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User-visible changes are recorded here, newest version first. Versions remain marked Unreleased until a release is cut; replace that label with the release date (YYYY-MM-DD) when publishing.

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[0.12.1] - 2026-10-31 @ 07:12

Summary

Make projects easier to distinguish in reports with a more varied palette and pattern cues for similar colors. Organize user documentation behind a dedicated index, restoring the original brief README.

Changed

• Spread project colors across hue and lightness, adding subtle diagonal and dotted fills to later palette groups. Share each project’s color and pattern between chart segments, legend symbols and larger daily table swatches, preserving the mapping across date and repository filters.
• Restore the original README and add a concise index.md with BMDynIP-style overview and User Guides sections covering installation, commands and reports.

[0.12.0] - 2026-10-31 @ 03:49

Summary

Review all recorded work for a project in one place, across every date.

Added

• Add Projects after Tasks in the main navigation, with a single-project dropdown defaulting to the first project and no all-projects option. Show all recorded tasks and releases, full active durations and total time, with dates beside start times and the existing task table and release styling.

[0.11.1] - 2026-10-30 @ 19:54

Summary

Give release rows the approved dark amber style for a softer appearance.

Changed

• Replace purple release rows with a dark amber background (#352315), warm orange text (#FFC58A) and muted orange borders (#925422), matching option A from the color mockup. Keep the same styling when hovering over release rows.

[0.11.0] - 2026-10-30 @ 19:44

Summary

Show stored Git releases alongside tasks, with distinct purple rows and no Git access during page rendering. Catch up existing tags once, then record releases automatically after successful dl publish calls.

Added

• Store repository release tags, optional codenames, commit SHAs, UTC release times and recording times in MariaDB. Repeated recordings are idempotent; conflicting metadata for an existing tag is rejected. Create the additive table through the existing schema initialization/server upgrade path.
• Add dl releases sync for catch-up and recovery, with --dry-run to inspect local version-tag metadata without contacting the service. Annotated tags use tagger timestamps; lightweight tags use commit timestamps.
• After a successful dl publish script, record newly discovered version tags without changing task timers. Report recording failures with a recovery command so the release does not need to be published again.
• Interleave release rows with tasks by timestamp in project and daily reports, displaying Release v0.15.4 (neptune) when a codename is available. Include release-only projects in daily filters and keep tracked-time totals unchanged.

[0.10.10] - 2026-10-30 @ 19:06

Summary

Clarify the hours-and-minutes format in command-line task status.

Changed

• Replace hours after the dl status running duration with (HH:MM), for example Repository (devlog): Task #96 running for 00:00 (HH:MM).

[0.10.9] - 2026-10-30 @ 18:53

This release is named for the element Neptunium (Np). Neptunium, the first transuranium element discovered, was named after Neptune, the planet beyond Uranus.

Summary

Make task reports easier to scan with compact time totals and daily project colors matching the main chart.

Changed

• Format daily report, project task list and individual task totals as zero-padded HH:MM using completed minutes, including 00:00 for empty reports and totals under a minute. Preserve this format when timing edits refresh a task’s total.
• Show a small color swatch before each repository name in the Project cell, sharing the main chart’s palette and repository mapping across dates and filters.

[0.10.8] - 2026-10-30 @ 04:15

This release is named for the element Radium (Ra). Radium was once used in luminous watch dials before its serious radiation hazards became widely understood.

Summary

Simplify task-step timing corrections with a local-time editor above a timeline that shows only the selected step.

Changed

• Arrange timing controls in a two-column table with the unlabeled dropdown in the first cell, Start and End calendar controls, and live step elapsed time. Place the editor above the rendered timeline and remove its instruction and timezone/snapshot text.
• Display and edit timeline times in browser-local time as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, matching the interactive task metadata, recorded interval and last-updated time. Preserve unchanged timestamp precision, reject nonexistent local times, and require an explicit offset for edited times repeated at daylight-saving changes.
• Show only the dropdown’s selected task-step in the interactive timeline and recorded-interval view, fitting that step on selection and after saving while retaining server validation against all recorded work.

[0.10.7] - 2026-10-30 @ 03:38

This release is named for the element Francium (Fr). Francium is extremely rare and radioactive, with its longest-lived isotope having a half-life of only about 22 minutes.

Summary

Simplify timing corrections with a timeline that automatically fits the single task.

Changed

• Remove Zoom in, Zoom out, Focus task and Show all controls and disable timeline pan/zoom gestures. Fit the task and completion marker on load and after saved corrections, while preserving drag/resize and precise UTC editing.

[0.10.6] - 2026-10-30 @ 03:30

This release is named for the element Radon (Rn). Radon is a radioactive noble gas that can accumulate indoors when it seeps from the ground.

Summary

Refresh the pinned BMForge engineering guidance and skill manager to upstream 0.16.0 and replace the completed-task editor with the pinned vis-timeline solution.

Added

• Pin bmforge-timeline specification 0.1.0 from revision 7b35a708db2b, providing vis-timeline 8.5.6 editing guidance alongside the existing HTTP skill. This installs the skill and its references only.

Changed

• Replace the custom task axis and pointer handles with vis-timeline 8.5.6. Preserve completed work ranges, locked neighboring work and completion events, overlap/boundary validation and stale-edit protection. Drag/resize saves after server acknowledgement; precise UTC fields provide keyboard Save/Cancel.
• Return canonical task snapshots after timing saves and expose a read endpoint for uncertain-write recovery. Refresh accepted totals and recorded intervals, show asset-load failures, and retain the read-only view without JavaScript.
• Update all ten pinned BMForge skills, the project-local manager and lock hashes from revision 87ba468ffb83 to 7b35a708db2b. Include shared guidance for a simple multi-service start/stop script and manager support for explicitly selected timeline skills with their HTTP prerequisite.

[0.10.3] - 2026-10-30 @ 02:30

Summary

Allow start-time corrections for short completed tasks in the web timeline.

Fixed

• Keep the start and end drag handles independently reachable when a short task’s boundaries overlap on screen. Verify mouse and touch corrections, cancellation, and saving without changing the recorded commit time.

[0.10.1] - 2026-10-28 @ 17:05

This release is named for the element Hafnium (Hf). Hafnium is excellent at absorbing neutrons, making it useful in nuclear reactor control rods.

Summary

Show the Daily Tasks total in hours and minutes for easier reading.

Fixed

• Format the Daily Tasks total as HH:MM using completed minutes, so decimal hours such as 13.53 display as 13:31.

[0.10.0] - 2026-10-28 @ 02:19

This release is named for the element Europium (Eu). Europium compounds provide red and blue phosphors for display and lighting technologies.

Summary

Open each day’s report directly from the Daily Tasks chart, with readable hours-and-minutes labels and more plotting space, then filter that day’s tasks by project. Restore project names in repository task headings.

Added

• Add a Project dropdown between the Daily report’s date and Show Report button, offering * for all projects and the projects with recorded work that day. Filter rows and total time while keeping all of that day’s project choices available; reset to * when a new date has no work for the selected project.

Changed

• Rename the main chart section to Daily Tasks, remove the main-page Tasks section and double the chart height to 680 px.
• Format chart hover values and totals above daily bars as HH:MM, rounded to the nearest minute. Make each daily total a keyboard-accessible link to that day’s Daily Task Report across all projects, preserving the selected language.
• Restore Repository (project) Tasks headings and retain the selected date or date range. Label daily task pages as Daily Task Report.
• When the chart cannot load, link to the selected end date’s Daily Task Report.
• Capitalize the report buttons as Show Report.

[0.9.3] - 2026-10-28 @ 01:42

This release is named for the element Samarium (Sm). Samarium-cobalt magnets maintain their magnetism at temperatures that can trouble many other magnets.

Summary

Review a day’s tasks across all projects on a dedicated Daily page. Simplify chart hover details and repository task headings.

Added

• Add Daily navigation and a date picker, defaulting to today in the configured timezone. Reuse the Tasks table and total time, adding Project after Task #; report-table dates open the selected day across all projects.

Changed

• Combine repository names and elapsed hours into one chart hover label and remove the redundant date and separate repository label.
• Shorten repository task headings to Repository Tasks, retaining the date or selected date range.

[0.9.2] - 2026-10-28 @ 01:28

This release is named for the element Promethium (Pm). Promethium has no stable isotopes, and even its longest-lived isotopes decay on human timescales.

Summary

Match the Tasks page’s repository title to its total-time display and align their bottom edges for a consistent heading row. Tighten task table spacing so more tasks fit on screen.

Changed

• Use the total’s orange color, font size and weight for the Tasks title, retaining left alignment and matching the smaller size on mobile screens.
• Bottom align the title with the total duration and let long titles wrap within the heading row.
• Reduce vertical padding in task table headers and cells, and shorten the task-number links’ minimum height for more compact rows.

[0.9.1] - 2026-10-27 @ 18:17

This release is named for the element Neodymium (Nd). Neodymium is a key ingredient in extremely powerful permanent magnets found in motors and headphones.

Summary

Bring the Tasks screen in line with the main report’s visual style, with an explicit repository heading, a prominent total-time summary and alternating row backgrounds for easier reading.

Changed

• Alternate task table row backgrounds using the existing dark palette to make descriptions and times easier to follow across each row.
• Title project task lists as Repository (name) Tasks while retaining the selected date. Display Total time as a small label above a large orange duration, matching the main report; carry its cyan and orange accents into table headings and durations, and highlight hovered or focused task rows.

[0.9.0] - 2026-10-27 @ 18:03

This release is named for the element Praseodymium (Pr). Praseodymium compounds can color glass yellow-green and are used in some strong permanent magnets.

Summary

Refresh DevLog’s pinned BMForge guidance to 0.14.0 and restore offline update checks after the upstream manager moved. Make project task drill-downs easier to scan with a dated title, readable total time and a compact task table.

Changed

• Redesign the Tasks screen with a project/date title and a Total time subtitle, showing seconds only for totals under five minutes. List Task #, 24-hour Start Time, commit-message Description and Duration in a scrollable table; durations use whole hours and minutes, and task numbers link to their details.
• Update all 10 pinned BMForge skills, the project-local manager and lock fingerprints to BMForge 0.14.0 (87ba468ffb83); align project instructions with its implementation authorization and changelog guidance.

[0.8.0] - 2026-10-26 @ 19:14

This release is named for the element Caesium (Cs) The precise frequency of a transition in caesium-133 defines the SI second.

Summary

Correct completed task timing by dragging work boundaries on a timeline, with live elapsed-time previews and an explicit Save or Cancel.

Changed

• Replace completed tasks’ pause-entry forms with proportional work blocks, pause and idle gaps, draggable start/stop boundaries, fixed neighbouring work, a fixed vertical Commit line and a page-load-time marker. Keep all work before the recorded commit/completion time. Add zoom, keyboard adjustments and read-only recorded intervals when JavaScript is unavailable.
• Save boundary corrections atomically, reject stale edits and overlapping work, preserve task/commit events and timestamp precision, and include corrected work in date-filtered task lists even outside its original lifecycle dates.

[0.7.1] - 2026-10-26 @ 18:25

This release is named for the element Xenon (Xe). Xenon is used in powerful lamps and some spacecraft ion thrusters.

Summary

Make report sections collapsible and show each day’s total above its chart bar.

Changed

• Let Reporting, Current Task, Daily hours and Tasks collapse to their headings, with mouse or keyboard controls. Keep sections expanded on initial load.
• Label each daily bar with its hours, using a smaller version of the Total hours font and color. Fit labels to narrow screens and update them when projects are toggled in the legend.

[0.7.0] - 2026-10-25 @ 19:16

This release is named for the element Indium (In). Indium tin oxide forms transparent conductive coatings used in touchscreens and displays.

Summary

Show active task time in dl status and the saved pause timestamp in dl pause. Show the currently running task and rounded, readable active time on the report page. Add pinned guidance for production evidence collection and local root-cause analysis.

Added

• Add a Current Task panel between Reporting and Daily hours, showing the global running task and repository or No task currently running. Display active time without pauses, rounded up to minutes for hours or seconds for shorter tasks.
• Add the optional bmforge-rca skill from BMForge revision 29f90eb16f11, with its supporting references and lock fingerprint; update the project-local manager to recognize it. Collect production evidence through read-only SSH, then reproduce, debug and fix locally.

Changed

• Format running-task status as Repository (bmforge): Task #17 running for HH:MM hours, showing total active time across resumes and excluding pauses.
• Format pause confirmations as Repository (mycount): Task #12 paused on YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in the configured timezone. Keep messages for already paused tasks and no task unchanged.

[0.6.0] - 2026-10-25 @ 11:25

This release is named for the element Palladium (Pd). Palladium can absorb remarkably large quantities of hydrogen relative to its own volume.

Summary

Check the globally running task from any directory with dl status. Refresh the pinned BMForge guidance for project maintenance and future UI work.

Added

• Add dl status, a read-only ZMQ/database query that reports the active repository and task ID, or that no task is currently running.

Changed

• Refresh all nine pinned BMForge skills and the project-local manager to upstream revision fca87103c710, including HTTP 0.4.0 design guidance and immediate changelog maintenance requirements; update lock fingerprints.

[0.5.7] - 2026-10-25 @ 10:13

This release is named for the element Ruthenium (Ru). Ruthenium belongs to the platinum group and can improve the hardness and wear resistance of electrical contacts.

Added

• Show a Last updated timestamp in the footer of report and task pages, using the page render time in the configured local timezone.

Changed

• Move the application subtitle into the header and tighten introduction and filter spacing.

[0.5.6] - 2026-10-25 @ 09:42

This release is named for the element Technetium (Tc). Technetium was the first element produced artificially, and its isotope technetium-99m is widely used in medical imaging.

Changed

• Match BMDynIP’s report-server styling across DevLog’s report and task pages: a bordered full-width header, compact title, navigation and version display, wider bordered panels, and navy, cyan and orange colors.
• Match the daily-hours chart background to the page and keep mobile date filters wide enough to display complete dates.
• Give the main page separate Reporting, Daily hours and Tasks panels, with matching heading styles and the date/hour task links in their own frame.

[0.5.5] - 2026-10-25 @ 09:12

This release is named for the element Molybdenum (Mo). Molybdenum retains strength at high temperatures and is an important additive in tough steels.

Changed

• Use darker shades of each project color for the daily-hours chart’s 4 px bar borders and matching 2 px task dividers.

[0.5.4] - 2026-10-25 @ 09:07

Fixed

This release is named for the element Niobium (Nb). Niobium helps create superconducting magnets used in MRI machines and particle accelerators.

• Make task dividers easier to see by brightening the shared bar-border and divider color and rendering the 2 px horizontal strokes without blurred edges.

[0.5.3] - 2026-10-25 @ 08:51

This release is named for the element Zirconium (Zr). Zirconium alloys are used to clad nuclear fuel because they absorb relatively few neutrons.

Changed

• Restore the daily-hours chart’s 2 px task separators to the brighter color used by each project bar’s border.

[0.5.1] - 2026-10-25 @ 08:46

This release is named for the element Yttrium (Y). Yttrium compounds are used in phosphors and lasers, including the widely used YAG laser.

Changed

• Use the site background color for the daily-hours chart’s 2 px task separators to make divisions within each project bar easier to see.

[0.5.0] - 2026-10-25 @ 08:40

This release is named after the element Strontium (Sr). Strontium salts produce the brilliant red colors in many fireworks.

Changed

• Add brighter 4 px borders around project bars in the daily-hours chart and 2 px horizontal separators showing individual task sizes within each project. Separators stay aligned when filtering or toggling projects in the legend.

[0.4.4] - 2026-10-25 @ 08:16

This release is named for the element Rubidium (Rb). Rubidium is so reactive that it is normally stored away from air and moisture.

Fixed

• Clear the repository filter when returning from task lists or task details with Back to report, preserving the selected date range and language.

[0.4.3] - 2026-10-25 @ 08:05

This release is named for the element Krypton (Kr). Krypton is a noble gas whose name comes from a Greek word meaning “hidden.”

Changed

• Show elapsed time for pauses in task timelines, using the same HH:MM:SS format as active intervals.

[0.4.2] - 2026-10-25 @ 06:53

This release is named for the element Bromine (Br). Bromine is one of only two elements that are liquids near room temperature.

Changed

• Uninstall removes all DevLog installation files, configuration, and logged data, including the server’s database, database account, service and system account/group. Only the root-protected database credentials are retained.
• Server reinstall reuses retained credentials to recreate the database and account. Server installation now requires the MariaDB administrator client even when credentials already exist; upgrades continue preserving data.

[0.4.1] - 2026-10-25 @ 06:22

This release is named for the element Selenium (Se). Selenium is essential in tiny amounts for human health but can be toxic in excess.

Changed

• Format task timestamps as yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss in the configured local timezone, show elapsed HH:MM:SS for each active interval, and use yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm examples for pause edits.

[0.4.0] - 2026-10-25 @ 05:58

The Arsenic release is named after the element Arsenic (As). Arsenic has a long history as a poison, but some arsenic compounds are also used as medicines.

Added

• Extend the BMForge project bootstrap with release metadata, release tooling, CMDB checks and disabled install/upgrade/uninstall stubs.
• Add setup-branches with a read-only --dry-run preview to create local dev and initial feature branches after a reviewed scaffold commit, refusing to overwrite existing branches.

Changed

• Re-pin project-owned BMForge skills to snapshot 7047662 (PR #3), including updated installation lifecycle, ZeroMQ Unicode validation and release-template guidance.
• Make BMForge update checks read-only and offline against a clean local main checkout, configurable through BMFORGE_SOURCE or --source. Report the cached revision or an unavailable check without fetching, cloning or applying updates.

[0.3.4] - 2026-10-25 @ 05:05

This release is named for the element Gallium (Ga). Gallium can melt in the warmth of your hand because its melting point is about 30°C.

Added

• Drill down from report dates and project bars to tasks, commit details and active/pause timelines.
• Insert a retrospective pause into a closed active interval to remove forgotten overnight time. Daily/project totals recalculate while task completion and Git metadata are preserved. The editor supports timezone offsets, inline validation and stale-edit rejection.

[0.3.2] - 2026-10-24 @ 21:55

This release is named for the element Nickel (Ni). Nickel is used in many coins and is also a key ingredient in numerous stainless-steel alloys.

Changed

• Reorder the 20 project colors to increase contrast between neighboring stacks.

[0.3.1] - 2026-10-24 @ 21:50

Changed

The Cobolt (Co) release is named after the element. Cobalt compounds have produced vivid blue glass and ceramics for thousands of years.

• Use the supplied 20-color palette for project bars and omit nadimghaznavi/ from project legend labels.

[0.3.0] - 2026-10-24 @ 21:43

This release is named for the element Iron (Fe). Earth’s core is made mainly of iron, and flowing liquid metal in the outer core helps generate our magnetic field.

Changed

• Stack each day’s tracked hours by project using distinct colors, with the project legend below the Date label and project hours in segment tooltips.

[0.2.1] - 2026-10-24 @ 19:43

This release is named for the element Chromium. Chromium helps stainless steel resist rust by forming a thin protective oxide layer.

Changed

• Apply a dark green theme to the daily-hours report, including form controls, the hours table, and the chart with matching labels, gridlines, and tooltips.

[0.2.0] - 2026-10-24 @ 19:26

This should be considered the initial release. The initial rollout was butchered using Git.

Fixed

• Reject escaped lone Unicode surrogates in incoming ZeroMQ JSON envelopes before activity dispatch. A malformed request receives invalid_request without terminating the socket worker; valid Unicode and subsequent requests still work.
• Make fresh server installation preflight (including --check) require the mariadb executable when database provisioning will use it. Client-only installs and non-provisioning upgrades do not acquire that dependency.
• Close the BMForge 0.9.0 installation lifecycle gaps: implement role-aware uninstall.sh and read-only --check support for install, install-server, upgrade and uninstall without changing the client/server dependency split.
• Publish an installation ownership manifest, readable CMDB constants, and a last-successful-version marker for both client and server deployments. Preserve configuration and database data during uninstall.
• Install a project-specific release script from the BMForge template, keeping pyproject.toml version synchronized with DDevLog.VERSION during releases.
• Validate source package and literal CMDB versions before host changes.

Added

• dl start and dl pause to start, pause, and resume repository tasks. Starting work in another repository automatically pauses the previous task, keeping one task active at a time.
• dl commit <message> to stage all repository changes, commit, record the task’s commit SHA and message, and push. A failed push leaves the task completed.
• dl commit --record <SHA> to recover an unconfirmed task recording without creating or pushing another commit.
• dl publish to invoke a repository’s existing release script without changing its timer.
• MariaDB storage for repositories, tasks, and active time intervals, with atomic task transitions and persistence across service restarts.
• A daily-hours report with repository and date filters, timezone-aware day boundaries, an interactive chart, and a table of recorded hours.
• One persistent systemd service with configurable HTTP and ZMQ listeners, defaulting to 0.0.0.0:19700 and tcp://0.0.0.0:19701.
• Application health checks through HTTP /health and the existing ZMQ interface.
• Installation and upgrade scripts targeting /opt/prod/devlog, including /opt/prod/devlog/bin/dl, isolated release environments, preserved configuration and credentials, and restoration of the previous executable release if an upgrade fails startup validation.
• English CLI and report message catalogues prepared for additional translations.
• Project-local, pinned BMForge skills and architecture documentation.

Changed

• Split deployment into scripts/install.sh -server <IP or hostname> for the standalone dl client and scripts/install-server.sh for the database and systemd service. Client installation saves the required server address and installs only client dependencies.
• Upgrades preserve the installed client/server role and the client’s server address; client upgrades do not manage database or systemd resources.

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