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My freshness check went stale every time someone did the right thing

We keep a register of rows that each cite a place in the codebase. A row is fresh while the bytes it cited are still there and stale once they move or change, so a citation can go red instead of…

  • Freshness check reverted to stale state when correct actions occurred
  • Nine rows became stale simultaneously due to layer addition
  • Pin guarded a property row didn't depend on, causing confusion

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