// --- Handle APIVersion rule separately to avoid unsafe-eval in the core library ---
      const apiVersionConfig = ruleConfig.rules.APIVersion;
      if (apiVersionConfig) {
        delete ruleConfig.rules.APIVersion;
      }

// Manually evaluate the APIVersion rule, if it was configured.
      if (apiVersionConfig) {
        const flowApiVer = this.currentFlow.apiVersion || this.currentFlow.xmlData?.apiVersion;
        const apiVersionRuleDef = allRules.find(r => r.name === "APIVersion");

        // Determine the required expression (e.g. ">=58").
        let requiredExpr;
        if (apiVersionConfig.expression) {
          requiredExpr = apiVersionConfig.expression;
        } else if (apiVersionConfig.threshold != null) {
          requiredExpr = `>=${apiVersionConfig.threshold}`;
        }

        if (requiredExpr) {
          const minVer = parseInt(requiredExpr.replace(/[^0-9]/g, ""), 10);
          const operator = requiredExpr.replace(/[0-9]/g, "").trim();
          const operators = {
            ">=": (a, b) => a < b,
            "<": (a, b) => a >= b,
            ">": (a, b) => a <= b,
            "<=": (a, b) => a > b,
            "==": (a, b) => a !== b,
            "=": (a, b) => a !== b
          };
          const violation = operators[operator] ? operators[operator](flowApiVer, minVer) : flowApiVer < minVer;

          if (violation) {
            // Craft a result object that mimics the core scanner output so downstream logic remains unchanged.
            const manualScanResult = [{
              flow: parsedFlow,
              ruleResults: [{
                ruleName: "APIVersion",
                ruleDefinition: {
                  description: apiVersionRuleDef?.description || "API Version check",
                  label: apiVersionRuleDef?.label || "APIVersion"
                },
                occurs: true,
                severity: apiVersionConfig.severity,
                details: [{
                  name: String(flowApiVer),
                  type: "apiVersion",
                  expression: requiredExpr
                }]
              }]
            }];
            results.push(...this.processScanResults(manualScanResult));
          }
        }
      }