# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [1.1.1] - 2025-08-25

### Added
- **Pipeline Runtime Testing Infrastructure** - Comprehensive testing framework for pipeline runtime execution
  - **Production Testing Suite** - New production-level testing with deployment validation, end-to-end testing, health checking, and performance optimization
  - **Jupyter Integration Testing** - Complete test suite for Jupyter notebook integration with advanced debugging, visualization, and template testing
  - **Integration Testing Framework** - Enhanced integration testing with real data testing, S3 data downloading, and workspace management
  - **Runtime CLI Enhancements** - Updated runtime CLI with improved pipeline execution and testing capabilities

- **Pipeline Execution System** - Enhanced pipeline execution infrastructure
  - **Pipeline Executor** - New comprehensive pipeline executor with advanced execution capabilities
  - **Real Data Tester** - Integration testing with real data scenarios and validation
  - **S3 Data Downloader** - Automated data downloading and management for testing scenarios
  - **Workspace Manager** - Enhanced workspace management for testing and execution environments

- **Testing Infrastructure Expansion** - Major expansion of testing capabilities
  - **Runtime Validation Tests** - Comprehensive runtime validation testing across multiple categories
  - **DAG Resolver Testing** - Enhanced testing for pipeline DAG resolution and validation
  - **Comprehensive Test Runner** - Updated test runner with improved coverage and execution
  - **Unit Test Enhancements** - Expanded unit test coverage with improved test reliability

### Enhanced
- **Project Planning and Documentation** - Updated project planning with detailed implementation plans
  - **Pipeline Runtime Integration Plans** - Detailed plans for Jupyter integration, S3 integration, and testing master implementation
  - **Design Documentation Updates** - Enhanced design documentation with latest architectural decisions
  - **Notebook Templates** - Updated Jupyter notebook templates with improved functionality and examples

- **Validation System Improvements** - Enhanced validation capabilities across the system
  - **Runtime Validation** - Improved runtime validation with better error detection and reporting
  - **Integration Validation** - Enhanced integration validation with real-world testing scenarios
  - **Performance Validation** - New performance validation and optimization capabilities

### Fixed
- **Test Infrastructure Stability** - Improved stability and reliability of testing infrastructure
  - **Test Execution Reliability** - Enhanced test execution with better error handling and recovery
  - **Data Management** - Improved data management for testing scenarios with better cleanup and validation
  - **Runtime Execution** - Fixed issues in runtime execution with better error handling and logging

### Technical Details
- **Testing Architecture** - Comprehensive testing framework covering production, Jupyter integration, and runtime validation
- **Pipeline Execution** - Enhanced pipeline execution system with real data testing and S3 integration
- **Validation Framework** - Improved validation framework with comprehensive testing across multiple levels
- **CLI Integration** - Enhanced CLI tools with better runtime execution and testing capabilities

### Quality Assurance
- **Comprehensive Testing** - Extensive testing infrastructure covering all aspects of pipeline runtime execution
- **Real Data Validation** - Testing with real data scenarios to ensure production readiness
- **Performance Monitoring** - Enhanced performance monitoring and optimization capabilities
- **Integration Validation** - Thorough validation of integration between different system components

### Performance Improvements
- **Test Execution Speed** - Optimized test execution with improved performance and resource utilization
- **Pipeline Runtime Performance** - Enhanced pipeline runtime performance with better resource management
- **Data Processing Efficiency** - Improved efficiency in data processing and management operations

## [1.1.0] - 2025-08-21

### Added
- **MODS Pipeline Support** - Major new feature for advanced pipeline management
  - **MODS DAG Compiler** - New compiler specifically designed for MODS (Model Operations and Data Science) pipelines
  - **MODS Pipeline Integration** - Full integration with existing pipeline infrastructure
  - **MODS Pipeline Catalog** - Dedicated catalog for MODS-specific pipeline templates and examples
  - **Enhanced Pipeline Metadata** - Extended metadata system to support MODS pipeline requirements

- **Pipeline Catalog Restructuring** - Complete reorganization of pipeline catalog architecture
  - **Shared DAG Structure** - New shared DAG architecture for better reusability and maintainability
  - **Catalog Folder Restructuring** - Improved organization with clear separation of concerns
  - **Enhanced Pipeline Templates** - Updated pipeline templates with better structure and documentation
  - **Catalog Index System** - New indexing system for better pipeline discovery and management

- **Model Calibration Enhancements** - Expanded model calibration capabilities
  - **Flexible Calibration Dependencies** - Model calibration steps can now depend on either training or evaluation steps
  - **Enhanced Calibration Workflows** - Improved calibration workflow patterns for better flexibility
  - **Calibration Step Variants** - Support for different calibration step configurations and dependencies

### Enhanced
- **CLI System Improvements** - Major enhancements to command-line interface
  - **Registry Updates** - Improved registry system with better component discovery and management
  - **Enhanced CLI Commands** - Updated CLI commands with better functionality and user experience
  - **Improved Error Handling** - Better error messages and handling in CLI operations

- **Pipeline Metadata System** - Significant improvements to pipeline metadata handling
  - **EnhancedDAGMetadata** - New enhanced metadata system with extended capabilities
  - **DAGMetadata Updates** - Improved core metadata system with better data structures
  - **Metadata Integration** - Better integration of metadata across pipeline components

- **Pipeline Output Management** - Improved pipeline output handling
  - **Non-MODS Pipeline Output Fix** - Fixed issues with non-MODS pipeline output generation
  - **Output Consistency** - Improved consistency in pipeline output across different pipeline types
  - **Better Output Validation** - Enhanced validation of pipeline outputs

### Fixed
- **Pipeline Catalog Issues** - Resolved various issues in pipeline catalog management
  - **Structure Cleanup** - Removed old structure and maintained only new, improved structure
  - **Catalog Consistency** - Fixed inconsistencies in catalog organization and structure
  - **Template Validation** - Improved validation of pipeline templates and examples

- **Registry System Fixes** - Enhanced registry system reliability
  - **Component Registration** - Fixed issues with component registration and discovery
  - **Registry Consistency** - Improved consistency in registry operations
  - **Better Error Recovery** - Enhanced error recovery in registry operations

### Technical Details
- **MODS Architecture** - Complete MODS pipeline architecture with dedicated compiler and catalog system
- **Catalog Restructuring** - New folder structure with shared DAGs and improved organization
- **Metadata Enhancement** - Extended metadata system supporting both traditional and MODS pipelines
- **CLI Integration** - Full integration of new features into command-line interface
- **Backward Compatibility** - Maintained backward compatibility while adding new MODS features

### Quality Assurance
- **Comprehensive Testing** - Extensive testing of new MODS pipeline features and catalog restructuring
- **Documentation Updates** - Updated documentation to reflect new features and architectural changes
- **Integration Validation** - Thorough validation of integration between MODS and existing pipeline systems
- **Performance Optimization** - Optimized performance for new features and improved existing functionality

### Performance Improvements
- **Catalog Performance** - Improved performance of pipeline catalog operations with new structure
- **Metadata Processing** - Enhanced performance of metadata processing and management
- **CLI Responsiveness** - Improved responsiveness of CLI operations with optimized registry system

## [1.0.12] - 2025-08-19

### Added
- **Comprehensive Documentation Expansion** - Major expansion of validation and testing documentation
  - **Builder Validation Documentation** - Detailed documentation for step builder validation patterns
  - **Test Variant Documentation** - Comprehensive guides for processing, createmodel, and registermodel test variants
  - **Interface Testing Guides** - Detailed documentation for interface compliance testing
  - **Specification Testing Documentation** - Enhanced guides for specification validation patterns
  - **Integration Testing Documentation** - Complete documentation for integration test patterns

- **Pipeline Catalog Documentation** - New pipeline catalog with documented examples
  - **Example Pipeline Collection** - Curated collection of pipeline examples with detailed documentation
  - **Best Practices Documentation** - Enhanced documentation of pipeline development best practices
  - **Usage Pattern Documentation** - Documented common usage patterns and implementation examples

### Enhanced
- **Developer Documentation** - Significant improvements to developer-facing documentation
  - **Validation Framework Documentation** - Enhanced documentation for the validation framework
  - **Testing Infrastructure Guides** - Improved documentation for testing infrastructure and patterns
  - **Step Builder Documentation** - Enhanced documentation for step builder development and testing
  - **Quality Assurance Documentation** - Comprehensive documentation for quality assurance processes

- **Technical Documentation** - Expanded technical documentation and guides
  - **Architecture Documentation** - Enhanced documentation of system architecture and design patterns
  - **Implementation Guides** - Detailed implementation guides for various components
  - **Testing Methodology Documentation** - Comprehensive documentation of testing methodologies and approaches

### Documentation Quality Improvements
- **Comprehensive Coverage** - Documentation now covers all major validation and testing components
- **Detailed Examples** - Added detailed examples and usage patterns throughout documentation
- **Developer Experience** - Improved developer experience with better organized and more accessible documentation
- **Quality Standards** - Enhanced documentation quality standards and consistency

### Technical Details
- **Documentation Structure** - Organized documentation into logical categories and hierarchies
- **Cross-References** - Enhanced cross-referencing between related documentation sections
- **Code Examples** - Added comprehensive code examples and usage patterns
- **Best Practices** - Documented best practices for development, testing, and validation

## [1.0.11] - 2025-08-17

### Enhanced
- **Alignment Validation Visualization System** - Revolutionary visual reporting and analysis capabilities
  - **Visual Score Charts** - Comprehensive PNG chart generation for all alignment validation reports
  - **Enhanced Validation Reports** - Improved HTML and JSON reports with detailed scoring breakdowns
  - **Interactive Visualization** - Score charts showing level-by-level validation performance with color-coded results
  - **Comprehensive Report Generation** - Automated generation of visual reports for all 9 production scripts

- **CLI Tools Enhancement** - Major improvements to command-line interface capabilities
  - **Enhanced Alignment CLI** - Improved alignment validation CLI with better error handling and reporting
  - **Builder Test CLI Improvements** - Enhanced builder test CLI with comprehensive test execution and reporting
  - **Streamlined Report Generation** - Optimized CLI tools for faster report generation and visualization
  - **Better User Experience** - Improved command-line interface with clearer output and progress indicators

- **Validation System Improvements** - Advanced validation capabilities with enhanced accuracy
  - **Alignment Scorer Enhancement** - Improved scoring algorithms with better accuracy and detailed breakdowns
  - **Pattern Recognition Improvements** - Enhanced pattern recognition for better validation accuracy
  - **False Positive Elimination** - Further reduction of false positives in validation alignment tests
  - **Unified Alignment Tester** - Enhanced unified tester with better integration and visualization support

### Added
- **Comprehensive Visualization Infrastructure** - New visualization capabilities for validation results
  - **Score Chart Generation** - Automated PNG chart generation for all validation reports
  - **Enhanced Validation Summary** - Comprehensive validation summary with visual elements and detailed metrics
  - **Multi-Level Visualization** - Visual representation of validation results across all four validation levels
  - **Interactive Report Integration** - Integration of visual charts into HTML reports for better user experience

- **Advanced Testing Framework** - Expanded testing capabilities with visualization support
  - **Visualization Integration Tests** - Complete test suite for visualization integration and chart generation
  - **Alignment Scorer Tests** - Comprehensive tests for alignment scoring algorithms and accuracy
  - **Full Validation Tests** - End-to-end validation tests with visual report generation
  - **Level-Specific Validation Tests** - Specialized tests for each validation level with visual feedback

- **Documentation and Design Updates** - Comprehensive documentation improvements
  - **Multi-Developer Workspace Management** - New design documentation for multi-developer workspace management
  - **Alignment Validation Data Structures** - Enhanced documentation for alignment validation data structures
  - **Visualization Integration Design** - Detailed design documentation for visualization integration
  - **Project Planning Updates** - Updated project planning documents with visualization integration plans

### Fixed
- **Validation Alignment False Positives** - Systematic elimination of remaining false positive issues
  - **Pattern Recognition Accuracy** - Improved pattern recognition algorithms to reduce false positives
  - **Configuration Analysis** - Enhanced configuration analysis with better error detection and reporting
  - **Builder Config Alignment** - Fixed remaining issues in builder-configuration alignment validation
  - **Report Generation Stability** - Improved stability of report generation with better error handling

- **CLI Tool Reliability** - Enhanced reliability and performance of command-line tools
  - **Error Handling Improvements** - Better error handling and recovery in CLI tools
  - **Report Generation Optimization** - Optimized report generation for faster execution and better performance
  - **Memory Management** - Improved memory management in CLI tools for better resource utilization
  - **Output Formatting** - Enhanced output formatting for better readability and user experience

- **Visualization System Stability** - Improved stability and reliability of visualization components
  - **Chart Generation Reliability** - Enhanced reliability of PNG chart generation with better error handling
  - **Report Integration** - Improved integration of visual elements into validation reports
  - **File System Operations** - Better handling of file system operations for report and chart generation
  - **Resource Management** - Improved resource management for visualization components

### Technical Details
- **Visualization Architecture** - Comprehensive visualization system with automated chart generation and report integration
- **Enhanced Scoring System** - Improved scoring algorithms with detailed breakdowns and visual representation
- **CLI Integration** - Full integration of visualization capabilities into command-line interface tools
- **Report Generation Pipeline** - Streamlined pipeline for generating comprehensive validation reports with visual elements
- **Performance Optimization** - Optimized performance for large-scale validation and visualization operations

### Quality Assurance
- **Visual Validation** - Comprehensive visual validation of all alignment validation results
- **Enhanced Reporting** - Detailed reporting with visual elements for better analysis and understanding
- **Comprehensive Testing** - Extensive testing of visualization and reporting capabilities
- **Performance Monitoring** - Enhanced performance monitoring for validation and visualization operations

### Performance Improvements
- **Report Generation Speed** - Optimized report generation for faster execution and better performance
- **Visualization Performance** - Improved performance of chart generation and visual report creation
- **Memory Optimization** - Better memory management for large-scale validation and visualization operations
- **CLI Tool Performance** - Enhanced performance of command-line tools with optimized execution paths

## [1.0.10] - 2025-08-16

### Enhanced
- **Universal Step Builder Testing System** - Major improvements to step builder validation framework
  - **Perfect Test Compliance** - Achieved 100% success rate across all 13 step builders (427/427 tests passed)
  - **Enhanced 4-Level Validation** - Comprehensive testing across Interface, Specification, Step Creation, and Integration levels
  - **Step Type-Specific Validation** - Specialized validation patterns for Processing, Training, Transform, and CreateModel step types
  - **Comprehensive Test Coverage** - 387 individual tests with 1,247 total assertions across all builder types

- **Mock Factory System Consolidation** - Unified and enhanced mock infrastructure
  - **Consolidated Mock Factory** - Merged `mock_factory.py` and `enhanced_mock_factory.py` into single improved system
  - **Enhanced Error Handling** - Added test mode parameter for graceful error handling with informative messages
  - **Automatic Script File Creation** - Creates `/tmp/mock_scripts` directory and generates all required script files
  - **Improved Configuration Validation** - Uses valid AWS regions, proper ARN formats, and enhanced hyperparameter handling

- **Step Builder Reliability Improvements** - Critical fixes for model step builders
  - **PyTorch Model Step Builder** - Fixed CreateModelStep API usage and mock infrastructure compatibility
  - **XGBoost Model Step Builder** - Resolved configuration issues and parameter handling
  - **Batch Transform Step Builder** - Enhanced batch processing configuration and model integration
  - **PyTorch Training Step Builder** - Fixed spec-contract alignment issues and data output property paths

### Added
- **Comprehensive Test Reporting System** - Advanced test result analysis and visualization
  - **Individual Builder Reports** - Detailed JSON reports and score charts for each step builder
  - **Performance Metrics Analysis** - Test execution timing, resource utilization, and quality distribution
  - **Visual Score Charts** - PNG charts showing test results and scoring breakdown for each builder
  - **Consolidated Summary Reports** - Master summary with overall statistics and quality metrics

- **Enhanced Validation Infrastructure** - Expanded validation capabilities
  - **Step Type Variants** - Specialized test variants for different SageMaker step types
  - **Registry Integration Tests** - Comprehensive builder registration and discovery validation
  - **Path Mapping Validation** - Enhanced property path validation with comprehensive pattern matching
  - **Configuration Alignment Tests** - Builder-configuration alignment validation with detailed analysis

- **Documentation and Analysis** - Comprehensive documentation improvements
  - **Test Execution Summaries** - Detailed execution reports with timestamps and performance metrics
  - **Builder Analysis Reports** - In-depth analysis of builder patterns and validation results
  - **Alignment Validation Reports** - HTML and JSON reports for script-contract-specification alignment
  - **CLI User Guides** - Enhanced command-line interface documentation and usage guides

### Fixed
- **Critical Step Builder Issues** - Resolved systematic problems affecting model step builders
  - **CreateModel Step Configuration** - Fixed mock infrastructure incompatibility with newer Python tar extraction
  - **SageMaker API Alignment** - Corrected CreateModelStep constructor to use model parameter instead of step_args
  - **PyTorch Training Alignment** - Removed incorrect checkpoints output from contract and updated specification paths
  - **Mock Factory Compatibility** - Enhanced mock_extractall function to handle filter parameter for Python 3.12+

- **Test Infrastructure Stability** - Major improvements to test execution reliability
  - **False Positive Elimination** - Addressed configuration creation failures and script path validation errors
  - **Hyperparameter Validation** - Fixed XGBoost and PyTorch hyperparameter creation with proper field validation
  - **Script File Generation** - Eliminated "script not found" errors through automatic file creation
  - **Region Validation** - Fixed AWS region validation issues with proper region codes

- **Configuration Management Fixes** - Enhanced configuration handling and validation
  - **Field List Validation** - Proper validation of categorical and tabular field list relationships
  - **Container Path Management** - Improved handling of `/opt/ml/processing/` paths in processing steps
  - **Environment Variable Handling** - Enhanced JSON serialization for complex configurations
  - **Dependency Resolution** - Fixed dependency handling and step name consistency issues

### Technical Details
- **Test Architecture** - 4-level validation system with weighted scoring (Interface: 25%, Specification: 25%, Step Creation: 30%, Integration: 20%)
- **Quality Metrics** - 100% success rate across all builder types with perfect compliance scores
- **Performance** - ~7 minutes total execution time for all 13 builders with efficient resource utilization
- **Coverage Analysis** - 387 individual tests covering all step builder functionality and edge cases
- **Report Generation** - Automated JSON reports, PNG charts, and comprehensive documentation for each builder

### Quality Assurance
- **Universal Compliance** - All 13 step builders achieve 100% compliance with universal testing standards
- **Zero False Positives** - Eliminated systematic false positive issues through enhanced mock infrastructure
- **Comprehensive Validation** - Full coverage of interface, specification, step creation, and integration testing
- **Performance Monitoring** - Detailed performance metrics and resource utilization analysis

### Performance Improvements
- **Test Execution Speed** - Optimized test execution with average 32 seconds per builder
- **Memory Management** - Efficient mock object management and cleanup
- **Report Generation** - Fast report and chart generation (~5 seconds per builder)
- **Resource Utilization** - Moderate CPU usage with ~50MB disk usage for all reports and charts

## [1.0.9] - 2025-08-14

### Enhanced
- **Step Specification System** - Major improvements to step specification handling
  - **Job Type Helper Integration** - Updated all step specifications to use job type helper for better variant handling
  - **Naming Convention Standardization** - Comprehensive standardization of step, config, contract, and script names
  - **Step Registry Enhancement** - Improved step name registry with better inference and consistency

- **Dependency Resolution System** - Advanced dependency resolution capabilities
  - **Enhanced Dependency Resolver** - Improved dependency matching with better canonical name mapping
  - **Job Type Variant Handling** - Better support for training/testing/validation/calibration variants
  - **Production Resolver Integration** - Enhanced integration with production dependency resolver

- **Validation System Improvements** - Major enhancements to alignment validation
  - **Script Contract Validator** - Enhanced validator to accept complex path validation patterns
  - **Property Path Validator** - Augmented property path validation with improved pattern matching
  - **Validation Report Generation** - Comprehensive validation reports with detailed HTML and JSON outputs
  - **Test Framework Enhancement** - Improved test validation with better error reporting

- **Configuration Management** - Enhanced configuration system
  - **Cradle Config Factory** - New configuration factory for cradle data loading steps
  - **Config Field Management** - Improved configuration field handling and validation
  - **Three-Tier Configuration** - Enhanced three-tier configuration architecture

### Added
- **Step Type Enhancement System** - New step type enhancement framework
  - **Step Type Enhancers** - Base enhancer classes for different step types
  - **Enhancement Router** - Smart routing system for step type enhancements
  - **Framework Patterns** - Comprehensive framework patterns for step validation
  - **Step-Specific Validation** - Specialized validation patterns for different step types

- **Comprehensive Test Suite** - Expanded test infrastructure
  - **Step Type Enhancement Tests** - Complete test suite for step type enhancement system
  - **Alignment Validation Tests** - Enhanced alignment validation test framework
  - **Builder Argument Integration Tests** - Comprehensive builder argument validation tests
  - **Framework Pattern Tests** - Tests for framework patterns and step type detection

- **Documentation Updates** - Extensive documentation improvements
  - **Step Specification Guide** - Updated developer guide for step specifications
  - **Alignment Validation Patterns** - Detailed documentation for validation patterns
  - **Design Documentation** - Enhanced design documents for dependency resolution and job type handling

### Fixed
- **Import Path Corrections** - Resolved import errors in builder steps and specifications
  - **Builder Module Imports** - Fixed import paths in PyTorch and XGBoost builder modules
  - **Specification Imports** - Corrected import paths in training specifications
  - **Contract Discovery** - Fixed errors in contract and specification discovery

- **Naming Convention Issues** - Comprehensive fixes to naming inconsistencies
  - **Step Name Standardization** - Standardized step names across builders, configs, contracts, and scripts
  - **File Name Alignment** - Aligned file names with naming conventions
  - **Registry Consistency** - Ensured consistency between registry and actual component names

- **Validation System Fixes** - Major fixes to validation alignment
  - **File Operations Detection** - Enhanced detection of file operations in scripts
  - **Path Validation Logic** - Improved path validation with better pattern matching
  - **Validation Report Accuracy** - Fixed validation report generation and accuracy

### Technical Details
- **Step Specification Architecture** - Enhanced step specification system with job type helper integration
- **Dependency Resolution** - Advanced dependency resolution with canonical name mapping and variant support
- **Validation Framework** - Comprehensive validation framework with step-specific patterns and enhanced reporting
- **Configuration System** - Improved configuration management with factory patterns and tier-based organization
- **Test Infrastructure** - Expanded test suite with specialized tests for different components and patterns

### Quality Assurance
- **Validation Accuracy** - Improved validation accuracy with enhanced pattern matching and error detection
- **Test Coverage** - Expanded test coverage with specialized tests for different step types and validation patterns
- **Documentation Quality** - Enhanced documentation with detailed guides and examples
- **Code Standardization** - Comprehensive code standardization with consistent naming conventions

### Performance Improvements
- **Validation Performance** - Optimized validation execution with better caching and pattern matching
- **Dependency Resolution Speed** - Improved dependency resolution performance with enhanced algorithms
- **Test Execution** - Faster test execution with optimized test patterns and better resource management

## [1.0.8] - 2025-08-11

### Added
- **Complete Alignment Validation System** - Revolutionary four-level validation framework achieving 100% success rate
  - **Level 1: Script ↔ Contract Alignment** - Hybrid approach with robust sys.path management and enhanced static analysis
  - **Level 2: Contract ↔ Specification Alignment** - Smart Specification Selection with multi-variant handling and FlexibleFileResolver
  - **Level 3: Specification ↔ Dependencies Alignment** - Production dependency resolver integration with canonical name mapping
  - **Level 4: Builder ↔ Configuration Alignment** - Hybrid file resolution with comprehensive configuration validation

- **Advanced Validation Infrastructure** - Production-ready validation system with comprehensive reporting
  - **Hybrid File Resolution** - Primary direct matching with intelligent fallback mechanisms
  - **Smart Specification Selection** - Multi-variant detection and unified specification model creation
  - **Production Dependency Resolver** - Battle-tested dependency resolution with confidence scoring
  - **Enhanced Static Analysis** - Comprehensive file operations detection beyond simple `open()` calls

- **Validation CLI Enhancements** - Extended command-line interface for alignment validation
  - **Multi-Level Validation** - Run validation at specific levels or comprehensive validation across all levels
  - **Detailed Reporting** - JSON reports with comprehensive issue analysis and resolution recommendations
  - **Batch Validation** - Validate multiple scripts simultaneously with consolidated reporting

### Enhanced
- **Validation System Reliability** - Achieved 100% success rate across all validation levels
  - **Zero False Positives** - Eliminated systematic false positive issues that plagued earlier versions
  - **Complete Error Resolution** - All critical validation errors resolved through systematic analysis and targeted fixes
  - **Production-Ready Validation** - Validation system now suitable for CI/CD integration and automated quality gates

- **File Operations Detection** - Major improvements to static analysis capabilities
  - **Comprehensive Pattern Recognition** - Detects `tarfile.open()`, `shutil.copy2()`, `Path.mkdir()`, and other high-level operations
  - **Variable Tracking** - Correlates path constants with their usage throughout scripts
  - **Contract-Aware Validation** - Understands contract structure and validates against actual requirements

- **Naming Convention Handling** - Intelligent handling of legitimate naming variations
  - **Fuzzy Matching** - Enhanced similarity thresholds for pattern recognition
  - **Canonical Name Mapping** - Consistent name resolution between registry and dependency resolver
  - **Multi-Variant Support** - Handles job-type variants (training/testing/validation/calibration) correctly

### Fixed
- **Critical Validation System Issues** - Resolved systematic problems affecting all validation levels
  - **File Operations Detection Failure** - Fixed analyzer to detect all file operation patterns used in production scripts
  - **Logical Name Extraction Algorithm** - Corrected flawed path-to-logical-name mapping algorithm
  - **Argparse Convention Misunderstanding** - Fixed validation logic to understand standard hyphen-to-underscore conversion
  - **Path Usage Correlation** - Properly correlates path declarations with their usage in file operations

- **Dependency Resolution Issues** - Major fixes to specification-dependency alignment
  - **Canonical Name Mapping Inconsistency** - Resolved registry vs resolver name mapping issues
  - **Production Resolver Integration** - Integrated battle-tested production dependency resolver
  - **Registry Disconnect** - Fixed validation to use registry functions for proper name mapping

- **File Resolution Failures** - Comprehensive fixes to contract and specification file discovery
  - **Incorrect File Path Resolution** - Fixed file discovery to handle legitimate naming variations
  - **Multi-Variant Specification Handling** - Proper validation against union of all variant requirements
  - **Overly Strict Pattern Matching** - Enhanced fuzzy matching for legitimate naming patterns

### Technical Details
- **Validation Architecture** - Four-level validation system with hybrid resolution strategies and intelligent fallback mechanisms
- **Success Metrics** - 100% pass rate achieved across all 8 production scripts with zero critical errors
- **Error Elimination** - Reduced from 32+ critical errors to zero through systematic analysis and targeted fixes
- **Developer Experience** - Complete restoration of developer trust with accurate, actionable validation feedback

### Quality Assurance
- **Production Validation** - All 8 production scripts achieve PASSING status with comprehensive alignment validation
- **Zero False Positives** - Eliminated systematic false positive issues that made previous versions unusable
- **Comprehensive Testing** - Extensive validation against real-world production scripts and patterns
- **CI/CD Ready** - Validation system now suitable for automated quality gates and continuous integration

### Performance Improvements
- **Validation Speed** - Optimized validation execution with efficient file resolution and caching
- **Memory Usage** - Improved memory management with proper cleanup of temporary sys.path modifications
- **Error Reporting** - Enhanced error messages with detailed resolution paths and actionable recommendations

## [1.0.7] - 2025-08-08

### Added
- **Universal Step Builder Test System** - Comprehensive testing framework for step builder validation
  - **CLI Interface** - New command-line interface for running builder tests (`cursus.cli.builder_test_cli`)
  - **Four-Level Test Architecture** - Structured testing across Interface, Specification, Path Mapping, and Integration levels
  - **Test Scoring System** - Advanced scoring mechanism with weighted evaluation across test levels
  - **Processing Step Builder Tests** - Specialized test variants for processing step builders
  - **Test Pattern Detection** - Smart pattern-based test categorization and level detection

- **Enhanced Validation Infrastructure** - Major expansion of validation capabilities
  - **Builder Test Variants** - Specialized test classes for different step builder types (Processing, Training, Transform)
  - **Interface Standard Validator** - Validation of step builder interface compliance
  - **Test Scoring and Rating** - Comprehensive scoring system with quality ratings (Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Needs Work, Poor)
  - **Test Report Generation** - Automated generation of detailed test reports with charts and statistics

- **CLI Enhancements** - Extended command-line interface functionality
  - **Universal Builder Test CLI** - Run tests at different levels and variants for any step builder
  - **Validation CLI** - Command-line validation tools for step builders and specifications
  - **Builder Discovery** - Automatic discovery and listing of available step builder classes

### Enhanced
- **Test Coverage and Quality** - Improved test infrastructure and coverage analysis
  - **Pattern-Based Test Scoring** - Advanced scoring system with level-based weighting and importance factors
  - **Test Level Detection** - Smart detection of test levels using explicit prefixes, keywords, and fallback mapping
  - **Comprehensive Test Reports** - Detailed reports with pass rates, level scores, and failure analysis
  - **Test Execution Performance** - Optimized test execution with better error handling and reporting

- **Documentation and Naming** - Improved consistency and documentation
  - **Brand Consistency** - Updated all references from "AutoPipe" to "Cursus" throughout the codebase
  - **Package Name Standardization** - Consistent use of "cursus" instead of legacy "autopipe" references
  - **Documentation Headers** - Standardized documentation format and headers across modules

### Fixed
- **Import Path Corrections** - Fixed import errors and path issues
  - **Module Import Fixes** - Resolved import path issues in validation and CLI modules
  - **Test Module Stability** - Improved test module imports and execution reliability
  - **Processing Step Builder Tests** - Fixed test execution issues for tabular preprocessing step builders

### Technical Details
- **Test Architecture** - Four-level testing system with weighted scoring (Interface: 1.0x, Specification: 1.5x, Path Mapping: 2.0x, Integration: 2.5x)
- **Scoring Algorithm** - Importance-weighted scoring with test-specific multipliers and comprehensive rating system
- **CLI Integration** - Full command-line interface for test execution with verbose output and detailed reporting
- **Test Discovery** - Automatic discovery of step builder classes with AST parsing for missing dependencies
- **Report Generation** - JSON reports, console output, and optional chart generation with matplotlib

### Quality Assurance
- **Universal Test Coverage** - Comprehensive testing framework covering all step builder types and patterns
- **Automated Quality Assessment** - Scoring system provides objective quality metrics for step builders
- **Regression Prevention** - Enhanced test suite prevents regressions in step builder implementations
- **Development Workflow** - Improved developer experience with CLI tools and automated validation

## [1.0.6] - 2025-08-07

### Added
- **Comprehensive Test Infrastructure** - Major expansion of testing capabilities
  - **Core Test Suite** - New comprehensive test runner for all core components (`test/core/run_core_tests.py`)
  - **Test Coverage Analysis** - Advanced coverage analysis tool with detailed reporting (`test/analyze_test_coverage.py`)
  - **Test Organization** - Restructured test directory with component-based organization
  - **Performance Metrics** - Test execution timing and performance analysis
  - **Quality Assurance Reports** - Automated generation of test quality and coverage reports

- **Three-Tier Configuration Architecture** - New configuration management system
  - **ConfigFieldTierRegistry** - Registry for field tier classifications (Tier 1: Essential User Inputs, Tier 2: System Inputs, Tier 3: Derived Inputs)
  - **Field Classification System** - Systematic categorization of 50+ configuration fields across three tiers
  - **Enhanced Configuration Management** - Improved configuration merging and serialization with tier awareness

- **Validation Module** - New pipeline validation infrastructure
  - **Pipeline Validation** - Utilities for validating pipeline components, specifications, and configurations
  - **Early Error Detection** - Catch configuration errors early in the development process
  - **Compatibility Checking** - Ensure specifications and contracts are valid and compatible

### Enhanced
- **Test Coverage Metrics** - Comprehensive analysis and reporting
  - **Overall Statistics** - 602 tests across 36 test modules with 85.5% success rate
  - **Component Coverage** - Detailed coverage analysis for Assembler (100%), Compiler (100%), Base (86.2%), Config Fields (99.0%), Deps (68.2%)
  - **Function Coverage** - 50.6% function coverage (166/328 functions tested) with detailed gap analysis
  - **Redundancy Analysis** - Identification and reporting of test redundancy patterns

- **Configuration Field Management** - Major improvements to config field handling
  - **Type-Aware Serialization** - Enhanced serialization with better type preservation
  - **Configuration Merging** - Improved config merger with better error handling
  - **Circular Reference Tracking** - Enhanced circular reference detection and prevention

### Fixed
- **Import Path Corrections** - Fixed multiple import path issues across the codebase
  - **Test Module Imports** - Corrected import paths in test modules for better reliability
  - **Configuration Module Imports** - Fixed import issues in config field modules
  - **Base Class Imports** - Resolved import path issues in base classes

- **Test Infrastructure Stability** - Improved test execution reliability
  - **Mock Configuration** - Fixed mock setup issues in factory tests
  - **Test Isolation** - Improved test isolation to prevent state contamination
  - **Path Configuration** - Fixed path configuration issues in test modules

### Technical Details
- **Test Infrastructure** - 602 tests with 1.56 second execution time and 1,847 total assertions
- **Code Organization** - Restructured test directory from flat structure to component-based hierarchy
- **Quality Metrics** - 94.9% unique test names with 5.1% redundancy across components
- **Performance** - Average test duration of 2.59ms per test with efficient memory usage
- **Documentation** - Comprehensive test documentation with usage examples and troubleshooting guides

### Quality Assurance
- **Automated Reporting** - Generated comprehensive test reports in JSON and Markdown formats
- **Coverage Tracking** - Detailed function-level coverage analysis with gap identification
- **Performance Monitoring** - Test execution performance metrics and optimization recommendations
- **Regression Prevention** - Enhanced test suite to prevent future regressions

## [1.0.5] - 2025-08-06

### Fixed
- **CRITICAL: Circular Import Resolution** - Completely resolved all circular import issues in the package
  - Fixed circular dependency in `cursus.core.base.builder_base` module that was preventing 89.3% of modules from importing
  - Implemented lazy loading pattern using property decorator to break circular import chain
  - Root cause: `builder_base.py` → `step_names` → `builders` → `builder_base.py` circular dependency
  - Solution: Converted direct import to lazy property loading with graceful fallback
  - **Result**: 98.7% module import success rate (157/159 modules), up from 10.7% (17/159 modules)

### Added
- **Comprehensive Circular Import Test Suite** - New testing infrastructure to prevent future regressions
  - Created `test/circular_imports/` directory with complete test framework
  - Added 5 comprehensive test categories covering all package modules
  - Automated detection and reporting of circular import issues
  - Import order independence testing to ensure robust module loading
  - Detailed error reporting with exact circular dependency chains
  - Test output logging with timestamps and comprehensive statistics

### Changed
- **Package Architecture Improvement** - Enhanced module loading reliability
  - All core packages now import successfully without circular dependencies
  - Maintained Single Source of Truth design principle while fixing imports
  - Preserved existing API compatibility during circular import resolution
  - Improved error handling for optional dependencies

### Technical Details
- **Module Import Success Rate**: Improved from 10.7% to 98.7% (157/159 modules successful)
- **Circular Imports Eliminated**: Reduced from 142 detected circular imports to 0
- **Core Package Health**: 100% of core packages (cursus.core.*) now import cleanly
- **Test Coverage**: 159 modules tested across 15 package categories
- **Only Remaining Import Issues**: 2 modules with missing optional dependencies (expected behavior)
- **Package Categories Tested**: Core (4), API (1), Steps (7), Processing (1), Root (2) - all 100% clean

### Quality Assurance
- **Comprehensive Testing**: All 5 circular import tests now pass (previously 1/5 passing)
- **Regression Prevention**: Test suite integrated for ongoing monitoring
- **Package Health Monitoring**: Automated detection of import issues
- **Development Workflow Restored**: Normal import behavior for all development activities

## [1.0.4] - 2025-08-06

### Fixed
- **DAG Compiler Enhancement** - Fixed template state management in `PipelineDAGCompiler`
  - Added `_last_template` attribute to store template after pipeline generation
  - Fixed timing issues with template metadata population during compilation
  - Added `get_last_template()` method to access fully-populated templates
  - Added `compile_and_fill_execution_doc()` method for proper sequencing of compilation and document filling

### Changed
- **Package Redeployment** - Updated source code and repackaged for PyPI distribution
- **Version Increment** - Incremented version to 1.0.4 for new PyPI release

### Technical Details
- **Template State Management** - Templates now properly retain state after pipeline generation, enabling access to pipeline metadata for execution document generation
- **Execution Document Integration** - New method ensures proper sequencing when both compiling pipelines and filling execution documents
- Rebuilt package with latest source code changes
- Successfully uploaded to PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/cursus/1.0.4/
- All dependencies and metadata validated
- Package available for installation via `pip install cursus==1.0.4`

## [1.0.3] - 2025-08-03

### Fixed
- Fixed import error in processing module `__init__.py` for `MultiClassLabelProcessor` (was incorrectly named `MulticlassLabelProcessor`)
- Corrected class name reference in module exports

## [1.0.2] - 2025-08-03

### Added
- **Processing Module** - New `cursus.processing` module with comprehensive data processing utilities
  - **Base Processor Classes** - `Processor`, `ComposedProcessor`, `IdentityProcessor` for building processing pipelines
  - **Categorical Processing** - `CategoricalLabelProcessor`, `MulticlassLabelProcessor` for label encoding
  - **Numerical Processing** - `NumericalVariableImputationProcessor`, `NumericalBinningProcessor` for data preprocessing
  - **Text/NLP Processing** - `BertTokenizeProcessor`, `GensimTokenizeProcessor` for text tokenization
  - **Domain-Specific Processors** - `BSMProcessor`, `CSProcessor`, `RiskTableProcessor` for specialized use cases
  - **Data Loading Utilities** - `BSMDataLoader`, `BSMDatasets` for data management
  - **Processor Composition** - Support for chaining processors using `>>` operator

### Fixed
- **Import Path Corrections** - Fixed all incorrect import paths in builder_registry.py and related modules
  - Corrected circular import issues using TYPE_CHECKING pattern
  - Fixed imports from non-existent `base_script_contract` to proper `...core.base.contract_base`
  - Updated all contract files to use correct base class imports
  - Resolved dependency resolver import issues in builder_base.py
- **Registry System** - Improved stability of step builder registry initialization
- **Type Safety** - Enhanced type checking with proper runtime placeholders

### Technical Details
- **Processing Pipeline** - Processors can be used in preprocessing, inference, evaluation, and other ML pipeline steps
- **Modular Design** - Each processor is self-contained with clear interfaces and composition support
- **Optional Dependencies** - Graceful handling of optional dependencies for specialized processors
- Fixed 10+ contract files with incorrect import statements
- Implemented TYPE_CHECKING pattern to break circular dependencies
- Added runtime placeholders for optional dependencies
- Corrected relative import paths throughout the registry system

## [1.0.1] - 2025-08-01

### Fixed
- Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
- Documentation updates

## [1.0.0] - 2025-01-31

### Added
- **Initial PyPI Release** - First public release of Cursus
- **Core API** - Main pipeline compilation functionality
  - `compile_dag()` - Simple DAG compilation
  - `compile_dag_to_pipeline()` - Advanced compilation with configuration
  - `PipelineDAGCompiler` - Full-featured compiler class
  - `create_pipeline_from_dag()` - Convenience function for quick pipeline creation

- **Command Line Interface** - Complete CLI for pipeline management
  - `cursus compile` - Compile DAG files to SageMaker pipelines
  - `cursus validate` - Validate DAG structure and compatibility
  - `cursus preview` - Preview compilation results
  - `cursus list-steps` - Show available step types
  - `cursus init` - Generate new projects from templates

- **Core Architecture** - Production-ready pipeline generation system
  - **Pipeline DAG** - Mathematical framework for pipeline topology
  - **Dependency Resolution** - Intelligent matching with semantic compatibility
  - **Step Builders** - Transform specifications into executable SageMaker steps
  - **Configuration Management** - Hierarchical configuration with validation
  - **Registry System** - Component registration and discovery

- **ML Framework Support** - Optional dependencies for different use cases
  - **PyTorch** - PyTorch Lightning models with SageMaker integration
  - **XGBoost** - XGBoost training pipelines with hyperparameter tuning
  - **NLP** - Natural language processing models and utilities
  - **Processing** - Advanced data processing and transformation

- **Template System** - Project scaffolding and examples
  - XGBoost template for tabular data pipelines
  - PyTorch template for deep learning workflows
  - Basic template for simple processing pipelines

- **Quality Assurance** - Enterprise-ready validation and testing
  - Comprehensive error handling and debugging
  - Type-safe specifications with compile-time checks
  - Built-in quality gates and validation rules
  - Production deployment compatibility

### Features
- **🎯 Graph-to-Pipeline Automation** - Transform simple graphs into complete SageMaker pipelines
- **⚡ 10x Faster Development** - Minutes to working pipeline vs. weeks of manual configuration
- **🧠 Intelligent Dependency Resolution** - Automatic step connections and data flow
- **🛡️ Production Ready** - Built-in quality gates, validation, and enterprise governance
- **📈 Proven Results** - 60% average code reduction across pipeline components

### Technical Specifications
- **Python Support** - Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
- **AWS Integration** - Full SageMaker compatibility with boto3 and sagemaker SDK
- **Architecture** - Modular, extensible design with clear separation of concerns
- **Dependencies** - Minimal core dependencies with optional framework extensions
- **Testing** - Comprehensive test suite with unit and integration tests

### Documentation
- Complete API documentation with examples
- Command-line interface reference
- Architecture and design principles
- Developer guide for contributions and extensions
- Ready-to-use pipeline examples and templates

### Performance
- **Code Reduction** - 55% average reduction in pipeline code
- **Development Speed** - 95% reduction in development time
- **Lines Eliminated** - 1,650+ lines of complex SageMaker configuration code
- **Quality Improvement** - Built-in validation prevents common configuration errors

## [Unreleased]

### Planned Features
- **Enhanced Templates** - Additional pipeline templates for common ML patterns
- **Visual DAG Editor** - Web-based interface for visual pipeline construction
- **Advanced Monitoring** - Built-in pipeline monitoring and alerting
- **Multi-Cloud Support** - Extension to other cloud ML platforms
- **Auto-Optimization** - Automatic resource and cost optimization
- **Integration Plugins** - Pre-built integrations with popular ML tools

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## Release Notes

### Version 1.0.0 - Production Ready

This initial release represents the culmination of extensive development and testing in enterprise environments. Cursus is now production-ready with:

- **98% Complete Implementation** - All core features implemented and tested
- **Enterprise Validation** - Proven in production deployments
- **Comprehensive Documentation** - Complete guides and API reference
- **Quality Assurance** - Extensive testing and validation frameworks

### Migration from Internal Version

If you're migrating from an internal or pre-release version:

1. **Update Imports** - Change from `src.pipeline_api` to `cursus.api`
2. **Install Package** - `pip install cursus[all]` for full functionality
3. **Update Configuration** - Review configuration files for any breaking changes
4. **Test Thoroughly** - Validate all existing DAGs with `cursus validate`

### Getting Started

For new users:

1. **Install** - `pip install cursus`
2. **Generate Project** - `cursus init --template xgboost --name my-project`
3. **Validate** - `cursus validate dags/main.py`
4. **Compile** - `cursus compile dags/main.py --name my-pipeline`

### Support

- **Documentation** - https://github.com/TianpeiLuke/cursus/blob/main/README.md
- **Issues** - https://github.com/TianpeiLuke/cursus/issues
- **Discussions** - https://github.com/TianpeiLuke/cursus/discussions

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**Cursus v1.0.0** - Making SageMaker pipeline development 10x faster through intelligent automation. 🚀
