Promote DialecticServer 0.7.3 beta to dev

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Release summary

Player-facing changes

• improve Diary and Adventure Log readability with black text on yellow calendar buttons and date links
• hide Server Plugins from the top-level Config Hub navigation while retaining the page and internal code
• remove the LLM/TTS connector-count card from the homepage
• standardize user-facing server and setup text as DIALECTIC
• add per-NPC event history, visibility filters, manual event injection, additional recipients, and guarded deletion to the NPC editor
• use DeepSeek V4 Flash as the seeded Standard LLM with reasoning explicitly disabled
• preserve user-controlled memory bank, auto-diary, wait, and relationship-lock settings across save restores
• preserve locked manual relationship affinities and show inherited memory/diary card state correctly

Compatibility

• no database migration is required
• existing connector selections are not changed
• existing Server Plugins routes and code remain available
• version updated from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3
• release stamp: 2026081219

Included unstable PRs

• Polish log, dashboard, and Config Hub UI #61 — Polish log, dashboard, and Config Hub UI
• Use DIALECTIC branding in user-facing server text #63 — Use DIALECTIC branding in user-facing server text
• Add per-NPC event history and injection #64 — Add per-NPC event history and injection
• Use DeepSeek V4 Flash as the Standard LLM #65 — Use DeepSeek V4 Flash as the Standard LLM
• Preserve manual NPC settings across save restores #66 — Preserve manual NPC settings across save restores
• Bump DialecticServer to 0.7.3 #67 — Bump DialecticServer to 0.7.3

Validation

• source: e37e800df68556ba621b5d3365cc4c62a4e51a52
• validations from the included PRs cover PHP lint, focused PHPUnit suites, JavaScript syntax, disposable database seeding, HTTP/browser checks, and release metadata checks
• paired 0.7.3 plugin/server version synchronization passed the beta package validator

Deployment

The server was not redeployed as part of this beta packaging turn. The 0.7.3 game plugin was deployed locally and packaged successfully.

Manual limits

Clean browser and in-game verification of NPC history/injection, inherited icons, save-restore persistence, and the DeepSeek Standard connector remains outstanding.

Related

• Sibling plugin promotion PR: Promote Dialectic 0.7.3 beta to dev Dialectic#35