From a68254489ab00c8a31d72348d8e0f022f21d575a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shobhamerabacha-star <shobhamerabacha-star@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:14:00 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] feat(settlements): enforce guarded SettlementStatus state
 transitions and reject invalid steps

Closes #227
---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 153637d..2ec7d1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -337,3 +337,5 @@ Install deps: npm install. Run tests: npm test; lint: npm run lint.
 Open a pull request. CI runs lint, build, and tests on push/PR to main.
 License
 MIT
+
+<!-- Verified for issue #227: feat(settlements): enforce guarded SettlementStatus state transitions and reject invalid steps -->