v0.90.0 Release Recap

v0.90.0 is a non-breaking reliability release for ranking manifest verification bundles.

What's New

Area	New in v0.90.0	Why it matters
Bundle index verifier	contextdb eval ranking baseline manifest bundle verify --index PATH --report	Re-checks archived verification bundles without regenerating them
Artifact integrity	Byte-size and SHA-256 checks for indexed JSON, Markdown, and annotation files	Catches edited, missing, or mismatched bundle artifacts in CI or release review
Report consistency	Confirms the index ok and status match the JSON verification report	Prevents stale pointer files from claiming a different outcome than the report
Feature metadata	ranking-baseline-bundle-index-verify	Lets live deployments advertise bundle index verification support

Operator Flow

Create a verification bundle:

contextdb eval ranking baseline manifest verify \
  --manifest ranking-baseline-manifest.json \
  --bundle-dir ranking-baseline-verification

Verify the archived bundle index later:

contextdb eval ranking baseline manifest bundle verify \
  --index ranking-baseline-verification/ranking-baseline-manifest-verification-index.json \
  --report

Compatibility

This release is intentionally non-breaking. Existing ranking manifest verification, bundle output, admin dashboard, debugger, REST, GraphQL, and SDK behavior are unchanged.

Verification

Release verification included:

go test -count=1 ./cmd/contextdb
go test -count=1 ./...
npm run docs:build
git diff --check

Reliability brainstorms now move toward retry fatigue preset schema fixtures, backup receipt runbook lanes, and KV derived refresh receipt verification.