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 # Developer Security Workspace
 
 **Local-first security investigation for SARIF and scanner findings.**
 
-**Status:** 🟢 Production
+**Status:** Alpha assessment — release and workflow evidence exist; sustained user validation and upgrade/recovery review are incomplete. See the [portfolio evidence register](https://github.com/styayur/styayur/blob/main/portfolio/maturity.json).
 
 [Download](https://github.com/styayur/developer-security-workspace/releases/latest) · [Documentation](docs/architecture.md) · [Demo](docs/demo-workspace.md) · [Discussions](https://github.com/styayur/developer-security-workspace/discussions)
 
 [![release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/styayur/developer-security-workspace)](https://github.com/styayur/developer-security-workspace/releases/latest)
 [![build](https://github.com/styayur/developer-security-workspace/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/styayur/developer-security-workspace/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
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 ![Finding Debugger: native Monaco source and SARIF trace](docs/assets/desktop-trace-v1.png)
 
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 ## Why DSW