Contrail: Revisiting this Sudoku Variant Ruleset in this Stunning Puzzle!

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Today's Puzzle:
I had promised you all to revisit the consecutive sums lines after feature a Winding Path. I'm sorry it took a month! The wait was certainly worthwhile though with a phenomenal puzzle to wrap up our weekend of difficult puzzles.
Link to Play Along:
Contrail by Arbitrary
tinyurl.com/SudokuSleuthContrail
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Kropki dots: Digits separated by dots are consecutive.
Consecutive Sum Lines: Within each 3x3 box, the sum of digits along a contiguous line segment is consecutive with the sum along the line segment in any box it directly connects to. If a line re-enters a box, each contiguous segment is a separate sum which may be different in value if permitted by other rules. For example, in box 8, the sum of [R7C4,R8C4] and the sum of [R7C5,R8C5] may be different but each sum differs from R6C5 by exactly 1.
i.e. Lines behave like region sum lines but the sum increases or decreases by 1 whenever the line crosses into a box.
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[@floydbloke258]

Glorious puzzle.

[@chrisbrogan3307]

70 minutes of total joy !!!!!!!

[@patrickweix8289]

40 for me. Got an easy start then stalled out in box 8 for a bit. Nick pick for the channel.

[@anaayoung9142]

I think you are remembering the last one (A winding path) because it is the one I remember when you said the rules (I did check the puzzle you put on the link to see it was the one, and it was!). Very good puzzle. I had some trouble in box 8, needed to watch your solve, so as soon as you said 26 because it can't be 17 ou 35 pairs, I was like humm 🤔 well interesting. Than you placed 159 in the last row to check if there would be a problem and I saw what I had to do 😅 Not so smart by me, but I don't care if I can solve a puzzle with help or not. I like when I can tried (because I understand what to do) and to me is ok to search for help when I am stuck! Anyway, thanks for today! 😀

[@SudokuSleuth]

I’m glad to see that was part of the solve path!

[@jessy8974]

72:09 - very challenging, but fair. I needed your hint of the 9-sum of coloum 7, rows 4+5+6 not being able to be a 2,3,4-triple, thanks for that one :) the rest i was able to figure out by myself :D thanks for the puzzle

[@SudokuSleuth]

Excellent

[@SenselessUsername]

12:15 The six blue cells in Box 8 must sum up to at least 21, so each (21/3) must sum a priori to at least 7; however it's an 'even' box so they sum to at least 8. So also the single cell on the line in Box 5 cannot be 1, 3, nor 5; it must be 7 or 9 to follow an 8 or 10.

[@iuriikononenko9238]

25 minutes solved! Nice one, just need to find right questions to be checked, like if sum in box 8 can be 8.

[@SudokuSleuth]

That’s pretty quick!