Catalyst Enhancement Proposals¶

Catalyst Enhancement Proposals, or CEPs, record substantial language-design directions before they are accepted into the active reference docs.

Use a CEP when an idea is coherent enough to preserve, but too broad or dependent on other decisions to silently fold into a V1 page. A CEP should capture one clear coherent proposed idea, not a bag of roughly adjacent future features. If a draft starts needing several independent acceptance criteria, split it into focused CEPs and link them through Related Details. Active reference docs remain the source of truth for accepted behavior; CEPs describe proposed or deferred direction.

See CEP Format for proposal structure and maintenance rules.

Proposal Index¶

Status Terms¶

Draft

A captured direction that still needs design work.

Accepted

A proposal accepted as future direction. The active docs still need separate edits before the feature becomes current behavior.

Superseded

A proposal replaced by another proposal or accepted design.

Rejected

A direction intentionally not pursued.