Validated in a combined 4-PR batch worktree off release/v3.8.51 tip.
- typecheck:core, file-size, changelog-integrity, complexity, cognitive-complexity, check:docs-counts-sync — all OK
- Comment-only + changelog metadata fix, no runtime surface
Thanks for closing the placeholder-link loop before the release aggregator baked them into CHANGELOG.md — good timing call in the PR notes.