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 ## Open
 
+> **Status snapshot (2026-05-06):** Of the 8 entries in this section, only **F3** is genuinely open work. Every other entry's `**Status:**` line documents its closure (resolved with a date + commit pointer, or marked out-of-scope). They stay in this section as load-bearing context for future contributors who hit the same problems — moving them to `## Resolved` would orphan their analysis from the F-numbers other followups reference. New work goes here; status lines are authoritative for whether an entry needs further action.
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 ### F48 — Execute `cargo publish` for the V1 release cut
 **Status:** **Out of scope — internal usage only, no crates.io publish planned.** Confirmed 2026-05-06 by maintainer. The workspace stays at `version = "0.0.0"` indefinitely; consumers depend via path or git, not crates.io. F43's dry-run validation (`design/F48-publish-dry-run.md`) is retained as a workspace-hygiene check (each crate's `cargo package --list` produces a clean tarball, no accidental captures/big files), not as release prep.