# v0.23.0 Research References Scalability Validation Date: 2026-08-12 Release: 0.23.0 ## Scope This validation covers the v0.23.0 Research References transfer-size and interaction-scalability pass while preserving the accepted v0.22.0 delivery/cache contract, the 109-route public surface, the 49-report research authority, the 42-entry source-bundle disposition ledger, responsive media, accessibility/print behavior, clean URLs, and UAIX/taboo boundaries. ## Compact References evidence checks The local extractor recomputes exactly: - **49** curated reports; - **3,932** external URL occurrences; - **1,900** unique normalized external URLs; - **1,070** normalized domain groups; - **2,014** unique normalized-URL-to-report backlink relationships. The rendered `/research/references/` page was checked against that extractor: - all 1,900 unique normalized URLs appear exactly once as the primary external `href` for a reference row; - every row's occurrence count matches the extractor; - every compact report backlink set matches the extractor's canonical report-reader relationship set exactly; - all 1,070 `reference-domain-*` fragment IDs match the shared deterministic domain-ID helper; - the visible report-key legend contains exactly 49 deterministic, collision-free keys; - each key maps one-to-one to the complete visible report title and canonical clean report-reader URL; - every compact backlink's shared `aria-describedby` target resolves to that visible full-title mapping; - the page remains fully server-rendered: no JavaScript is required to reach external URLs, report readers, report-key mappings, or domain groups. Native JavaScript source was checked to ensure reference filtering includes the complete external anchor `href` and full report titles recovered from the one-time legend in addition to visible row text. Therefore visual URL shortening does not remove deep path/query searchability or report-title search. External source occurrence remains a local corpus fact only. No external link was fetched or scored by the site runtime during this validation. ## Deterministic size comparison v0.22.0 baseline for `/research/references/`: - raw HTML: **2,343,653 bytes**; - deterministic gzip-9 simulation: **172,945 bytes**. v0.23.0 result: - raw HTML: **772,144 bytes**; - deterministic gzip-9 simulation: **108,967 bytes**. Reduction: - raw HTML: **1,571,509 bytes / 67.1%**; - gzip simulation: **63,978 bytes / 37.0%**. The route is now inside the existing **1,048,576-byte** advisory raw-response budget. The deterministic gzip number is comparison evidence only; it is not observed production transfer size. Machine-readable inventory: `../performance/v0.23.0-local-performance-budget.json` Human-readable inventory: `../performance/v0.23.0-local-performance-budget.md#v0230-local-performance-budget` ## Public route, metadata, and delivery regression The canonical sitemap retains **109** clean public routes, **8** image entries, and **1** video entry. All 109 canonical routes were locally required to provide: - HTTP 200; - exactly one H1, one main landmark, and one footer; - non-empty unique title and meta description; - expected self-canonical under `https://machineintelligences.org`; - matching Open Graph page URL; - parseable JSON-LD; - unique IDs and resolving ARIA ID references; - named buttons and image alternative attributes; - exactly one `/assets/css/site.css?v=0.23.0` reference and one deferred `/assets/js/site.js?v=0.23.0` reference; - no release query key in canonical or Open Graph page identity; - no public `.php` link targets. The v0.22.0 optional Apache delivery configuration remains intact: deflate/expires/headers behavior is guarded with ``, and compressed binary image/video formats are not added to the deflate type list. Production module availability remains unverified. Clean-URL regression coverage remains **230 redirect assertions**: 108 missing-trailing-slash variants, 108 clean-route `/index.php` variants, root `/index.php`, and 13 retained legacy root PHP endpoints. ## Local links, media, and accessibility regression - **3,128** unique rendered local path/fragment target combinations were checked from canonical page output. - Responsive image markup exposes **42** `srcset` candidates; every candidate exists and its declared width matches the actual local image width. - Rendered local image/video/poster references resolve to repository files. - The native social video remains non-autoplaying. - Reference domain disclosures retain at least the accepted 48-pixel minimum summary height, stable hash targeting, and reduced-motion handling. - The compact report-key system uses shared visible descriptions instead of repeated hidden full report titles. ## Research authority preservation No research body or accepted glossary definition changed in this task. - **49/49** curated report SHA-256 values match `report-manifest.json`. - **49/49** original source SHA-256 values were re-matched against available supplied task evidence by hash. - Every curated report retains `#curation-boundary` and `#research-body`. - Every one of the 49 manifest-backed report files is byte-identical to the accepted v0.22.0 package. - `report-manifest.json`, `includes/glossary-data.php`, and `source-bundle-intake-2026-08-12.json` are byte-identical to v0.22.0. - The source-bundle ledger remains exactly **42 entries: 24 new-curated + 18 duplicate-existing**. ## Syntax, documentation, UAIX, and hygiene - PHP files: **130**; all pass `php -l`. - `assets/js/site.js` passes `node --check`. - **313** repository-local Markdown links and **441** explicit UAIX repository-path references are rechecked during package validation. - The required UAIX setup/update URL remains present exactly once in each required owning file. - `.uai` package/current-state records advance to **0.23.0** and retain the 49 report deep pointers. - Active handoff buckets remain inert placeholders. - TABOO-001 containment passes without copying its prohibited literal into this report. - Lightweight credential-marker hygiene passes after excluding ordinary research prose that merely contains hyphenated natural-language substrings. ## Evidence limitations This is repository/local-server validation. It does **not** establish external reference reachability, source correctness/authority/currentness, production Apache modules, HTTP compression, cache behavior, browser/network timing, Core Web Vitals, live DNS/TLS/redirect state, indexing, webmaster-console state, accessibility certification, or independently verifiable machine-execution provenance. No live deployment was performed. ## Next bounded action Add per-report reference context using the existing local extractor: derive each report's normalized external references and, where deterministic, nearest existing report-section anchor; expose that as a bounded server-rendered report-reader module without editing authoritative Markdown or fetching external sources. The full task is stored in `.uai/next-recursive-prompt.uai`.