Spec changes 2025-09 abbreviated

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@@ -28,14 +28,82 @@ This is the draft of some future version of the CCS specification.
 
 These are the main changes made since the `2023-06` version:
 
-- Changed type of `penalty_time` in contest endpoint from `integer` to `RELTIME`.
-- Changed type of time related properties in scoreboard endpoint from `integer` to `RELTIME`.
-- Added `current` to judgements endpoint.
-- Added `country_subdivision` and `country_subdivision_flag` to organizations endpoint.
-- Added `memory_limit`, `output_limit`, `code_limit` to problems endpoint
-- Renamed `team_clar` capability to `post_clar`
-- Added `post_comment` capability
-- Added `simplified_judgement_type_id` to `judgement` and `judgement_type` endpoints
+   1. Add support for **post\_comment** capability (posting commentary)
+   2. Add property **tag** (array of string) to file reference objects (FILE) along with a description of how it may be used. (eg. hints such as light or dark for images)
+   3. contests endpoint
+      1. Change **penalty\_time** from integer minutes to **RELTIME** (breaking change)
+   4. judgement-types endpoint
+      1. Add property **simplified\_judgement\_type\_id** (ID ?)
+   5. problems endpoint
+      1. Add property **memory\_limit** (integer)
+      2. Add property **output\_limit** (integer)
+      3. Add property **code\_limit**  (integer)
+      4. Add property **attachments** (array of FILE ?)
+   6. organizations endpoint
+      1. Add property **country\_subdivision** (string ?)
+      2. Add property **country\_subdivision\_flag** (array of FILE ?)
+   7. submissions endpoint
+      1. Add property **account\_id** (ID ?)
+      2. Made **team\_id** optional (ID ?)
+   8. judgements endpoint
+      1. Add property **current** (boolean ?)
+      2. Add property **simplified\_judgement\_type\_id** (ID ?)
+   9. clarifications endpoint
+      1. Teams must have the **post\_clar** capability to post a clarification (previously was **team\_clar**)  (breaking change)
+      2. Rule change about what properties may be specified in a **POST** when the **post\_clar** capability is present. (breaking change)
+      3. Remove **to\_team\_id** and replace it with **to\_team\_ids** and **to\_group\_ids** to allow broader targeting of destination team(s). (breaking change)
+   10. awards endpoint
+      1. Added new ICPC world finals specific rules for honors, high-honors and highest-honors
+   11. commentary endpoint
+       1. Add ability to modify (post) a comment
+   12. scoreboard endpoint
+       1. Change **score.total\_time** from **integer** to **RELTIME** (breaking change)
+       2. Change **score.time** from **integer** to **RELTIME ?** (breaking change)
+       3. Change **problems.time** from **integer** to **RELTIME** (breaking change)
+   13. **Note:** Event feed notifications containing the above objects must also be updated as indicated.
+
+Further improvements (no functional changes intended):
+
+   1. Clarify that **baseurl** must end in a slash. Change all endpoint URLs to be correctly relative by removing prefix slashes.
+   2. Change [IETF.org](http://IETF.org) RFC references to use the current website.
+   3. General design principles
+      1. JSON property types
+         1) Description of *Identifiers* clarified.
+         2) Clarify no meaning is implied by the order of objects in arrays.
+         3) Added note to href
+      2. Capabilities
+         1) Removed TODO about adding capabilities for team view and awards.
+         2) Added warning about capabilities being fleeting
+   4. Interface specification
+      1. Types of endpoints
+         1) Wording change (groups-\>types)
+      2. Filtering
+         1) Specify explicitly that nullable ID’s can be filtered on
+      3. Access
+         1) Updated examples (already backpatched to 2023-06)
+      4. Contests
+         1) Clarify wording for **countdown\_pause\_time** and description below
+      5. Languages
+         1) Change gcc example to include **\-o a.out**
+         2) **ERROR** in example for **“id”: “cpp”** \-  can not use gcc to build c++ programs  \- should be fixed
+      6. Problems
+         1) Clarify maximum score for problems in **score** type contests.
+         2) Clarify that the **rgb** property should not include an alpha channel.
+         3) Fixed JSON formatting error in example.
+      7. Teams
+         1) Update description of **id** property to no longer include suggestion of using the **id** as the seat number since **label** does that.
+         2) Allow HLS video (`application/vnd.apple.mpegurl`) for **video**, **desktop, webcam** and **reaction** properties.
+      8. State
+          1) Minor wording changes that affect nothing
+      9. Submissions
+          1) Added text indicating why the **id** should be a small number
+          2) Clarify what a missing **team\_id** property implies.
+          3) Spelling fixes (entrypoint \-\> entry point)
+          4) Clarify that the **data** property for the **files** array is a *base64 encoded zip* file
+      10. Clarifications
+          1) Provide more detail on broadcast clarification responses
+          2) Consistently use “judges” instead of “jury” in descriptions.
+
 
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