-04-20
+
+### Security
+
+- **SSRF — IPv4-mapped IPv6 bypass** ([src/assets.ts](src/assets.ts) `assertSafeUrl`). Pre-0.8.3 the private-IP guard checked the parsed hostname against dotted-decimal regexes only. WHATWG `URL` normalizes `[::ffff:127.0.0.1]` to `[::ffff:7f00:1]` (hex IPv4-in-IPv6), so attacker-supplied URLs of the form `https://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]/admin` slipped past every `^127\.`/`^10\.`/etc. check and reached localhost or RFC 1918 ranges. Patched by detecting both the dotted (`::ffff:127.0.0.1`) and hex-compressed (`::ffff:7f00:1`) IPv4-mapped forms and decoding the embedded IPv4 before regex matching. Also explicitly blocks the IPv6 unspecified address `::`.
+- **SSRF — redirect-following bypass** ([src/assets.ts](src/assets.ts) `fetchWithTimeout`). The previous implementation used the default `redirect: 'follow'`, so a public URL could `302` to `http://127.0.0.1:8080/internal` and the library would happily fetch the private target despite the upfront `assertSafeUrl` check on the *initial* URL. Patched to use `redirect: 'manual'` and re-validate every `Location` hop with `assertSafeUrl`, capped at 3 redirects. Browser opaqueredirect responses are rejected with a clear error.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`createGstInvoice` amount-in-words double space for sub-rupee totals** ([src/templates.ts](src/templates.ts)). An invoice whose total was less than ₹1 (e.g. ₹0.50) produced `"Rupees  and Fifty Paise Only"` (two spaces after "Rupees") because the rupee-words branch resolved to an empty string. Now uses an explicit `"Zero"` when there are no rupees: `"Rupees Zero and Fifty Paise Only"`.
+- **Markdown deeper-than-2-level lists silently dropped** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts) `convertListItem`). Pre-0.8.3 the converter only created text-only leaves for nested lists, so `- A\n  - B\n    - C` lost C entirely. Now recursive — preserves arbitrary nesting depth in the resulting `ListItem` tree.
+- **Markdown list items with paragraph-typed content** ([src/markdown.ts](src/markdown.ts)). When list items were separated by blank lines, marked emits `paragraph` tokens (not `text` tokens) for the item content. The converter only handled `text`, silently dropping the item text. Now also handles `paragraph` tokens.
+
+### Tests
+
+- New `test/v0.8.3-ssrf.test.ts` covers 11 IPv4-mapped IPv6 bypass cases, IPv6 unspecified/loopback regressions, and HTTP rejection.
+- Extended `test/phase-10c-markdown.test.ts` with regressions for 3-level nesting and paragraph-typed list items.
+- Extended `test/phase-10d-templates.test.ts` with the sub-rupee amount-in-words case.
+
+---
+
+## [0.8.2] — 2026-04-20
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Rich-paragraph whitespace collapse** — multi-span `rich-paragraph` content rendered with adjacent words overlapping (e.g. `"Founder & CEO" + "  —  Antigravity Systems"` displayed as `"Founder& CEO—AntigravitySystems"`). Root cause: pretext's `layoutWithLines` follows CSS-like behavior and excludes trailing whitespace from line widths, so tokens like `"Hello "` or `"  "` measured to width 0 and downstream fragments overlapped the previous one. `measureTokenWidth` in [src/rich-text.ts](src/rich-text.ts) now uses a sentinel-character technique (append non-whitespace `\u2588`, measure combined string, subtract sentinel width) to recover the true rendered width whenever a token has trailing whitespace. Sentinel width is cached per font config.
+- The fast path (no trailing whitespace) is unchanged — single pretext call. Slow path adds two pretext calls per affected token, with one cached.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Added 3 regression tests in `test/rich-text.test.ts` under `whitespace preservation (v0.8.2 fix)` covering trailing whitespace inside spans, whitespace-only separator spans, and the exact `"Founder & CEO" → "Antigravity Systems"` resume-preset scenario.
+
+---
+
+## [0.8.1] — 2026-04-20
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Browser support** — `pretext-pdf` now imports cleanly in browsers. Module-init in `src/fonts.ts` previously called `fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)` and `createRequire(import.meta.url)` eagerly, which threw `"The URL must be of scheme file"` whenever the module was loaded from a non-`file://` URL (esm.sh, jsdelivr, Vite dev server). Both calls are now gated on a runtime `IS_NODE` check, and the bundled-Inter `BUNDLED_INTER_PATHS` arrays are constructed only in Node.
+- **Browser font-loading errors** — `loadFontBytes` now throws clear `FONT_LOAD_FAILED` messages when bundled Inter or string font paths are requested in a browser, pointing the consumer at the correct workaround (supply `Uint8Array` bytes via `doc.fonts`).
+
+### Notes for browser users
+
+- Always supply Inter (or your default font) explicitly via `doc.fonts: [{ family: 'Inter', weight: 400, src: <Uint8Array> }, { family: 'Inter', weight: 700, src: <Uint8Array> }]`. The library cannot read local font files in the browser.
+- SVG / chart / qr-code / barcode elements still depend on `@napi-rs/canvas` at runtime; in the browser, the native `OffscreenCanvas` is used instead and the polyfill is skipped automatically.
+
+---
+
+## [0.8.0] — 2026-04-19
+
+### Added
+
+- **`qr-code` element** — generate QR codes as inline PDF content using the `qrcode` optional peer dependency. Supports `data`, `size`, `errorCorrectionLevel` (L/M/Q/H), `foreground`/`background` hex colours, `margin`, `align`, `spaceBefore`/`spaceAfter`. Fully serverless — pure JS, no canvas required.
+- **`barcode` element** — generate 100+ barcode symbologies (EAN-13, Code128, PDF417, QR, DataMatrix, etc.) via the `bwip-js` optional peer dependency. Supports `symbology`, `data`, `width`, `height`, `includeText`, `align`, `spaceBefore`/`spaceAfter`. Pure JS, Lambda/Edge safe.
+- **`chart` element** — embed Vega-Lite charts as vector SVG using `vega` + `vega-lite` optional peer deps. Accepts any Vega-Lite `spec`, `width`, `height`, `caption`, `align`. Rendered with `renderer: 'none'` — zero canvas/puppeteer dependency.
+- **`pretext-pdf/markdown` entry point** — `markdownToContent(md, options?)` converts a Markdown string to `ContentElement[]`. Requires optional `marked` peer dep. Supports headings, bold/italic/links (→ rich-paragraph), lists (2 levels), blockquotes, code blocks, and HR.
+- **`pretext-pdf/templates` entry point** — three typed template functions with zero extra dependencies: `createInvoice(data)` (generic invoice with currency, tax, discount, QR payment), `createGstInvoice(data)` (GST-compliant Indian tax invoice with IGST/CGST+SGST, UPI QR, bank details, amount in words), `createReport(data)` (structured business report with optional TOC).
+- **New error codes** — `QR_DEP_MISSING`, `QR_GENERATE_FAILED`, `BARCODE_DEP_MISSING`, `BARCODE_GENERATE_FAILED`, `BARCODE_SYMBOLOGY_INVALID`, `CHART_DEP_MISSING`, `CHART_SPEC_INVALID`, `CHART_RENDER_FAILED`, `MARKDOWN_DEP_MISSING`.
+
+---
+
+## [0.7.2] — 2026-04-20
+
+Phase 11 cross-cutting enhancements. Retroactively attributed to 0.7.2; these features were
+originally left as `[Unreleased]` and published out of chronological order after 0.7.1.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`floatSpans` on image elements** — rich-text alternative to plain `floatText`. Accepts `InlineSpan[]` for mixed bold/italic/color/link captions beside float images. Mutually exclusive with `floatText` (validated).
+- **2-level list nesting** — `ListItem.items` now supports one further level of nesting (depth 0 → 1 → 2). Unordered marker: `▪`. Ordered: inherits parent counter or restarts via `nestedNumberingStyle: 'restart'`.
+- **Table `rowspan`** — `TableCell.rowspan` spans a cell across multiple rows. Works alongside `colspan`. Origin cell draws background over full span height; continuation rows automatically receive placeholder cells.
+- **`onFormFieldError` callback** — `doc.onFormFieldError: (name, err) => 'skip' | 'throw'` mirrors `onImageLoadError`. Controls render behaviour when a form field fails.
+- **`createFootnoteSet(defs)`** — helper exported from `pretext-pdf` that generates footnote definition/reference pairs with globally unique IDs. Returns `Array<{ id, def }>`.
+- **`renderDate` field** — `doc.renderDate: Date | string` overrides the PDF creation date. Useful for reproducible builds and testing.
+- **`{{date}}` and `{{author}}` tokens** in header/footer text — join existing `{{pageNumber}}` / `{{totalPages}}`. `{{date}}` resolves from `renderDate`; `{{author}}` resolves from `doc.metadata.author`.
+- **`tabularNumbers`** on `rich-paragraph` — digits rendered at uniform slot width (widest digit in font), so columns of numbers align without OpenType TNUM feature.
+- **`smallCaps` + `letterSpacing` per span** — `InlineSpan.smallCaps` and `InlineSpan.letterSpacing` now respected in `rich-paragraph` rendering.
+- **Per-span `fontSize`** — `InlineSpan.fontSize` overrides the element-level font size for that span. Enables mixed-size text in a single paragraph.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `resolveTokens()` used `.replace()` (replaces first occurrence only) — changed to `.replaceAll()` for all four tokens.
+- Table span grid: continuation-row cursor was advancing by 1 instead of `colspan` when skipping a spanned column — now advances by full span width.
+- Font family names now validated for safe characters (`/^[a-zA-Z0-9 _-]+$/`) in `requireFamily()` — rejects null bytes and control characters.
+- Annotation `color` and `author` fields now validated in `validateElement()` for both `paragraph` and `heading` annotations.
+- `buildOutlineTree` memoizes `parentIdxOf()` into a pre-computed array — eliminates O(n²) scan for documents with large heading counts.
+- Table grid-line renderer pre-computes active boundary set — eliminates O(rows × cols) inner loop for large tables.
+- `addLinkAnnotation()` re-validates URL scheme at render time (defense-in-depth; `validate.ts` is the primary gate).
+
+---
+
+## [0.7.1] — 2026-04-19
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Upstream pretext pinned to `f2014338487a`** — picks up unreleased CJK opening-bracket annotation fix, Hangul jamo line-walker alignment fix, and two internal line-object churn reductions. No public API changes.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **List nesting depth enforced at validation** — `ListItem.items` (2nd-level items) now correctly rejects any further `.items` property, matching the documented 2-level maximum. Previously the validation silently passed 3-level data which could cause undefined render behaviour.
+- **3 phase-11 list tests corrected** — test data incorrectly contained 3-level nesting while named "2-level"; data trimmed to match documented contract.
+
+---
+
+## [0.7.0] — 2026-04-17
+
+### Added
+
+- **6 production templates** (`templates/`) — GST invoice, international invoice, resume, multi-section report, NDA, and meeting minutes. Each is a self-contained `.ts` file outputting a valid PDF. Smoke-tested in Phase 2F Block D.
+- **StackBlitz live demo** (`demo/stackblitz/`) — 4-tab UI (Invoice, Report, Resume, Custom) backed by a Node.js render server. Edit JSON and generate PDFs instantly, no install required. Accessible at the StackBlitz link in the README.
+- **`## Performance` section in README** — measured render times and PDF sizes for 1-page, 10-page, and mixed-element documents. Font subsetting behaviour documented.
+- **Stress tests and benchmarks** (`test/phase-2f-stress.test.ts`) — 32 tests across 4 blocks: large document stress (400-element, 200-row table), edge case stress (CJK, RTL, empty arrays, extreme sizes), timing benchmarks (1-page < 500 ms, 10-page < 5,000 ms), and template smoke tests.
+- **Error code coverage** — new tests for `COLUMN_WIDTH_TOO_NARROW`, `IMAGE_LOAD_FAILED`, `SVG_LOAD_FAILED`, and `ASSEMBLY_FAILED`. 16 of 19 error codes now have direct test coverage.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`as any` audit** — eliminated 10 casts in `validate.ts` by introducing a typed `FormFieldElement` local binding. The remaining 8 instances (pdf-lib interop, dynamic import, internal back-references) are now documented with one-line comments explaining the constraint.
+- **Comparison article** (`docs/articles/pretext-pdf-vs-pdfmake-2026.md`) — 2,200-word draft covering feature matrix, typography quality, API design, performance, and migration quick-start. Marked `published: false` pending live demo.
+- **Migration guide** (`docs/MIGRATION_FROM_PDFMAKE.md`) — 30+ pdfmake → pretext-pdf mappings, complete before/after invoice example, and a quick-start checklist. Linked from README.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Phase 2F test types** — `fontWeight: 700 as 700` cast in pre-constructed rows array; removed non-existent `creationDate` from `DocumentMetadata`; replaced `allowCopying: false` with correct `encryption: { permissions: { copying: false } }`.
+- **StackBlitz integration** — added `.stackblitzrc` so WebContainer auto-runs `npm start` and opens the browser preview on port 3000.
+
+---
+
+## [0.5.3] — 2026-04-16
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Upgraded `@chenglou/pretext` from 0.0.3 to 0.0.5** — picks up improved text analysis accuracy (~35% larger analysis module), better measurement precision, extracted bidi-data module for cleaner tree-shaking, and new `rich-inline` export (not yet used by pretext-pdf). No breaking changes — `prepareWithSegments()` and `layoutWithLines()` APIs are unchanged. All 223 tests pass, 3 example PDFs visually verified (RTL, TOC, hyperlinks).
+
+---
+
+## [0.5.2] — 2026-04-13
+
+### Added
+
+- **`onImageLoadError` callback on `PdfDocument`** — gives callers control over image load failures. Return `'skip'` to silently omit the image (preserves existing default behavior). Return `'throw'` to abort rendering with the original error. Previously, all image failures were silently downgraded to `console.warn` with no way to detect them programmatically.
+
+  ```typescript
+  await render({
+    content: [...],
+    onImageLoadError: (src, error) => {
+      myLogger.warn('Image skipped', { src, error })
+      return 'skip'   // or 'throw' to abort
+    }
+  })
+  ```
+
+---
+
+## [0.4.0] — 2026-04-08
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- **Migrated from `pdf-lib` to `@cantoo/pdf-lib`** — `@cantoo/pdf-lib` is now a direct `dependency` (always installed). Previously it was an optional peer dependency required only for encryption. This removes the `ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` error code and the separate `npm install @cantoo/pdf-lib` installation step. Encryption now works out of the box.
+- **`ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` error code removed** — encryption is now always available. Update any `switch` statements that handled this code.
+
+### Why this change
+
+`pdf-lib` (the original) has not received a meaningful commit since November 2021. `@cantoo/pdf-lib` is the actively maintained fork (v2.6.5, 107+ releases, MIT license). pretext-pdf was already using `@cantoo/pdf-lib` for encryption — this commit makes it the single source of truth for all PDF operations.
+
+### Added
+
+- `test/pretext-api-contract.test.ts` — canary test that asserts `@chenglou/pretext` exports the exact functions pretext-pdf depends on. Breaks loudly if pretext changes its API.
+- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — public multi-phase development plan
+
+### Changed
+
+- `@chenglou/pretext` version pinned to exact `0.0.3` (no caret) — prevents surprise breaking changes from upstream auto-updates
+- `test:contract` script added — runs the pretext API contract test before the full test suite
+- All internal comments updated from `pdf-lib` to `@cantoo/pdf-lib`
+
+---
+
+## [0.3.1] — 2026-04-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Critical: Font resolution when installed as npm package** — `@fontsource/inter` is now resolved via `createRequire(import.meta.url)` instead of a hardcoded relative path. Previously, `path.join(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', '@fontsource', 'inter', ...)` failed when npm hoisted the dependency to the consumer's top-level `node_modules`, causing `FONT_LOAD_FAILED` on every install. Now resolves correctly regardless of npm hoisting behavior.
+
+---
+
+## [0.3.0] — 2026-04-08
+
+### Added (Phase 8B — Interactive Forms)
+
+- New `form-field` element type — creates interactive AcroForm fields in PDFs
+- `fieldType: 'text' | 'checkbox' | 'radio' | 'dropdown' | 'button'`
+- `label` renders above the field as static text
+- Text fields: `defaultValue`, `multiline`, `placeholder`, `maxLength`
+- Checkboxes: `checked` initial state
+- Radio groups and dropdowns: `options` array, `defaultSelected`
+- `doc.flattenForms: true` — bakes all fields into static content
+- Custom `borderColor`, `backgroundColor`, `width`, `height`, `fontSize` per field
+- New error codes: `FORM_FIELD_NAME_DUPLICATE` (duplicate `name` across fields), `FORM_FLATTEN_FAILED`
+- Post-render `form.updateFieldAppearances()` ensures proper display in all PDF readers
+- 10 comprehensive tests covering all form field types
+
+### Added (Phase 8E — Signature Placeholder)
+
+- `doc.signature` — visual signature box drawn on a specified page
+- Fields: `signerName`, `reason`, `location`, `x`, `y`, `width`, `height`, `page`, `borderColor`, `fontSize`
+- Draws signature line, date line, and optional text inside a bordered rectangle
+- `page` is 0-indexed, defaults to last page, clamps gracefully if out of range
+- 6 comprehensive tests
+
+### Added (Phase 8D — Callout Boxes)
+
+- New `callout` element type — styled highlight box with optional title
+- Preset styles: `style: 'info'` (blue), `'warning'` (amber), `'tip'` (green), `'note'` (gray)
+- Optional `title` rendered bold above content with left border accent
+- Fully customizable: `backgroundColor`, `borderColor`, `color`, `titleColor`, `padding`
+- Paginates correctly across pages (reuses blockquote pagination logic)
+- 8 comprehensive tests
+
+### Added (Phase 8F — Document Metadata Extensions)
+
+- `doc.metadata.language` — sets PDF `/Lang` catalog entry (BCP47 tag e.g. `'en-US'`, `'hi'`)
+- `doc.metadata.producer` — sets PDF producer field (e.g. `'MyApp v2.1'`)
+- Both fields validate as non-empty strings
+- 5 comprehensive tests
+
+---
+
+## [0.2.0] — 2026-04-08
+
+### Added (Phase 8H — Inline Formatting)
+
+- `verticalAlign: 'superscript' | 'subscript'` on `InlineSpan` in rich-paragraphs
+- Superscript renders at 65% font size, baseline shifted up by 40% of font size
+- Subscript renders at 65% font size, baseline shifted down by 20% of font size
+- `letterSpacing?: number` on `ParagraphElement`, `HeadingElement`, `RichParagraphElement` — extra pt between characters
+- `smallCaps?: boolean` on those same three element types — simulated via uppercase + 80% fontSize
+- Character-by-character rendering for letterSpacing (pdf-lib has no native spacing param)
+- 8 comprehensive tests covering all inline formatting functionality
+
+### Added (Phase 8A — Annotations/Comments)
+
+- New `comment` element type — sticky note annotation at position in document
+- `annotation?: AnnotationSpec` on `ParagraphElement` and `HeadingElement` — attach note to element
+- Supports: `contents`, `author`, `color` (hex), `open` (popup default state)
+- Uses PDF `Subtype: 'Text'` annotation (sticky note icon in PDF viewers)
+- 8 comprehensive tests covering all annotation functionality
+
+### Added (Phase 8C — Document Assembly)
+
+- New `merge(pdfs: Uint8Array[])` exported function — combine pre-rendered PDFs
+- New `assemble(parts: AssemblyPart[])` exported function — mix rendered docs + existing PDFs
+- `AssemblyPart` interface: `{ doc?: PdfDocument, pdf?: Uint8Array }`
+- New error codes: `ASSEMBLY_EMPTY`, `ASSEMBLY_FAILED`
+- 8 comprehensive tests covering all assembly functionality
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **CI case-sensitivity bug**: `test/phase-7-integration.test.ts` used `'en-US'` (uppercase) for hyphenation language. On Linux CI (case-sensitive filesystem) this failed with `UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE`. Changed to `'en-us'` to match package name `hyphenation.en-us`.
+
+---
+
+## [0.1.1] — 2026-04-08
+
+### Added
+
+- **Phase 8G: Hyperlinks** — Complete link annotation support:
+  - `paragraph.url` for external URI links on paragraphs
+  - `heading.url` for external URI links on headings
+  - `heading.anchor` for named PDF destinations (internal cross-references)
+  - `InlineSpan.href` for external and internal `#anchorId` links in rich-paragraphs
+  - `mailto:` scheme support for email links
+  - GoTo annotations for internal anchor references
+  - 9 comprehensive tests covering all hyperlink functionality
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Memory leak in test suite**: Removed module-level `_hypherCache` in `src/measure.ts` that accumulated ~188KB per language across 255+ test runs. Changed from cached Hypher instances to fresh instances per call (negligible performance impact, massive memory savings).
+- **Node.js version compatibility**: Replaced `--experimental-strip-types` with `tsx` runner to support Node.js 18.x, 20.x, and 22.x in CI
+- **Broken CI examples**: Removed references to non-existent Phase 8 example scripts from GitHub Actions workflow
+- **README examples mismatch**: Updated Examples section to only list 5 existing Phase 7 examples (watermark, bookmarks, toc, rtl, encryption)
+- **Test suite OOM issues**: Split large test files (paginate.test.ts) into paginate-basic.test.ts to work around Node.js `--experimental-strip-types` heap exhaustion bug on files >17KB
+
+### Changed
+
+- `test:unit` now runs only `test/paginate-basic.test.ts` (fast, no canvas overhead)
+- Reorganized test scripts: `test:unit`, `test:validate`, `test:e2e`, `test:phases` for better memory management
+- Moved internal planning documentation to archive (preserved, not published)
+- `devDependencies`: Added `@napi-rs/canvas` explicitly (was missing, causing CI failures)
+
+### Added
+
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Development setup, TDD workflow, PR process guide
+- `CHENG_LOU_EMAIL_DRAFT.md`: Template for requesting endorsement from pretext creator
+- `examples/comparison-pdfmake.ts`: pdfmake version of invoice for typography comparison
+
+---
+
+## [0.1.0] — 2026-04-07
+
+### Added (Phase 7G — Encryption)
+
+- `doc.encryption` configuration for password-protecting PDFs
+- User password and owner password support
+- Granular permission restrictions: printing, copying, modifying, annotating
+- Lazy-loads `@cantoo/pdf-lib` (optional peer dependency) — zero cost when not used
+- Error code: `ENCRYPTION_NOT_AVAILABLE` when encryption is requested but dependency not installed
+
+### Added (Phase 7F — RTL Text Support)
+
+- Right-to-left text support for Arabic, Hebrew, and other RTL languages
+- Unicode bidirectional text algorithm via `bidi-js`
+- `dir` attribute on text elements: `'ltr'` | `'rtl'` | `'auto'` for per-element control
+- RTL text works with headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and all text elements
+- Automatic detection of mixed LTR/RTL content
+
+### Added (Phase 7E — SVG Support)
+
+- `{ type: 'svg', svg: '<...' }` element for embedding SVG graphics
+- SVG rasterization via `@napi-rs/canvas`
+- ViewBox auto-sizing: automatic height calculation from viewBox aspect ratio
+- Explicit sizing: `width` and `height` parameters for precise control
+- Alignment options: `align: 'left' | 'center' | 'right'`
+- Multi-page support: SVGs paginate correctly across page breaks
+- Error code: `SVG_RENDER_FAILED` for SVG rasterization errors
+
+### Added (Phase 7D — Table of Contents)
+
+- `{ type: 'toc' }` element for automatic TOC generation
+- Two-pass rendering pipeline ensures accurate page numbers
+- Configurable: `title`, `showTitle`, `minLevel`/`maxLevel`, dot leaders, level indentation
+- Auto-indexed from heading structure (H1, H2, H3, etc.)
+- Supports custom formatting via `fontSize`, `color`, `spaceAfter` parameters
+
+### Added (Phase 7C — Hyphenation)
+
+- Automatic word hyphenation for better justified text layout
+- `doc.hyphenation: { language: 'en-US' }` for document-level config
+- Liang's algorithm via `hypher` package for accurate break points
+- Configurable: `minWordLength`, `leftMin`, `rightMin`, per-element `hyphenate: false` opt-out
+- Language support: includes `hyphenation.en-us` (additional languages via npm packages)
+- Error code: `UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE` when language not available
+
+### Added (Phase 7B — Watermarks)
+
+- `doc.watermark` for text or image watermarks on every page
+- Text watermarks: `text`, `fontSize`, `fontWeight`, `color`, `opacity`, `rotation`
+- Image watermarks: `image` (Uint8Array), `opacity`, `rotation`, `color` (tint)
+- Watermarks render behind content (lower z-index)
+- Rotation bounds: -360 ≤ rotation ≤ 360 degrees
+- Validation: must provide either text or image, never both required
+
+### Added (Phase 7A — Bookmarks / PDF Outline)
+
+- PDF sidebar bookmarks auto-generated from heading structure
+- Enabled by default: `bookmarks: true` or `bookmarks: { minLevel: 1, maxLevel: 3 }`
+- Level filtering: include/exclude heading levels from outline
+- Per-heading opt-out: `bookmark: false` on heading elements
+- Keyboard navigation: Cmd/Ctrl+Opt/Alt+O in PDF readers to toggle bookmark sidebar
+
+### Added (Phase 6 — Advanced Features)
+
+- Header and footer support with {{pageNumber}} and {{totalPages}} tokens
+- Text decoration: strikethrough, underline
+- Text alignment: left, center, right, justify
+- Line height control: custom line-height multipliers
+- Column layout with multi-column content flow
+- Tables with colspan/rowspan support
+
+### Added (Phase 5 — Rich Text / Builder API)
+
+- Fluent builder API for programmatic document construction
+- Rich text element with nested formatting (bold, italic, links)
+- Inline code and code blocks with syntax highlighting
+- Block quotes with custom styling
+- Horizontal rules (hr element)
+- Numbered and bulleted lists with nesting
+
+### Added (Phases 1–4 — Core Engine)
+
+- Core PDF generation via `pdf-lib`
+- Element types: paragraph, heading, table, image, list, code, blockquote
+- Font support: Inter bundled, custom TTF embedding
+- Document metadata: title, author, subject, keywords, created date
+- Page sizing: A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal, or custom dimensions
+- Margins: top, bottom, left, right per page
+- Multi-page pagination with orphan/widow control
+- Image formats: PNG, JPG, WebP
+- Table features: custom column widths, cell padding, borders, header styling
+- Colors: hex color codes throughout (text, backgrounds, borders)