Release: Mecris 0.0.1-beta.10 - Local Backend Pivot & Android Fixes

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🚀 Mecris 0.0.1-beta.10 - Final Fixes & Local Backend Pivot

This PR consolidates the critical fixes required to stabilize the beta.10 release after identifying versioning and connectivity issues during the initial deployment.

🛠️ Key Changes

📱 Android App Stabilization

• Version Code Fix: Bumped versionCode to 25 (previously 10) to prevent the Android OS from treating the install as a downgrade and wiping local preferences.
• Profile Persistence: Implemented the POST /profile endpoint in the Python MCP to allow the app to successfully sync and persist user settings (Beeminder user, location, etc.) to the Neon DB.

🔑 Secure Phone Verification

• WhatsApp Template Support: Replaced freeform WhatsApp verification codes with the approved mecris_status_v2 template. This ensures reliable delivery even outside the 24-hour conversation window.
• Security Audit: Removed sensitive verification code printing from the server stderr logs; codes are now delivered exclusively via the secure WhatsApp channel.

🐍 Python MCP Hardening

• Endpoint Implementation: Added missing internal routes (/request-phone-verification, /confirm-phone-verification, /log-message) to satisfy Android app dependencies.
• Bug Fix: Resolved an asyncio import error in beeminder_client.py that was crashing the Narrator context dashboard.

🗺️ Roadmap & Architecture

• Strategic Pivot: Documented the temporary shift from Cloud backends (Fermyon/Akamai) to the Local Python MCP as the primary backend role. This is a reversible pivot pending further investigation into cloud deployment failures.
• Portability Guide: Created PORTABILITY.md to assist with migration to the Antigravity CLI (Agy) and manage absolute path dependencies in MCP configurations.

🌓 Architectural Note

The 'Great Cloud Easing' of June 2026 is captured in ARCHITECTURE.md. We remain skeptical of the root cause behind the Fermyon/Akamai stalls and leave the bisection of those failures as a task for the next development phase.

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Validated on Gemini CLI and Android Device (Pixel 10).