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Release by release from 2.0 to 2.3, what changed in the actions assertion rules (actors, mandatory first action, multiple assertions, deprecation, gathered)?

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From each version's history: 2.0 (January 2024) removed the actors field from the actions assertion; 2.1 (September 2024) made c2pa.created or c2pa.opened mandatory and allowed multiple actions assertions; 2.2 (May 2025) clarified action assertions; 2.3 (December 2025) deprecated old assertion versions, allowed gathered actions and recommends declaring allActionsIncluded. c2pa.actions.v2 occurs 9, 16, 15 and 20 times in the 2.0-2.3 pages.

From each version's history: 2.0 (January 2024) removed the actors field from the actions assertion; 2.1 (September 2024) made c2pa.created or c2pa.opened mandatory and allowed multiple actions assertions; 2.2 (May 2025) clarified action assertions; 2.3 (December 2025) deprecated old assertion versions, allowed gathered actions and recommends declaring allActionsIncluded. c2pa.actions.v2 occurs 9, 16, 15 and 20 times in the 2.0-2.3 pages. Curator qualifications: Specs read 2026-10-22; no manifest parsed or validated. Limitations: Specs read 2026-10-22; no manifest parsed or validated. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.0/specs/C2PA_Specification.html",
      "note": "C2PA 2.0 Version History 2.0 - January 2024; C2PA 2.1 page; C2PA 2.2 page; C2PA 2.3 Version History 2.1 and 2.3 bullets; 2.0 entry as reprinted"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.1/specs/C2PA_Specification.html",
      "note": "C2PA 2.0 Version History 2.0 - January 2024; C2PA 2.1 page; C2PA 2.2 page; C2PA 2.3 Version History 2.1 and 2.3 bullets; 2.0 entry as reprinted"
    },
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      "url": "https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.2/specs/C2PA_Specification.html",
      "note": "C2PA 2.0 Version History 2.0 - January 2024; C2PA 2.1 page; C2PA 2.2 page; C2PA 2.3 Version History 2.1 and 2.3 bullets; 2.0 entry as reprinted"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.3/specs/C2PA_Specification.html",
      "note": "C2PA 2.0 Version History 2.0 - January 2024; C2PA 2.1 page; C2PA 2.2 page; C2PA 2.3 Version History 2.1 and 2.3 bullets; 2.0 entry as reprinted"
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  • [sourced_fact] From each version's history: 2.0 (January 2024) removed the actors field from the actions assertion; 2.1 (September 2024) made c2pa.created or c2pa.opened mandatory and allowed multiple actions assertions; 2.2 (May 2025) clarified action assertions; 2.3 (December 2025) deprecated old assertion versions, allowed gathered actions and recommends declaring allActionsIncluded. c2pa.actions.v2 occurs 9, 16, 15 and 20 times in the 2.0-2.3 pages. · locator: C2PA 2.0 Version History 2.0 - January 2024; C2PA 2.1 page; C2PA 2.2 page; C2PA 2.3 Version History 2.1 and 2.3 bullets; 2.0 entry as reprinted source

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