I escalated this latest incident to my boss's boss. He is going to surface it with HIS boss.

I am not letting it slide - it's too important. This is a matter of perception of the quality of my work and my skill set amongst those higher up than me. If that email somehow were forwarded, it would have someone else's name on it as being responsible for a solution that I found, not someone else. I am not going to let her get away with giving credit to someone else for MY idea. This is my career, this is my livelihood and this is my professional reputation she is screwing with. She is playing dirty - well, I fight dirty too but what I am doing is very fair and the appropriate action.

So I brought it to her boss's attention in writing over email so that there is NO MISTAKE in who owns what. I carefully crafted this email using ChatGPT. This tool is so very helpful for just about any question or task.

The fact that her boss will now bring it to HIS boss's attention tells me something important. I asked if his boss could be made aware of the incident in my email. The fact that her boss decided to bring it to his boss tells me he thinks it's too important to handle and/or resolve by himself. I am SO glad he is speaking with his boss about this.

AND, I am so happy that I have a clear paper trail documenting EVERYTHING. I even have written proof that my boss and I talked about my solution is great detail. I included these notes in my email to her boss. She provides me with written notes documenting the main points of our weekly 1:1 meetings. So luckily, she had written many details about my idea and solution, also outlining the next steps, clearly indicating that she was fully aware that the solution was my idea.

I am so done with her. She's going down in flames by her own hand one way or another. She chose to mess with the wrong person.