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+- **credit:** three squash merges on `release/v3.8.51` dropped the contributor attribution the review pipeline had preserved on the branches — the dual-layer semantic cache ([#14159](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/14159), re-land of [#12630](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/12630)) is @BillyOutlast's work, the native Codex auto-resume fix ([#14162](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/14162), re-land of [#13180](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/13180)) is @mdigitalbh81's, and the `resolvedExtensionEnd` reorder in [#13295](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/13295) landed first in @ggiak's [#13036](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/pull/13036). This entry and its commit trailers record that credit — thanks @BillyOutlast, @mdigitalbh81 and @ggiak