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From: Ben Stull <ben.stull@wiggleverse.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 22:54:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] v0.31.2: landing welcome panel spacing
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Visual-only patch. The "/" welcome read-view was jammed against the
catalog divider with no top offset and loose paragraph rhythm: the
.main-pane §8 override (padding:0; display:flex) shadows the padded
read-view rule, so the pane gives no padding, and .welcome (max-width
only) never compensated. The welcome surface now owns its breathing
room — 56px top / 48px side gutters, a 680px measure, a text-3xl hero,
and even --space-8 paragraph spacing at --leading-relaxed. Covers both
the signed-out and signed-in welcome.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md          | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 VERSION               |  2 +-
 frontend/package.json |  2 +-
 frontend/src/App.css  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0e42fe..1c09392 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ skip versions are the composition of each intervening adjacent
 release's steps in order — no A-to-B path is pre-computed beyond
 that.
 
+## 0.31.2 — 2026-05-29
+
+**Patch — landing (`/`) welcome panel spacing. Visual only: CSS in
+`App.css` (`.welcome`). A plain frontend rebuild applies it.**
+
+The welcome read-view was jammed against the catalog divider with no
+top offset and loose, uneven paragraph spacing. Root cause: `.main-pane`
+carries a bare `.main-pane { padding: 0; display: flex }` override (the
+§8 three-column RFC shell) that shadows the earlier padded read-view
+rule, so the pane provides no padding — and `.welcome` (just
+`max-width`) never compensated. The welcome surface now owns its own
+breathing room: 56px top / 48px side gutters, a capped 680px measure,
+a stronger `text-3xl` "Welcome." hero, and even `--space-8` paragraph
+rhythm at `--leading-relaxed`. Applies to both the signed-out and
+signed-in welcome (same `.welcome` class).
+
+Upgrade steps: none. **SHOULD** deploy as a normal code deploy.
+
 ## 0.31.1 — 2026-05-29
 
 **Patch — admin Users tab + header UX polish. Visual only: CSS plus
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f176c94..c415e1c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.31.1
+0.31.2
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 773293b..654316d 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "rfc-app-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.31.1",
+  "version": "0.31.2",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.css b/frontend/src/App.css
index 5fa2050..6dfe3d1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.css
+++ b/frontend/src/App.css
@@ -189,9 +189,27 @@
   padding: 32px 48px;
 }
 
-.welcome { max-width: 640px; }
-.welcome h1 { font-size: var(--text-2xl); font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 16px; }
-.welcome p { line-height: 1.7; color: var(--c-gray-600); }
+/* `.main-pane` is the §8 flex shell and carries no padding (the bare
+   `.main-pane` override below shadows the padded read-view rule), so the
+   welcome surface owns its own breathing room — top offset, comfortable
+   side gutters, and a capped measure for readable line length. */
+.welcome {
+  max-width: 680px;
+  padding: 56px 48px 64px;
+}
+.welcome h1 {
+  font-size: var(--text-3xl); font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+  margin: 0 0 var(--space-8);
+}
+.welcome p {
+  font-size: var(--text-lg);
+  line-height: var(--leading-relaxed);
+  color: var(--c-gray-600);
+  margin: 0 0 var(--space-8);
+}
+.welcome p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.welcome strong { color: var(--c-gray-800); }
 
 /* --- RFC / Proposal view (read-only for slice 1) --- */