From f0584772903eb42bbbaca08e291c414ac6145548 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pjb157 <84070455+pjb157@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:38:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] release(main): release 12.1.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 13 +++++++++++++
 dwctl/Cargo.toml              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1684bd3fe..cb9890523 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "12.0.1",
+  ".": "12.1.0",
   "fusillade-arsenal": "4.1.0",
   "fusillade-core": "6.0.0",
   "onwards": "1.2.0"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cff9b62f3..30da72fdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.1.0](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/compare/v12.0.1...v12.1.0) (2026-09-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **accounts:** add feature flags with negative-balance opt-in ([#1817](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/1817)) ([dc3bb30](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/commit/dc3bb30e9416c1697d356ddc5fc89e3a4873d111))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **analytics:** checkpoint records before enrichment ([#1789](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/1789)) ([7ed4000](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/commit/7ed4000159b0ea8ef496e84437517c7511a0bce6))
+* **fusillade:** fence reclaimed request ownership ([#1804](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/1804)) ([14a53f9](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/commit/14a53f9cfe6efc02051467ec33f08b622c967a5e))
+
 ## [12.0.1](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/compare/v12.0.0...v12.0.1) (2026-09-18)
 
 
diff --git a/dwctl/Cargo.toml b/dwctl/Cargo.toml
index 7e823fc9b..af69b183b 100644
--- a/dwctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dwctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dwctl"
-version = "12.0.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "12.1.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 description = "The Doubleword Control Layer - A self-hostable observability and analytics platform for LLM applications"

From a657c98c634b42f223451c8b37283fdab5b4ad0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:38:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: synchronize release dependencies

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e9d89e30e..56032a4b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ checksum = "92773504d58c093f6de2459af4af33faa518c13451eb8f2b5698ed3d36e7c813"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dwctl"
-version = "12.0.1"
+version = "12.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "anyhow",