2026-08-06
Every field guide rebuilt: numbering, edition data and conflicting update language
Content did not change. The typesetting did, and three of these were visible to anyone who had already paid.
Chapter numbering was off by one in both the Testing Non-Deterministic AI and the AI Security Testing series. The front matter was being counted as Chapter 1, so every real chapter carried the wrong number, in the text and in the table of contents. Fixed in all six field guides. Several chapters also carried hand-written section numbers on top of the generated ones, which rendered as "2.2 1.1" in the contents. Those are gone.
Conflicting update language was identified. The copyright page said updates were "planned", another banner said "free updates for life", and an earlier terms version said "quarterly". The 2026-08-06 build attempted to replace those statements with a twice-yearly cadence and a five-year bundle period. That wording is recorded here as historical context, not as a current sales promise. This changelog does not state a guaranteed update cadence; terms attached to a purchase must be checked on the current product page, checkout and Terms pages.
Edition dates no longer follow the clock. The template stamped the current year, so a field guide rebuilt in 2027 would have claimed to be a 2027 first edition. The date is now fixed to the actual publication date.
Also corrected: the site advertised a founding price ending 31 July 2026 for six days after that date had passed while the price had not moved. The claim is gone rather than left to expire quietly.