diff --git a/CHANGES-0.6.0.md b/CHANGES-0.6.0.md
index bc9bc25e..0a718b38 100644
--- a/CHANGES-0.6.0.md
+++ b/CHANGES-0.6.0.md
@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ Comparison base: `WRNexusJS(4).zip`. Dependency directories, `.git`, and `.wrnex
 - Confirmed the generated peer-function browser module executes and updates shared state from `0` to `1`.
 - Added a release validator guard for the exact test source regression.
 
-## R12 release reference gate
+## R13 release reference stability
 
-- Fixed false stale component-reference failures on Windows/autocrlf checkouts.
-- The release gate now uses canonical Git diffs and validates all three generated UI reference files.
-- Component-reference ordering is deterministic across operating systems and locales.
+- Prevented the UI reference generator from rewriting current files solely because of CRLF/LF differences.
+- Added an executable regression test proving line-ending-only differences are ignored and real stale content is repaired.
diff --git a/FIXES-0.6.0-R13-REFERENCE-LINE-ENDINGS.md b/FIXES-0.6.0-R13-REFERENCE-LINE-ENDINGS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1846334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FIXES-0.6.0-R13-REFERENCE-LINE-ENDINGS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# WRNexusJS 0.6.0 R13 - UI reference release stability
+
+## Problem
+
+`release:private` regenerated the UI component catalog and reference before publishing. On Windows, the generator always wrote LF output. When the checked-out JSON files used CRLF, Git reported both generated JSON files as modified even though their normalized content was already current.
+
+## Fix
+
+- Added normalized newline comparison to `scripts/generate-ui-component-reference.mjs`.
+- Generated files are no longer rewritten when their content differs only by line endings.
+- Real generated-content differences are still written and remain visible to the release gate.
+- Added `scripts/test-ui-reference-generation.mjs` to execute both the CRLF no-op case and the genuine stale-content repair case.
+- Wired the executable regression into `scripts/validate-0.6.mjs`.
+
+## Verified behavior
+
+- Current CRLF catalog/reference files remain byte-for-byte unchanged.
+- A stale reference count is regenerated to the correct value.
+- Release verification still blocks real generated-content drift.
diff --git a/FOCUSED-VALIDATION-RESULTS-R13.json b/FOCUSED-VALIDATION-RESULTS-R13.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..496d7dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FOCUSED-VALIDATION-RESULTS-R13.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "releaseReference": {
+    "crlfCurrentFilesUntouched": true,
+    "staleContentRegenerated": true,
+    "realDriftStillDetected": true
+  },
+  "rootValidator": {
+    "passed": 20,
+    "warnings": 1,
+    "failed": 0,
+    "warning": "Bun unavailable in packaging environment"
+  },
+  "vscode": {
+    "testsPassed": 28,
+    "testsFailed": 0,
+    "validationPassed": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES-0.6.0.md b/RELEASE_NOTES-0.6.0.md
index 75e1b95b..af62f29b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES-0.6.0.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES-0.6.0.md
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ This archive also includes the focused fixes for generated browser identifier sa
 - Synchronous, asynchronous, and throwing peer calls refresh shared state correctly.
 - Added an executable `validate:0.6` regression probe for the exact compiler failure.
 
-### R12 release workflow correction
+### R13 release verification correction
 
-The private publish workflow now compares generated UI reference files using canonical Git diffs, includes the component catalog, and uses platform-independent generator ordering. This prevents line-ending-only rewrites from being reported as stale references on Windows.
+The UI component reference generator now leaves already-current CRLF files untouched on Windows. The private release gate therefore remains clean for line-ending-only differences while continuing to reject genuinely stale generated content.
diff --git a/VALIDATION-0.6.0.md b/VALIDATION-0.6.0.md
index 192e6aa1..15e79f43 100644
--- a/VALIDATION-0.6.0.md
+++ b/VALIDATION-0.6.0.md
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ The complete `bun run check` command remains the authoritative local release gat
 - Synchronous, asynchronous, and throwing peer calls refresh shared state correctly.
 - Added an executable `validate:0.6` regression probe for the exact compiler failure.
 
-## R12 release-reference validation
+## R13 validation
 
-- Release verification uses `git diff --quiet` instead of `git status --short` for generated UI references.
-- `component-catalog.json`, `component-reference.json`, and `COMPONENTS.md` are all covered.
-- Generator ordering no longer depends on `localeCompare`.
+- UI reference CRLF no-op test: passed.
+- Genuine stale-reference regeneration test: passed.
+- Root v0.6 validator: 20 passed, 0 failed.
+- VS Code editor tests: 28 passed, 0 failed.
+- VS Code extension validation: passed.
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 00449210..7376ac28 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "workspaces": {
     "": {
       "name": "wrnexus",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@eslint/js": "latest",
         "@types/bun": "latest",
@@ -153,7 +154,6 @@
       "name": "@wrnexus/compiler",
       "version": "0.6.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@wrnexus/store": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/syntax": "workspace:*",
       },
     },
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
         "@wrnexus/pubsub": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/router": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/ssr": "workspace:*",
-        "@wrnexus/store": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/styles": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/ui": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/uploader": "workspace:*",
@@ -270,13 +269,8 @@
       "version": "0.6.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@wrnexus/core": "workspace:*",
-        "@wrnexus/store": "workspace:*",
       },
     },
-    "packages/store": {
-      "name": "@wrnexus/store",
-      "version": "0.6.0",
-    },
     "packages/styles": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/styles",
       "version": "0.6.0",
@@ -298,14 +292,6 @@
       "name": "@wrnexus/tracking",
       "version": "0.6.0",
     },
-    "packages/typecheck": {
-      "name": "@wrnexus/typecheck",
-      "version": "0.6.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@wrnexus/syntax": "workspace:*",
-        "typescript": "^5.5.0",
-      },
-    },
     "packages/ui": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/ui",
       "version": "0.6.0",
@@ -324,6 +310,19 @@
       "name": "@wrnexus/validation",
       "version": "0.6.0",
     },
+    "packages/store": {
+      "name": "@wrnexus/store",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+    },
+    "packages/typecheck": {
+      "name": "@wrnexus/typecheck",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@wrnexus/compiler": "workspace:*",
+        "@wrnexus/syntax": "workspace:*",
+        "typescript": "^5.5.0",
+      },
+    },
     "services/managed-captcha": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/managed-captcha-service",
       "version": "0.6.0",
diff --git a/scripts/generate-ui-component-reference.mjs b/scripts/generate-ui-component-reference.mjs
index 9cf12499..89181b2e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-ui-component-reference.mjs
+++ b/scripts/generate-ui-component-reference.mjs
@@ -7,8 +7,22 @@ const catalogPath = join(uiRoot, "component-catalog.json");
 const catalog = JSON.parse(readFileSync(catalogPath, "utf8"));
 const metadata = new Map(catalog.components.map((entry) => [entry.name, entry]));
 
+function normalizeNewlines(source) {
+  return source.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n");
+}
+
 async function writeFormatted(path, source) {
+  const current = readFileSync(path, "utf8");
+
+  // Do not rewrite a generated file when only its working-tree line endings
+  // differ. This keeps release verification clean on Windows CRLF checkouts
+  // while still rewriting files whose generated content is genuinely stale.
+  if (normalizeNewlines(current) === normalizeNewlines(source)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   writeFileSync(path, source);
+  return true;
 }
 
 function block(source, keyword) {
diff --git a/scripts/test-ui-reference-generation.mjs b/scripts/test-ui-reference-generation.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a741104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-ui-reference-generation.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import console from "node:console";
+import { cpSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import process from "node:process";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const root = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+const temporaryRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-ui-reference-"));
+
+function runGenerator() {
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [join(temporaryRoot, "scripts", "generate-ui-component-reference.mjs")],
+    {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+    },
+  );
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(result.stderr || result.stdout || "UI component reference generator failed");
+  }
+}
+
+try {
+  mkdirSync(join(temporaryRoot, "scripts"), { recursive: true });
+  mkdirSync(join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui"), { recursive: true });
+  cpSync(
+    join(root, "scripts", "generate-ui-component-reference.mjs"),
+    join(temporaryRoot, "scripts", "generate-ui-component-reference.mjs"),
+  );
+  cpSync(
+    join(root, "packages", "ui", "components"),
+    join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui", "components"),
+    {
+      recursive: true,
+    },
+  );
+
+  for (const name of ["component-catalog.json", "component-reference.json", "COMPONENTS.md"]) {
+    cpSync(join(root, "packages", "ui", name), join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui", name));
+  }
+
+  const jsonFiles = ["component-catalog.json", "component-reference.json"];
+  const before = new Map();
+  for (const name of jsonFiles) {
+    const path = join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui", name);
+    const crlf = readFileSync(path, "utf8").replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n").replace(/\n/g, "\r\n");
+    writeFileSync(path, crlf);
+    before.set(name, readFileSync(path));
+  }
+
+  runGenerator();
+
+  for (const name of jsonFiles) {
+    const path = join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui", name);
+    if (!readFileSync(path).equals(before.get(name))) {
+      throw new Error(`${name} was rewritten even though only line endings differed`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const referencePath = join(temporaryRoot, "packages", "ui", "component-reference.json");
+  const stale = readFileSync(referencePath, "utf8").replace('"count": 108', '"count": 107');
+  writeFileSync(referencePath, stale);
+  runGenerator();
+
+  const restored = JSON.parse(readFileSync(referencePath, "utf8"));
+  if (restored.count !== 108) {
+    throw new Error("genuinely stale component reference content was not regenerated");
+  }
+
+  console.log("UI reference generation is line-ending stable and still repairs stale content.");
+} finally {
+  rmSync(temporaryRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
diff --git a/scripts/validate-0.6.mjs b/scripts/validate-0.6.mjs
index 30b1ea52..9fb95995 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-0.6.mjs
+++ b/scripts/validate-0.6.mjs
@@ -416,11 +416,34 @@ for (const [label, condition] of [
       referenceGeneratorSource.includes("compareText(left.name, right.name)") &&
       !referenceGeneratorSource.includes("localeCompare"),
   ],
+  [
+    "line-ending-stable generated reference writes",
+    referenceGeneratorSource.includes("function normalizeNewlines(source)") &&
+      referenceGeneratorSource.includes(
+        "normalizeNewlines(current) === normalizeNewlines(source)",
+      ) &&
+      referenceGeneratorSource.includes("return false"),
+  ],
 ]) {
-  if (!condition) fail(`R12 regression: missing ${label}`);
+  if (!condition) fail(`R13 regression: missing ${label}`);
 }
-if (!failures.some((item) => item.startsWith("R12 regression:"))) {
-  pass("R12 release reference gate is canonical, complete, and platform independent");
+if (!failures.some((item) => item.startsWith("R13 regression:"))) {
+  const referenceGenerationTest = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [join(root, "scripts/test-ui-reference-generation.mjs")],
+    { encoding: "utf8" },
+  );
+  if (referenceGenerationTest.status !== 0) {
+    fail(
+      `R13 regression: generated-reference line-ending test failed: ${
+        referenceGenerationTest.stderr.trim() || referenceGenerationTest.stdout.trim()
+      }`,
+    );
+  } else {
+    pass(
+      "R13 release reference gate is canonical, complete, platform independent, and line-ending stable",
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 const showcaseFiles = walk(join(root, "examples/component-showcase/app"), (path) =>