====== Release Notes — 12 May 2026 ======

===== PHPStan Static Analysis Gate =====

PHPStan (PHP Static Analysis Tool) integrated into the pre-deploy quality gate. Runs at level 3 on the full codebase as part of the automated test suite. PHPStan catches type errors, undefined variable references, and unreachable code paths before deployment. Findings are reported in the pre-deploy check report alongside the Playwright test results.

This is a developer/operations feature — no user-facing changes.