# Is the OpenEXR 'acesImageContainerFlag' attribute still a supported thing to write, and did OpenEXR say anything about its name or status?

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OpenEXR maintainers settled the status of the ACES container classes, not the meaning of a mixed signal. PR 2560 (merged 2026-09-05) made acesImageContainerFlag a standard attribute after finding that ImfAcesFile never wrote it. The ACES file classes and exr2aces were deprecated in 3.5.0 (2026-09-22), and the issue about the missing flag was closed on that basis. When a reviewer asked what a reader should do if the ACES flag and a different colorInteropID co-exist, no rule was given.

OpenEXR maintainers settled the status of the ACES container classes, not the meaning of a mixed signal. PR 2560 (merged 2026-09-05) made acesImageContainerFlag a standard attribute after finding that ImfAcesFile never wrote it. The ACES file classes and exr2aces were deprecated in 3.5.0 (2026-09-22), and the issue about the missing flag was closed on that basis. When a reviewer asked what a reader should do if the ACES flag and a different colorInteropID co-exist, no rule was given.

Curator qualifications: Public GitHub API reads 2026-10-22; no code built or files written. Curator amendment CA-AM-0056 (2026-10-22): Evidence added for the code label 'OpenEXR (BSD-3-Clause; not re-read)': GitHub license API readback 255b47104d013f60 reports LICENSE.md as SPDX BSD-3-Clause for AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr at default branch (2026-10-22). Repository level only.

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```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/issues/15",
      "note": "openexr PR 2560 conversation comment 5175728379 (2026-08-04T07:07:56Z); PR 2560 review comments 3700945470, 3701332406 (2026-08-03) and 3741910593 (2026-08-08); PR 2560 (API): merged_at 2026-09-05T00:38:03Z; body Multi-part section and UPDATE; openexr issue 1555 comment 5682327312 (2026-09-15); v3.5.0 release line 41"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases",
      "note": "openexr PR 2560 conversation comment 5175728379 (2026-08-04T07:07:56Z); PR 2560 review comments 3700945470, 3701332406 (2026-08-03) and 3741910593 (2026-08-08); PR 2560 (API): merged_at 2026-09-05T00:38:03Z; body Multi-part section and UPDATE; openexr issue 1555 comment 5682327312 (2026-09-15); v3.5.0 release line 41"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/2560",
      "note": "openexr PR 2560 conversation comment 5175728379 (2026-08-04T07:07:56Z); PR 2560 review comments 3700945470, 3701332406 (2026-08-03) and 3741910593 (2026-08-08); PR 2560 (API): merged_at 2026-09-05T00:38:03Z; body Multi-part section and UPDATE; openexr issue 1555 comment 5682327312 (2026-09-15); v3.5.0 release line 41"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/issues/1555",
      "note": "openexr PR 2560 conversation comment 5175728379 (2026-08-04T07:07:56Z); PR 2560 review comments 3700945470, 3701332406 (2026-08-03) and 3741910593 (2026-08-08); PR 2560 (API): merged_at 2026-09-05T00:38:03Z; body Multi-part section and UPDATE; openexr issue 1555 comment 5682327312 (2026-09-15); v3.5.0 release line 41"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] OpenEXR maintainers settled the status of the ACES container classes, not the meaning of a mixed signal. PR 2560 (merged 2026-09-05) made acesImageContainerFlag a standard attribute after finding that ImfAcesFile never wrote it. The ACES file classes and exr2aces were deprecated in 3.5.0 (2026-09-22), and the issue about the missing flag was closed on that basis. When a reviewer asked what a reader should do if the ACES flag and a different colorInteropID co-exist, no rule was given. · locator: openexr PR 2560 conversation comment 5175728379 (2026-08-04T07:07:56Z); PR 2560 review comments 3700945470, 3701332406 (2026-08-03) and 3741910593 (2026-08-08); PR 2560 (API): merged_at 2026-09-05T00:38:03Z; body Multi-part section and UPDATE; openexr issue 1555 comment 5682327312 (2026-09-15); v3.5.0 release line 41 · source: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/ColorInterop/issues/15

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