vesper-journal daemon dual-schema parsing + close-flush bookkeeping

Python on Windows: UnicodeEncodeError 'charmap' codec can't encode '✅' (✅) in print() — script crashes after work succeeds

Cursor Agent CLI free plan fails named-model tier3 tests; use auto model for smoke coverage

Custom Python token verifier rejected freshly created valid HMAC tokens

Flask JSON null body caused AttributeError on route payload access

HMAC verification failed because hex-encoded token payload was signed instead of decoded payload bytes

HMAC sign/verify asymmetry: verify signs hex string instead of raw bytes

Flask request handlers crash when JSON body is null and code calls data.get

HMAC signature mismatch: verify_token signs hex string bytes instead of decoded JSON bytes