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Correction of earlier record(s) C3-B008-G2-01 from a discovery re-fetch on 2026-10-23; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by GET.\n\nLimitations: Excerpts for the two code files were checked against the printed lines at fetch time rather than a stored copy.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/9fe7ef764d0452dcc9dcb925efd076d4e68eece1/nodes.py","note":"SaveImage.save; SaveImage.save; save_image"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/db5a7b546dd47cf0a095991e8030c692eab61c54/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_disk.py","note":"SaveImage.save; SaveImage.save; save_image"}]},"categories":["T08","T20"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/9fe7ef764d0452dcc9dcb925efd076d4e68eece1/nodes.py","claim":"Problem. 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