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## Delivery dashboard
Last reconciled with the source tree on 2026-08-29 against production checkpoint `1c58d855f70b024170ced9eb0a7005f0f9c955ad`. Committed checkpoints include the AV1 transform architecture, OBU framing, intra-block copy, 12-profile reconstruction matrix, layered-item properties, layered reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, inter-frame intra blocks, SIMD-first translational prediction, complete single-reference inter reconstruction, compound reference trees and modes, paired reference-MV derivation, reference-dependent bounded sequence decoding, allocation-free SIMD-first equal averaging, selected inter-intra prediction, selectable compound blending, OBMC, scaled-reference reconstruction, local warped prediction, non-translational global prediction, and official motion-vector conformance. This dashboard is the authoritative delivery order. The detailed phase checklists below provide subsystem evidence; they do not override the current-stage marker or permit work to skip ahead.
Last reconciled with the source tree on 2026-08-29 against production checkpoint `019ac5648b4380a6ff4865072c96fde29ce09fad`. Committed checkpoints include the AV1 transform architecture, OBU framing, intra-block copy, 12-profile reconstruction matrix, layered-item properties, layered reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, inter-frame intra blocks, SIMD-first translational prediction, complete single-reference inter reconstruction, compound reference trees and modes, paired reference-MV derivation, reference-dependent bounded sequence decoding, allocation-free SIMD-first equal averaging, selected inter-intra prediction, selectable compound blending, OBMC, scaled-reference reconstruction, local warped prediction, non-translational global prediction, official motion-vector conformance, and selected spatial-layer presentation. This dashboard is the authoritative delivery order. The detailed phase checklists below provide subsystem evidence; they do not override the current-stage marker or permit work to skip ahead.
Commit `1c58d855f70b024170ced9eb0a7005f0f9c955ad` records the complete official motion-vector conformance checkpoint. The official IVF has SHA-1 `F064290D7FCD3B3DE19020E8AEC6C43C88D3A505`, matching the pinned libaom test-data manifest, and SHA-256 `222A9050059B254DAB17CFB802FF829C778E3F93AF18961A622C8268576C1395`; its pinned-libaom Y4M has SHA-256 `D97AC78C81782CF1507549368047769DC677DBE205706458D1EE9C807DE6EC78`. Both source targets build with zero warnings and errors, the `net10.0` test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing repository warnings, Roslynk reports zero compiler errors, 3,985 focused `net10.0` cases pass without failures or skips, and `git diff --check` is clean.
The working tree contains a complete, verified selected-spatial-layer presentation checkpoint awaiting commit. An essential `lsel` selecting the genuine 40x40 base layer of the committed 40x40-to-80x80 progressive AVIF returns that exact pinned-libaom native reconstruction, then scales its YUV444 planes to the 80x80 `ispe` extent before color conversion and matches pinned libavif's RGBA output exactly. Retained reconstructed planes remain at coded dimensions; presentation planes use group-safe allocator-owned rows and are returned exactly once under a 1,024-byte constrained allocator. Portable `Vector128` and scalar two-times filters match pinned libyuv edge, quarter-sample, and rounding results at 8 and 12 bits through `FeatureTestRunner`. Both source targets build with zero warnings and errors, the `net10.0` test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing repository warnings, Roslynk reports zero compiler errors, 156 focused reconstruction and color cases pass without failures or skips, and `git diff --check` is clean.
Commit `019ac5648b4380a6ff4865072c96fde29ce09fad` records the complete selected-spatial-layer presentation checkpoint. An essential `lsel` selecting the genuine 40x40 base layer of the committed 40x40-to-80x80 progressive AVIF returns that exact pinned-libaom native reconstruction, then scales its YUV444 planes to the 80x80 `ispe` extent before color conversion and matches pinned libavif's RGBA output exactly. Retained reconstructed planes remain at coded dimensions; presentation planes use group-safe allocator-owned rows and are returned exactly once under a 1,024-byte constrained allocator. Portable `Vector128` and scalar two-times filters match pinned libyuv edge, quarter-sample, and rounding results at 8 and 12 bits through `FeatureTestRunner`. Both source targets build with zero warnings and errors, the `net10.0` test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing repository warnings, Roslynk reports zero compiler errors, 156 focused reconstruction and color cases pass without failures or skips, and `git diff --check` is clean.
The working tree contains a complete, verified progressive color and auxiliary-alpha coverage checkpoint awaiting commit. Both pinned progressive AVIF fixtures pass their exact native-plane and pinned-libavif presentation comparisons through normal dispatch, AVX-512-disabled, AVX-disabled, and scalar `FeatureTestRunner` configurations. The YUV444-alpha fixture also compares every composed alpha sample with the independent final native auxiliary plane. Both complete production presentation paths pass under a 1,024-byte constrained tracked allocator with every allocation returned exactly once. Both source targets build with zero warnings and errors, the `net10.0` test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing repository warnings, Roslynk reports zero compiler errors, 156 focused reconstruction and color cases pass without failures or skips, and `git diff --check` is clean.
Status meanings:
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- **Not started:** supporting primitives may exist, but the production format path is absent.
- **Current:** the only work item that should be advanced before taking the next queued item.
Current development stage: **Stage 3 — complete AV1 still-image decoding.** The decoder retains reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, derives frame-level skip-mode references, consumes temporal segment prediction, decodes intra-coded blocks inside inter frames, and reconstructs translational single-reference, compound, inter-intra, OBMC, scaled-reference, local warped, and non-translational global prediction before residual traversal. Commit `1c58d855f70b024170ced9eb0a7005f0f9c955ad` adds exact official four-frame coverage through all ordinary inter modes, all three motion modes, every regular/smooth/sharp dual-filter pair, sub-8x8 chroma prediction, and no-round compound intermediates. Neither AV1 nor HEVC production encoding is implemented.
Current development stage: **Stage 3 — complete AV1 still-image decoding.** The decoder retains reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, derives frame-level skip-mode references, consumes temporal segment prediction, decodes intra-coded blocks inside inter frames, and reconstructs translational single-reference, compound, inter-intra, OBMC, scaled-reference, local warped, and non-translational global prediction before residual traversal. Commit `1c58d855f70b024170ced9eb0a7005f0f9c955ad` adds exact official four-frame coverage through all ordinary inter modes, all three motion modes, every regular/smooth/sharp dual-filter pair, sub-8x8 chroma prediction, and no-round compound intermediates. Commit `019ac5648b4380a6ff4865072c96fde29ce09fad` adds exact selected-layer native reconstruction and scaled presentation. Neither AV1 nor HEVC production encoding is implemented.
Immediate checkpoint: **commit the verified selected-spatial-layer presentation slice before advancing.** The production container path returns the exact selected native layer, scales only its short-lived presentation planes, matches pinned libavif output, preserves final-layer and display-only film-grain behavior, passes constrained allocation, and has complete focused Release evidence.
Immediate checkpoint: **commit the verified progressive color and auxiliary-alpha coverage before advancing.** Both pinned progressive fixtures now pass exact production presentation under every required dispatch fallback and constrained tracked allocation; the alpha-bearing fixture additionally passes an independent sample-for-sample auxiliary-plane comparison.
| Order | Delivery stage | State | Delivered state | Gate that remains open |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Baseline, provenance, documentation, and public contract | In progress | Pinned codec references, a bounded image-only scope, encoder options, typed bit depth, decoder-option propagation, and extensive HEIF documentation exist. | Complete the all-file documentation audit, record a fresh Release baseline, finish distinct public HEIC/AVIF save boundaries, and close API review. |
| 2 | Bounded HEIF item and image-sequence container | In progress | Still-item parsing, grids, auxiliary alpha, metadata properties, bounded image-sequence tracks, Identify, and all-sync AV1 sequence presentation are connected. | Complete adversarial boundary coverage, remaining item/property behavior, reference-dependent sequence reconstruction, and the bounded sequence writer. |
| 3 | Still-image AV1 and HEVC decoding | **Current** | HEVC reconstruction reaches exact HM/libheif fixtures across the recorded 8/10/12-bit and chroma cases. AV1 work includes bounded OBU framing, reconstruction, filters, grain, color, transforms, intra-block copy, an exact independent 12-profile bit-depth/chroma matrix through every dispatch tier, retained layered reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, temporal segment prediction, inter-frame intra blocks, SIMD-first translational prediction, exact single-reference inter reconstruction, exact equal-average and selectable compound reconstruction, inter-intra prediction, committed OBMC, scaled-reference reconstruction, local warped prediction, and non-translational global prediction. | Remove every other valid AV1 still-image unsupported branch with independent vectors; then complete the remaining HEVC profile and Range Extensions matrix. |
| 3 | Still-image AV1 and HEVC decoding | **Current** | HEVC reconstruction reaches exact HM/libheif fixtures across the recorded 8/10/12-bit and chroma cases. AV1 work includes bounded OBU framing, reconstruction, filters, grain, color, transforms, intra-block copy, an exact independent 12-profile bit-depth/chroma matrix through every dispatch tier, retained layered reference/header/CDF/motion-field state, temporal segment prediction, inter-frame intra blocks, SIMD-first translational prediction, exact single-reference inter reconstruction, exact equal-average and selectable compound reconstruction, inter-intra prediction, committed OBMC, scaled-reference reconstruction, local warped prediction, non-translational global prediction, selected spatial-layer presentation, and verified progressive color and auxiliary-alpha output. | Correct the audited 12-bit inverse-transform arithmetic, remove every other valid AV1 still-image unsupported branch with independent vectors, and then complete the remaining HEVC profile and Range Extensions matrix. |
| 4 | Complete decoded presentation and animation | In progress | Shared SIMD-first AV1/HEVC color conversion, ICC application, grids, transforms, direct planar alpha composition, frame metadata, repetition, and independently decodable AV1 sequence samples exist. | Close the full color/ICC cross-product, HEVC sequence decoding, AV1/HEVC reference-dependent samples, frame-local metadata/alpha behavior, and independent animated decode vectors. |
| 5 | AV1/AVIF encoding | Not started | RGB-to-planar conversion, forward transforms, OBU writer foundations, options, and container-writing infrastructure exist. | `HeifEncoderCore` still rejects AV1. Implement a real independently decodable lossy/lossless AV1 payload and the complete AVIF item/metadata matrix. |
| 6 | HEVC/HEIC encoding | Not started | Shared input color conversion, options, and HEIF writer infrastructure exist. | `HeifEncoderCore` still rejects HEVC. Implement a real independently decodable lossy/lossless HEVC payload and the complete HEIC item/metadata matrix. |
- [x] Decode non-translational global motion through the committed affine filter. A genuine two-frame bounded AVIF selects seven traced rotation/zoom `GLOBALMV` blocks and passes exact final native-plane and presentation comparisons, constrained allocation, and normal/scalar dispatch. Direct 8/10/12-bit production reconstruction covers both matrices of compound `GLOBAL_GLOBALMV`. Commit `c5637ea0187df35b385bf43e2fe85cd955f01099` records the checkpoint.
- [x] Decode the official `av1-1-b8-05-mv.ivf` sequence through every ordinary inter mode, all three motion modes, and every regular/smooth/sharp dual-filter pair; reconstruct sub-8x8 chroma and allocation-free no-round compound intermediates; and compare all four shown 352x288 YUV420 frames exactly with pinned-libaom output under normal/scalar dispatch and constrained tracked allocation. The official IVF SHA-1 matches the pinned libaom manifest. Both Release source targets build with zero warnings and errors; the `net10.0` test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing repository warnings; Roslynk reports zero compiler errors; 3,983 focused decoder/predictor cases plus two complete official-sequence cases pass without failures or skips; and `git diff --check` is clean. Commit `1c58d855f70b024170ced9eb0a7005f0f9c955ad` records the checkpoint.
- [x] Verify every connected inter mode and filter with exact independent content. The official pinned-libaom sequence supplies complete bit-mask coverage for all twelve ordinary inter modes, all three motion modes, and all nine regular/smooth/sharp dual-filter pairs. The committed average, selectable compound, inter-intra, OBMC, scaled-reference, local-warp, and global-warp AVIF fixtures separately require every connected reconstruction variant and pass exact native-plane comparison; the presentation-bearing fixtures also pass exact pinned-libavif output.
- [x] Return the explicitly selected spatial layer or the final displayed layer, keeping reference reconstruction separate from display-only film grain. The essential-`lsel` production fixture reconstructs the selected 40x40 YUV444 base exactly, scales native component planes to the 80x80 item extent with pinned-libyuv integer rounding, and matches pinned-libavif RGBA presentation under normal/scalar dispatch. The committed final-layer fixture and film-grain matrix remain exact. Constrained tracked allocation returns every short-lived presentation plane exactly once.
- [ ] **Queued until the selected-spatial-layer checkpoint commit:** verify color and auxiliary-alpha output exactly against both pinned libavif progressive fixtures under normal SIMD dispatch and all required `FeatureTestRunner` fallbacks.
- [ ] Correct the audited 12-bit inverse ADST4, Identity4, and Identity16 SIMD arithmetic by widening only the libaom-widened multiply/accumulate operations, with exact conformant-range vectors and `FeatureTestRunner` coverage.
- [x] Return the explicitly selected spatial layer or the final displayed layer, keeping reference reconstruction separate from display-only film grain. The essential-`lsel` production fixture reconstructs the selected 40x40 YUV444 base exactly, scales native component planes to the 80x80 item extent with pinned-libyuv integer rounding, and matches pinned-libavif RGBA presentation under normal/scalar dispatch. The committed final-layer fixture and film-grain matrix remain exact. Constrained tracked allocation returns every short-lived presentation plane exactly once. Commit `019ac5648b4380a6ff4865072c96fde29ce09fad` records the checkpoint.
- [x] Verify color and auxiliary-alpha output exactly against both pinned libavif progressive fixtures under normal SIMD dispatch and all required `FeatureTestRunner` fallbacks. Both fixtures pass exact public presentation under normal, AVX-512-disabled, AVX-disabled, and scalar dispatch; the alpha-bearing fixture additionally matches every composed alpha sample with its pinned native auxiliary plane. Both full production paths pass under a 1,024-byte constrained tracked allocator with exactly-once returns. Both Release source targets build with zero warnings and errors, the test-project analyzer build completes with zero errors and 1,014 pre-existing warnings, Roslynk reports zero compiler errors, and all 156 focused reconstruction and color cases pass without failures or skips.
- [ ] **Queued until the progressive color and auxiliary-alpha checkpoint commit:** correct the audited 12-bit inverse ADST4, Identity4, and Identity16 SIMD arithmetic by widening only the libaom-widened multiply/accumulate operations, with exact conformant-range vectors and `FeatureTestRunner` coverage.
- [ ] Continue inventorying and removing every remaining valid AV1 still-image unsupported branch, adding exact independent compression-tool fixtures to the profile-matrix regression gate.
- [ ] Complete the remaining HEVC still-image profile and Range Extensions matrix with exact independent native-plane and presentation evidence.
- [ ] Close shared decoded presentation, ICC, alpha, grid, transform, metadata, and animated AV1/HEVC decode gates.
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- [x] Implement and independently verify scaled references through pinned fixed-point oracles, direct 8/10/12-bit production reconstruction, a genuine 40x40-to-80x80 bounded AVIF, exact retained-base/final-native/final-presentation comparisons, active inter deblocking, constrained allocation, and normal/scalar dispatch. Commit `8f57c29b250b4291f034b31c1ea3de3fa3345467` records the checkpoint.
- [x] Implement and independently verify local warped motion through pinned projection, direct 8/10/12-bit predictor coverage, a genuine traced two-frame bounded AVIF, exact final native and presentation comparisons, constrained allocation, and normal/scalar dispatch. Commit `0b2db86809e26757460e719a6b59c0fe58bb0586` records the checkpoint.
- [x] Implement and independently verify non-translational global prediction with a genuine traced bounded sequence, exact native and presentation comparisons, constrained allocation, normal/scalar dispatch, and direct 8/10/12-bit compound production coverage. Commit `c5637ea0187df35b385bf43e2fe85cd955f01099` records the checkpoint.
- [ ] **Current:** remove every other unsupported valid AV1 still-image syntax path, correct the audited 12-bit inverse-transform arithmetic, and prove the complete AVIF decode matrix with independent inputs and scalar/SIMD parity.
- [x] Complete progressive color and auxiliary-alpha verification through exact native and presentation comparisons, every required `FeatureTestRunner` fallback, and constrained tracked allocation.
- [ ] **Queued until the progressive color and auxiliary-alpha checkpoint commit:** correct the audited 12-bit inverse-transform arithmetic, remove every other unsupported valid AV1 still-image syntax path, and prove the complete AVIF decode matrix with independent inputs and scalar/SIMD parity.
- [ ] Close Phase 4 by completing the remaining HEVC profile and Range Extensions matrix with exact native-plane and presented-image evidence.
- [ ] Close Phase 5 and the decode portion of the bounded sequence ledger: color, ICC, alpha, grids, presentation transforms, reference-dependent samples, and complete animated AVIF/HEIC decode.
- [ ] Close the still-image portions of Phases 0, 1, and 2 that remain as release gates: documentation, provenance, public format boundaries, API review, parser hardening, and malformed-input coverage.
James Jackson-South
4 days ago