Stability & Evolution Policy

Patch releases

• Bug fixes and documentation improvements.
• No changes to deterministic execution semantics.

Minor releases

• New features that do not break contracts.
• ND behavior may evolve but remains explicit and auditable.

Major releases

• Any breaking contract changes.
• Deprecated behavior removed.

Compatibility

• Backward compatibility is treated as a default.
• Changes are documented in the changelog and compatibility docs.