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name: issta-camera-ready description: Use when preparing an accepted ISSTA paper for the ACM Digital Library camera-ready, covering de-anonymization, the final ACM sigconf layout without the review/anonymous options, ACM rights forms and DOI, metadata and CCS concepts, the artifact DOI and badge display, registration, and the in-person presentation obligation.

ISSTA Camera Ready

Use this after acceptance (including after a successful Major Revision). Reopen the current ISSTA camera-ready instructions, the ACM proceedings author kit, the rights-form email, and the artifact badge instructions before advising authors — the mechanics and dates are cycle-specific.

Camera-ready audit

• Convert the anonymous submission to the published version: restore the author block, affiliations, acknowledgements, and funding, and drop the review and anonymous template options so line numbers and the anonymized front matter disappear.
• Complete the ACM rights process. ACM assigns the rights form after acceptance; the resulting copyright/permission block, conference notice, and DOI must appear in the final PDF exactly as issued.
• Fill ACM metadata: title, author order and ORCIDs, the abstract, and CCS concept tags. These feed the ACM Digital Library record and are hard to correct after publication.
• Resolve the review and (if applicable) Major-Revision comments in the accepted text without changing the contribution beyond what was reviewed.
• Display artifact badges correctly: if the artifact earned Available/Functional/Reusable/Results Reproduced, place the awarded badges and the artifact DOI as the instructions specify, and make the Zenodo deposit public.
• Confirm registration and presentation: ISSTA is an in-person symposium and expects at least one author to register and present; verify the current policy rather than assuming remote is allowed.

ACM sigconf reflow after de-anonymization

• Switching off anonymous and review changes the front matter and removes line numbers, which reflows the first page and can shift every subsequent break; recheck figure placement, table widths, and column balance across the whole paper.
• The author block, affiliations, and acknowledgements consume space the anonymous version did not use; content that just fit at submission can overflow, so verify the page count against the final limit rather than assuming the accepted length still holds.
• Keep section, theorem, and listing numbering aligned with the reviewed version so the response record and any Major-Revision ledger stay traceable to the published text.

De-anonymization sweep

Item	Anonymous submission	Camera-ready
Author block	Removed	Restored with affiliations and ORCIDs
Tool / system name	Neutralized if it de-anonymized	Real name restored
Repository link	Anonymized mirror or withheld	Public, licensed, DOI-archived (Zenodo)
Acknowledgements / funding	Absent	Restored
Self-citations	Third person	Natural first person where it reads better

Worked example: landing a reviewer-requested change

A reviewer asked that a scoping limitation move from a footnote into the technique section. Camera-ready move: add one sentence to Section 3 stating the limitation, cross-reference it from the threats-to-validity discussion, and verify the added lines did not push a full-width table onto a new page — without weakening any claim the reviewers accepted.

Hedged logistics

• Registration pricing, the exact rights-form mechanics, CCS metadata fields, and camera-ready dates change every cycle; confirm against the acceptance email and the current ACM proceedings instructions, not this file.

Output format

[Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked
[Final package] <PDF/source/ACM rights block/DOI/metadata/CCS>
[Artifact] <badges displayed / DOI / Zenodo public>
[Policy checks] <page/authors/registration/presentation>
[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> final edit>
[Remaining owner] <person -> task>