Release Notes - Perfect Aptitude

1.7.86-v9 — Accounted-Result Recovery Companion Release

Reseals the unchanged certified theme companion for the v9 EAP recovery-identity repair; no theme runtime, layout, or CSS behavior changes.

1.7.86 — EAP 1.6.94.32 Canonical Page Sequence Pair

Reseals the unchanged certified theme companion with the same v8 publisher key as the corrected EAP package; no theme runtime or CSS behavior changes.
Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.32 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No CSS/layout ownership changes; EAP remains authoritative for the Reader's automatic Page 1 → Page N translation sequence.

1.7.84 — EAP 1.6.94.29 Full-Book Translation Sequence Pair

Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.29 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No layout/CSS ownership changes; the plugin remains authoritative for Reader translation state and continuous full-book acceleration.

1.7.83 — EAP 1.6.94.28 Multi-Page Translation Accelerator Pair

Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.28 and unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No theme CSS/layout override change; EAP remains authoritative for Reader translation speed, state synchronization and foreground acceleration.

1.7.81 — EAP 1.6.94.26 Translation Storage Self-Heal Pair

Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.26 and unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No visual/CSS contract changes; this matched release carries the translation-storage self-heal and corrected activation/migration ordering in EAP.

1.7.80 — EAP 1.6.94.25 Fast Direct Translation Pair

Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.25 and unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No visual/CSS contract changes; this is a matched compatibility release for the fast-first translated-book runtime.

1.7.79 — EAP 1.6.94.24 Large-Book Reliability Pair

Certifies the theme against EAP 1.6.94.24 and schema 1.6.54.
Keeps plugin ownership of Reader/background-processing UI and introduces no theme CSS override increase.
Preserves the existing public-site presentation while matching the new large-book translation reliability release contract.

1.7.78 — EAP 1.6.94.23 Book Reader Integrity Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.23 book-reader text, PDF extraction, translation-progress and audio-queue integrity hotfix on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Theme-side application ownership remains unchanged; EAP continues to own Reader state/layout, while this theme refreshes the exact-pair compatibility and signed release identity only.

1.7.77 — EAP 1.6.94.22 Certified Translation Recovery Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.22 Reader self-healing translation build on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Introduces no theme-side Reader layout changes; EAP remains authoritative for translation state, recovery and application UI.

1.7.75 — EAP 1.6.94.20 Large-Book Translation Resilience Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.20 large-book translation resilience hotfix on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No portal layout ownership change: EAP remains authoritative for Reader components; the theme remains branding-only on EAP surfaces.
Re-signs the exact matched plugin/theme pair with one shared release identity.

1.7.74 — EAP 1.6.94.19 Reader State-Integrity Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.19 Reader state-integrity, translation state-machine and v11 layout closure on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps Reader application layout and runtime behaviour plugin-owned; the theme remains the branding/public-site presentation layer.
Introduces no new theme-side Reader override and refreshes exact-pair release/asset/signing metadata only.

1.7.73 — EAP 1.6.94.13 Reader Layout-Hardening Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.13 Reader layout-hardening build on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps portal layout ownership in EAP; the theme remains branding-only for application surfaces.
No new theme-side Reader cascade or component override is introduced.

1.7.72 — EAP 1.6.94.12 Reference Reader UI Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.12 functional reference-Reader workspace on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Reader layout and interactions remain plugin-owned; the theme remains limited to branding/public WordPress presentation.
Rebuilds only the branding source metadata required for this exact signed pair.

1.7.71 — EAP 1.6.94.11 Fast-First Book Conversion Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.11 fast-first page translation release on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No theme layout/CSS behaviour change; Reader UX remains plugin-owned.

1.7.70 — EAP 1.6.94.10 Reader Runtime Completion Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.10 stalled-translation recovery, premium-audio fallback and Reader control-separation release on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Reader interaction remains plugin-owned; no new theme-side portal layout override is introduced.

1.7.69 — EAP 1.6.94.9 Translation Runtime Recovery Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.9 self-healing translation/partial-page audio Reader release on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Reader interaction remains plugin-owned; no new theme-side portal layout override is introduced.

1.7.68 — EAP 1.6.94.8 Translation Reader Restoration Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.8 Reader translation-workflow restoration on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Reader layout/interaction remains plugin-owned; no theme-side portal layout override was introduced.

1.7.67 — EAP 1.6.94.7 Calm Reader Control Certified Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.94.7 Reader control-closure build on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps the theme as branding-only owner for EAP portal surfaces; Reader layout remains plugin-owned.
No theme-side portal layout override was added.

1.7.66 — EAP 1.6.94.6 Focus-First Reader Certified Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.6 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps the redesigned Reader application layout plugin-owned; the theme remains limited to brand/public presentation boundaries.
Refreshes exact-pair compatibility, release-quality, asset-build and signing metadata without introducing a new theme-side portal override layer.

1.7.65 — EAP 1.6.94.5 Progressive Premium Reader Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.5 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps the application Reader UI plugin-owned while pairing the refined progressive-audio toolbar and premium TTS runtime.
Refreshes exact-pair asset, compatibility, release-quality and signing metadata; no broad theme application override is introduced.

1.7.64 — EAP 1.6.94.4 Natural Reader Audio Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.4 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps the theme as branding/public-presentation owner only; Reader transport/layout remains plugin-owned.
Rebuilds the signed brand-bridge asset metadata for this exact theme version with no new application-layout override.

1.7.63 — EAP 1.6.94.3 Final Runtime Closure Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.3 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps presentation behavior unchanged while pairing with Student Reader/Resume, registration-institution, entitlement-consistency, Super Admin module-catalogue and Web Push runtime fixes.
Refreshes exact-pair asset/release/signing metadata; the portal brand bridge runtime CSS remains unchanged.

1.7.62 — EAP 1.6.94.2 Commercial Entitlement Closure Pair

Asset-build verification hotfix: corrected the signed source hash for assets/css/eap-portal-brand-bridge.css; minified runtime CSS is unchanged.
Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.2 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
Keeps theme presentation behavior unchanged while pairing with the plugin's commercial-entitlement, navigation-grouping and runtime-contract fixes.
Refreshes signed release metadata for the exact 1.7.62 / 1.6.94.2 pair.

1.7.61 — EAP 1.6.94.1 Schema-Audit Hotfix Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.1 on unchanged schema 1.6.54.
No visual redesign or theme runtime behavior change; this release preserves the 1.7.60 presentation baseline while matching the corrected EAP first-launch migration verifier.

1.7.60 — Academic Suite Certified Pair

Certifies Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.94.0 on schema 1.6.54.
Preserves the theme as branding owner while EAP remains the sole portal component/layout owner.
Keeps the existing CSS specificity budget unchanged; no new theme override layer is introduced.

1.7.59 — Certified Multilingual Presentation Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.50 on schema 1.6.53.
Localizes public pricing plan names and refreshes exact-pair release evidence.
Preserves the Theme as the public brand/token owner while EAP remains the application UI owner; no broad CSS redesign is introduced.
Reuses publisher fingerprint 30a4f73e8191fc62b3460509430033f7b17866fa823459e5517e597c310f03ab with no signer rotation.

1.7.58 — Certified Runtime Stabilization Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.49 on unchanged schema 1.6.53.
Removes orphan CSS-generated English Create Account content so translated public UI is never injected by CSS.
Refreshes exact-pair, localization, release-quality and signing provenance while reusing publisher fingerprint 30a4f73e8191fc62b3460509430033f7b17866fa823459e5517e597c310f03ab.
Keeps EAP as the application UI owner and introduces no broad visual/CSS redesign.

1.7.57 — Canonical Signup Messaging & Conversion CTA

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.48 with schema 1.6.53.
Updates Docs and Help Center copy to the canonical single /login/ Create Account flow.
Adds a clear Create Account action to the public header and homepage conversion surface without changing the plugin-owned portal layout.
Preserves the existing visual system and introduces no new global dashboard override layer.

1.7.56 — Final Portal Consistency & Release Notes Sync

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.47 with schema 1.6.53.
Keeps EAP as the application layout owner while the Theme remains the public-site and branding layer.
Generates the public Release Notes page from the packaged CHANGELOG.md, preventing release-history drift.
Removes obsolete endorsement-phrase terminology mappings now that authentication uses factual trust labels.
Preserves the existing visual system and does not add a new dashboard override layer.

1.7.55 — Certified Privacy & Package-Hygiene Hotfix Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.46 on schema 1.6.53.
No visual redesign or layout change; Theme presentation remains identical to 1.7.54.
Refreshes release-quality, compatibility, manifest, and publisher-signing metadata for the clean production deployment artifact.

1.7.54 — Certified Final Stabilization Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.45 on additive/non-destructive schema 1.6.53.
Keeps Theme presentation visually unchanged while certifying Plugin translation-safety, release-quality, institutional onboarding and browser-acceptance hardening.
Updates release-quality/localization/provenance metadata and signs the exact pair under the documented controlled publisher rotation.

1.7.53 — Signed Release Integrity & Certified Template Identity Hotfix

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.44 on unchanged schema 1.6.52.
Makes release identity parent/child-theme safe by validating the Perfect Aptitude template package rather than the active stylesheet metadata.
No visual redesign; publisher rotation only because the preceding private signing key is unavailable in this build workspace.

1.7.52 — Certified Book Lifecycle Integrity Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.93.43 pair on schema 1.6.52.
Keeps the application layout and visual system unchanged.
Updates certified-pair, localization, release-quality and provenance metadata only.

1.7.51 — Certified Canonical Book Pages Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.93.42 pair on additive/non-destructive schema 1.6.51.
Keeps Theme visual/layout behavior unchanged; EAP remains authoritative for application surfaces.
Retains the existing publisher identity and specificity budgets.

1.7.50 — Certified Book Multilingual & AI Governance Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.93.41 pair on additive/non-destructive schema 1.6.50.
Keeps Theme presentation visually unchanged while EAP adds first-class book source language, source-edition TTS, dynamic OCR languages and Study Assistant/AI governance.
Retains EAP as the application-layout/component owner and the Theme as the branding/public WordPress presentation layer.
Reuses the existing RSA publisher identity; no trust rotation is required from Theme 1.7.49 / EAP 1.6.93.40.

1.7.49 — Certified Transcript & Material Stability Pair

Certifies the exact EAP 1.6.93.40 pair on unchanged schema 1.6.49.
Keeps Theme presentation visually unchanged while EAP hardens historical transcript reads, transcript-ingest lifecycle policy, async material/language translation, timezone validation and RTC accessibility.
Retains the existing RSA publisher identity; no trust rotation is required from Theme 1.7.48 / EAP 1.6.93.39.
Preserves EAP as the sole application-layout/component owner and the Theme as branding/public WordPress presentation only.

1.7.48 — Certified Canonical Live Classroom Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.39 with additive/non-destructive database schema 1.6.49.
Keeps Theme presentation visually unchanged while certifying the Plugin's canonical RTC chat, historical-read-only live-operation policy, Q&A/REST/export correctness and live-assignment contract fixes.
Uses the same trusted publisher identity; no key rotation is required from the preceding certified pair.

1.7.47 — Certified Classroom Resilience Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.38 with database schema 1.6.48.
Keeps the Theme presentation boundary visually unchanged while certifying the plugin's classroom-resilience, async-translation, timezone and behavioral-acceptance corrections.
Uses the same trusted publisher identity; no key rotation is required from the preceding certified pair.

1.7.46 — Certified Runtime Acceptance Hotfix Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.37 with database schema 1.6.48.
No visual/layout redesign; this release only advances the exact certified pair for the EAP Runtime Acceptance contract hotfix.
Publisher identity and branding-only EAP bridge remain unchanged.

1.7.45 — Certified Auto/MCQ/AI Stability Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.36 with database schema 1.6.48.
Keeps EAP as the sole owner of application layout/components while this theme remains the brand-token/public-site layer.
Carries no visual redesign; this pair certifies Teacher Auto Detect, MCQ history/current-score isolation, long-class intelligence context and widened language identifiers.
Preserves the existing publisher identity; no trust rotation is required from 1.6.93.35 / 1.7.44.

1.7.44 — Certified Classroom Correctness Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.35 with database schema 1.6.47.
Keeps EAP as the sole owner of application layout/components while this theme remains the branding/token layer on plugin-owned surfaces.
Preserves the existing publisher identity and compatibility range; no trust rotation is required from 1.6.93.34 / 1.7.43.
No visual redesign or CSS specificity increase is introduced in this pair.

1.7.43 — Certified Language-Policy Stability Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.34 with database schema 1.6.47.
Keeps EAP as sole owner of application layout/components while the Theme remains the brand-token/public-site layer.
Carries no database migration and no publisher-key rotation; it reuses the same RSA-3072 publisher identity as 1.7.42 / EAP 1.6.93.33.
Updates exact-pair compatibility/readiness metadata for the language-policy and runtime-acceptance hardened plugin release.

1.7.42 — Certified Profile-Hardening Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.33 with database schema 1.6.47.
Keeps the Theme application boundary unchanged: EAP owns portal/profile components and this Theme supplies brand tokens/marketing presentation only.
Updates exact certified-pair compatibility and release metadata for the profile-media, canonical language and Unicode hardening release.
Keeps theme CSS specificity budgets flat; no application-layout override is added.
Uses the same controlled RSA-3072/SHA-256 publisher identity as EAP 1.6.93.33.

1.7.41 — Final Signed Publisher-Rotation Pair

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.32 with database schema 1.6.47.
Uses the same controlled RSA-3072/SHA-256 publisher identity as EAP 1.6.93.32.
New publisher-key fingerprint: 9cbfd821b20afd284c87746c5be522e9efceeac7b76b640ca880e74ad1f8e752.
Adds a valid detached signature for the exact Theme manifest and preserves the collision-free recovery compatibility of 1.7.40.
No visual redesign and no additional CSS override layer.

1.7.40 — Collision-Free Recovery Compatibility

Removes the Plugin-owned public-lead global names from the Theme entirely. Theme presentation helpers now use unique perfect_aptitude_theme_* wrappers and delegate only when EAP is available.
Makes contact/demo pages and Theme administration safe whether EAP loads before the Theme, after the Theme during activation, is temporarily inactive, or is being recovered from a stale opcode/cache state.
Works with EAP 1.6.93.31 recovery-safe activation; no visual redesign or schema change.
Certified pair: Theme 1.7.40 + EAP 1.6.93.31, schema 1.6.47.

1.7.38 — SaaS Boundary & Specificity Continuation

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.29 with database schema 1.6.47.
Preserves the Theme as a branding/token layer while EAP owns application navigation, roster pagination, component behavior and accessibility states.
Removes only exact earlier CSS duplicates with identical selector/declarations/context, continuing specificity reduction without introducing another override layer.
Keeps plugin-owned frontend surfaces on the small brand bridge and preserves the governed publisher fingerprint for external detached signing.

1.7.37 — Application Boundary & Release Hardening

Certifies EAP 1.6.93.28 while preserving schema 1.6.46.
Removes the high-specificity full EAP frontend bridge; all plugin-owned frontend surfaces now use the small branding-only bridge so EAP owns layout/components consistently.
Moves public lead operations to EAP; the Theme retains only safe rendering fallbacks and disables contact/demo submission when the required application service is unavailable.
Canonicalizes legacy Student support links through the Plugin route registry.
Corrects Production Acceptance to the retained publisher fingerprint.
Reduces tracked Theme CSS !important declarations from 1226 to 231 without adding a replacement override layer.

1.7.36 — SaaS UI v4 Certification

Certifies the object-first SaaS UI v4 delivered by EAP 1.6.93.27 across Institution workspaces while retaining the plugin-owned dashboard layout boundary.
Certifies guided Convert Books, tabbed Learning Workspace, management-first Library/Classes, calendar/replay discovery, contextual navigation and advanced-operations isolation.
Keeps the theme as a branding/token layer for role dashboards; no new dashboard layout overrides or specificity-budget increases are introduced.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.27; database schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.35 — SaaS UI v3 & Authentication Certification

Certifies the shared SaaS v3 role shell delivered by EAP 1.6.93.26 across Student, Teacher, Institution and Guardian portal menus.
Updates the dashboard brand bridge to the v3 UI marker so custom logos, focus treatment and primary brand actions remain applied without theme-owned dashboard layout.
Rebuilds the native WordPress sign-in surface as a quieter SaaS card with disciplined spacing, 8–12px radii, neutral background and matched light/dark behavior.
Keeps portal layout plugin-owned and preserves the theme as the branding/token layer rather than adding another dashboard cascade.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.26; schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.33 — Portal Brand Boundary & UI v2 Certification

Adds a lightweight dashboard-only portal brand bridge so EAP owns component layout while the theme supplies brand tokens, focus treatment and primary-action styling.
Keeps the broader scoped EAP theme bridge for non-dashboard plugin surfaces such as authentication and other protected pages.
Certifies contextual role command bars, streamlined navigation, compact empty states, collapsible tutorial/session views, Student learning hierarchy and the dedicated Institution Language Packs frontend renderer in EAP 1.6.93.24.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.24; database schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.32 — CSS Semantic Parity & Portal Layout Recovery

Rebuilds the signed theme bridge CSS with a semantics-preserving minifier so descendant selectors such as .eap-plugin-scope :is(...) remain descendants instead of being changed into .eap-plugin-scope:is(...).
Restores the reviewed professional portal hierarchy in production: calmer cards, suppressed duplicate accent bars, compact page headers/command strips and restrained navigation styling now match their source selectors.
Certifies the corrected portal-safe Language Packs, Book Conversion and timetable presentation in EAP 1.6.93.23.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.23; database schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.31 — Institution UI Hierarchy & Language Workflow Polish

Tightens the shared EAP portal/admin hierarchy with more compact top bars and command strips, controlled content width, calmer card shadows and no card hover lift.
Removes duplicate card accent bars, normalises content-card headers and reduces visual competition between navigation, status and action surfaces.
Refines role navigation group labels and link density while retaining the persisted collapsible-group behavior introduced in the prior release.
Provides the matched visual layer for the simplified one-step Institution Language workflow in EAP 1.6.93.22.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.22; database schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.30 — Proxy-Aware Public Forms & Dynamic Viewport Completion

Reuses EAP's trusted-proxy client identity for public lead throttling and Turnstile verification, with validated direct-address fallback when EAP is unavailable.
Completes 100dvh enhancement across public shell/navigation, login and EAP admin bridge surfaces while retaining 100vh fallbacks.
Refreshes theme CSS release budgets and minified bridge parity after the viewport hardening.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.21; database schema remains 1.6.46.

1.7.29 — Release Budget & Pair Certification

Adds expanded CSS release-budget metrics for bridge assets: bytes, rule count, !important, media queries, and maximum selector specificity.
Certified companion plugin: EAP 1.6.93.20.

1.7.28 — Dynamic Viewport & Final UI Cleanup

Uses dynamic viewport units on EAP portal shells while retaining vh fallback for older browsers.
Keeps mobile navigation inside the visible viewport and respects bottom safe-area insets.
Adds Guardian, Security & Trust and Accessibility public surfaces and certifies the final EAP 1.6.93.19 launch-cleanup pair.

1.7.26 — EAP 1.6.93.17 final signed cleanup and publisher-key rotation

Adds an atomic per-lead delivery lease with stale-lock recovery so overlapping WP-Cron, external cron and manual retry workers cannot duplicate email/webhook delivery.
Replaces the public lead limiter's read/modify/write transient race with database-atomic fixed-window counters and bounded cleanup.
Corrects public release-note history, refreshes the translation catalog and removes obsolete historical release documents from the deployable theme.
Preserves the reviewed visual system and schema 1.6.45. Certified pair after publisher signing: Theme 1.7.26 + EAP 1.6.93.17.
Signs the exact pair with the same new RSA-3072 publisher identity as EAP 1.6.93.17. New signing-key fingerprint: a05242d9951dad3b899f610ba60abf10b33a027fbea645c3c1ce68d131aaf71f; administrator trust rotation is explicit.

1.7.24 — EAP 1.6.93.15 final hardening pair

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.24 + EAP 1.6.93.15, schema 1.6.45.
Adds durable lead-delivery outbox retries, recovery and administrator retry controls.
Uses parser-minified signed internal theme bridge CSS and the consolidated EAP frontend production bundle.
Preserves Turnstile, privacy/retention controls and the unified role-neutral visual system.

1.7.23 — Signed EAP 1.6.93.14 publisher-key rotation pair

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.23 + EAP 1.6.93.14, schema 1.6.45.
Rotates to the same new RSA-3072 publisher signing identity used by EAP 1.6.93.14 because the prior private signing key is unavailable.
Supports the platform's explicit Release Trust rotation workflow; the active theme signature and key must verify and match the plugin signer before the operator can approve the new trust pin.
No broad visual/CSS redesign; the reviewed public and portal cascade remains frozen.

1.7.22 — EAP 1.6.93.13 release-prerequisite certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.22 + EAP 1.6.93.13, schema 1.6.45.
Reports missing theme release components precisely, including a dedicated “Detached theme release signature is missing or unreadable” error for READY-TO-SIGN packages.
Aligns with dependency-aware Production Readiness where Deployment Finalization and Runtime Acceptance wait on plugin/theme release verification rather than duplicating those blockers.
Preserves the reviewed public/portal visual cascade; no theme redesign or specificity-budget increase is introduced.

1.7.21 — EAP 1.6.93.12 readiness-dependency certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.21 + EAP 1.6.93.12, schema 1.6.45.
Updates exact-pair compatibility and release metadata for dependency-aware Production Readiness, where Release Integrity is no longer duplicated as a second Runtime Acceptance blocker.
Preserves the reviewed public/portal visual cascade; no theme redesign or specificity-budget increase is introduced.

1.7.20 — EAP 1.6.93.11 final route-contract certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.20 + EAP 1.6.93.11, schema 1.6.45.
Updates the theme compatibility contract and release metadata for the blocker-aware Institution setup routing and stronger Runtime Acceptance checks.
Preserves the reviewed public/portal visual cascade; no broad theme redesign is introduced.

1.7.19 — EAP 1.6.93.10 onboarding/runtime stabilization certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.19 + EAP 1.6.93.10, schema 1.6.45.
Advances production-acceptance and visual-audit baselines for the canonical member-onboarding, seat-enforcement, pending-role and frontend portal-helper stabilization release.
Preserves the reviewed public/portal cascade and bridge ordering; no broad theme redesign or CSS refactor is introduced.

1.7.18 — EAP 1.6.93.9 portal-security stabilization certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.18 + EAP 1.6.93.9, schema 1.6.45.
Updates public Release Notes and exact production-acceptance/visual-audit baselines for the Account Security recovery and worksheet authorization stabilization release.
Preserves the reviewed public/portal cascade; no broad CSS redesign is introduced.

1.7.17 — EAP 1.6.93.8 final stabilization certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.17 + EAP 1.6.93.8, schema 1.6.45.
No public-theme behavior or visual cascade change; this theme release advances only the certified plugin compatibility/release identity for the stabilization build.

1.7.16 — EAP 1.6.93.7 readiness certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.16 + EAP 1.6.93.7, schema 1.6.44.
Theme Setup & Readiness now recognizes the canonical EAP Transactional Email service and links directly to its configuration screen.
Theme test-email evidence is now bound to the same canonical transport fingerprint and refuses to certify a test after the mail configuration changes.
Preserves the reviewed public, portal, login and admin bridge cascade with no CSS specificity-budget increase.

1.7.15 — EAP 1.6.93.6 infrastructure certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.15 + EAP 1.6.93.6, schema 1.6.44.
No public layout, CSS cascade, portal bridge or security-header behavior changes are introduced.
Exact-pair metadata is advanced for the provider-neutral Hosting Provider / Proxy-CDN configuration release.

1.7.14 — EAP 1.6.93.5 Runtime Acceptance certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.14 + EAP 1.6.93.5, schema 1.6.44.
No visual, layout, CSS-cascade or theme runtime behavior change; this release advances exact-pair metadata only for the search lifecycle verifier hotfix.

1.7.13 — EAP 1.6.93.4 search lifecycle certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.13 + EAP 1.6.93.4, schema 1.6.44.
No frontend cascade or visual-layout changes; reviewed launch CSS remains frozen.
Compatibility messaging is synchronized with the deterministic global-search lifecycle repair release.

1.7.12 — EAP 1.6.93.3 readiness certification

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.12 + EAP 1.6.93.3, schema 1.6.44.
No visual cascade or theme feature behavior is changed; this release updates exact-pair compatibility metadata for the tenant-registry/global-search acceptance hotfix.
Retains the reviewed frontend CSS budget and EAP portal security-header exemptions unchanged.

1.7.11 — EAP 1.6.93.2 migration/consent certification release

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.11 + EAP 1.6.93.2, schema 1.6.44.
Updates compatibility/readiness metadata for the migration-index repair and multi-institution consent/privacy hardening release.
Preserves the reviewed theme/EAP CSS cascade and public-vs-portal security-header separation; no visual redesign is introduced in this hotfix.

1.7.10 — EAP 1.6.93.1 lifecycle/privacy certification release

Certifies the exact matched pair Theme 1.7.10 + EAP 1.6.93.1 while keeping a separately labelled compatible EAP range for diagnostics.
Synchronizes the theme fallback portal-route map with all canonical plugin routes, including Tutorials, Notifications and Account & Security for every supported role.
Keeps the existing reviewed visual cascade and specificity budget unchanged; no aggressive CSS rewrite is introduced in the lifecycle hardening release.
Updates release metadata, SBOM, localization metadata and operator release notes for the schema-1.6.43 matched pair.

1.7.9 — EAP 1.6.93.0 account/security integration release

Certifies the matched theme against EAP 1.6.93.0.
Adds a configurable legal-contact email alongside privacy and support contacts so legal copy uses one canonical site setting.
Preserves the established 1.7.8 public visual system while the plugin adds Account & Security, real notifications, permission-filtered search and privileged MFA coverage.
Keeps the existing CSS specificity budget and EAP bridge ordering unchanged.

1.7.8 — EAP 1.6.92.9 verifier-hotfix compatibility release

Certified the signed theme pair against EAP 1.6.92.9.
Preserves the 1.7.7 visual, legal, navigation, Guardian and account-lifecycle behavior unchanged.
Rotates the matched release signature with the EAP verifier hotfix so theme/plugin Release Trust continues to use one signing identity.

1.7.7 — Identity and Guardian compatibility release

Certified the theme against EAP 1.6.92.8 and retained the signed theme/plugin compatibility contract.
Preserved the stable 1.7.6 visual system while EAP centralizes account access, verified profile changes and Guardian invitation acceptance.
Keeps canonical Tutorials/Release Notes ownership, legal-policy effective-date controls, transactional-email readiness and CSS parity/specificity safeguards unchanged.

1.7.6 — Final lifecycle and delivery hardening

Certified the theme against EAP 1.6.92.7.
Preserved exact Tutorial Academy deep links through login for signed-out visitors.
Added explicit administrator confirmation of real test-email inbox delivery for Certified readiness.
Moved lead-retention scheduling off ordinary visitor init requests and into controlled deployment/theme lifecycle hooks.
Retained canonical Tutorials/Release Notes takeover and the frozen CSS specificity/parity safeguards.

1.7.5 — Final canonical/deployment convergence

Added Tutorials and Release Notes to hard canonical theme ownership.
Moved release cache/rewrite maintenance off ordinary public requests and consolidated managed-page update maintenance.
Switched EAP noindex/sitemap slug discovery to the plugin canonical page registry when available.
Certified the theme against EAP 1.6.92.6.

1.7.3 — Privacy & Deployment Hardening

Added configurable 30–3650 day retention for private contact/demo lead records, defaulting to 365 days.
Added daily and manual retention cleanup with non-personal cleanup evidence.
Registered Perfect Aptitude lead data with WordPress personal-data exporter and eraser workflows.
Updated the public Privacy Policy to disclose the active lead-retention period.
Cleaned production packaging so source regression tests are not shipped in the deployable theme ZIP.
Kept the 1.7.2 EAP bridge/cascade behavior intact.

1.7.2 — EAP 1.6.92 Compatibility & Cascade Stabilisation

Re-baselined the theme integration contract against Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.92.x.
Moved the frontend and wp-admin visual bridges to priority 1200 so EAP's priority-999 refinement bundles cannot override the final theme presentation.
Added explicit dependencies on eap-ui-refinement and eap-admin-refinement when those handles are registered.
Synced public dashboard preview navigation with the live EAP canonical role navigation when available, while keeping an up-to-date static fallback.
Updated release acceptance and static regression checks for the new compatibility contract.
Made the approved product navigation the default rendered header, independent of stale WordPress Primary Menu assignments.
Added an explicit perfect_aptitude_use_assigned_primary_menu developer filter for deliberate custom navigation deployments.
Removed the duplicate account-menu Sign In path and the desktop three-dot registration control.
Promoted Pricing to the top level and standardised Product, Solutions, By Role, Resources, and Company destinations.
Improved medium-laptop header fit and desktop hero line length while preserving the product workspace preview.
Renamed the sample dashboard badge from “Preview data” to “Interface preview” while retaining the full representative-data disclosure.

1.7.0 — Production Public Experience

Rebuilt the public buyer journey, primary navigation, homepage, platform, capabilities, features, pricing, use cases, role pages, deployment scenarios, and evidence framework.
Replaced remaining legacy agency-template content, lorem ipsum, fictional people, public plugin-version promotion, and unsupported trust wording.
Expanded canonical route ownership across all theme-managed public and legal pages while preserving EAP ownership of authenticated operations.
Rebuilt Privacy, Terms, Refund, and Cookie pages with configurable legal/company fields and added readiness warnings for incomplete legal identity.
Added Institution/Teacher/Student terminology standardisation for connected EAP output without changing plugin behaviour.
Improved contact and demo forms with enquiry intent, pricing prefill, required privacy consent, visible/browser timezone capture, validation, and stored metadata.
Added responsive pricing, scenario, evidence, policy, role, trust, and capability components plus keyboard, focus-containment, reduced-motion, dark-mode, and mobile safeguards.
Improved SEO metadata, schema, portal noindex behaviour, sitemap exclusions, resource hints, and public asset cleanup.
Added IMPLEMENTATION-PHASES.md documenting completed work and the verified deployment inputs that code cannot fabricate.

1.6.69.8 — Product Content and Dashboard Preview Repair

Replaced the homepage's generic wireframe fallback with role-accurate Institution, Teacher, and Student dashboard replicas based on the EAP 1.6.69 navigation and component language.
Added real menu labels, dashboard titles, KPI groups, action queues, classroom/learning panels, and representative preview data without exposing authenticated institution records.
Reused the configured Perfect Aptitude logo inside public dashboard replicas when available.
Rewrote About, Services, and Projects as product-specific pages for the academic operations and multilingual learning platform.
Added a late canonical-template correction for /about/, /services/, and /projects/ so stale Elementor or previous-theme agency content cannot replace the current product templates at runtime.
Kept database page content intact and provided an explicit PA_THEME_ALLOW_CUSTOM_MARKETING_TEMPLATES opt-out plus a filter for deliberate custom-template deployments.
Updated Customizer screenshot guidance, translation strings, responsive styling, regression checks, and production acceptance requirements.

1.6.69.7 — Sidebar Brand Identity Contrast Repair

Added a final high-specificity contrast lock for the sidebar institution/brand name and role subtitle.
Explicitly corrected nested text fill, opacity, visibility, filters, and text shadows on light surfaces.
Added matching dark-appearance rules for the same identity block.
Locked sidebar collapse/mobile-toggle icon contrast in normal, hover, and keyboard-focus states.
Added regression coverage for the remaining white-on-white identity labels.

1.6.69.6 — Internal Menu Contrast Repair

Added a final high-specificity sidebar contrast lock after the responsive bridge layer.
Fixed active EAP menu labels rendering white on a white active card.
Fixed user name and role text inheriting legacy white sidebar colours.
Made the Log out label, icon, border and background visible in its normal state.
Added keyboard-focus styling and dark-appearance logout styling.
Restored labels on mobile when a persisted desktop collapsed class is present.
Kept all fixes strictly scoped to the EAP frontend shell.

1.6.69.5 — Complete Internal Visual Alignment

Added a late-loading, body-scoped theme bridge for EAP modules rendered inside native WordPress administration.
Added a compact internal identity bar with the configured logo, current module context, website shortcut, and role-safe portal shortcut.
Connected the theme accent, typography, surfaces, radius, shadows, forms, buttons, tables, tabs, notices, status pills, empty states, progress indicators, diagnostics, modals, and mobile layouts to EAP admin pages.
Added matching presentation to the theme Setup & Readiness and stored-lead administration screens.
Added optional native wp-login.php branding using the configured normal/dark logo and saved or system appearance preference.
Added separate Customizer switches for EAP frontend pages, EAP WordPress-admin modules, and native WordPress login branding.
Preserved the WordPress admin shell and restricted every admin rule to body.pa-eap-admin-theme-bridge; unrelated WordPress and third-party screens remain untouched.
Added a shared internal appearance script, reduced-motion support, forced-colour support, responsive admin tables/forms/tabs, and print safeguards.
Expanded readiness reporting, static regression coverage, documentation, and deployment acceptance checks.

1.6.69.4 — Internal Experience Bridge

Added a dedicated, collision-safe EAP visual bridge that loads only on plugin-owned frontend surfaces and after the plugin's scoped CSS bundle.
Connected the theme accent, custom logo, dark logo, typography, surface, radius, shadow, and appearance tokens to EAP login, signup, legal, classroom, reader, and role-dashboard screens.
Removed the visual split caused by version 1.6.69.3 intentionally withholding the public theme stylesheet from EAP pages.
Neutralised the plugin bundle's late role-specific green, cyan, and indigo sidebar skins and coloured card rails so every role shares one brand system.
Unified sidebar, topbar, cards, KPI blocks, forms, tables, alerts, badges, tabs, drawers, modals, empty states, reader panels, live-classroom panels, and book-conversion surfaces.
Preserved EAP route, permission, form, action, data, and JavaScript ownership; the bridge changes presentation only.
Preserved desktop collapse, mobile drawer, WordPress admin-bar offset, dark appearance, reduced motion, forced colours, and print behaviour.
Added a Customizer master switch and Setup & Readiness status row for immediate bridge control.
Added a detailed internal-page visual audit and expanded live role/device acceptance requirements.

1.6.69.3 — Theme Experience Release

Added a unified public-theme design-token system covering colour, typography, spacing, surfaces, radius, shadows, buttons, cards, forms, tables, navigation, and section layouts.
Rebuilt the homepage with a split premium hero, role pathways, screenshot-ready product showcase, bento capability map, responsive workflow timeline, and focused final CTA.
Added Customizer controls for public accent colour, a dedicated dark-surface logo, footer summary, social links, and three homepage platform screenshots with titles and captions.
Added a system-aware, manually selectable, persistent dark appearance for public theme pages without affecting EAP plugin surfaces.
Added accessible screenshot tabs with keyboard navigation and an explicitly illustrative fallback when real screenshots are not configured.
Added lightweight reveal motion using IntersectionObserver and a full reduced-motion fallback.
Rebuilt mobile navigation, tap targets, layout stacking, screenshot controls, cards, forms, footer, and workflow presentation for small phones through desktop.
Added theme.json, a dedicated editor stylesheet, reusable block patterns, and flexible Landing Page and Case Study templates for Gutenberg visual consistency.
Removed the public Dashicons dependency and added a dependency-free inline SVG icon set.
Deferred the public theme script and retained the local/system font strategy with no slider or CSS framework dependency.
Refined standard page heroes, editor content, footer hierarchy, social links, legal navigation, and dark-mode handling for legacy public templates.

1.6.69.2 — Production Hardening

Added persistent private lead storage and a lead-management workflow so enquiries are retained before email or webhook delivery is attempted.
Added localized delivery states, authenticated SMTP detection, a test-email action, country-neutral phone validation, same-site source URL scrubbing, and privacy-safe diagnostics.
Added nonce validation, honeypot protection, cache-safe signed form timing, identity and connection throttles, and optional Turnstile server validation.
Added optional HTTPS-only signed CRM/webhook delivery with failure-safe local retention and blank-secret preservation.
Replaced fictional form examples and unsupported support, outcome, capacity, speed, and availability promises.
Rebuilt the Help Center with working search, role filters, feature filters, current EAP routes, and reproducible diagnostic escalation guidance.
Added an explicit Perfect Aptitude → Setup & Readiness screen with safe page repair controls, configuration checks, email testing, and a role-route acceptance matrix.
Stopped automatic reassignment of existing page templates and excluded EAP-owned Terms and Privacy pages from theme page repair.
Added shortcode-compatible legal-page bridges and appended the public lead-form disclosure to the EAP Privacy Policy output.
Added page-specific SEO metadata and schema with conflict detection for Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO.
Removed duplicate header metadata and canonical tags; added native robots controls and excluded the maintenance page from the core XML sitemap.
Added 404, search, archive, no-results, maintenance, screenshot, and search-form templates.
Removed Google Fonts, consolidated public theme CSS into one stylesheet request, and added responsive, accessibility, reduced-motion, table, privacy-notice, and form styles.
Added translation support and a generated POT catalog.
Rewrote Platform, Services, About, Why Perfect Aptitude, Languages, Live Translation, Book Conversion, Summary & MCQ, Pricing, Use Cases, Projects, Testimonials, Privacy, Cookie, Refund, and Terms copy around verifiable EAP 1.6.69 behavior and operational dependencies.
Added production acceptance documentation covering public pages, leads, role routes, providers, accessibility, security, performance, recovery, and legal boundaries.

1.6.69.1

Aligned the public theme with Enterprise Academic Platform 1.6.69.
Added an EAP compatibility layer for generated page URLs and role detection.
Removed the legacy theme-created dashboard shell.
Prevented public theme chrome and assets from colliding with plugin-owned screens.
Rebuilt homepage, feature catalog, and role pages around current plugin capabilities.
Added accessible mobile navigation and dropdown handling without jQuery.