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v0.5.3 Feature

This release adds 2 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 4d Forensics & Incident Response
✓ No known CVEs patched
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✓ No known CVEs patched in this version

Summary

AI summary

Broad release touches @desertwitch, Other work, Bug fixes, and create.

Changes in this release

Feature Low

Adds optional embedded `par2` build capability.

Adds optional embedded `par2` build capability.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Handles `SIGPIPE` as a regular interrupt for better scripting.

Handles `SIGPIPE` as a regular interrupt for better scripting.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Does not error when there is nothing to protect.

Does not error when there is nothing to protect.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

No longer ignores existence‑check errors during creation.

No longer ignores existence‑check errors during creation.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Revises error handling in the create workflow.

Revises error handling in the create workflow.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Removes the subjob sentinel from create logic.

Removes the subjob sentinel from create logic.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Adds `--log-level` option to bundle info command.

Adds `--log-level` option to bundle info command.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Sends bundle‑info errors to stderr instead of stdout.

Sends bundle‑info errors to stderr instead of stdout.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Respects context cancellation in the tool component.

Respects context cancellation in the tool component.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Revises only‑contains error detection in util code.

Revises only‑contains error detection in util code.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-08

Confidence: high

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Full changelog
  • This version contains bugfixes and relaxes error-handling encountering "nothing to protect" (no files matched).
  • This version introduces packages for common distributions and an optional method to build with par2 embedded.
  • This version adds handling for SIGPIPE (which is now treated as a regular interrupt) for better scripting experience.

| Distribution | Package |
|:--|:--|
| Debian / Ubuntu | .deb |
| Fedora / RHEL | .rpm |
| Arch Linux | .pkg.tar.zst |
| Generic Linux (Binaries) | .tar.gz |

See Installing from packages for installation guidance.

Changelog

New features

  • 5d0ad6ac5a5f4c4665c1883661fe1d5ae70d86ef: feat(main): add build tag for embed_par2 (@desertwitch)

Bug fixes

  • d317500a710450c3b182ccf28f500fc9c61de3ea: fix(bundler): return json encode error (@desertwitch)
  • 93df13f20fac4a7d3a30f885f9b574203f1942e5: fix(create): do not error on nothing to protect (@desertwitch)
  • 39194e1a2469b3440659d5ee49374949cde088fc: fix(create): do not ignore existence check errors (@desertwitch)
  • 00d4a7199d8c2227af1629b58de79b8f2be86ef0: fix(create): refactor par2AlreadyExists (@desertwitch)
  • 729718fd26351a024590c7587dd21ec0e7d083d8: fix(create): remove subjob sentinel (@desertwitch)
  • 7f6b5b78e83b47e63da8d901083eb9e51e3f5d3a: fix(create): revise error handling (@desertwitch)
  • 153616c193f848d5f47452001c9853b8e3374357: fix(main): add --log-level to bundle info (@desertwitch)
  • 83c1710efa619216466a93e37a3bc09cd98fc90d: fix(main): handle SIGPIPE as interrupt (@desertwitch)
  • f425d7ac17679b41431b0ade8f5e78b7c15bbe98: fix(main): send bundle info errors to stderr (@desertwitch)
  • 79fff79d35e7c01707ca48b2ff9a91cfb4b18b6e: fix(tool): respect context cancel (@desertwitch)
  • 54b9f4ceadcc16efc75fe5b71a1dce9d822d7633: fix(util): revise only-contains error detection (@desertwitch)
  • 05e110b8ad2cd3734e57ec34b0b12574eac34d1a: fix: patch some flaky tests (@desertwitch)

Other work

  • c1e9bd55653e879fb5ac49d81b636a1174f45926: chore(create): improve marker error handling (@desertwitch)
  • 0713f541ba154cdb861466aed8a06f410e1ecd55: chore(create): refactor par2AlreadyExists (@desertwitch)
  • 0322035423b421438dd17a47bb2205916a337fab: chore(create): revert par2AlreadyExists refactor (@desertwitch)
  • 8f09510d27062ac594c35b2d6ccacd2767ebde6f: chore(create): reword error message (@desertwitch)
  • c5f9a6fd4b31ad830c614fbe5f179bae0b421436: chore(create): reword error messages (@desertwitch)
  • 84d76fb3125acdce6a671e5934b01ec9d01d5f32: chore(create): test struct order (@desertwitch)
  • 45d013e196e90cb266fe6f5d2e9c57679169259f: chore(docs): add build-embedded script (@desertwitch)
  • d83e48d83503803314127f4aceae3ec225d34d7b: chore(docs): add compile info (@desertwitch)
  • 8a6dd91ee66f3424d713082a3839bbecdcaf22c4: chore(docs): add embedded build info (@desertwitch)
  • 575bfa5b240fce5841c4d0da19d93f692df3aa56: chore(docs): bolden link (@desertwitch)
  • 4fbc13e7a91004a4a74290e25088cd2039ac17bd: chore(docs): change punch-line (@desertwitch)
  • 3da05897086452c18239ae7a9875a280f519c766: chore(docs): hidden globbing (@desertwitch)
  • cb65f9a6ad6759940a0f5716cd4f5c4a82891ea7: chore(docs): reword installation (@desertwitch)
  • 71673127fe399873171403dbcc66ad218d1322dc: chore(main): restructure embed location (@desertwitch)
  • 53675c746a72301a6c5dde600afab2f7df310aa4: chore(scripts): add build-embedded helper (@desertwitch)
  • 97f31a8282f2cddc0fb742847a92945115fe6753: chore(scripts): add patches to build-embedded (@desertwitch)
  • fa03cd54312106bca8fba2b6807c6533ef800ee1: chore(tool): adapt to use service (@desertwitch)
  • acb4f21a2e1442746c801e449aa27e67cae7e284: chore(tool): reword error message (@desertwitch)
  • e5826e30ebf38c1d8318e109dc6e4eec1c94188c: chore(tool): show error count (@desertwitch)
  • 6fba92ddb470ebfa8392a02426a2bbe9b98ccf29: chore(verify): make consistent zero returns (@desertwitch)
  • bff69f801f87d96d97dcd3cc72ad56ad465d542d: chore: consistent error returning (@desertwitch)

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Most users will want the linux_amd64 packages (see installation instructions in documentation).

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