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Release 0.4.0: the version, the closed changelog, and the readmes of the two zips - #98

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What

  • Version 0.4.0 in the four places it lives: the Rust workspace in Cargo.toml, the window's build properties in gui/Directory.Build.props, Cargo.lock (seven workspace packages) and gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/packages.lock.json (the pinned project reference to ChronoMock.Protocol, which a plain restore does not move).
  • The changelog is closed. [Unreleased] becomes the dated [0.4.0] entry with an empty [Unreleased] heading left above it (the release workflow looks for that heading first) and its link to the tag.
  • One sentence in the --elevated-embedded entry. --dry-run --json carries the option as session.elevated_embedded and the file name the registry value would be named after as session.elevated_embedded_value. Nothing named either key until now.
  • The two zips' readmes name the file to exclude, not the folder. The repository README and the installer's readme already say to add a File exclusion for chrono_hook.dll, because a Folder exclusion leaves unscanned the very folder the tool injects from. packaging/gui-readme.md and packaging/cli-readme.md still said "a Defender exclusion for this folder", so the same product gave opposite advice depending on the download.

How it was measured

  • gates.ps1 -Changed on this tree: 11/11 (format, metrics, clippy and its tight copy, debug build, 951 Rust tests, lint, both release builds, deny, 857 C# tests).
  • The release-readiness check on this commit: the version is the same in all four places and in every Cargo.lock workspace package, the changelog is closed with an empty [Unreleased], the tag v0.4.0 does not exist yet, and the calendars' law_as_of (2026-10-06) is after the previous release. The one check that fails is "CI green on HEAD", because this commit has not run yet. It turns green on main after the merge.

What this does not cover

  • The signed installer is built in phase B of the release and has not been measured as a signed file yet. The unsigned one is measured by the installer job in CI.
  • The website and the repository README still say "no installer" and "nothing written to the registry". They go live the moment they merge and describe the version people download, so they come in a separate PR, merged after the release is published.
  • The changelog entry has no introductory paragraph, unlike 0.3.0's.

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CodeRabbit left one comment in the line and passed all 14 pre-merge checks.

  • The wording of session.elevated_embedded_value in the changelog (minor) - right. The sentence said the key is null "when nothing would be written", which reads as if a name there meant a write. Checked against the code in both directions: the plan sets the name whenever the option is given, the target is not Chromium and the target is an .exe, while the writer in policy_session.rs refuses unless Chrono Mock's own token is elevated, and says why. So a name is not a promise. Fixed in c5076fa: the name when the option applies to an .exe target, null otherwise, and a separate sentence that a name is not a promise of a write. The suggested text was shortened rather than copied.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated antivirus guidance to recommend excluding only the specific injected DLL files first, with a folder-wide exclusion as a fallback. The guidance also clarifies that exclusions reduce protection and that Chromium/Electron mode is unaffected.
  • Release
    • Updated the release version to 0.4.0 across the changelog and application packages.

donislawdev and others added 2 commits October 7, 2026 15:21
…not the folder

The repository README and the installer's readme already tell a tester whose antivirus blocks a
session to add a File exclusion for chrono_hook.dll, and say why: a Folder exclusion leaves
unscanned the very folder the tool injects from. The two zips still carried the older advice,
"a Defender exclusion for this folder", so the same product gave opposite answers depending on
which download the tester opened.

Both readmes now follow the installer's wording and name the files, which differ by package:
core\x64\chrono_hook.dll (and core\x86\) in the app package, chrono_hook.dll (and x86\) in the
command-line package. The folder stays as the fallback when the file exclusion is not enough.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The version lives in four places and all four move together: the Rust workspace in
Cargo.toml (which drives the command-line tool), the window's build properties in
gui/Directory.Build.props, Cargo.lock (seven workspace packages, refreshed by cargo), and
gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/packages.lock.json, where the project reference to ChronoMock.Protocol
stands pinned and a plain restore does not move it, so the restore ran with --force-evaluate.
That restore rewrote the other three lock files with CRLF and no content change, and those are
left out rather than committed.

The changelog's Unreleased section becomes the 0.4.0 entry, dated, with an empty Unreleased
heading left above it - the release workflow looks for that heading first - and its link to the
tag beside the ones before it. One sentence is added to the entry for --elevated-embedded: the
dry-run JSON carries the option as session.elevated_embedded and the file name the registry value
would be named after as session.elevated_embedded_value, which nothing named until now.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The 0.4.0 release adds changelog notes and updates workspace and GUI assembly version values. CLI and GUI packaging documentation now recommends excluding specific injected DLL files before considering a whole-folder exclusion.

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Release Metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Release notes and version values
Cargo.toml, gui/Directory.Build.props, CHANGELOG.md
The changelog adds the 0.4.0 release date, elevated-embedded protocol fields, and release link. The workspace and shared GUI assembly versions change from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0.

Packaging Antivirus Guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Injected DLL exclusion guidance
packaging/cli-readme.md, packaging/gui-readme.md
The documentation names the injected DLL files for exclusion and recommends excluding the whole folder only if file exclusions are insufficient. The GUI guidance warns that exclusions create protection gaps.

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Change: Other

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 09548

The changelog can imply that a registry value will be written when the session will not write it. This is a narrow documentation and JSON-contract mismatch; the release is otherwise mergeable with the wording corrected.

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No Hardcoded Ui Styling ✅ Passed The PR does not change UI code. The GUI-related changes only update the version in gui/Directory.Build.props, update a pinned project version in a lockfile, and revise packaged README text. The styl…
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Desktop Robustness ✅ Passed The PR diff changes only the changelog, version and lock files, and two packaging readmes. It adds no code that loads assets, handles settings or data, parses numbers or dates, starts operations, perf…
Safe File Parsing ✅ Passed The PR changes only release metadata, documentation, and a JSON package-lock version pin. It adds or changes no file-reading, parsing, import, or export API, so it introduces none of the stated unsafe…
System Changes Are Reversible ✅ Passed The PR changes only CHANGELOG.md, version and lock files, and the two packaging readmes. It adds no code that changes network rules, proxy settings, firewall rules, system time, process injection, W…
Clear User-Facing Text ✅ Passed The PR changes user-facing release notes and the packaged CLI and GUI readmes. The readmes consistently call for a File exclusion, name the applicable DLL paths, and describe a folder exclusion on…
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- Line 110: Update the changelog wording for `session.elevated_embedded_value`
to describe a candidate registry value name when `--elevated-embedded` applies
to a non-Chromium `.exe` target with a file name, and `null` otherwise; do not
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Comment thread CHANGELOG.md Outdated
…t the value is written

The entry for --elevated-embedded said session.elevated_embedded_value is null "when nothing would
be written". That reads as if a name there meant a write. The name is set whenever the option applies
to an .exe target that is not Chromium, but the session writes the value only when Chrono Mock itself
runs as administrator (the writer refuses otherwise and says why). The sentence now states the two
conditions apart: the name when the option applies to an .exe, null otherwise, and a separate line
that a name is not a promise of a write.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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