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Changelog

CodexSkin remains an unsigned preview. Verify every ZIP SHA-256 and read the safety model before running it.

v0.11.3 — Cleaner analytics disclosure

2026-07-27
  • Kept the required Plausible and Google Analytics privacy disclosures while removing the implementation hostname and Google measurement ID from the visible policy copy.
  • Left the analytics scripts and content security policy unchanged so aggregate traffic measurement continues to work.

v0.11.2 — Valid pet atlases and skin-safe refresh

2026-07-26
  • Corrected the failed animation row from seven frames to the required eight frames across every original pet.
  • Added generation-time alpha occupancy checks so malformed packages fail before publication.
  • Replaced normal-restart instructions with Settings > Appearance > Pets > Refresh custom pets, preserving active CodexSkin sessions.
  • Added an explicit warning to relaunch through Apply CodexSkin whenever a restart is actually required.

v0.11.1 — Double-click Windows pet installs

2026-07-26
  • Added Install-Windows.cmd to every pet package so Windows users get a visible, double-clickable installer window with an exit code and pause before close.
  • Kept the adjacent PowerShell installer readable and process-local while adding CODEX_HOME support for isolated verification.
  • Clarified extract, install, restart, and pet-selection instructions on every pet detail page and inside each package.

v0.11.0 — Original Codex pet center

2026-07-26
  • Added a dedicated pet gallery with three rights-clear original companions and synchronized nine-state live previews.
  • Added static pet detail pages and transparent Windows/macOS packages containing only pet.json, spritesheet.webp, readable installers, and a README.
  • Added a browser-local package lab that checks filenames, manifest fields, WebP signature, file limits, exact 1536 by 1872 dimensions, and every animation row without uploading user files.
  • Documented the community-studio moderation boundary instead of opening an unreviewed public file host.

v0.10.2 — Fresh theme detail artwork

2026-07-26
  • Stopped treating /skins detail pages as month-long image assets, so theme HTML now revalidates normally after a release.
  • Versioned every preview image reference and internal theme link to bypass detail pages and artwork already cached by existing browsers.
  • Updated Open Graph preview URLs so newly shared theme links use the current installed-effect artwork.

v0.10.1 — Paid custom theme studio

2026-07-26
  • Added a browser-local artwork editor with 8:5 cropping, focal positioning, automatic palette extraction, seven safe renderer styles, and a live Codex-style preview.
  • Added a server-priced $2.99 PayPal product that issues one personal customization code after verified capture and supports payment recovery without charging twice.
  • Added a 30-minute edit session with up to three successful generations, private R2 package storage, and ten-minute recovery download links.
  • Built every custom delivery as one complete installer containing the current runner, both platform launchers, and a strictly validated data-only theme.

v0.10.0 — Six independent premium design systems

2026-07-26
  • Reimagined all six premium themes with original art directions spanning washi ink, tactical industrial, astronomical, Bauhaus, luxury broadcast, and screenprint festival design.
  • Added a strict style enum to the data-only theme schema so curated packs can safely select distinct typography, geometry, surface, border, shadow, and composer systems without arbitrary CSS.
  • Regenerated every premium effect preview from the same style rules used by the live renderer, keeping the storefront images representative of the installed result.
  • Refined semantic palettes around background, surface, overlay, accent, state, text, muted, and border roles instead of treating each theme as a single accent swap.

v0.9.0 — Cinematic gallery redesign

2026-07-24
  • Rebuilt the website around a warm-black, ivory, and amber cinematic gallery design system.
  • Recomposed the homepage, theme detail, premium, download, and safety journeys around actual Codex effect previews.
  • Added editorial theme discovery, clearer one-theme versus full-collection pricing, and a dedicated social sharing image.
  • Removed stale concept-preview language and corrected typography, metadata, spacing, and responsive hierarchy.

v0.8.4 — Asynchronous payment delivery and complete collections

2026-07-24
  • Separated PayPal capture from license delivery and added authenticated status polling for slow sandbox webhooks.
  • Kept platform-level capture errors hidden while the page waits for the already-approved order to complete.
  • Changed six-theme purchases to produce one complete installer containing all six signed premium themes.
  • Added separate re-download actions for the current theme or the full six-theme collection.

v0.8.3 — One-click premium installers

2026-07-24
  • Merged the verified public engine and each personalized premium theme into one ready-to-run CodexSkin ZIP.
  • Prepared a complete-installer link immediately after payment and removed the manual theme-folder copy step.
  • Rendered only the standard PayPal funding button, hiding the separate Pay Later option.
  • Added a D1 fulfillment lock so browser capture and PayPal webhooks return the same license without a first-request 500.

v0.8.2 — Resilient PayPal license delivery

2026-07-24
  • Kept API POST requests on the active host and prevented API failures from falling through to HTML pages.
  • Added content-aware response parsing and idempotent capture retries instead of exposing raw JSON parser errors.
  • Stored pending checkout credentials in session storage for six hours and added a Recover paid license action.
  • Preserved completed orders through PayPal webhook fulfillment so users are never instructed to pay twice.

v0.8.1 — PayPal checkout foundation

2026-07-23
  • Added server-priced PayPal Orders v2 creation and capture for single themes and the six-theme collection.
  • Added encrypted license delivery, idempotent order fulfillment, and signed webhook handling for refunds and reversals.
  • Added PayPal buttons to premium theme pages while preserving manual license redemption.
  • Checkout remains disabled until merchant credentials and final prices are configured as Cloudflare secrets and variables.

v0.8.0 — Private premium distribution and official signatures

2026-07-23
  • Reduced the public runner to two visually distinct, attributed themes using rights-cleared upstream assets.
  • Moved six original premium themes to a private R2 bucket and removed their static public ZIPs.
  • Added hashed D1 entitlements, ten-minute same-domain download links, recipient fingerprints, and JPEG metadata watermarks.
  • Added local Ed25519 signature and file-hash verification before the runner displays an Official Theme label.

v0.7.1 — Unified Codex-style concept previews

2026-07-22
  • Regenerated all 28 gallery previews with one consistent Codex-style interface composition.
  • Adapted preview panels, text, accents, and controls to each theme's bounded light or dark palette.
  • Replaced the local-runner-result wording with an explicit concept-preview label.
  • Added a repeatable render:previews command driven by the complete skin catalog.

v0.7.0 — Premium anime, sci-fi, and football collections

2026-07-22
  • Added six original 2560 x 1440 premium themes with composition-safe left navigation and right-side focal art.
  • Introduced two anime, two science-fiction, and two trademark-neutral global football art directions.
  • Matched every artwork with explicit light or dark appearance, focus metadata, and a hand-tuned semantic color palette.
  • Kept one shared visual engine and the bounded three-file theme package format, with no theme-specific scripts.

v0.6.0 — Immersive signature themes

2026-07-22
  • Added reversible semantic markers for the verified native home route, shell, and project utility bar.
  • Reshaped the native home hero, suggestion cards, and joined composer into a responsive immersive layout without inserting fake controls.
  • Added original 2560 x 1440 Chrono Cathedral and Rose Conservatory signature themes with crop-safe composition.
  • Extended mock-CDP route and Restore coverage so home-only layout markers cannot leak into tasks or official mode.

v0.5.0 — Independent visual engine

2026-07-22
  • Painted each theme image once across the native window and added distinct home, task, sidebar, and control readability layers.
  • Switched theme blending to OKLab, strengthened semantic text colors, and removed duplicate native top and composer fades.
  • Replaced the fragile home class probe with semantic route detection and added live home-to-task transition coverage.
  • Added image-aspect-aware rendering while keeping the existing theme schema, signed-app validation, profile, and rollback safeguards.

v0.4.6 — Runtime selector escaping

2026-07-21
  • Preserved the escaped slash in the Tailwind group/home-suggestions class through both payload-generation layers.
  • Added generated-payload and mock-DOM regression checks that reject the unescaped invalid selector.
  • Kept the sequential CDP startup, existing Codex profile, rollback behavior, and sign-in state unchanged.

v0.4.5 — Sequential CDP startup

2026-07-21
  • Applied and confirmed the skin through one short-lived renderer session before starting the persistent watcher.
  • Removed the competing post-start verification client that could time out on current Codex Chromium builds.
  • Kept the existing Codex profile, rollback behavior, and Browser-ID-pinned loopback watcher unchanged.

v0.4.4 — Route-aware visual system

2026-07-21
  • Painted artwork once across the native window and separated it from readable application surfaces.
  • Added distinct home and task readability layers so conversations stay calm while the home page keeps atmosphere.
  • Remapped native semantic color tokens and refined the sidebar, top bar, suggestion cards, composer, and code blocks.
  • Added bounded focus, safe-area, and task-art settings for reusable custom skin packs.

v0.4.3 — Native control visibility

2026-07-21
  • Replaced broad card, composer, primary-button, and submit selectors with exact Codex component selectors.
  • Removed the fixed skin status badge so it cannot cover native bottom controls.
  • Improved sidebar, header, suggestion, composer, and send-button contrast without changing component geometry.
  • Made the watcher tolerate short loopback timeouts while still failing closed on Browser ID changes.

v0.4.2 — Current Chromium CDP compatibility

2026-07-21
  • Restored loopback debugging on Codex builds using Chromium 136 or newer with a launch-only compatibility flag.
  • Kept the existing Codex profile and sign-in without reading, copying, or migrating credential files.
  • Documented the authenticated-profile CDP boundary and clean Restore behavior.

v0.4.1 — Startup-safe renderer gate

2026-07-21
  • Deferred skin activation until the real Codex main surface, sidebar, and content area are mounted.
  • Removed the full-window background overlay and global body-child z-index rewrite that could hide the loaded application.
  • Moved artwork onto the semantic Codex main surface and debounced DOM repair work.
  • Added a startup-to-main-shell regression test covering apply, verify, and restore.

v0.4.0 — Identity-safe Windows runner

2026-07-20
  • Replaced guessed executable paths with Microsoft Store OpenAI.Codex package and manifest validation.
  • Added exact process-path and debugger-port ownership checks plus launch-time Browser ID pinning.
  • Added explicit restart consent, verified-process shutdown, failure rollback, and identity-safe restore state.
  • Added a persistent multi-renderer watcher for reloads, navigation, and renderer replacement.
  • Added strict theme schema, CSS color, path, file-size, image-format, dimension, and pixel-count validation.
  • Removed theme-controlled innerHTML and documented that the preview ZIP is not code-signed.
  • Corrected Windows SHA-256 instructions and raised the Windows Node.js requirement to version 22.

v0.3.0 — Premium original art skins

2026-07-17
  • Added Rose Atelier, Fortune CTO, Moon Fox Garden, and Nebula Operator.
  • Upgraded the original starter skins with art-led backgrounds and gallery crops.
  • Bundled 20 starter skins in the portable engine ZIP.

v0.2.0 — Runner download and trust documentation

2026-07-17
  • Added safety, license, checksum, and recovery documentation.
  • Added VERSION.txt, CHECKSUMS.txt, and SECURITY.txt to the downloadable ZIP.

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