[MehranMarxian]

What this is

The v0.41.0-alpha release branch: the beta candidate. It has three commits, each revertable on its own:

1. 0d43f6d Bump the version to 0.41.0. This covers the four manifests plus what versionConsistency.test.ts names: package-lock.json, docs/index.html, docs/become-a-tester.html and README's alpha notice. The test passes 8 of 8.
2. 8c807ec Describe the .ccx install in the tester and setup forms. This is the one-line fix flagged in the tester call:
   • The tester report said installing means the UXP Developer Tool.
   • The setup-failure form had no .ccx stage and still named port 8190 as the one to check.
   • The tester call sends people to these forms, so they need to be right before it goes out.
3. Release notes.
   • CHANGELOG: a new ## v0.41.0-alpha section.
   • README: a "New in v0.41: the beta candidate" item, with v0.40's item kept as "In v0.40". The verified line now names ComfyUI 0.44.0.

What the release contains: #167–#172, checked against git log v0.40.0-alpha..main:

• Fixed:
  • Live Painting on a starter install (Run Live Painting on SD 1.5 even when Text to Image is on Klein #172)
  • Workflow Health hiding 13 working presets on ComfyUI 0.44 (Test every preset against ComfyUI 0.44, and stop Health hiding working presets #170)
  • a CPU-only ComfyUI read as a workstation card (Say so when ComfyUI runs on the processor alone #169)
• Added:
  • port 8000 for Comfy Desktop (Scan Comfy Desktop's port 8000 when looking for ComfyUI #168)
  • the CPU-only message (Say so when ComfyUI runs on the processor alone #169)
  • the object_info snapshot test and npm run object-info (Test every preset against ComfyUI 0.44, and stop Health hiding working presets #170)
• Changed: the beta gate (Write down the beta gate #167), the recorded smoke run (Record the full smoke run for beta gate G4 #171) and the forms.
• Known limitations: G4 findings 2 to 4, Photoshop 2024 and macOS untested, CPU-only tools untimed, and Exchange trailing.

Verified

npm run typecheck   exit 0
npm run lint        exit 0
npm test            Test Files 141 passed (141), Tests 1387 passed (1387)
npm run build       "Copied UXP assets to dist."

Both edited issue forms parse as YAML.

Could NOT be verified

• The full smoke run was on the code before Run Live Painting on SD 1.5 even when Text to Image is on Klein #172. It ran on main at fd679fc; Run Live Painting on SD 1.5 even when Text to Image is on Klein #172 changed only Live Painting, which I checked in Photoshop on its own. The beta gate asks for G4 again on the exact build that gets tagged beta, so it will be re-run then.
• The issue forms on GitHub. They only render on github.com after merge.
• Photoshop 2024 and macOS. These are what the tester call is for.

After you merge (I run these on your go)

1. From main: npm run package, npm run setup-pack, checksums.txt, then an annotated tag v0.41.0-alpha.
2. gh release create --prerelease, titled "v0.41.0-alpha — beta candidate", with the zip, .ccx, setup pack and checksums.
3. Refresh the latest release, and check the README Download button by hash.
4. Then the tester call (docs/promo/beta-tester-call-2026-11.md) can go out, with {RELEASE} filled in. Posting it is your call.

What Mehran should check in Photoshop

Smoke checklist blocks (docs/uxp-smoke-checklist.md):

• Block 0 (the panel starts)

• 1. UXP Developer Tool › OpenLayer › Reload. See: the panel footer reads OpenLayer v0.41.0.

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