Extend managed macOS client toward feature parity

docs/porting-to-dotnet.md

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 # Porting VoiceCat to pure .NET / C#
 
-**Status:** wire/media crypto and TLS/exporter foundations implemented under `dotnet/`,
-including C++ interoperability, persisted TOFU, compatible server credentials,
-codec/DSP wrappers, desktop native staging, and the initial managed TLS control server.
-Phase 4 remains in progress; complete session administration, device audio,
-managed client state, and UI phases remain planned.
+**Status:** the managed protocol, crypto, server, CLI, audio/client core, Windows client and
+macOS functional surface are implemented under `dotnet/`, with C++ interoperability retained
+as a migration oracle. The managed macOS client is awaiting its manual VoiceOver, live-call and
+credentialed notarization gates before it replaces the Swift release client. The iOS rewrite
+remains planned.
 See `dotnet/README.md`, `docs/api-dotnet.md`, and `PROGRESS.md` for verification and next steps.
 **Target runtime:** .NET 10 LTS (in-service to Nov 2028), with .NET 11 as the follow-on.
 **Scope:** replace the C++ core (`libvoicecat`), the C++ server, the C++ `vccli`, and the
@@ -873,8 +873,22 @@ layout. The arm64 app builds, signs, launches and displays on macOS 27. Live tes
 physical-microphone transmission and clean peer playback; Lobby's expected DTX comfort noise
 was distinguished from corruption by repeating the tone in the DTX-disabled Music Room. A
 macOS CI job builds the native codec/DSP shim and Apple solution. The existing Swift app
-remains the release client until the moderation/settings surface, ScreenCaptureKit, VoiceOver
-validation, signing and notarization are complete.
+remains the release client until the manual release gates below are complete.
+
+**Functional-parity checkpoint (2026-09-19):** the managed app now covers persistent audio
+and notification settings, VAD/configurable focus-scoped PTT/always-on input, stereo capture,
+RNNoise, input/output/auxiliary gain, selectable auxiliary capture, self mute/deafen, speaking
+state, event sounds and speech, modeless private conversations, full channel configuration,
+per-user receive tuning, moderation, permissions and account administration. ScreenCaptureKit
+publishes desktop audio with whole-desktop, application-only and application-exclusion scopes
+and can exclude VoiceOver/speech processes. Legacy Swift profiles, TOFU pins and Keychain
+passwords migrate without discarding the original profile JSON. A publishing script validates
+an isolated ad-hoc distribution copy without mutating incremental build output and supports
+Developer ID signing, notarization, stapling and Gatekeeper assessment. Debug and Release
+builds, 190 managed tests, 29 native CTests and a
+strictly verified/running ad-hoc Release bundle pass. Do not remove the Swift macOS app yet:
+cutover still requires a manual VoiceOver navigation/announcement pass, ScreenCaptureKit plus
+real multi-human call validation, and an actual credentialed notarization run.
 
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