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+type: Fixed
+pr: 3191
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+validate consistency, validate health, and find-phase now scan .planning/milestones/v*-phases/ dirs in addition to the flat .planning/phases/ layout. Projects using milestone-archive layout no longer receive spurious W006 warnings for every active phase. Fixes #3164.