Thank you Wolfgang for the quick diagnosis and Hans for the fast turnaround.

Sorry, I was wrong about the turnaround -- I tested on my own patched copy, not the new download, but I am sure it will appear soon.

Follow-up question. Can protrusion be implemented in the first line of a footnote or endnote, as might improve the following? I have some page-long endnotes that benefit from having it in place, but do not like the inconsistent appearance.

Please excuse the hokey example:

\setuplayout       [width=9cm,
                    height=9cm]
\definefontfeature [default]
                   [default]
                   [protrusion=quality]
\setupalign        [hanging]
\setupquotation    [method=font]
\setupnote         [endnote]
                   [location=none]
\setupnotation     [footnote]
                   [align=hanging]
\showframe
\starttext

\quotation{{\em Cantharides}} is the reported message from Sir Francis
Drake upon defeating the Spanish Armada.\endnote{\quotation{{\em Vovi}} is
reportedly the message from James Broun|-|Ramsay on taking Oudh. Both
are as likely as the attribution of \quotation{{\em peccavi}} to Napier after
his defeat of the Ameer of Scinde.}\footnote{\quotation{{\em Vovi}} is
reportedly the message from James Broun|-|Ramsay on taking Oudh. Both
are as likely as the attribution of \quotation{{\em peccavi}} to Napier after
his defeat of the Ameer of Scinde.}

\placenotes[endnote]

\stoptext

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Rik