Fix: normalize path separators on ALL platforms + require soak-asan for release

Author: DeusData

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # ── Step 6: Create DRAFT release (not public yet) ─────────────
   release-draft:
-    needs: [smoke-unix, smoke-windows, security-static, codeql-gate, soak-quick, soak-quick-windows]
+    needs: [smoke-unix, smoke-windows, security-static, codeql-gate, soak-quick, soak-quick-windows, soak-asan, soak-asan-windows]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:

src/foundation/platform.c

@@ -227,8 +227,15 @@ int64_t cbm_file_size(const char *path) {
 }
 
 char *cbm_normalize_path_sep(char *path) {
-    /* No-op on POSIX — paths already use forward slashes. */
-    (void)path;
+    /* Normalize on ALL platforms — backslash paths can arrive via stored
+     * data, cross-platform DB files, or Windows-style arguments. */
+    if (path) {
+        for (char *p = path; *p; p++) {
+            if (*p == '\\') {
+                *p = '/';
+            }
+        }
+    }
     return path;
 }