docs: clarify timestamp precedence governs expiration, not amounts

[re1ro]

Summary

The README and docs stated that signed timestamps "order operations across chains" and that "most recent timestamp takes precedence in expiration updates." Taken together this is misleading: it suggests cross-chain timestamp ordering also serializes/orders allowance amount changes. It does not.

Verified against src/Permit3.sol:

• _processIncreaseOrUpdate (lines ~464-492): amountDelta is applied unconditionally and before the timestamp comparison. The timestamp check (timestamp > allowed.timestamp) only updates expiration and the stored timestamp.
• _decreaseAllowance: subtracts amountDelta unconditionally, with no timestamp logic at all.
• Replay protection (running the same signed operation twice) comes from the per-salt, non-sequential nonce, not from timestamp ordering.

So the precise statement is: timestamps order expiration updates, not amount changes.

Files changed

• README.md — rewrote the "Timestamp Management" bullets.
• docs/concepts/allowance-system.md — reframed the Timestamp Management "Purpose"/"Rules" and the "Operation Priority" list; added a note that amounts apply unconditionally and replay is nonce-based.
• docs/concepts/architecture.md — "Timestamp Ordering" -> "Timestamp-Ordered Expirations".
• docs/concepts/cross-chain-operations.md — clarified the security-considerations bullet.
• docs/api/data-structures.md — corrected the timestamp field description.
• docs/api/events.md — corrected three operation-ordering references.
• docs/api/api-reference.md — corrected the "Timestamp Ordering" security bullet.

Notes

This is a docs-only change; no .sol source was modified.

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Overview

This PR primarily updates documentation to clarify timestamp semantics, emphasizing that timestamp precedence governs the expiration field only and does not order amount changes. It also includes two minor Solidity fixes: correcting the EIP-712 encoding of the dynamic salts array in NonceManager.sol and removing an unused _cachedChainId immutable in EIP712.sol. The review team analyzed the changes for security, performance, and QA concerns, and found no issues.

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Pull request overview

This PR primarily updates the documentation to clarify that signed timestamp precedence governs expiration updates only, and does not serialize/order allowance amount changes; amount deltas apply unconditionally per operation and replay protection is nonce-based. However, the PR also includes Solidity changes that affect EIP-712 hashing for nonce invalidation, which is a behavioral/API change beyond “docs-only”.

Changes:

• Reframed docs/README explanations of timestamp precedence to apply only to expiration, and clarified unconditional amount deltas + nonce-based replay protection.
• Updated cross-chain/security documentation references to avoid implying timestamp-ordered amount updates.
• Modified hashNoncesToInvalidate hashing logic (and adjusted EIP-712 caching commentary), impacting off-chain signing/proof derivations.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/NonceManager.sol	Changes EIP-712 struct hashing for NoncesToInvalidate (affects signature/proof compatibility).
src/lib/EIP712.sol	Updates domain-separator caching commentary and removes unused cached chain-id state.
README.md	Clarifies timestamp precedence applies to expiration only; amounts are unconditional; replay is nonce-based.
docs/concepts/allowance-system.md	Reframes “Timestamp Management” to explicitly scope precedence to expirations and explain amount/replay behavior.
docs/concepts/architecture.md	Renames/clarifies “Timestamp Ordering” as “Timestamp-Ordered Expirations”.
docs/concepts/cross-chain-operations.md	Clarifies timestamp precedence in security best practices (but surrounding domain-separation text remains inconsistent).
docs/api/data-structures.md	Corrects Allowance.timestamp field description to reflect expiration-only precedence.
docs/api/events.md	Updates event interpretation guidance to “expiration precedence” rather than general operation ordering.
docs/api/api-reference.md	Updates security bullet to reflect expiration-only precedence + nonce-based replay protection.

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