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Summary

Fix the Auto Release caller to pass pm-changelog's documented --date-from-version option while retaining strict dated-heading validation. The failed run generated the correct 2026.10.4 section and prior-day proxy item, but without a heading date.

Extract the generator helper for real-extension regression coverage. No item timestamps or vendored code changed.

Verification

1,499 tests across 133 files; exact 100% source coverage. Complete release:verify, ShellCheck, Trivy, dependency audit, PM/history checks, package smoke and changelog checks pass. Actual non-publishing Auto Release rehearsal returned ok=true, skipped=false, dry_run=true, pushed=false for 2026.10.4, preserving HEAD and tags.

Cases cover prior-day work, same-day suffixes, first release, historical dates, pre/post-tag consistency and rejection of invalid headings.

Tracker: https://github.com/unbraind/homeassistant-cli/blob/fix/cross-day-release-changelog/.agents/pm/issues/hac-teno.toon
Failed run: https://github.com/unbraind/homeassistant-cli/actions/runs/37176589359

Summary by Sourcery

Ensure automatic releases produce correctly dated pending changelog sections without altering historical release data.

Bug Fixes:

  • Generate dated changelog headings for pending automatic releases while preserving historical tag-derived dates and completed-item timestamps.

Enhancements:

  • Extract changelog generation into a reusable helper while retaining validation that the pending release section has a dated heading.

Documentation:

  • Document pending-release date handling, same-day releases, historical section preservation, and mandatory heading validation.

Tests:

  • Add regression coverage for prior-day work, same-day suffix releases, first releases, historical dates, post-tag consistency, and invalid headings.

Chores:

  • Record the release-tracking issue and history for the changelog date fix.

Summary by cubic

Fixes Auto Release changelog generation so pending release headings include the calendar version date instead of remaining undated, which previously failed the dated-heading gate and stopped the release before publication.

  • Passes --date-from-version for pending releases while preserving tag-derived dates and item completion timestamps.
  • Extracts the generator into scripts/release/changelog.mjs and adds real-extension regression tests for prior-day work, same-day suffixes, first releases, and historical tag dates.

Written for commit 26b1bc5. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Automatic release changelogs now include a date in the release heading, including for same-day releases with version suffixes. Existing release dates remain unchanged, and pending work continues to be included without altering its completion time.
    • Release generation now checks that the expected dated heading is present before proceeding.
  • Documentation

    • Updated release guidance to explain how dates are applied to pending and previously released changelog entries.

Walkthrough

Auto Release now uses a shared changelog generator and passes its run function to it. The release documentation and tests cover version-derived dates, tagged sections, same-day suffixed releases, and validation of the generated heading.

Changes

Automatic release changelog

Layer / File(s) Summary
Changelog generation and release wiring
scripts/release/auto-release.mjs, scripts/release/changelog.mjs
The release flow imports generateChangelog and passes it the preview path, version, and run function. The helper invokes the PM CLI and rejects output without a heading for the requested version.
Regression coverage and release records
tests/release-changelog.test.ts, tests/release-workflow-contract.test.ts, docs/RELEASING.md, CHANGELOG.md, .agents/pm/issues/hac-teno.toon, .agents/pm/history/hac-teno.jsonl
Tests cover version-derived dates, prior-day pending work, same-day suffixed releases, existing tag dates, and missing dated headings. The documentation, changelog, and issue records describe the release behavior and verification.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 26b1b

The release fix itself looks sound, but the new regression tests fail in CI because the test setup never registers the changelog command. The test suite is red until the fixture installs the extension.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 26b1b

The change is limited to release-note generation and preserves the existing verification and publication controls. No new security boundary or authority expansion was identified. Confidence is limited because the downloaded generator’s behavior was not independently verified and the supplied verification evidence conflicts.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The examined change affects release-note content and the existing repository release pipeline, not a demonstrated application or tenant-facing entrypoint. The unresolved runtime.ts lexical name match does not establish propagation into that extension.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — The extraction retains the existing external-tool execution boundary and release publication authority. The new date option changes generator behavior, but the examined base/head changes do not add an attacker-controlled caller, shell interpretation or a new credentialed sink. This conclusion does not independently verify the external generator.
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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 22.22% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 4 files. (4 skipped: 4… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: generating dated changelog sections for pending releases.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains what changed and why, and gives detailed verification results. It uses “Verification” instead of the template’s “Validation” heading and omits the “Release Impact” and “Securi…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Auto Release now generates pending changelog sections with --date-from-version, keeping prior-day and same-day work in the correct release window while retaining tag-derived historical dates and strict heading validation; the helper is extracted and covered by real-extension regression tests, with release documentation and tracking metadata updated.

Sequence diagram for dated pending changelog generation

sequenceDiagram
    participant AutoRelease
    participant generateChangelog
    participant PMCLI
    participant ChangelogFile

    AutoRelease->>generateChangelog: generateChangelog(output, version, run)
    generateChangelog->>PMCLI: run(bunx, changelog generate, --release-version, version, --date-from-version)
    PMCLI-->>ChangelogFile: write generated CHANGELOG.md
    generateChangelog->>ChangelogFile: readFileSync(output, utf8)
    alt heading includes version date
        ChangelogFile-->>generateChangelog: dated release section
        generateChangelog-->>AutoRelease: success
    else heading missing
        generateChangelog-->>AutoRelease: throw Error
    end
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Change Details Files
Pass the documented version-derived date flag to pending changelog generation while preserving strict validation and historical tag dates.
  • Extract the generator into a reusable helper.
  • Add --date-from-version alongside existing release-window and tag options.
  • Continue rejecting output without an exact dated release heading.
  • Wire Auto Release to the extracted helper.
scripts/release/auto-release.mjs
scripts/release/changelog.mjs
Add real-extension regression coverage for pending release date and item-window behavior.
  • Exercise the installed pm-changelog implementation through the exact release argument path without network downloads.
  • Cover prior-day work, same-day suffixed releases, first releases, historical tag dates, post-tag consistency, and invalid headings.
  • Verify item metadata and tracker history remain unchanged.
tests/release-changelog.test.ts
tests/release-workflow-contract.test.ts
Document the pending-versus-tagged changelog date semantics and record the release-tracking artifacts.
  • Document UTC version-date generation, open pending windows, preserved item timestamps, and mandatory heading validation.
  • Add the issue and PM history records.
  • Add the fix to the pending changelog section.
docs/RELEASING.md
.agents/pm/issues/hac-teno.toon
.agents/pm/history/hac-teno.jsonl
CHANGELOG.md

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Review comments at @tests/release-changelog.test.ts:
- Around line 72-73: Update the test fixture setup around cpSync to register the
local pm-changelog package with the temporary tracker before invoking changelog
generation; copying the extension directory alone does not make its command
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cpSync(extension, join(tracker, "extensions", "pm-changelog"), { recursive: true });
symlinkSync(resolve("node_modules"), join(directory, "node_modules"), "dir");

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git show 26b1bc55b69f7de96d0f4e96527b9369918004a4:tests/release-changelog.test.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- related extension/CLI references ---'
rg -n --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json,md,yml,yaml}' 'Unknown command|pm-changelog|extensions/|extension.*install|install.*extension|register.*command|load.*extension' . | head -240

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rg -n -A8 -B3 '"@unbrained/pm-cli"|@unbrained/pm-cli@|pm-changelog' package-lock.json bun.lock bun.lockb 2>/dev/null | head -160
printf '%s\n' '--- PM CLI available source/metadata ---'
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rg -n --hidden --glob '!node_modules/**' 'pm install|pm-changelog|changelog.*install|extension' README.md AGENTS.md docs .github package.json .agents/pm | head -240

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printf '%s\n' '--- managed extension registry and extension manifest ---'
git ls-files '.agents/pm/extensions/*managed*' '.agents/pm/extensions/pm-changelog/manifest.json' '.agents/pm/extensions/pm-changelog/package.json'
for f in .agents/pm/extensions/.managed-extensions.json .agents/pm/extensions/pm-changelog/manifest.json .agents/pm/extensions/pm-changelog/package.json; do
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done
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for i, entry in enumerate(data.get("entries", [])):
    if entry.get("name") == "pm-changelog" or entry.get("directory") == "pm-changelog":
        print(f"{p}:{i}")
        print(json.dumps(entry, indent=2))
PY
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printf '%s\n' '--- fixture setup ---'
nl -ba tests/release-changelog.test.ts | sed -n '66,75p'
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Install pm-changelog into the temporary tracker before invoking it.

The fixture copies the extension directory but does not register its changelog generate command. The CLI uses tracker as its PM path, so these tests can fail with Unknown command changelog. Install the local package into the fixture before generating the changelog.

Suggested fix
-  cpSync(extension, join(tracker, "extensions", "pm-changelog"), { recursive: true });
+  execFileSync(process.execPath, [pm, "--pm-path", tracker, "install", extension, "--project"], {
+    cwd: directory,
+    env: { ...process.env, HOME: directory, PM_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: "1", TZ: "UTC" },
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
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cpSync(extension, join(tracker, "extensions", "pm-changelog"), { recursive: true });
symlinkSync(resolve("node_modules"), join(directory, "node_modules"), "dir");
execFileSync(process.execPath, [pm, "--pm-path", tracker, "install", extension, "--project"], {
cwd: directory,
env: { ...process.env, HOME: directory, PM_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: "1", TZ: "UTC" },
stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
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symlinkSync(resolve("node_modules"), join(directory, "node_modules"), "dir");
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[error] 52-137: The bun run test:coverage step failed: 5 release changelog tests fail because the @unbrained/pm-cli command invoked by scripts/release/changelog.mjs reports Unknown command changelog. The changelog command is not exposed in the current PM runtime configuration.

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Review comment at @tests/release-changelog.test.ts around lines 72 - 73:
Update the test fixture setup around cpSync to register the local pm-changelog
package with the temporary tracker before invoking changelog generation; copying
the extension directory alone does not make its command available.

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