The aspect-agnostic resolution aliases (`--resolution 1080p` / `hd` / `4k` / `uhd`) previously all normalized to a landscape preset, which rejected portrait 1080x1920 compositions with 'Output resolution incompatible'. Users had to specify the orientation-bearing alias (`1080p-portrait`) or render at native.
This threads two new fields (`outputResolutionAspectAgnostic` + `outputResolutionRaw`) through the render pipeline. At the CLI layer we detect whether the user's flag was an aspect-agnostic alias; at the compile stage we re-map the preset to the composition's orientation via the existing `suggestMatchingPreset` sibling-lookup (formerly private). Explicit orientation-bearing aliases and canonical presets stay strict.
Field signal: ts=1784176662 (darwin/arm64, CLI 0.7.59, `--resolution 1080p` on a 1080x1920 portrait comp).
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Users pick an --resolution preset whose orientation/aspect ratio (or alpha/HDR mode) conflicts with the composition; the render fails deep in the compiler with a cryptic message. ~8K err / ~1K users.
- New shared pure helper checkOutputResolutionCompatibility in @hyperframes/parsers — single source of truth for aspect/alpha/HDR/downsample/non-integer-scale constraints; suggests the matching-orientation, tier-preserving preset.
- CLI render pre-flight aborts early (before browser/ffmpeg) with an actionable, fix-suggesting message; resolveDeviceScaleFactor delegates to the same helper for identical defense-in-depth messages.
- Suggest (not auto-select); defers when dims can't be determined rather than guessing.
- suggestMatchingPreset keys tier off the -4k suffix so square-family swaps (square + landscape-4k -> square-4k) aren't downgraded to HD.
- render.js DOM polyfill made a lazy import; render.test cold-import beforeAll hooks given a 30s timeout to absorb CI contention.
Render-reliability workstream P1-3. Success measured on PostHog dashboard 1783183.
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