- feat: Upgrade 'cats triage' with live fix verification (--verify), --refData mining from 2XX exchanges, OpenAPI contract patch export, and similarity clustering
- refactor: Replace raw HTTP status code ranges and hardcoded fuzzer names with ResponseCodeFamily and ConsoleUtils
- refactor: Replace untyped CommandContext map with typed fields, reset FilterArguments/CatsGlobalContext caches, and resolve TestReportsGenerator exporters dynamically
- feat: Generate small positive counts/quantities and ISO timestamps for temporal query params, and add malformed Accept quality and control-char crash vectors
- feat: Add 'cats triage' (diagnose/doctor) command for root-cause clustering, correlation rule synthesis, and minimal curl reproducer export
- feat: Add UTF-7 charset Content-Type in DummyContentTypeHeadersFuzzer and raw percent query mutations in InvalidReferencesFieldsFuzzer
- feat: Add XmlPayloadEncoder to serialize application/xml request bodies using OpenAPI Schema XML metadata
- feat: Add enum-variant and required-header fallbacks in OnlyRequiredFieldsFuzzer and correlate single-value wrapper responses
- feat: Support multipart/form-data fallback and templated POST producer ordering in OperationDependencyOrder
- feat: Skip OpenAPI discriminator properties and single-value constant enums during resource pool enrichment
- fix: Prevent collection POSTs from overwriting their own discriminator/type fields and expect FOURXX_TWOXX in BidirectionalOverrideFieldsFuzzer when sanitizeFirst is enabled
- fix: Exclude per-request correlation/trace/idempotency keys from resource pool enrichment and expect 2XX/4XX on non-body DummyContentTypeHeadersFuzzer
- fix: Prevent cyclic oneOf/allOf StackOverflowError in OpenAPIModelGeneratorV2 and run non-body fuzzers on XML-body operations
- feat: Test boundaryless multipart/form-data Content-Type across all HTTP methods in DummyContentTypeHeadersFuzzer
- feat: Run crash wave breadth-first, fix raw path resolution in InvalidReferencesFieldsFuzzer, and enable value-changing coercion fuzzers on GET/DELETE
- feat: Cap generateRequestSamples combinations and add resource-qualified aliases for inferred collection keys and Location headers
- feat: Support defaulted/minimal-optional fallbacks in OnlyRequiredFieldsFuzzer and query-only POST operations
- fix: Preserve OpenAPI server basePath when CLI --server specifies only host and port
- fix: Do not store DELETE payloads in SuccessfulBaselineStore and evict deleted IDs from baselines
- fix: Align expected response codes with post-sanitization minLength, maxLength, pattern, enum, and format constraints
- fix: Expect FOURXX_TWOXX for Abugidas/FullwidthBrackets and recognize fullwidth brackets in FuzzingStrategy
- refactor: Consolidate shared path-param expectations, JSON field insertion, and response/refData helpers
- feat: Log deprecation warning when running legacy FunctionalFuzzer YAML format
- feat: Add standalone FunctionalFlowFuzzer with sequential steps, cross-field correlations, and automatic format recognition
- feat: Support root scalar response body extraction via $, $body, or $response.body in CustomFuzzerUtil
- fix: Enforce OpenAPI schema enum constraints in ResourceRequestEnricher instead of hardcoded field names
- fix: Run non-DELETE fuzzers before DELETE fuzzers per path, support Hangul fillers in FuzzingStrategy, and scope query enrichment
- fix: Prevent spaces in replacement payloads from triggering InsertFuzzingStrategy during baseline and resource merging
- fix: Resolve #/components/responses references in CatsGlobalContext.getObjectFromPathsReference
- fix: Accept 405 in CheckDeletedResourcesNotAvailableFuzzer and prevent prefix/suffix overlap in matchesWithInsertedMiddleQualifier
- fix: Expect FOURXX_TWOXX for optional query parameters in EmptyStringsInFieldsFuzzer
- fix: Check minLength>0 in StringFieldsLeftBoundaryFuzzer, enum/optional query format in BaseFieldsFuzzer, and single HappyPath DELETE seed
- fix: Remove LongTypeSerializer from GSON_NO_PRETTY_PRINTING instead of wrapping numbers in Gson JsonPrimitive
- fix: Generate values strictly outside int32/int64/float/double limits in NumberGenerator when schema min/max is omitted
- fix: Preserve numeric and boolean types during FuzzingStrategy.mergeFuzzing on identifier fields
- fix: Preserve unquoted 64-bit JSON numbers in NumericValuesInStringFieldsFuzzer and skip URL path/query parameters
- fix: Enrich path parameters from RuntimeResourcePool when replaceUrlParams is true even if replaceRefData is false
- fix: Rewrite discriminator mapping references in ResponseSchemaValidator to match rewritten component schema URIs
- feat: Refine WFC fault classification for Allow headers, undocumented HTTP methods, 5XX retries, and exact-boundary fuzzers
- feat: Enhance CatsResultFactory reason messages with explicit I/O error reasons, auth hints, and consolidated second-phase reasons
- refactor: Replace magic HTTP status codes, methods, and headers with ResponseCodeFamily, HttpMethod, and HttpHeaders constants
- refactor: Replace hardcoded fuzzer name strings with compile-time Class references via ConsoleUtils
- feat: Add WFC_REPORT report format with Web Fuzzing Commons fault classification and multi-format report export
- feat: Redesign HTML summary and test detail reports with compact 2-row dashboard, side-by-side request/response panes, syntax highlighting, and theme persistence
- feat: Upgrade error clustering with JSON root-cause extraction, 2XX error inclusion, and interactive cluster report UI
- feat: Copy cURL to OS clipboard on 'c' in TUI with visual status feedback and footer hints
- fix: Reuse ReportingArguments '-j'/'--json' option in SmokeCommand
- feat: Add 'cats analyze' fuzzability blueprint & Mermaid graph and TUI 'c' copy-curl / '?' help overlay
- feat: Add 'cats init' subcommand to scaffold headers.yml, refData.yml, and functionalTests.yml
- feat: Add apples-to-apples '--baseline' regression gating and 'cats compare' subcommand
- feat: Add 'cats smoke' subcommand for fast live-server route, auth, and health checks
- refactor: Reduce cognitive complexity and resolve SonarQube maintainability issues across pool, command, factory, and util classes
- feat: Enhance TUI with wave progress, fuzzer drill-down, next/prev detail navigation, and curl/correlation details