v0.88.0 Release Recap

v0.88.0 is a non-breaking operations release that makes the built-in admin dashboard real on the observe port, adds a first belief debugger slice, and keeps the manifest reliability work moving with bundle index metadata.

What's New

Area	New in v0.88.0	Why it matters
Admin dashboard	/admin/ on the observe port	The documented dashboard is now mounted beside metrics, health, and pprof
Belief debugger UI	/admin/debugger and the debugger panel on /admin/	Operators can inspect a known node without writing raw API calls
Belief debugger API	/admin/api/belief?ns=NS&id=UUID	Returns source, support, contradiction, provenance, and confidence-history evidence
Bundle index	ranking-baseline-manifest-verification-index.json	Gives CI one pointer file for ranking manifest verification artifacts
Feature metadata	admin-observe-dashboard, admin-belief-debugger, ranking-baseline-bundle-index-metadata	Lets live deployments advertise the dashboard/debugger and bundle index support

Operator Flow

Open the dashboard on the observe port:

open http://localhost:7702/admin/

Inspect one claim by namespace and node ID:

curl "http://localhost:7702/admin/api/belief?ns=my-app&id=NODE_UUID"

Write a ranking manifest verification bundle with index metadata:

contextdb eval ranking baseline manifest verify \
  --manifest ranking-baseline-manifest.json \
  --bundle-dir ranking-baseline-verification

The bundle now includes JSON, Markdown, annotation, and index JSON artifacts.

Compatibility

This release is intentionally non-breaking. REST, GraphQL, SDK, and existing CLI verification behavior are unchanged.

Verification

Release verification included:

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

Read more in the REST API admin section and the Ranking Baseline Retention Cookbook.