v0.82.0 Release Recap

v0.82.0 is a non-breaking backup operations release that folds published backup repair receipt verification into contextdb doctor.

What's New

Area	New in v0.82.0	Why it matters
Doctor receipt check	contextdb doctor --published-backup-receipt PATH --published-backup-index PATH	Lets operators verify repair receipts inside the combined health report
Receipt integrity	Reuses lifecycle index publish receipt verification	Confirms payload hash and catalog metadata still match the local lifecycle index
Health signal	published_backup_receipt_verify check	Makes receipt drift visible next to freshness, drift, KV, and store checks
Feature metadata	doctor-published-backup-receipt-verify	Lets live deployments advertise doctor receipt verification support

Operator Flow

contextdb doctor \
  --published-backup-index "$CONTEXTDB_BACKUP_DIR/contextdb-backups.index.json" \
  --published-backup-receipt "$CONTEXTDB_BACKUP_DIR/published-backup-repair.receipt.json" \
  --report

The check is local and read-only. It does not fetch the published endpoint unless you also pass --published-backup-url for freshness or drift checks.

Compatibility

This release is intentionally non-breaking. Existing doctor checks, publish receipt generation, standalone receipt verification, and published backup drift/freshness behavior are unchanged.

Verification

Release verification included:

go test -count=1 ./cmd/contextdb
go test -count=1 ./...
npm run docs:build
git diff --check

Read the full repair flow in the Published Backup Repair Guard.