fix: preserve starter defaults and roll back failures

[callinmullaney]

Pull Request

Title requirement: Every pull request targeting main must have a
release-producing conventional title whose release type matches the complete
change, such as fix(scope): ... or feat(scope): .... CI evaluates the
title as a prospective squash commit; if squash merging is used, the title
becomes the release-bearing commit.

Summary

Related Issue

Verification

• npm run build
• npm run type
• npm test
• npm run pack:dry-run
• npm run smoke:pack

Checklist

• I added or updated tests for behavior changes.
• I updated documentation for user-facing changes.
• I did not manually change the package version; the release workflow owns
  it.

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