> Historical note from the supplied ZIP. Current findings: `142-REQUIREMENT-AUDIT.md` and `CONSOLIDATED-VERIFICATION.md`.

# Catalogue management update

Adds `/admin/catalog` for categories/subcategories, brands, collections, product-category assignments, HTTPS product image galleries, and SKU/attribute-based variants. Uses the existing migration 000005 schema. All mutations use POST forms with CSRF tokens and admin role guard.

**Limitations:** Product variant selection is not yet wired into cart/checkout; brands and collections are managed but not yet associated with products; image URLs are not downloaded/verified; these changes have not been exercised against live CI4/MySQL. Do not treat this build as production ready.