v0.47.0 Release Recap

v0.47.0 is a non-breaking backup operations release that adds a published catalog drift watch for lifecycle index metadata.

What Changed

Area	New in v0.47.0	Why it matters
CLI drift watch	contextdb snapshot lifecycle index publish drift	Compares a local lifecycle index publish payload with the published ops payload
Published payload fetch	--published-url plus optional bearer token	Lets operators check the live metadata endpoint without uploading backup contents
Drift report	--report JSON output	Shows count, retention decision, artifact count, byte, and hash coverage differences
Feature metadata	lifecycle-index-publish-drift	Lets live deployments advertise backup publish drift support

Compatibility

This release adds a read-only CLI check. It does not change snapshot export/import, lifecycle index generation, publish payload shape, or existing publish execution.

Operator Flow

contextdb snapshot lifecycle index publish drift \
  --in "$CONTEXTDB_BACKUP_DIR/contextdb-backups.index.json" \
  --published-url "$CONTEXTDB_LIFECYCLE_INDEX_PUBLISHED_URL" \
  --token "$NORN_TOKEN" \
  --report

The command exits non-zero when published metadata differs from the local lifecycle index publish payload.

Verification

Release gates for this slice:

Gate	Status
go test -count=1 ./...	Passed
npm run docs:build	Passed
git diff --check	Passed