docs(changelog): back-fill Unreleased section for everything merged since v1.24.3

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Summary

The [Unreleased] section of CHANGELOG.md was empty even though two PRs have already merged
into main since the v1.24.3 release tag. Back-fills it so the changelog stays a complete,
accurate record of what's actually on main — not just the last tagged release.

• fix(docs): close doc-metrics gate's blind spot for open bullets (F-1) #293 (WS-1): check-doc-metrics.mjs's stripHistoricalSections() blind spot for still-open
  - ⬜ checklist bullets inside dated/historical sections, plus the matching scanForDrift()
  check for stale open tag/release/publish bullets.
• docs: codify branch/merge-discipline lessons from the WS-recovery sprint #294: CLAUDE.md codifies three merge-discipline lessons from the recovery sprint (never
  commit directly to main; wait for the full CI suite including advisory jobs; group related
  workstreams into fewer PRs), a new "Known merge-gate quirks" section (cache-lag vs. this repo's
  wait-for-pass policy, stacked-PR auto-close-on-squash-merge), and a strengthened CodeAnt
  Correction Loop policy covering CodeRabbit's nitpick/outside-diff-range sections.

Verified via git log v1.24.3..origin/main and a full git diff --stat against the release tag
that these two PRs are the entire delta — nothing else is undocumented.

Test plan

• git diff v1.24.3..origin/main --stat cross-checked against the two changelog bullets — exact match
• CI quality gate (Node 22/24, Security Audit, Build) — required checks

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved documentation checks to preserve open historical checklist items and flag outdated release or publishing references.

• Documentation

  • Updated contributor guidance with merge-discipline lessons and a new section covering known merge-gate quirks.
  • Expanded guidance for the CodeAnt Correction Loop policy.

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• CHANGELOG.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

CHANGELOG.md adds Unreleased entries describing doc-drift gate behavior and expanded merge-discipline documentation, including merge-gate quirks and CodeAnt Correction Loop coverage.

Changes

Changelog updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Doc-drift gate changelog entry CHANGELOG.md	The Fixed section documents preservation of still-open historical checklist bullets and detection of stale version references.
Merge-discipline documentation entry CHANGELOG.md	The Docs section documents merge practices, merge-gate quirks, recovery steps, and expanded CodeAnt Correction Loop coverage.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• qnbs/WorldScript-Studio#283 — Documents behavioral changes implemented in the doc-drift gate.
• qnbs/WorldScript-Studio#293 — Implements the doc-drift behavior described by the changelog entry.
• qnbs/WorldScript-Studio#294 — Adds the related merge-discipline and merge-gate documentation.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the changelog back-fill of the Unreleased section since v1.24.3.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🏁 CodeAnt Quality Gate Results

Commit:d9388adc
Scan Time: 2026-07-30 08:32:13 UTC

✅ Overall Status: PASSED

Quality Gate Details

Quality Gate	Status	Details
Secrets	✅ PASSED	0 secrets found
Duplicate Code	✅ PASSED	0.0% duplicated
SAST	✅ PASSED	No security issues
Bugs	✅ PASSED	Rating S: No bugs
IAC	✅ PASSED	No IAC issues

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