- Created LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md and DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE_MANUAL.md from legacy txt files.
- Migrated country/time_zone data and requirements.txt to documentation/reference_data/.
- Removed redundant admin/documentation/ and admin/data_files/ directories.
- Enhanced app/lib_schema_v3.py to explicitly capture 'required' fields from DB 'NOT NULL' constraint.
- Added verification tests for schema logic and standalone DB connectivity.
- Moved scattered Python test scripts from root and 'admin/development/' to 'tests/'.
- Beautified the HTML email body for account creation links in 'app/methods/person_methods.py' with a modern responsive design.
- Fixed a bug where missing 'id=0' in the 'cfg' table caused SMTP authentication to fail by defaulting to placeholder credentials.
- Updated 'app/lib_email.py' to explicitly validate SMTP server and port settings before connecting, preventing crashes with 'please run connect() first'.
- Added email fallback logic in 'app/methods/person_methods.py' to use 'user_email' or 'primary_email' if the primary contact email is missing.
- Aligned 'app/config.py.default' with the production structure, explicitly re-adding 'SMTP' and 'FILES_PATH' dictionaries.
- Added comprehensive unit tests in 'tests/test_email_configuration.py' to verify configuration handling.
- Added 'x-ae-ignore-extra-fields' header to support stripping unknown fields in POST/PATCH.
- Added automatic resolution of '*_id_random' strings to integer IDs in 'sanitize_payload'.
- Refactored 'post_obj' to return structured (field -> message) validation errors in 'meta.details'.
- Updated 'mk_resp' to support non-string 'details' in response metadata.
- Added 'tests/verify_feedback_fixes.py' to validate logic changes.
Ref: V3 API Refinement Feedback from mcp_agent.
- Updated app/db_sql.py to capture SQL exceptions in thread-local storage for later retrieval.
- Implemented format_db_error() in app/lib_api_crud_v3.py to clean up raw MariaDB error strings.
- Added POST /v3/crud/{obj_type}/validate endpoint for dry-run payload validation.
- Updated main and nested routers to bubble up validation and database errors into the response 'meta.details' field.
- Added tests/test_v3_error_bubbling.py to verify formatting logic.
- Added validators to Person_Base, Journal_Base, Journal_Entry_Base, Address_Base, and Contact_Base to handle null values and unsafe lookups.
- Implemented 'fields_to_exclude_from_db' ClassVar in Journal models to prevent view-only fields from causing DB errors.
- Updated Contact object map to align with DB schema.
- Added comprehensive test suite in 'tests/' directory (model validation, filtering logic).
- Updated GEMINI.md with progress.
