- Require Python 3.15 in project metadata, runtime pin, and Docker stages.
- Use lazy imports for database backends and type-only dependencies.
- Defer benchmark dependencies until their code paths are used.
- Rely on deferred annotations and use Path.info for file discovery.
- Accept BattlesnakeArena alongside BattlesnakeEngine on game endpoints.
- Advance quart_common for Python 3.15 and multi-agent validation.
- Add pytest development dependencies and refresh the uv lockfile.
- Test lazy backend loading, import order, and fresh file discovery.
- Document the runtime requirements and locked uv workflow.
BREAKING CHANGE: Python 3.15 or newer is required; earlier runtimes cannot parse the lazy import syntax.
- Cache occupancy bitboards for repeated multiplayer rollout positions.
- Memoize position evaluations to avoid duplicate flood-fill calculations.
- Reuse shared values while ranking simultaneous enemy responses.
- Include evaluation hits in Prism rollout telemetry.
- Document the optimization and bump Prism to version 1.4.0.
- Split active strategies, reusable engine code, core classes, and legacy snakes.
- Replace implicit snake imports with explicit module registrations.
- Extract Prism duel, spatial, and survival behavior into focused mixins.
- Improve duel scoring with food races, pressure, caches, and depth metrics.
- Add deterministic arena scenarios and paired seeded engine tournaments.
- Expand benchmark telemetry and bump Prism to version 1.3.0.
- Update documentation and tests for the new package layout and tooling.
- Share duel search contexts and transpositions across candidate moves.
- Add aspiration windows, principal variation ordering, and body caches.
- Model simultaneous multiplayer responses with a compact beam rollout.
- Adapt search depth and response breadth to the remaining deadline.
- Add a deterministic arena benchmark with optional JSON reporting.
- Expose search metrics, document benchmarking, and bump Prism to 1.2.0.
- Preserve snake customizations across database migrations and merges.
- Lazily load optional storage backends for SQLite maintenance scripts.
- Match Apex territory and nearest-food tie-breaking semantics.
- Resolve duel occupancy after simultaneous movement and food growth.
- Recompute simulated head-to-head danger after body growth.
- Add regression coverage and declare the aiofiles dependency.