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 # Aether Project Brief: aether_api_fastapi
-**Last Updated:** 2026-02-05 20:19:52
+**Last Updated:** 2026-02-06 18:14:30
 **Current Agent:** mcp_agent
 
 ## 🛠️ What I Just Did
-- Standardized Event and CMS (Post/Comment) models to 'ID Vision' (clean string IDs).
-- Hardened model root_validators to support standardized creation/search workflows.
-- Implemented 'physical', 'virtual', and 'external_person_id' in Event schema.
-- Updated Post Comment views to join account context relationaly.
-- Created 'tests/e2e/test_e2e_v3_cms_vision_parity.py' for long-term verification.
-- Synced updated V3 Frontend Guide to 'agents_sync' mesh.
+1. Fixed nested CRUD router 404s by implementing registry-based table name resolution for aliases.
+2. Standardized demo-critical models (Badge, Exhibit, Tracking, Event File) to the ID Vision standard.
+3. Implemented 'Heal-on-Read' fallback logic in root_validators to resolve missing string IDs from database integers automatically.
+4. Implemented specialized 'from_hosted_file' action route for Event Files.
+5. Updated Frontend API Guide with Alias support and new action routes.
+6. Created E2E Demo Parity test suite with 100% pass rate and regression targets.
+7. Fixed Field parameter conflicts and NameErrors in Pydantic models.
 
 ## 🚧 Current Blockers
-None. (Lesson learned on DDL overreach).
+None. Backend is stabilized for the Tuesday demo.
 
 ## ➡️ Exact Next Steps
-- Audit 'hosted_file' and 'event_file' usage for regressions after recent refactors.
-- Continue refactoring monolithic files (>800 lines): 'api_crud_v2.py' and 'person_methods.py'.
-- Monitor frontend feedback on the standardized ID Vision documentation.
+1. Finalize Audit of remaining ~60 models for ID Vision compliance.
+2. Audit full file action lifecycle (Upload/Link/Download/Delete) for potential regressions.
+3. Refactor monolithic person_methods.py and api_crud_v2.py.
 
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 *This section is the "Scratchpad" for the current interaction. It is cleared or summarized often.*
 
-- **Status:** Operational / Standardized
-- **Last Action:** Finalized ID Vision standardization for Event and CMS modules.
+- **Status:** Operational / Demo Ready (Badges & Leads)
+- **Last Action:** Finalized 'Heal-on-Read' fallback resolution for relational IDs.
 - **Achievements:** 
-    - Standardized Event models (Event_Base, Flat) to string IDs.
-    - Fixed Post Comment validation bug (integer purge during POST).
-    - Verified account context inheritance via view joins.
-    - Created `test_e2e_v3_cms_vision_parity.py`.
-    - Updated V3 Frontend Guide and notified Frontend agent.
-- **Immediate Next Step:** Audit `hosted_file` and `event_file` usage for regressions.
+    - Verified 100% pass rate on `test_e2e_v3_demo_parity.py`.
+    - Hardened Badge, Exhibit, Tracking, and Event File models against integer leakage.
+    - Implemented `POST /v3/action/event_file/from_hosted_file/{id}` specialized action.
+    - Documented Object Alias and specialized action support in Frontend API Guide.
+    - Fixed Pydantic worker boot failures (`ValueError`, `NameError`, `KeyError`).
+- **Immediate Next Step:** Finalize Audit of remaining models for ID Vision compliance.
 
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