Datasets:

maxwellinked
/

time-lapse-artifacts

# Validation Report

## v0.7.0 release-preparation receipt

The validated content is the exact **960-path** tree at
`521f4ee62ee3843cf36394499c10bf33f07dcaae`. Relative to the peeled v0.6.0 commit
`4fa4c34ed87ecc35747668abcdd58c91650349d0`, the raw tree delta is 137 added, 12 modified,
and 12 removed paths. Twelve added/removed media pairs are documented
identity-preserving renames; the net addition is 74 recordings and 51 small files.
All previous video payload bytes and record IDs are preserved. Exactly 24
existing metadata rows change: 12 documented path/time corrections and 12
commit-history provenance backfills. Pre-Standard metadata is byte-identical.

| Check | Verified result at the content revision |
| --- | --- |
| Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 703 / 128 / 831 |
| Active video bytes / encoded playback | 2,176,788,154,698 / 219,966.955344 seconds |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 364 / 339 |
| Fragment packets / canonical fragments / complete groups | 12 / 339 / 33 |
| Work registry / linked records / unlinked indexed records | 37 / 360 / 471 |
| Revision-pinned work-record joins | 360 verified across 10 source revisions |
| Work-identity evidence | 23 checksum-pinned confirmation files and 27 revision-pinned evidence files |
| Recording Timing v1 | 186 fragments / 25 groups; historical packet unchanged |
| Recording Timing v2 | 339 observations / 33 works; 163 filename starts / 176 unknown starts |
| Timing v2 creation tags | 339 format tags; 316 retained video tags, all matching |
| Timing v2 evidence | 13 exact local audit receipts; 16 pinned repository input files; all media identities matched |
| Physical-reference relationships | 309; checked against their declared source revision |
| Published payloads / SHA256SUMS coverage | 836 MP4 + 1 ZIP / 837 of 837 |
| Payload inventory bytes | 2,193,547,379,973 |
| Repository tests | 86 of 86 passed, including 12 new timing-observation tests |
| Prior v0.6.0 critical-file receipts | 71 of 71 matched its immutable snapshot |

Ordinary SHA-256 and byte-size bindings were checked against the remote LFS
inventory, with fresh revision-bound Xet/ETag/size HEAD checks for all MP4s.
Release preparation does not download, decode, or rehash the full media corpus;
the original ingest receipts retain their local source and decode evidence.
Dataset Viewer row and aggregate checks are recorded separately at the exact
validated content revision in the release manifest. The Viewer is a derived
current-main cache, not an immutable-tag fixity service.

The release draft adds Recording Timing v2 as five packet files and two tool/test
files, alongside the release documents. Supporting documents are grouped in
`docs/` and all six release manifests in `releases/`; the root shrinks from 22
entries to 15. Two folder indexes provide navigation, active Markdown links are
updated, and the semantic consistency test reads the relocated specification.
All five prior manifest files retain their exact bytes. Old release tags and
revision-pinned URLs retain their original paths; current-main root URLs for
the moved documents and manifests change to the listed folder paths.

The revised manifest lists all **132** non-MP4/non-ZIP files at the final
content/documentation commit with exact byte sizes and SHA-256 values. That
commit excludes the draft's earlier manifest; the regenerated
`releases/RELEASE_MANIFEST_V0.7.0.json` is then added alone. The final release tree
must contain **970** paths and differ from the declared critical-files revision
only by that manifest. Post-merge/tag receipts bind the actual published revisions.

The timing table is derived from the literal retained audit fields. Every one of
the 339 observations joins by existing record ID, ordinary SHA-256 and size;
canonical metadata, sidecars, checksum entries and revision-bound remote Xet
identities agree. All seven older audit hashes still match the v1 source manifest.
Twelve September 1 path corrections resolve through stable IDs and fixity.
The strict timing validation checks all 16 original input-file receipts and
recomputes the table. Default future validation keeps this cohort frozen and
reports input-file receipts separately, permitting unrelated later index additions.
No video is re-read for this projection and no exact capture-stop claim is made.

The release preparation preserves every media object, active index, checksum
entry, work assignment, confirmation, historical sidecar, canonical schema,
previous release manifest, and existing tag. The DOI `10.57967/hf/10449` remains attached
to the historical 709-record v0.5.1 snapshot. Website publication is separate.

## August 20 Rec02 ingest, reviewed September 19

One owner-confirmed historical Rec02 is added under its exact filename and
linked to the existing two-recording work `tlaw-2f587c509d7e6909`. All 131,442 video frames
and the audio stream decoded at the source time base with zero errors or warnings; no video frames were
dropped or duplicated. The uploaded 28,666,390,097 bytes match the fresh
local SHA-256 and pinned Hub LFS/size headers; the Xet identity is recorded separately.
An initial null-output tail timestamp warning was resolved by checking the
strictly increasing source packet/decoded-tail timestamps and repeating the
full decode at the source time base.

Metadata-bearing revision: `b0383afea4ceefe8c67ba5f3fc31f076c8a67858`. The active indexes contain
703 Standard and 128 Pre-Standard records (831 total); the registry has 37
drawings and 360 recording links. `SHA256SUMS` covers 837 payloads.
All prior metadata rows, media objects, record IDs, and historical sidecars are
preserved. Only the existing work's pending-ingest note is resolved.

The canonical CSV remains sorted by filename, with every prior row value preserved. The timing validator checks this later-ingested record by its ID, path, ordinary SHA-256, Xet identity, byte size, and protocol before excluding it from reconstruction of the original 549-row timing snapshot. That snapshot still matches its original byte size and SHA-256; the historical timing packet and its receipts are unchanged. All 22 timing regression tests pass, including rejection of identity/hash drift and unregistered historical backfills. All 74 repository regression tests pass, with the historical RecNN count updated from 19 to 20.

See the [ingest evidence and limits](../Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/Ingests/2026-09-19-rec02/README.md) and
[validation receipt](../Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/Ingests/2026-09-19-rec02/ingest_validation.json). Release tags and the
website mirror are unchanged.

## Unreleased 2026-09-18 two-drawing ingest candidate

The media-only PR inventory resolves to immutable revision `e05a264107caa380f20a8bb036d0335ba73f01c9`.
The 29 new paths match the accepted ordinary SHA-256 and byte-size inventory
and have 29 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The metadata-bearing inventory
resolves to `d3e4da0bb5dd3eb573f561f588f4792b93fbd88b` and contains the exact 702-row root index used
below. The later relationship sidecar pins that revision, avoiding circular
self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 29 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 2 / 9 + 20 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 17,385,403,635 / 3387.532426 |
| Local SHA-256 / source stability / sampled decodes | 29/29 / 29/29 / 87/87 |
| Full HEVC decodes | 29/29 |
| Declared / packet / presentation-read / decoded frames | 101,627 / 101,627 / 101,627 / 101,627 |
| Frame-count or decoder exceptions | none |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 568,419 bytes; SHA-256 `a5fe13ed7b62f1eaed6658303482b7fd155ab349878370e4f7a9414bcd7da914` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 702 / 128 / 830 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 339 |
| Relationship packets / calendar dates / complete groups | 12 / 11 / 33 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 29 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 121,362 bytes; SHA-256 `7d05a808b5013e50ddcb48413530359f416dd7bcb29690268feacac4ccb2a7a2` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 836 / 836; 2,164,880,989,876 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,148,121,764,601 / 217776.243345 seconds |
| Active videos with audio | 485 / 830 (58.4%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 42 = 29 media + 13 non-media |

All 29 files belong to exactly one of the two owner-confirmed complete drawing
groups. The 27 literal filename starts, MP4 creation/finalization observations,
filesystem timestamps, and supplied 02:44/14:44 group finishes remain distinct;
none is substituted for another. No existing metadata row, media path, payload,
or historical relationship packet is rewritten.

## Unreleased September 1 finish-time correction

This focused candidate starts from `main` revision
`2cd6711f0fdc7d10f2378fe0cc49825a4d815ec3`, the merged result of PR #63.
It changes the active finish label for one complete 12-fragment drawing from
September 1, 2026 at `02:13` to `14:13` `America/New_York`. Tim directly
confirmed the whole-drawing finish, and the physical inscription reads
`2:13 PM ET`. The separate start-reference image displays `10:26` and is not
finish evidence. Neither photograph nor any photograph hash is published or
asserted.

The exact record-ID, old/new path, old/new finish timestamp, and unchanged
identity mapping is in
[`finish_time_correction.csv`](../Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/Corrections/2026-09-01.1413-finish-time/finish_time_correction.csv).
The 12 media objects are renamed server-side; the corpus is not downloaded or
re-uploaded.

| Focused check | Required/local candidate result |
| --- | ---: |
| Correction rows / unique persistent IDs | 12 / 12 |
| Old active `0213` paths / new active `1413` paths | 0 / 12 |
| Corrected metadata rows at `2026-09-01 14:13` | 12 |
| Active `SHA256SUMS` old/new paths | 0 / 12 |
| Ordinary SHA-256 / Xet identity / size preserved | 12 / 12 / 12 |
| Sequence positions / count / protocol preserved | `Rec01`-`Rec12` / 12 / `standard-2026-08-27` |
| Standard / Pre-Standard / total active records | 673 / 128 / 801 (unchanged from PR #63) |
| September 2 relationship packet | unchanged; pinned historical paths retained |
| Recording Timing v1 bundle | 9 files unchanged (8 payloads verified by `bundle.sha256`); 186 rows and 25 groups retained |
| Existing release receipts, tags, and DOI | unchanged |
| Historical/current final-boundary cross-check | `+43,221` seconds at pinned `02:13`; `+21` seconds at active `14:13` |

On the local pre-publication candidate, `validate_metadata.py` reports zero
errors across 801 active rows, `validate_recording_timing.py` reports `ok` with
12 documented correction rows and 12 corrected checksum paths, and the
dependency-free regression suite passes 69/69 tests. Remote inventory and
Viewer results are intentionally deferred until immutable PR and merge
revisions exist.

The historical `2026-09-02` relationship packet and Recording Timing v1
bundle remain byte-identical. Their old paths, `02:13` label, and 43,221-second
conflict describe their immutable pinned snapshots. Current validation joins
those rows by `record_id`, requires the correction ledger's exact old/new
path-and-time pairs, and verifies that SHA-256, Xet identity, byte size,
sequence order, and protocol assignment did not change. The same retained
final MP4 boundary is `2026-09-01T14:13:21-04:00`, 21 seconds after the active
corrected finish minute.

The timing validator no longer requires the current file to contain a
literally unchanged 549-row prefix. It applies two exact, declared inverses to
an in-memory copy: the 12 September 1 finish-time corrections and the separate
PR #67 provenance classification backfill for 12 exact IDs and three exact
fields. Each active backfill value must first equal the reviewed
`direct_root_upload` / `commit_history` / commit-`d56edd...` tuple; only then
are those 36 cells blanked in the temporary reconstruction. The reconstructed
bytes and SHA-256 must equal the original historical receipt. Rows after that
receipt remain append-only, and every undeclared difference still fails. This
preserves the original snapshot receipts and media identities instead of
disabling their checks.

Run the focused and repository-wide checks before publishing the PR, repeat
them against the immutable PR head after reconciling the latest `main`, and
repeat the inventory and Viewer checks after merge:

```bash
python tools/validate_recording_timing.py --root .
python tools/validate_metadata.py metadata.csv \
  --pre-standard-metadata Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv \
  --fragment-relationships-root Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance
python -m unittest discover -s tools -p "test_*.py" -v
python tools/capture_hub_inventory.py \
  --repo-json repo_api_blobs.json \
  --repo-id maxwellinked/time-lapse-artifacts \
  --revision "<immutable-pr-or-merge-commit>" \
  --output repo_inventory_xet.json \
  --validation-file metadata.csv \
  --validation-file Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv
python tools/validate_sha256sums.py SHA256SUMS \
  --repo-json repo_inventory_xet.json \
  --revision "<same-immutable-commit>"
```

Post-merge acceptance additionally requires the Dataset Viewer to return the
same 12 `record_id` values with `time = 14:13` and the corresponding
`2026-09-01.1413...Rec01`-`Rec12` paths, with no old active `0213` path. The PR,
merge commit, immutable inventory receipts, validator totals, and Viewer result
are recorded only after those remote objects exist. No release tag or DOI is
created for this correction.

## Unreleased 2026-09-17 11:40 ingest candidate

The media-only pull-request inventory resolves to immutable revision
`3843a9b320df45cd7065f5e54d0609276be0530a`. The 23 new media paths match the audited ordinary SHA-256
values and byte sizes and have 23 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The
metadata-bearing inventory resolves to `21648a6a76b9174d32a4a3314cbe490219fc2151` and contains the
exact 673-row root index used below. The new sidecar pins that metadata-bearing
revision and is committed afterward, avoiding a circular self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 23 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 1 / 23 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 10,419,300,996 / 2010.846325 |
| Local SHA-256 / source stability / sampled decodes | 23/23 / 23/23 / 69/69 |
| Full HEVC decodes | 23/23 |
| Container-declared frames / stored packets | 60,326 / 60,326 |
| Presentation-read / decoded presentation frames | 60,325 / 60,325 |
| Frame-count exception | Rec05 only: one MP4 edit, media time 3000, time base 1/90000; 4,291 stored packets and 4,290 presented/decoded frames; zero decoder errors; integrity pass |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 530,793 bytes; SHA-256 `15dd06ebd2f9a6a09846c6a9b085a3f6b1a1a22097235a71519b65868e609a73` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 673 / 128 / 801 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 310 |
| Relationship packets / calendar dates / complete groups | 11 / 10 / 31 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 23 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 117,273 bytes; SHA-256 `bde3722327dd0c6e6a0ffdd936dbecbad42213ff1d1563e9d4ae0e1ea0250af2` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 807 / 807; 2,147,495,586,241 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,130,736,360,966 / 214388.710919 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 801 (60.5%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 34 = 23 media + 11 non-media |

All 23 files form one creator-confirmed complete drawing and use the
creator-supplied `2026-09-17.1140` finish label. The 22 literal `VID_*` starts,
MP4 creation/finalization tags, and filesystem timestamps remain separate audit
observations; none is substituted for the group finish label. No existing
canonical metadata row, media path, payload, or relationship row is rewritten
by this append. In particular, both existing `2026-09-16` packets and their
revision pins remain byte-identical.

The Rec05 count difference is a documented MP4 presentation-timeline trim, not
payload corruption: the single edit begins at media time 3000 on a 1/90000 time
base and omits one 1/30-second stored sample from presentation. No exception is
accepted for any other file, identity, count, or edit-list shape.

## Unreleased 2026-09-16 20:43 ingest candidate

The media-only pull-request inventory resolves to immutable revision
`bf4be15ac295fbf631766650660c9b441448c807`. The 21 new media paths match the audited ordinary SHA-256
values and byte sizes and have 21 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The
metadata-bearing inventory resolves to `ef3a865301091d42e13515d0f5c45bc323c1470e` and contains the
exact 650-row root index used below. The new sidecar pins that metadata-bearing
revision and is committed afterward, avoiding a circular self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 21 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 1 / 21 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 11,654,268,697 / 2241.410613 |
| Local SHA-256 / source stability / sampled decodes | 21/21 / 21/21 / 63/63 |
| Full HEVC decodes | 21/21 |
| Declared / read / packet / decoded video frames | 67,243 each |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 500,076 bytes; SHA-256 `b4edbc232692c13d80f185121a7bc45a48327e57117acae7a8fa42bf61938568` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 650 / 128 / 778 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 287 |
| Relationship packets / calendar dates / complete groups | 10 / 9 / 30 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 21 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 113,685 bytes; SHA-256 `69b35caceb353fb6350573bdd2e20ba620d4047ae88b74bd16534b02c54653fb` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 784 / 784; 2,137,076,285,245 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,120,317,059,970 / 212377.864594 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 778 (62.3%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 32 = 21 media + 11 non-media |

All 21 files form one creator-confirmed complete drawing and use the
creator-supplied `2026-09-16.2043` finish label. The 20 literal `VID_*` starts,
MP4 creation/finalization tags, and filesystem timestamps remain separate audit
observations; none is substituted for the group finish label. No existing
canonical metadata row, media path, payload, or relationship row is rewritten
by this append. In particular, the existing `2026-09-16` packet and its
revision pin remain byte-identical.

## v0.6.0 release-preparation receipt

The release content is the exact 834-path tree merged from PR #60 at immutable
revision `0f3e0559ee3d6f5342b7043dd81c9b07ec123be1`. It contains 757 active records and 763
published payloads. Relative to `v0.5.1`, the content revision adds 48 unchanged
canonical Standard MP4s, two dated relationship layers, and two helper-test
modules; it modifies 11 existing non-payload paths and deletes or renames none.

Release preparation uses a separate two-commit pull request. Commit A changes
only `CHANGELOG.md`, `README.md`, and `VALIDATION.md`. After Commit A exists,
`RELEASE_MANIFEST_V0.6.0.json` binds that exact critical-file revision and is
added alone in Commit B. Commit A has 834 paths and 71 non-MP4/non-ZIP critical
files; the final release tree has 835 paths. Release preparation does not alter
an active index, relationship sidecar, checksum entry, media path, or payload.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Validated content revision | `0f3e0559ee3d6f5342b7043dd81c9b07ec123be1` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 629 / 128 / 757 |
| Active video bytes / encoded playback | 2,108,662,791,273 / 210136.453981 seconds |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 266 |
| Dated relationship sidecars / canonical fragments / complete groups | 9 / 266 / 29 |
| Recording Timing v1 | 186 fragments / 25 groups (unchanged) |
| Physical-reference relationships | 309 (unchanged) |
| Published MP4 / ZIP payloads | 762 / 1 |
| `SHA256SUMS` payload coverage | 763 / 763; 2,125,422,016,548 bytes |
| Critical-file receipts after Commit A | 71 / 71 expected |
| Dependency-free repository tests | 62 / 62 passed |
| Dataset Viewer | Derived cache pending at release preparation; not used as a repository-byte fixity claim |

The DOI `10.57967/hf/10449` and immutable `v0.5.1` tag continue to identify the
historical 709-record release. They are not moved or reinterpreted as covering
`v0.6.0`.

## v0.6.0 content revision: 2026-09-16 ingest

The media-only pull-request inventory resolves to immutable revision
`d365fd2dceecd06338c4f5fad823e47b2b830ef1`. The 25 new media paths match the audited ordinary SHA-256
values and byte sizes and have 25 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The
metadata-bearing inventory resolves to `a2e0d8a25d1ba02336ff8260dac18822ece7cfaa` and contains the
exact 629-row root index used below. The new sidecar pins that metadata-bearing
revision and is committed afterward, avoiding a circular self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 25 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 1 / 25 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 6,287,296,691 / 1203.554337 |
| Local SHA-256 / source stability / sampled decodes | 25/25 / 25/25 / 75/75 |
| Full HEVC decodes | 25/25 |
| Declared / read / packet / decoded video frames | 36,107 each |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 472,814 bytes; SHA-256 `79a19ef7bcfb5f90235ab532da649cec6cc3e454fa8a09715c5ecd69640661bc` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 629 / 128 / 757 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 266 |
| Dated relationship sidecars / complete groups | 9 / 29 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 25 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 110,388 bytes; SHA-256 `a241207d496969cecef298b877a2de4597978e982e3f442e5267bcb318bbf4a3` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 763 / 763; 2,125,422,016,548 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,108,662,791,273 / 210136.453981 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 757 (64.1%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 36 = 25 media + 11 non-media |

All 25 files form one creator-confirmed complete drawing and use the
creator-supplied `2026-09-16.0122` finish label. The 24 literal `VID_*` starts,
MP4 creation/finalization tags, and filesystem timestamps remain separate audit
observations; none is substituted for the group finish label. No existing
canonical metadata row, media path, payload, or relationship row is rewritten
by this append.

## v0.6.0 content revision: dataset-card and helper maintenance

The maintenance candidate is based on immutable Hub revision
`ced495111f937bb913fb3dae2b6c84cfa56f1c17`. Its intended seven-path delta is
limited to the dataset card, changelog, validation report, two helper scripts,
and two new offline test modules. It does not change an active index, media
path, media payload, checksum entry, relationship or timing sidecar, release
receipt, tag, or DOI registration.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Repository regression tests | 62 / 62 passed |
| New helper regression tests | 9 / 9 passed |
| Active metadata rows | 604 Standard + 128 Pre-Standard = 732 |
| Metadata identities / inventory mismatches | 732 unique IDs and Xet hashes / 0 |
| Payload checksum manifest | 738 / 738 inventory entries verified |
| Recording Timing v1 | 186 rows; 8 / 8 bundle files verified |
| Physical-reference layer | 309 / 309 relationship rows validated |
| Verified-download live header checks | 1 Standard + 1 Pre-Standard; no video downloaded |
| Dataset-card front matter | Byte-identical to the base revision |
| Dataset-card local links | 18 unique targets / 0 missing |

The live Pre-Standard check confirms the repaired path contract: a basename in
`Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv` resolves below that index directory.
The Standard check confirms that already repository-relative paths in root
`metadata.csv` remain unchanged. Enrichment tests confirm that valid existing
`record_id` values survive reruns, only blank IDs are generated, invalid or
duplicate IDs fail before probing, legacy unbound caches are treated as misses,
and cache hits require matching repository, path, revision, Xet identity, and
byte size.

## v0.6.0 content revision: 2026-09-15 ingest

The media-only pull-request inventory resolves to immutable revision
`491fc388b858ef7a247e531970a639c717cc8f9d`. The 23 new media paths match the audited ordinary
SHA-256 values and byte sizes and have 23 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The
metadata-bearing inventory resolves to `65f7a124c6f6d68f79d6cd89f9ef1b40707929b4` and contains the exact
604-row root index used below. The new sidecar pins that metadata-bearing
revision and is committed afterward, avoiding a circular self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 23 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 1 / 23 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 9,488,375,282 / 1,853.681426 |
| Local SHA-256 / full demux / sampled decodes | 23/23 / 23/23 / 69/69 |
| Full HEVC decodes | 23/23 |
| Declared / counted video frames | 55,611 / 55,611 |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 440,444 bytes; SHA-256 `0dfeb4e008e26b2bcda7df3112e814e677a6f5197bd69ab25d25ed888651974a` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 604 / 128 / 732 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 241 |
| Dated relationship sidecars / complete groups | 8 / 28 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 23 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 106,488 bytes; SHA-256 `9034342cf693f31564be5b9c6d90bf07b9ecbe49440a06726edad90fc95f7542` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 738 / 738; 2,119,134,719,857 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,102,375,494,582 / 208,932.899644 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 732 (66.3%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 34 = 23 media + 11 non-media |

All 23 files form one creator-confirmed complete drawing and use the
creator-supplied `2026-09-15.1236` finish label. Filename, MP4-container, and
filesystem times remain separate audit observations; none is substituted for
the group finish label. No existing canonical metadata row, media path,
payload, or relationship row is rewritten by this append.

## v0.5.1 semantic-metadata and documentation maintenance

Relative to tagged commit
`886ee9522f99e7176285f589014a874e4dab32e2`, this release changes exactly one
active-index value: the `tool` field for Pre-Standard record
`tla-34d3d5f4de884c6b` changes from `FountainPen` to `Brush;FountainPen`,
matching its literal recognized filename tokens. No record identity, media
path, media hash, byte size, encoded technical field, index membership,
relationship sidecar, checksum entry, or media payload changes.

The resulting Pre-Standard CSV is 38,175 bytes with ordinary SHA-256
`f46a7344a7fc66803f3a75d4546cf3d9b91419a5c3c44d301059fe4e207047dd`.
All 53 dependency-free regression tests pass at merged content revision
`c839fade7308aa78231803221514fa5c06f34aa2`, and the metadata validator reports
zero errors against the 779-path inventory resolved at that revision.

`RELEASE_MANIFEST_V0.5.1.json` records
`c839fade7308aa78231803221514fa5c06f34aa2` as the validated content revision
and separately binds critical-file receipts to the release-documentation
revision immediately preceding manifest addition. The final tagged tree adds
only that manifest to the critical-file revision.

## v0.5.0 content revision: 2026-09-14 ingest

The media-only pull-request inventory resolves to immutable revision
`0ef0f61cd0c54232baa58774713d57168e5e90de`. The 32 new media paths match the audited ordinary
SHA-256 values and byte sizes and have 32 nonblank, unique Xet identities. The
metadata-bearing inventory resolves to `db1d515c9626adf25207c2e844c913d74dba438f` and contains the exact
581-row root index used below. The new sidecar pins that metadata-bearing
revision and is committed afterward, avoiding a circular self-reference.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| New unchanged canonical fragments | 32 |
| Complete drawings / sequence sizes | 2 / 4 and 28 |
| New media bytes / encoded seconds | 9,568,508,054 / 1,859.281028 |
| Local SHA-256 / full demux / sampled decodes | 32/32 / 32/32 / 96/96 |
| Declared / counted video frames | 55,779 / 55,779 |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 411,583 bytes; SHA-256 `f493638a947ec3a053845a02c4f64e6d57e3bd852948805c886b678adbdd7479` |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 581 / 128 / 709 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 218 |
| Dated relationship sidecars / complete groups | 7 / 27 |
| New relationship rows / derivatives | 32 / 0 |
| Timing-v1 rows / dated source sidecars | 186 / 6 (unchanged) |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 103,245 bytes; SHA-256 `09ff9cbb6722886b882c35aed2e2247944d7ec960508aa4504e6e226f90bbf17` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 715 / 715; 2,109,646,344,575 bytes |
| Active indexed video bytes / encoded playback | 2,092,887,119,300 / 207,079.218218 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 709 (68.4%) |
| Expected pull-request paths | 45 = 32 media + 13 non-media |

The first four files form the first creator-confirmed complete drawing and keep
the `2026-09-02.2358` finish label. The remaining 28 form the second complete
drawing and use the creator-supplied `2026-09-14.1635` finish label. Filename,
MP4-container, and filesystem times remain separate audit observations; none is
substituted for the group finish label. No existing canonical metadata row,
media path, payload, or relationship row is rewritten by this append.

## v0.5.0 content revision: exploratory recording-timing layer

The recording-timing sidecar is pinned to source revision
`b4b58f0ce0effb31ebf7671fbb0bd9c11765db4e` and covers exactly the 186
canonical fragments in the six dated relationship sidecars. The included
validator passed with repository-packet self-consistency scope.

Its 549-row, 370,833-byte canonical metadata receipt remains a historical
snapshot. The validator applies the exact inverse path/time mapping for the 12
IDs in the documented September 1 correction CSV. It also verifies and then
reverses the separate PR #67 provenance backfill for exactly 12 other IDs and
exactly three fields per row; that metadata-only change was commit
`57a465ea69a4a6444e668f3267095a1b9fdfff6b`, merged as
`6758d92f07f233166a1fa8a5c04e46c6cd96382e`. The reconstructed 549-row bytes
must equal the original receipt, including SHA-256
`d516da7a4341dddf0b2b5ad50f6200f283ea0cdefc6de465882fbc021abfba8a`.
Rows after that reconstructed receipt must retain the same 29-field header and
width and nonblank, globally unique `record_id`, `file_name`, and
`hub_xet_hash` identities. The root metadata validator remains authoritative
for the rest of the schema. Appended rows remain outside timing v1 coverage
until a separately reviewed, versioned timing layer includes them.

The preserved v1 bundle's `validation_summary.json` still records
`metadata_csv_sha256_unchanged: true`. That is a historical result from the
pinned-revision publication check, not a claim that the current whole
`metadata.csv` keeps the old hash after append. Current compatibility is
established by exact inverse reconstruction of the historical receipt, the
declared 12-row finish-time correction round-trip, the exact 12-record/36-cell
provenance-backfill inverse, and current identity joins for all 186 covered
records.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Timing rows | 186 |
| Direct device-filename start observations | 22 |
| Profile-matched model applications | 164 |
| Independent holdout observations | 0 |
| Maximum absolute in-sample model residual | 0.833333 seconds |
| Owner-confirmed complete source sequences | 25 |
| Within-sequence transitions | 161 |
| Positive beyond uncertainty / within uncertainty / negative beyond uncertainty | 159 / 2 / 0 |
| Final boundaries near documented finish minute | 24 / 25 |
| Preserved documented-finish conflicts | 1 |
| Timing bundle files verified | 8 |
| Repository regression tests | 46 / 46 passed |

The one retained conflict is
`2026-09-01.0213.BallpointPen.Ink.Paper.9x12`, whose final MP4 boundary is
43,221 seconds after the documented finish minute in the immutable timing-v1
snapshot. That historical path, time, conflict state, and note are not
rewritten. The active correction maps those 12 IDs to the `14:13` finish label;
the same retained final MP4 boundary is then 21 seconds after the corrected
finish minute. The 109,973.465-second serialized aggregate mixes 22 observed
and 164 estimated start-to-finalization intervals; it is neither drawing-active
time nor corpus calendar span. Calculation before three-decimal row
serialization differs by 0.001667 seconds.

The validator recomputes the inverse-reconstructed historical metadata receipt,
the exact 12-row finish-time correction round-trip, the exact 12-record/36-cell
provenance-backfill inverse, current identity joins for all 186 covered
records, timestamp arithmetic, row formulas, full-precision calibration
metrics, sequence chronology, group summaries, validation summaries, source
receipts, and bundle hashes:

```bash
python tools/validate_recording_timing.py --root .
python -m unittest discover -s tools -p "test_*.py" -v
```

This repository-only run does not re-probe source-media tags or frame counts,
rehash the 186 source videos, verify the retained local audit bytes, or
re-observe NTFS timestamps. Publication of the timing layer changed no MP4,
canonical metadata row or field, relationship sidecar, Viewer configuration,
or root `SHA256SUMS` payload entry.

## v0.5.0 pre-tag content receipt

`RELEASE_MANIFEST_V0.5.0.json` evaluates every listed `critical_files` byte
size and SHA-256 digest at `validated_content_revision`
`9089dd9447672866a8a7cb9b97ebf28cefd85e87`. It is not a checksum of every
file at the final `v0.5.0` tag.

The final annotated `v0.5.0` tag resolves to commit
`886ee9522f99e7176285f589014a874e4dab32e2`. At that commit, 19 of the 22 listed
files retain the receipt bytes. `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, and
`VALIDATION.md` changed during release preparation; the active indexes,
relationship sidecars, checksum manifest, and media payloads did not change.

Release preparation started from exact Hub `main` revision
`9089dd9447672866a8a7cb9b97ebf28cefd85e87`, the verified merged result of
Hugging Face PR #52. It changed only `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, and
`VALIDATION.md`, and added `RELEASE_MANIFEST_V0.5.0.json`. It did not change an
active index, relationship sidecar, validator, checksum entry, media path, or
media payload.

The pre-tag manifest binds the following content-revision facts:

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard / active rows | 581 / 128 / 709 |
| Earlier / prospective Standard protocol rows | 363 / 218 |
| Dated fragment sidecars / canonical fragments / complete groups | 7 / 218 / 27 |
| Timing-v1 rows / groups | 186 / 25 (unchanged) |
| Published MP4 / ZIP payloads | 714 / 1 |
| `SHA256SUMS` coverage | 715 / 715; 2,109,646,344,575 bytes |
| Active indexed bytes / encoded playback | 2,092,887,119,300 / 207,079.218218 seconds |
| Active videos with an audio stream | 485 / 709 |
| Critical-file receipts at the validated content revision | 22 / 22 |
| Repository regression tests | 46 / 46 passed |

The content revision's full Hub inventory contains 778 paths and 715 LFS/Xet
payloads. Metadata, relationship, timing, checksum, and exact Viewer-row
validation passed; the Dataset Viewer settled at 581 canonical plus 128
Pre-Standard rows with zero pending or failed jobs. The release-preparation
delta was documentation-only, and the resulting annotated tag was created only
after that delta was merged and its exact tree was verified.

## v0.4.0 pre-tag content receipt

Branch `codex/prepare-v0.4.0-release` started at exact Hub `main` revision
`442b4786afbdd31bd16cd0a1488f09c07f956316`, the merged result of Hugging Face
PR #46. Release preparation changed only release documentation and added a
pre-tag content manifest. It did not change an active index,
relationship sidecar, validator, checksum entry, or media path or payload. No
MP4 was materialized in the working checkout.

The underlying 29-field snapshot assigns protocol versions from documented
relationship membership rather than a date cutoff or filename inference:

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Canonical Standard rows | 549 |
| Earlier workflow, `standard-2025-07-13` | 363 |
| Prospective workflow, `standard-2026-08-27` | 186 |
| Dated fragment sidecars | 6 |
| Prospective groupings with one shared finish timestamp | 25 / 25 |
| Historical `RecNN` rows outside the sidecars, retained on the earlier protocol | 19 / 19 |
| Metadata columns before / after | 29 / 29 |
| Non-protocol metadata field changes | 0 |
| MP4 path or payload changes | 0 |
| Relationship-sidecar changes | 0 |
| `SHA256SUMS` byte changes | 0 |
| Regression tests | 35 / 35 passed |

The validated `metadata.csv` remains 370,833 bytes and has ordinary
SHA-256 `d516da7a4341dddf0b2b5ad50f6200f283ea0cdefc6de465882fbc021abfba8a`.
Relative to the pre-boundary revision, exactly 186
`acquisition_protocol_version` values changed; every other field in every row
is byte-for-byte equivalent after CSV parsing. In particular, all `record_id`,
`file_name`, `hub_xet_hash`, `size_bytes`, encoded-video fields, and provenance
fields are unchanged. `SHA256SUMS` remains byte-identical at SHA-256
`21e9c6dd4cb976754a73201cf5a5dcab8b4402a03781b9afe9ae8ea5f2c4b351`.

The metadata validator passed against the base revision's 732-file Hub
inventory with zero path, Xet-identity, or size mismatches. All six fragment
sidecars passed both current structural/metadata joins and their original
pinned-revision inventory checks using the metadata bytes from each declared
`source_hub_revision`. Checksum coverage passed for all 683 payloads (682 MP4
and one ZIP), totaling 2,100,077,836,521 bytes. The 309-row physical-reference
relationship validation also passed against its pinned source metadata.

## Scope and publication boundary

Hugging Face PR #45 begins at exact Hub `main` revision
`81d5675113fcd5e26eac0289c228f7ccfe552e42`. It adds 29 unchanged canonical
Framelapse source fragments grouped into two creator-confirmed complete
`RecNN` sequences. It does not change the 29-field active schema,
`standard-2025-07-13`, any existing media payload, or any existing
`record_id`.

The media-only PR revision is
`9bfce508b6c6bdca12f475deb9b540f05754d8fd`. The metadata-bearing revision is
`7fca6fcc36d873b92a6c64fff5980e8d5afde5a6`; it contains the exact 549-row root index
validated below. The expanded 61-row relationship sidecar is committed afterward
and pins that metadata-bearing revision, avoiding a circular self-reference.
This report validates the pull-request state; merge status and Viewer
settlement are separate deployment checks.

## PR #45 immutable active-index receipt

**PINNED REMOTE-INVENTORY PASS — zero validation errors**

The repository inventory was captured from the Hub API and immutable resolve
headers at the metadata-bearing revision. The validators checked both active
indexes, every indexed media identity and byte size, the repository-wide
payload checksum manifest, and the new relationship sidecar against that
inventory.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Hub source revision | `7fca6fcc36d873b92a6c64fff5980e8d5afde5a6` |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 370,833 bytes; SHA-256 `9456adc5922c3dd6a3b511ecdc4ef97fa803900e9e2a1f028ad76ffe45d2d5b2` |
| Pre-Standard `metadata.csv` | 38,169 bytes; SHA-256 `7ef4b21645760b2aa2047ad1b548cb341c97c288378498f135cbbecd82c4f4b9` |
| Active indexed rows | 677 |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard | 549 / 128 |
| Metadata columns per index | 29 |
| Unique `record_id` / nonblank Xet identities | 677 / 677 |
| Direct Standard / Pre-Standard MP4 files | 549 / 128 |
| Nested noncanonical provenance MP4 files | 5 |
| Missing indexed targets | 0 |
| Unindexed direct active-tier MP4 files | 0 |
| Metadata-to-Hub size mismatches | 0 |
| Metadata-to-Hub Xet mismatches | 0 |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 98,313 bytes; SHA-256 `21e9c6dd4cb976754a73201cf5a5dcab8b4402a03781b9afe9ae8ea5f2c4b351` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 683 / 683; 2,100,077,836,521 bytes |
| Manifest-to-Hub identity errors | 0 |
| Regression tests | 30 / 30 passed |

Indexed video totals are 2,083,318,611,246 bytes (2.083 TB decimal) and
57.006 encoded playback hours. Encoded playback time is not real drawing time.

## PR #43 semantic-correction receipt

The content-bearing PR revision
`4d6c6098c7428d77e7c04771a2aabcb46918345f` is based directly on Hub `main`
revision `9ba68359e4886d12ad865bd0a5cd00515a78ede6`. Remote validation at that
immutable revision produced zero errors.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 311,869 bytes; SHA-256 `00bc268f0267b09f2cd18e8b1ac8751f45e7d2b2232d240b438857f82558a161` |
| Pre-Standard `metadata.csv` | 38,169 bytes; SHA-256 `7ef4b21645760b2aa2047ad1b548cb341c97c288378498f135cbbecd82c4f4b9` |
| Active indexed rows | 616 |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard | 488 / 128 |
| Unique `record_id` / nonblank Xet identities | 616 / 616 |
| Missing indexed targets | 0 |
| Unindexed direct active-tier MP4 files | 0 |
| Metadata-to-Hub size / Xet mismatches | 0 / 0 |
| `SHA256SUMS` | 90,319 bytes; SHA-256 `5e86108f0323c4a5c0c6e01636529ecc185252d5cc1eb23e5b46ab7a0ccd8e3f` |
| Manifest payload coverage | 622 / 622; 2,079,242,936,421 bytes |
| Manifest-to-Hub identity errors | 0 |
| Regression tests | 30 / 30 passed |

All fifteen renamed June 30 × 40 in paths have the same Hub LFS SHA-256 and
byte-size receipts as their `Paper`-named source paths at the base revision.
The PR head contains all fifteen `IllustrationBoard` paths and none of the old
`Paper` paths. This verifies a path-and-metadata correction without a media
payload rewrite. Viewer settlement remains a post-merge check and has not been
claimed here.

## Historical pinned active-index receipt

This receipt records the exact PR #42 validation event described above; it is
not a digest of current `main`.

**PINNED REMOTE-INVENTORY PASS — zero validation errors**

The repository inventory was captured from the Hub API and immutable resolve
headers at the metadata-bearing revision. `tools/validate_metadata.py` then
checked both active indexes and every indexed media identity and byte size
against that inventory.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Hub source revision | `fe66d1dbb117486c2046376423316fd2cc25d488` |
| Root `metadata.csv` | 309,400 bytes; SHA-256 `1a20df86d44dde90ed89bda230666772f24b04ca0dbd2db8fba5749fe1da1308` |
| Pre-Standard `metadata.csv` | 37,361 bytes; SHA-256 `15de8b2c97a8c463dd279054ab0ce3894caa6602f3b72f8025d32511746c3630` |
| Active indexed rows | 616 |
| Canonical Standard / Pre-Standard | 488 / 128 |
| Metadata columns per index | 29 |
| Unique `record_id` / nonblank Xet identities | 616 / 616 |
| Direct Standard / Pre-Standard MP4 files | 488 / 128 |
| Nested noncanonical provenance MP4 files | 5 |
| Missing indexed targets | 0 |
| Unindexed direct active-tier MP4 files | 0 |
| Metadata-to-Hub size mismatches | 0 |
| Metadata-to-Hub Xet mismatches | 0 |

Indexed video totals are 2,062,483,711,146 bytes (2.062 TB decimal) and
55.878 encoded playback hours. Encoded playback time is not real drawing time.

Viewer settlement is checked after merge but is not used as a substitute for
the revision-pinned row, media, size, and identity checks above.

## Historical repository-wide payload checksum receipt

This receipt likewise records the exact PR #42 validation event rather than
the current `SHA256SUMS` file.

`SHA256SUMS` was generated from the LFS-compatible content identities at exact
Hub revision `e2094ae582c057df9d40e9bfe4dc00afed0bad2a`. Every identity was also
matched to the immutable resolve response's `X-Linked-ETag` and byte size. The
Xet file ID was retained separately and was not treated as a SHA-256.

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Manifest entries | 622 |
| Published MP4 payloads | 621 / 621 |
| Published ZIP payloads | 1 / 1 |
| Payload bytes covered | 2,079,242,936,421 |
| Missing / extra manifest paths | 0 / 0 |
| Invalid / duplicate SHA-256 values | 0 / 0 |
| LFS SHA-256 / resolve-header mismatches | 0 / 0 |
| Manifest byte size | 89,532 |
| Manifest SHA-256 | `968e885399584ff6532af7fcb0c23602e6eb27d1f9ff7525b3083ca6f584ac93` |

These are ordinary byte-level SHA-256 values for the payload contents. The
cross-check did not transfer and rehash all 2.079 TB of payload bytes; a full
download can independently reproduce every digest with
`tools/validate_sha256sums.py --verify-root`.

## PR #45 new-source media verification

Before upload, all 29 sources were SHA-256 hashed, probed, fully demuxed, and
sample-decoded as raw pixels at start, middle, and near-end checkpoints. An
independent uploader preflight rehash confirmed that all 29 sources remained
byte-identical. Results were 29/29 hashes, 29/29 complete packet demuxes, 87/87
decoded frame samples, 60,900 container frames matching 60,900 counted video
packets, and zero errors. The local source directory was not modified.

## Relationship validation

### Fragment sequences

All twelve relationship packet sidecars spanning eleven calendar dates pass current structural and metadata-join validation:

| Sidecar | Canonical fragments | Derivatives | Sets | Result |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| `2026-08-27` | 22 | 5 | 5 | zero errors |
| `2026-08-29` | 19 | 0 | 4 | zero errors |
| `2026-08-30` | 39 | 0 | 5 | zero errors |
| `2026-08-31` | 32 | 0 | 4 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-01` | 13 | 0 | 2 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-02` | 61 | 0 | 5 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-14` | 32 | 0 | 2 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-15` | 23 | 0 | 1 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-16` | 25 | 0 | 1 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-16.2043` | 21 | 0 | 1 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-17` | 23 | 0 | 1 | zero errors |
| `2026-09-18` | 29 | 0 | 2 | zero errors |

The validator compares canonical byte sizes with joined metadata and emits an
explicit verification level. The `2026-09-15` sidecar was checked against the
exact metadata-bearing remote inventory at `65f7a124c6f6d68f79d6cd89f9ef1b40707929b4` and reports
`pinned_repository_inventory` and `inventory_binding_checked: true`. The
`2026-09-16` sidecar is independently bound to metadata-bearing revision
`a2e0d8a25d1ba02336ff8260dac18822ece7cfaa`; the separate `2026-09-16.2043`
packet is independently bound to `ef3a865301091d42e13515d0f5c45bc323c1470e`;
the `2026-09-17` packet is independently bound to `21648a6a76b9174d32a4a3314cbe490219fc2151`;
the `2026-09-18` packet is independently bound to `d3e4da0bb5dd3eb573f561f588f4792b93fbd88b` with the
same inventory-binding checks.
Historical sidecars pass current structural and metadata joins; their own
pinned-inventory receipts remain in the dated READMEs.

`owner_confirmed_complete` describes the retained canonical source sequence's
membership and order. It does not independently establish gapless real-world
capture, real drawing time, or permanent physical-work completion.

### Physical references

The physical-reference sidecar passes its dedicated validator against the
exact 363-row source metadata at revision
`ba7e7903901767f2d5a4367d7ae22c2546366d6d`:

| Check | Result |
| --- | ---: |
| Source metadata receipt | 190,250 bytes; SHA-256 `2062d1ed0ae83a54cac501e1dfcc23bc6cff087d43fd1242fdd19f3028f3d30d` |
| Sidecar receipt | 346,794 bytes; SHA-256 `5f3e1ed6c484853cd6df8722e3916b111fc280a1e02a4f9272c0566172821c3a` |
| Relationship rows / columns | 309 / 32 |
| Unique `reference_id` / `record_id` | 309 / 309 |
| Endpoint photographs | 52 |
| Owner-confirmed record references | 232 |
| Two-sided work references | 24 |
| Longitudinal continuations | 1 |
| Structural, join, hash-state, and manifest errors | 0 |

Nine rows previously said `front_and_paired_hashes_verified` while their paired
filename and paired hash were blank. They now use the mechanically accurate
front-only ledger state. No photograph pairing, endpoint, date, material, or
owner evidence was reinterpreted.

The photographs remain local evidence and are not bundled. This validation
checks internal consistency and exact historical metadata joins; it is not
visual authentication of absent media.

## Regression tests

The dependency-free suites currently run 69 tests covering repository receipt
binding, fragment-size joins and verification levels, semantic documentation,
recognized filename-tool coverage, derived headline facts, archive-origin
framing, the exact protocol-version boundary and prospective timestamp scope,
verified-download and Pre-Standard enrichment behavior, and physical-reference
identity, hash-state, pairing, manifest, metadata-join failures, and
append-compatible recording-timing receipts. Focused timing tests also reject
correction-row count or identity drift, active metadata drift, historical
relationship-packet mutation, non-LF metadata serialization, altered active
checksum values, and retained old checksum paths.

```bash
python -m unittest discover -s tools -p "test_*.py"
```

Result: **69/69 passed**.

## Outstanding curator questions and limitations

These remain explicit; validation must not guess their answers:

1. One Pre-Standard record has no support token or independent support evidence;
   its `support` remains blank and its `notes` state the limitation.
2. The earlier Standard and Pre-Standard workflows do not normalize whether a
   documented finish label applies to a recording, session, reviewed fragment
   sequence, or physical work. Under `standard-2026-08-27`, the scope is the
   complete prospective grouping/physical work.
3. Nineteen active Standard `RecNN` rows are outside the twelve relationship packet
   sidecars and retain `standard-2025-07-13`. Their existing notes and changelog
   evidence remain authoritative; sidecar absence does not establish no
   relationship or sequence completeness.
4. Twenty-seven physical-reference rows retain explicit conflict evidence.
   Conflict language is an adjudication queue, not proof that 27 canonical
   timestamps are wrong.
5. Three Standard records are explicitly documented shortened derivatives,
   not full-duration masters.
6. Most active indexed videos at this revision contain an audio stream (485 of
   830). Stream presence does not establish meaningful signal; rights and
   privacy review remain necessary.
7. Encoded frame rate and playback duration cannot by themselves recover
   wall-clock or real drawing time. The recording-timing sidecar provides
   narrower start-to-finalization evidence for 186 matching-profile fragments
   only; it supplies neither drawing-active time nor per-frame timestamps.
8. The 2012–2016 archive has no public video payload in this release.
9. No official train/validation/test partition or global `work_id` exists.

## Reproduction

Validate both active indexes locally:

```bash
python tools/validate_metadata.py metadata.csv \
  --pre-standard-metadata Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv \
  --fragment-relationships-root Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance
```

Validate the payload checksum manifest against a blob-enabled repository
inventory captured from one immutable revision:

```bash
python tools/validate_sha256sums.py SHA256SUMS \
  --repo-json repo_api_blobs.json \
  --revision "<40-hex-commit>"
```

For the strongest active-index check, capture an inventory at one immutable
revision, including exact receipts for both metadata files:

```bash
python tools/capture_hub_inventory.py \
  --repo-json repo_api_blobs.json \
  --repo-id maxwellinked/time-lapse-artifacts \
  --revision "<40-hex-commit>" \
  --output repo_inventory_xet.json \
  --validation-file metadata.csv \
  --validation-file Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv
python tools/validate_metadata.py metadata.csv \
  --pre-standard-metadata Pre_Standard_Time_Lapses/metadata.csv \
  --fragment-relationships-root Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_xet.json
```

Validate the dated fragment sidecars against current metadata for structural
joins. For a pinned-inventory check, use the exact historical `metadata.csv`
downloaded from that sidecar's `source_hub_revision`; substituting the current
metadata bytes would invalidate the receipt:

```bash
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-08-27/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata metadata.csv
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-08-29/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata metadata.csv
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-08-30/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/7293edccff883b4c604d710addbf26c85910cfcc/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_7293edcc.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-08-31/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/480bc7e24261e6d3bbcacd261a00782b7e40211a/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_480bc7e2.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-01/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/fe66d1dbb117486c2046376423316fd2cc25d488/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_fe66d1db.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-02/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/7fca6fcc36d873b92a6c64fff5980e8d5afde5a6/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_7fca6fcc.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-14/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/db1d515c9626adf25207c2e844c913d74dba438f/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_db1d515c.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-15/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/65f7a124c6f6d68f79d6cd89f9ef1b40707929b4/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_65f7a124.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-16/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/a2e0d8a25d1ba02336ff8260dac18822ece7cfaa/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_a2e0d8a2.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-16.2043/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/ef3a865301091d42e13515d0f5c45bc323c1470e/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_ef3a8653.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-17/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/21648a6a76b9174d32a4a3314cbe490219fc2151/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_21648a6a.json
python tools/validate_fragment_relationships.py \
  --relationships Standard_Time_Lapses/Provenance/2026-09-18/fragment_sequence_relationships.csv \
  --metadata pinned/d3e4da0bb5dd3eb573f561f588f4792b93fbd88b/metadata.csv \
  --repo-inventory-json repo_inventory_d3e4da0b.json
```

Retrieve the exact historical metadata bound by the physical-reference
manifest, then validate the sidecar:

```bash
hf download maxwellinked/time-lapse-artifacts metadata.csv \
  --type dataset \
  --revision ba7e7903901767f2d5a4367d7ae22c2546366d6d \
  --local-dir physical-reference-source
python tools/validate_physical_references.py \
  --references Physical_References/endpoint_references.csv \
  --metadata physical-reference-source/metadata.csv \
  --manifest Physical_References/MANIFEST.json
```

Always record the exact repository revision. A moving branch is not a
reproducible identity receipt.