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v0.5.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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Summary

AI summary

Broad release touches @desertwitch, Other work, New features, and main.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Adds optional manifest cache for verify, repair, and info operations.

Adds optional manifest cache for verify, repair, and info operations.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Introduces exit code 143 for interrupted operations due to SIGINT or SIGTERM.

Introduces exit code 143 for interrupted operations due to SIGINT or SIGTERM.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Performance Medium

Includes performance improvements around filesystem scanning and enumeration.

Includes performance improvements around filesystem scanning and enumeration.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Fixes cache pointer dereference issue in encode.

Fixes cache pointer dereference issue in encode.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Bugfix Medium

Prevents negative count guard in cache operations.

Prevents negative count guard in cache operations.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Bugfix Medium

Ensures repair updates cache even if not saving data.

Ensures repair updates cache even if not saving data.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Bugfix Medium

Checks bundle for zero size before processing.

Checks bundle for zero size before processing.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Bugfix Medium

Verifies existence before attempting to lock files.

Verifies existence before attempting to lock files.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21

Confidence: low

Full changelog
  • This version adds an optional manifest cache for verify, repair and info operations.
  • This version introduces exit code 143 for operations interrupted due to SIGINT or SIGTERM.
  • This version includes several performance improvements around filesystem scanning and enumeration.

Changelog

New features

  • 3be9fd97d052b88fbf92a286804996da15f5dd21: feat(cache): add job meta struct (@desertwitch)
  • 74b1df6376e4ba3a47bddd4e0a741fb09d84c002: feat(info): switch to meta (@desertwitch)
  • b7a0d7e63e0227bf489112a21853b20ec5c1f07d: feat(info): use metadata cache (@desertwitch)
  • 50f6bcbd53a036fb6f8f32169e52c57665e01053: feat(main): add --cache for verify, repair, info (@desertwitch)
  • 425bf028158acb173bbbf1e69770cb44024fe3f3: feat(main): add --mprof (@desertwitch)
  • 2468cdadfc033115bed633bf3d9a73ffaa56df80: feat(main): exit with code 143 on signal (@desertwitch)
  • 55594b7a4062db584035b7a1d92d882503bda535: feat(repair): use cache (@desertwitch)
  • d662dc4914256c364f6d08e49dcfefc201a62d42: feat(verify): add metadata caching (@desertwitch)
  • 9ca753b1d2959ee0866ed00901461b2856a30ba3: feat: cache ignore-file syscalls (@desertwitch)

Bug fixes

  • f70c49c4e1578a7e6e4fcd46e0965d747dcf9f9b: fix(cache): deref pointer for encode (@desertwitch)
  • 7da34678e9906fa0f1c19bb01c19d64629f8a98d: fix(cache): guard negative count (@desertwitch)
  • 02fdf58e45d3d566dad33b5a9136978424c55ec2: fix(repair): update cache despite not saving (@desertwitch)
  • e2814921701e7dc199c2f770492d1a0e2258864e: fix: check bundle for zero size (@desertwitch)
  • 6681e9b56007ffdc6d36e563c280abe7daa81349: fix: check existence before locking (@desertwitch)

Other work

  • 515249abb31bbb39619ec07c4d4c2a7c539a8756: chore(bundle): keep symlink to specification (@desertwitch)
  • 0686c189a23f630111bd0749b9a5ea1caaf175c9: chore(cache): refactor (@desertwitch)
  • cea1bda46a32057bcbde6481115320b841e0c360: chore(config): reword cache comment (@desertwitch)
  • 4c1bc276bb7add263fb8b09cfa1f89adddf3cbfc: chore(docs): add performance section (@desertwitch)
  • 027f420dfb25c64091669f250d2ca357fbff3d4f: chore(docs): add space consumed by cache (@desertwitch)
  • a98fd5b7ecadaf6bf22daaa1bcb1204f73abdea6: chore(docs): amend go version (@desertwitch)
  • b12635167a8e70ea0cae82adaba5a13cfdc7b629: chore(docs): clarify interrupt exit code (@desertwitch)
  • 4538adbd0d84b32edebd06f5e0bb3c6bf63b0af1: chore(docs): move bundle specification (@desertwitch)
  • 0363cdd81c517fe78f830aeff831e9eb1cfb70f7: chore(docs): revise version unreadable rule (@desertwitch)
  • 39bfc9c7d402a7a50583d82338e0c3ef308d856b: chore(docs): reword version unreadable rule (@desertwitch)
  • 5499319270b637626ae3807ad2d584823fd8bc82: chore(main): clarify --cache usage (@desertwitch)
  • d051d29b6db59ad3ce70fd44ac1c30053343a352: chore(main): make error returns consistent (@desertwitch)
  • 40f5b814ca6afdb3f28fe9b50a2f6e5754a09bda: chore(main): move interrupt exit logic to schema (@desertwitch)
  • ffbea01e796c96efdde2d3f332f0f88914eb90d5: chore(schema): update cache interfaces (@desertwitch)
  • f98713caf4366b0df9c130d64dea5585f9f01408: chore(verify): filter not created in enumerate (@desertwitch)
  • 207aa2e22ce30df6ae7cf107556e420afea8e70d: chore(verify): take job meta for logger (@desertwitch)
  • c88dc8987a0350b6fa82c475795ceac12d9efe7f: chore: adapt tests for cache (@desertwitch)
  • 0b7f2d1aac798a7cba5a0da948972a8ab3182880: chore: add cache-related tests (@desertwitch)
  • d7ec01d3229fde20a74e9d0f449afca45f9897d9: chore: add gob cache structures (@desertwitch)
  • ce6c958d5774a7a406b9db95033522d2c3bbe26e: chore: add more cache-related tests (@desertwitch)
  • c32674a4cba7121da2b5e3a1cf27d16e1d83e82d: chore: allow go 1.26.0 and higher (@desertwitch)
  • bfacab6611a82a45e61513a56444484d731fab42: chore: cache improvements (@desertwitch)
  • 142e089c6d8475638e0caaab38473407c3325085: chore: error message wording (@desertwitch)
  • 5f9ddc17703728222a91e66a8735a760cbcaac8e: chore: linting and logging (@desertwitch)
  • 31e0369667c9a7a3ab63ebb66ef20b2fb03ee553: chore: minor improvements (@desertwitch)
  • ea1bd6728757a9aeecaf6ea90c12999deb9b5d8a: chore: minor refactors (@desertwitch)
  • efae33ed4cbcf35cfc30244553ec003abdeee9ad: chore: reduce logger allocs (@desertwitch)
  • 9ed81660ba230246eb5bec388ccf03b8e139e7d8: chore: reduce lstat calls (@desertwitch)
  • 89f224169bcdbc66ee06034088b8d70d59693e72: chore: upgrade golang.org/x/text (@desertwitch)

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