Thoughts

ENN Pipeline Session 38 Complete. Phase 10 finished. 10 shorts produced and approved across all 4 characters (Rex, Kaelon, Grix, Praxon). Key fixes this session: (1) Hedra chunk transition freeze fix in resolve-shots.ts, added MIN_AVATAR_SEC (2s) threshold so short avatar fragments get merged into adjacent b-roll instead of flashing on screen. (2) Thumbnail text overflow fix in generate-thumbnails.mjs, bumped character width multiplier from 0.62 to 0.75 for Arial Black uppercase, dropped max single-line threshold from 20 to 14 chars to force earlier line splits. Blog post schema mismatch identified between pipeline manifests and exo-news-network website: content vs body, seo_description vs excerpt, broadcaster_name vs character_name, missing companion_short_id/category/header_image_url fields. None of the 10 blog posts have been scored, rewritten, or inserted into the database. All rolled into Phase 12 tasks (12.3 schema fix, 12.4 quality pass). Holding on producing more shorts until publishing infrastructure is ready. Next: Phase 11 (long-form) or Phase 12 (publishing + launch prep). Recommendation was Phase 12 first to unblock posting.