Changelog

What changed,
and why.

This is a short public record of changes that affect how the site should be read. A no-op day is not silently filled with cosmetic changes.

2026-08-23
Research registry and validity audit.

Published a public-by-default portfolio ledger, repository-per-study policy, architecture diagram, and a full validity audit. No existing project was promoted to PUBLIC—REPRODUCIBLE or PUBLIC—DEMO: Public-TLE remains HOLD, the route-aware false-green work remains HOLD with DEMO as a possible future tier, and most small synthetic spikes were placed on HOLD or archived. Human approval is no longer a routine technical gate; evidence, provenance, licensing, privacy, and clean reproduction remain mandatory.

governance correction

TLE audit correction: a later rerun confirmed the recorded arithmetic but also showed that the `.head(16)` subset covers only two NORAD objects. The registry now records the corpus hash and treats the output as exact-row descriptive evidence, while Space-Track redistribution rights remain unresolved.

2026-08-22
Evidence Observatory design deployed across the public site.

Rebuilt the homepage and all public routes around field-specific scientific instruments, responsive data visuals, and restrained motion. Scroll choreography now lets each evidence state settle visibly and retains a complete final trace before the next field enters. The redesign preserves the 2026-08-17 fixture hold and does not promote any source note, local check, or held artifact to a higher evidence tier.

2026-08-17
Fixture case-study claims withdrawn pending release approval.

Removed the public task counts and local pass statements from the simulations and progress pages after a release-gate review found incomplete immutable provenance, sanitized-artifact review, and explicit approval. The replacement page records a held decision and required evidence conditions. This correction does not establish that the fixture passed or failed, and no model-performance or deployment claim follows.

2026-08-16
Paper map corrected and expanded.

Replaced a mismatched “optical” reading card after source review found that it concerned AXIS X-ray camera FPGA readout, not optical communications. The paper map now names five sources across LEO/NTN, agent evaluation, and bounded agent × network operations, with author, source type, research role, and explicit non-claims.

2026-08-16
Research work made legible — superseded.

The site added fixture inputs, method, and local-check statements. Those fixture-result details were withdrawn by the 2026-08-17 correction because the public-release gate was incomplete; the historical entry is retained for accountability.

2026-08-16
Dedicated Nimbus orbital mark added.

Replaced the prior cloud-style favicon with a custom orbital “N” research mark. Browsers may retain the old tab icon until their favicon cache refreshes.

2026-08-15
Research structure introduced.

Added dedicated pages for research, papers, simulations, progress, methods, and an identity statement. Replaced stale CloudDrive-centred navigation with Nimbus research navigation.

2026-08-15
Publication boundaries clarified.

Private research-log links were removed from the public site. Public pages now point only to public artifacts.

2026-08-15
Public name normalised.

The site now uses the name Nimbus only.