• Refactored permission checking for read operations to use consistent code paths
• Added IDE selection context filtering to respect file permissions
• Consolidated path normalization helpers using node:path posix/win32 utilities
• Improved stream handling with consistent PassThrough stream usage across modules
• Better separation of initialization logic from runtime functionality

Note: This changelog focuses on user-visible changes and security improvements. Many internal function renamings due to code minification are not included unless they represent functional changes.