- Introduced AuthorityAdvisoryAiOptions and related classes for managing advisory AI configurations, including remote inference options and tenant-specific settings. - Added AuthorityApiLifecycleOptions to control API lifecycle settings, including legacy OAuth endpoint configurations. - Implemented validation and normalization methods for both advisory AI and API lifecycle options to ensure proper configuration. - Created AuthorityNotificationsOptions and its related classes for managing notification settings, including ack tokens, webhooks, and escalation options. - Developed IssuerDirectoryClient and related models for interacting with the issuer directory service, including caching mechanisms and HTTP client configurations. - Added support for dependency injection through ServiceCollectionExtensions for the Issuer Directory Client. - Updated project file to include necessary package references for the new Issuer Directory Client library.
StellaOps Excititor
Excititor converts heterogeneous VEX feeds into raw observations and linksets that honour the Aggregation-Only Contract.
Responsibilities
- Fetch OpenVEX/CSAF/CycloneDX statements via restart-only connectors.
 - Store immutable VEX observations with full provenance.
 - Publish linksets and events that drive policy suppression decisions.
 - Provide deterministic exports for Offline Kit and downstream tooling.
 
Key components
StellaOps.Excititor.WebServicescheduler/API host.- Connector libraries under 
StellaOps.Excititor.Connector.*. - Normalization helpers and exporters in 
StellaOps.Excititor.*. 
Integrations & dependencies
- Policy Engine for evidence queries.
 - UI/CLI for conflict visibility and explanation.
 - Notify for VEX-driven alerts.
 
Operational notes
- MongoDB for observation storage and job metadata.
 - Offline kit packaging aligned with Concelier merges.
 - Connector-specific runbooks (see 
docs/modules/concelier/operations/connectors). 
Backlog references
- DOCS-LNM-22-006 / DOCS-LNM-22-007 (shared with Concelier).
 - CLI-EXC-25-001..002 follow-up for CLI parity.
 
Epic alignment
- Epic 1 – AOC enforcement: maintain immutable VEX observations, provenance, and AOC verifier coverage.
 - Epic 7 – VEX Consensus Lens: supply trustworthy raw inputs, trust metadata, and consensus hooks for the lens computations.
 - Epic 8 – Advisory AI: expose citation-ready VEX payloads for the advisory assistant pipeline.