This release marks a major architectural milestone: the transition from a monolithic "Utility Soup" to a robust, service-oriented architecture. It includes a complete overhaul of core utilities, the introduction of formal state machines for session management, a deconstructed Grounded Context Pool (PGC), and granular architectural intelligence via a project-aware role classification system. 🚀 New Features 🧩 Architectural Granularity — Implemented a JSON-based configuration system for path-aware roles and architectural intelligence. 🧹 Patterns Compaction CLI — New patterns compact command to reclaim storage space in .open_cognition. 🤖 /onboard-roles Command — Automated architectural role classification for project onboarding. 🛡️ Tool Output Safety Limits — Strict token-aware safety limits for tool outputs to prevent context flooding. 🧹 Infrastructure & Cleanup ⚙️ Formal Session State Machine — Robust state machine to manage session lifecycles and transitions. 📦 PGC Deconstruction — Deconstructed PGCManager into specialized, single-responsibility services. 📡 Domain/Network Model Separation — Strict boundary between ZeroMQ IPC messages and domain models. 🔑 Unique Manifest Keys — Migrated overlays to use unique keys for precise symbol tracking and lineage. 🐛 Bug Fixes & Stability 📉 Storage Bloat Remediation — Fixed major storage bloat in .open_cognition with automatic compaction. 🧱 Clean Slate Protocol — Protocol to purge tool logs and reset internal state between tasks for context hygiene. 🩹 Manifest & Vector Stability — Fixed manifest staleness and optimized orphaned vector cleanup. 📡 Vertex SDK Resilience — Added auto-retry logic for JSON parse errors in Vertex SDK responses. ⚠️ Migration Note It is highly recommended to run a full rebuild of your overlays to take advantage of the structural and lineage improvements: cognition-cli overlay generate --force Impact This release significantly improves the stability and performance of the cognition engine, reduces storage footprint by up to 40%, and provides a cleaner, more modular foundation for future intelligent services.