From b7824ddf94780b4d0852a0c7a2fa999622d9164b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J-Dog <j-dog@j-dog.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:55:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test: add validator wire action conformance

Compare encoder validator action names, formats, and corpus verdicts against the indexer consensus copy.
---
 ...validator_wire_actions_conformance.test.js | 67 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/unit/protocol/validator_wire_actions_conformance.test.js

diff --git a/test/unit/protocol/validator_wire_actions_conformance.test.js b/test/unit/protocol/validator_wire_actions_conformance.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b91975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/protocol/validator_wire_actions_conformance.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright © 2025–2026 Dankest, LLC
+// Based on XChain Platform by Dankest, LLC – https://dankest.llc
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+// This file is part of XChain Platform. Licensed under the GNU Affero
+// General Public License v3.0 or later; see LICENSE.md. A commercial
+// license (without AGPL source-disclosure terms) is available -
+// contact legal@dankest.llc.
+
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const local = require('../../../src/protocol/validator_wire_actions.js');
+const { siblingCheckout, skipOrFail } = require('../../helpers/sibling_checkout.js');
+
+const INDEXER_DIR = process.env.XCHAIN_INDEXER_DIR || path.join(__dirname, '../../../../xchain-indexer');
+const CANON = path.join(INDEXER_DIR, 'src', 'consensus', 'gates', 'validator_wire_actions.js');
+
+function corpusNames(canon) {
+    const names = new Set([...Object.keys(canon.VALIDATOR_WIRE_FORMATS), ...Object.keys(local.VALIDATOR_WIRE_FORMATS)]);
+    for (const n of ['STAKE', 'UNSTAKE', 'DELEGATE', 'SLASH', 'SEND', 'toString', '__proto__']) names.add(n);
+    return [...names];
+}
+
+const FORMATS = [undefined, '', ' ', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '"1"', "'0'", ' 3 ',
+    '01', '255', '256', '-1', '1.0', '0x1', 'x'];
+
+function corpus(canon) {
+    const out = ['', '|', 'ANCHOR|', '|0', null, undefined, 7, {}];
+    for (const name of corpusNames(canon)) {
+        for (const spelled of [name, name.toLowerCase(), ' ' + name + ' ']) {
+            for (const f of FORMATS) out.push(f === undefined ? spelled : spelled + '|' + f + '|x');
+        }
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
+describe('validator wire actions conformance with the indexer consensus copy @regression', function () {
+    before(function () {
+        const indexer = siblingCheckout(__dirname, CANON);
+        if (!indexer.usable)
+            skipOrFail(this, indexer, 'the prelaunch validator wire-format conformance guard');
+    });
+
+    it('lists the same names and formats as xchain-indexer', function () {
+        const canon = require(CANON);
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(local.VALIDATOR_WIRE_FORMATS, canon.VALIDATOR_WIRE_FORMATS,
+            'the encoder validator wire set drifted from xchain-indexer src/consensus/gates/validator_wire_actions.js');
+        assert.strictEqual(local.ATTEST_BATCH_HEAD_VERSION, canon.ATTEST_BATCH_HEAD_VERSION);
+        assert.strictEqual(local.ATTEST_BATCH_CONTINUATION_VERSION, canon.ATTEST_BATCH_CONTINUATION_VERSION);
+    });
+
+    it('returns the indexer verdict on every corpus input', function () {
+        const canon = require(CANON);
+        const inputs = corpus(canon);
+        let admitted = 0;
+        for (const data of inputs) {
+            const expected = canon.isValidatorWireAction(data);
+            assert.strictEqual(local.isValidatorWireAction(data), expected,
+                'encoder and indexer disagree on ' + JSON.stringify(data));
+            if (expected) admitted++;
+        }
+        assert.ok(admitted > 0 && admitted < inputs.length, 'corpus admitted ' + admitted + ' of ' + inputs.length);
+    });
+});

From f3ea4631bc47a87223caca852c06387aaeee0fde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J-Dog <j-dog@j-dog.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:37:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Release v0.25.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 5 +++++
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a522ee3..8912d2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.25.0] - 2026-10-18
+
+### Changed
+- Added validator wire action conformance tests, with no runtime change.
+
 ## [0.24.0] - 2026-10-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dd3902f..8d8a9b3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-encoder",
-  "version": "0.24.0",
+  "version": "0.25.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "xchain-encoder",
-      "version": "0.24.0",
+      "version": "0.25.0",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^1.20.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21eebbd..4b292ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-encoder",
   "description": "xchain-encoder encodes XChain Platform ACTION commands into blockchain transactions.",
-  "version": "0.24.0",
+  "version": "0.25.0",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",