chore(release): release v0.4.5

- Bump Rust and Python package metadata and release links to v0.4.5
- Generate the changelog and retain only the Zenodo concept DOI
- Add idempotent release-version automation with prior-release inference
- Publish README comparisons from retained performance measurements
- Align release and benchmarking documentation with the new workflow

Author: acgetchell

AGENTS.md

@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ just test             # Lib + doc tests (fast)
 just test-all         # All tests (Rust, benchmark inputs, and Python)
 just examples         # Run all examples
 just update           # Update dependency locks and repository-owned Cargo tools
+just update-version vX.Y.Z # Update release metadata without upgrading dependencies
 ```
 
 ### Detailed Command Reference
@@ -305,9 +306,9 @@ just update           # Update dependency locks and repository-owned Cargo tools
 - Benchmarks: `cargo bench --locked --features bench` (or `just bench`)
 - Benchmarks (exact arithmetic): `just bench-exact`
 - Benchmarks (la-stack vs nalgebra/faer): `just bench-vs-linalg [filter]` (full run) or `just bench-vs-linalg-quick [filter]` (reduced)
-- Benchmarks (plot vs_linalg CSV/SVG/JSON provenance): `just plot-vs-linalg [metric] [stat] [sample] [log_y]`;
-  publish a freshly gated full run to README with
-  `just plot-vs-linalg-readme [metric] [stat] [sample] [log_y]`
+- Benchmarks (plot exploratory vs_linalg CSV/SVG/JSON provenance): `just plot-vs-linalg [metric] [stat] [sample] [log_y]`;
+  after `just performance-release`, publish its retained measurements to README
+  with `just performance-readme [metric] [stat] [sample] [log_y]`
 - Benchmarks (save baseline): `just bench-save-baseline v0.4.1`
 - Build (debug): `cargo build` (or `just build`)
 - Build (release): `cargo build --release` (or `just build-release`)
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ just update           # Update dependency locks and repository-owned Cargo tools
 - Lint/validate: `just check`
 - Cargo manifest/lockfile synchronization: `just cargo-lock-check`
 - Unused dependency check: `just unused-deps` (uses `cargo-machete`)
+- Update release metadata: `just update-version vX.Y.Z` (infers the previous stable published GitHub release)
 - Pre-commit validation / CI simulation: `just ci` (lint + tests + examples + bench compile)
 - Python setup from the lockfile: `uv sync --locked --group dev` (or `just python-sync`)
 - Python tests: `just test-python`

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,117 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.4.5] - 2026-08-21
+
+### ⚠️ Breaking Changes
+
+- Unify local and release performance workflows
+- Require Rust 1.97.1
+- Require Rust 1.98.0
+
+### Merged Pull Requests
+
+- Bump the dependencies group with 3 updates [#211](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/pull/211)
+- Bump the github-actions group with 7 updates [#200](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/pull/200)
+
+### Added
+
+- Persist release report artifacts for rerendering [`600445c`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/600445c325ade517631d50a5f625923f56387f1c)
+
+  - Store deterministic comparison CSV with an adjacent schema-versioned provenance sidecar before temporary worktrees are removed.
+  - Render and promote reports only from validated artifact reloads, with fail-closed path checks and transactional rollback.
+  - Add performance-rerender and document artifact retention, GitHub assets, and the release workflow.
+  - Refresh Rust, Python, contributor-tool, and GitHub Action pins, and separate Dependabot security update groups.
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Bump the github-actions group with 7 updates [#200](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/pull/200)
+  [`9728daf`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/9728dafc026bb2a849bae49feaca6144c5598698)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Enforce pinned uv in local recipe guards [`938aff6`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/938aff62517d5055d1db49bc7734e4069ef74d72)
+
+  - Reject missing or mismatched uv versions with actionable diagnostics.
+  - Reuse the canonical version guard across uv-backed validation helpers.
+- Harden release artifact promotion [`8b8537b`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/8b8537b86226285a343976ea987cf2759bf3dd7d)
+  - Treat CRLF and LF archive reports as equivalent while preserving stored bytes.
+  - Share comparison selection and report-update guidance across generation paths.
+  - Isolate artifact path resolution and retained-artifact rendering.
+  - Clarify that durable benchmark downloads are GitHub Release assets.
+- Harden numerical and release evidence [`c878701`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/c8787017122c3e94958e82d327fdab8a305999b8)
+  - Surface determinant overflow even when error-bound terms underflow.
+  - Measure complete benchmark operations symmetrically and bind retained reports to atomic, validated provenance.
+  - Fail closed on inconsistent release metadata, tags, changelog sections, Semgrep annotations, and recorded CPU provenance.
+  - Align docs.rs feature annotations, citation identifiers, all-target linting, and configurable property-test runs with documented contracts.
+- Harden release and validation edge cases [`260afb8`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/260afb85fdc8eaa873bdb64b6d7eae76ab6b9abc)
+  - Preserve archived changelog bytes during rollback and reject malformed Unreleased headings.
+  - Match overlapping Semgrep fixture spans deterministically and centralize immutable benchmark provenance handling.
+  - Document exact matrix/RHS scaling and the power-of-two factor that preserves linear systems.
+- [**breaking**] Unify local and release performance workflows
+  [`c601c41`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/c601c4146b01868a29288b7221e413706e3e01c7)
+  - Retain local Markdown, CSV, and provenance artifacts while allowing same-version comparisons of tracked changes.
+  - Exclude untracked files explicitly and isolate the narrowed non-exact comparison bundle.
+  - Promote distinct-release artifacts through performance-doc and keep performance-release atomic and rollback-capable.
+  - Render one consolidated table per benchmark suite and reject invalid release publication states.
+- Isolate algebraic float fixture scans [`56e848f`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/56e848fb3dbbc93f2fd4c0b566d71489c96dc857)
+  - exclude intentional algebraic float violations from production Semgrep scans while preserving direct fixture validation
+  - cover f64 associated-call syntax alongside f32 and receiver forms
+  - forbid dead-code suppressions and remove blanket allowances from static-analysis fixtures
+
+### Maintenance
+
+- Gate auto-merge on CodeRabbit approval [`2a37961`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/2a37961ee8c95f2482541910de78680af22bb968)
+
+  - Request one SHA-scoped CodeRabbit review for each Dependabot update.
+  - Enable squash auto-merge only for the triggering head after required checks pass.
+  - Group GitHub Actions updates, remove autopep8, and refresh pinned tooling.
+  - Print an explicit release title in tag-release follow-up guidance.
+- [**breaking**] Require Rust 1.97.1 [`99bac26`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/99bac263ae773cc8cb42c418630c8e7dd7d023b8)
+  - align contributor, CI, release, and Clippy toolchain baselines
+  - compile benchmarks with Cargo's warning policy to preserve cache reuse
+  - publish CodeRabbit's canonical review check for ruleset enforcement
+- Restore ruleset-compatible status [`5235365`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/5235365efaf38a0d4035d74a46a7468ad10921d0)
+  - publish the legacy CodeRabbit commit status required by the main ruleset
+  - keep review progress disabled until CodeRabbit can publish the required check run
+- Standardize validation and centralize tool pins [`54a7e3a`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/54a7e3a8e8a640fa5069d5c07fffbf1c1dfab903)
+  - Compose CI from orthogonal leaf validators with one release-profile nextest pass and separate doctests.
+  - Resolve workflow tooling through the justfile and shared setup action.
+  - Document focused validation, notebook scope, and Rust 1.97 tooling policy.
+  - Refresh development tools, security actions, Dependabot schedules, and lockfiles.
+- [**breaking**] Require Rust 1.98.0 [`2f9e0a8`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/2f9e0a83c4fd974f34f87f29409cf1eac4da5343)
+  - align the MSRV, contributor toolchain, dependency locks, and documented maintenance baseline
+  - forbid algebraic float operations in numerical kernels to preserve IEEE-754 error and reproducibility contracts
+  - add a scoped just update workflow with atomic Cargo tool-pin reconciliation
+  - clean failed changelog and performance staging files without disturbing published artifacts
+- Bump the dependencies group with 3 updates [#211](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/pull/211)
+  [`493068a`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/493068ac653724959f7083f34d5c909a496314bd)
+
+  Updates the requirements on [ruff](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff) , [ty](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty) and
+  [setuptools](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools) to permit the latest version.
+
+  Updates `ruff` from 0.16.1 to 0.16.2
+  - [Release notes](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/releases)
+  - [Changelog](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+  - [Commits](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/compare/0.16.1...0.16.2)
+
+  Updates `ty` from 0.0.66 to 0.0.69
+  - [Release notes](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/releases)
+  - [Changelog](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+  - [Commits](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/compare/0.0.66...0.0.69)
+
+  Updates `setuptools` to 84.0.0
+  - [Release notes](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/releases)
+  - [Changelog](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/NEWS.rst)
+  - [Commits](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/compare/v83.0.0...v84.0.0)
+
+### Performance
+
+- Reduce checked determinant query overhead [`2bdf1d3`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/2bdf1d3dc4b4a27928a888be678b4c360916e94c)
+
+  - Aggregate D≥5 range proofs before a single cold scaled replay.
+  - Preserve immediate small-dimension fallback and range-safe determinant behavior.
+
 ## [0.4.4] - 2026-07-13
 
 ### ⚠️ Breaking Changes
@@ -67,6 +178,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - fail benchmark publication closed on invalid samples or mismatched provenance
   - make release and changelog tooling transactional, path-safe, and Windows-portable
   - align benchmark CI with pinned local tools and least-privilege publishing
+- Harden changelog and version generation [`2e1eb2e`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/commit/2e1eb2e965333fab51934c2b605fe3465e4b57e6)
+  - Reject tag prefixes embedded in longer non-semver revisions
+  - Preserve fenced examples when stripping Dependabot metadata
+  - Document the conditional exact-solve scaling invariant
+  - Regenerate the v0.4.4 changelog through the release workflow
 
 ### Maintenance
 
@@ -775,6 +891,7 @@ Older releases are archived by minor series:
 - [0.2.x](docs/archive/changelog/0.2.md)
 - [0.1.x](docs/archive/changelog/0.1.md)
 
+[0.4.5]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/compare/v0.4.4...v0.4.5
 [0.4.4]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4
 [0.4.3]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3
 [0.4.2]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/compare/v0.4.1...v0.4.2

CITATION.cff

@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
 type: software
 title: "la-stack: Fast, stack-allocated linear algebra for fixed dimensions in Rust"
-version: 0.4.4
-date-released: 2026-07-13
+version: 0.4.5
+date-released: 2026-08-21
 url: "https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack"
 doi: "10.5281/zenodo.18158926"
-identifiers:
-  - description: "Zenodo DOI for version 0.4.4"
-    type: doi
-    value: "10.5281/zenodo.21331524"
 authors:
   - family-names: "Getchell"
     given-names: "Adam"

Cargo.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "la-stack"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.98.0"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"

Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.18158926.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18158926)
 [![Crates.io](https://badgen.net/crates/v/la-stack)](https://crates.io/crates/la-stack)
 [![Downloads](https://badgen.net/crates/d/la-stack)](https://crates.io/crates/la-stack)
-[![License](https://badgen.net/github/license/acgetchell/la-stack)](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/LICENSE)
+[![License](https://badgen.net/github/license/acgetchell/la-stack)](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/LICENSE)
 [![Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/la-stack/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/la-stack)
 [![CI](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![rust-clippy analyze][clippy-badge]][clippy-workflow]
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ for the algorithms, validity boundaries, and supporting references.
   exact values allocate as required
 - ✅ `unsafe` forbidden
 
-See [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/CHANGELOG.md)
+See [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/CHANGELOG.md)
 for release history and
-[docs/roadmap.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/roadmap.md)
+[docs/roadmap.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/roadmap.md)
 for current release planning.
 
 ## 🚫 Anti-goals
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-la-stack = "0.4.4"
+la-stack = "0.4.5"
 ```
 
 ### Feature flags
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ rationals (this pulls in `num-bigint`, `num-rational`, and `num-traits` for
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-la-stack = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["exact"] }
+la-stack = { version = "0.4.5", features = ["exact"] }
 ```
 
 These routines are exact with respect to the finite binary64 values stored in
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ breaking callers.
 ![LU solve (factor + solve): median time vs dimension][lu-solve-benchmark]
 
 Raw data:
-[docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.csv](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.csv)
+[docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.csv](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.csv)
 Measurement provenance:
 [docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.provenance.json][benchmark-provenance]
 
@@ -523,22 +523,22 @@ README table, and provenance together.
 
 For the full per-kernel comparison methodology, input construction, and
 release-comparison workflow details, see
-[docs/BENCHMARKING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/BENCHMARKING.md).
+[docs/BENCHMARKING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/BENCHMARKING.md).
 For the current release-to-release performance snapshot, see
-[docs/PERFORMANCE.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/PERFORMANCE.md).
+[docs/PERFORMANCE.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/PERFORMANCE.md).
 
 <!-- BENCH_TABLE:lu_solve:median:new:BEGIN -->
 
 | D | la-stack median (ns) | nalgebra median (ns) | faer median (ns) | reduction vs nalgebra (point est.) | reduction vs faer (point est.) |
 |---:|--------------------:|--------------------:|----------------:|---------------------:|----------------:|
-| 2 | 2.051 | 4.609 | 149.537 | +55.5% | +98.6% |
-| 3 | 10.032 | 23.094 | 185.935 | +56.6% | +94.6% |
-| 4 | 21.806 | 53.542 | 218.921 | +59.3% | +90.0% |
-| 5 | 43.787 | 70.437 | 282.262 | +37.8% | +84.5% |
-| 8 | 128.337 | 167.505 | 414.791 | +23.4% | +69.1% |
-| 16 | 672.680 | 581.273 | 875.411 | -15.7% | +23.2% |
-| 32 | 2,873.720 | 2,470.435 | 2,861.209 | -16.3% | -0.4% |
-| 64 | 18,165.369 | 15,021.737 | 12,225.703 | -20.9% | -48.6% |
+| 2 | 2.044 | 4.601 | 151.939 | +55.6% | +98.7% |
+| 3 | 9.989 | 23.513 | 196.357 | +57.5% | +94.9% |
+| 4 | 21.865 | 54.716 | 223.910 | +60.0% | +90.2% |
+| 5 | 44.510 | 71.219 | 293.420 | +37.5% | +84.8% |
+| 8 | 145.405 | 188.352 | 381.872 | +22.8% | +61.9% |
+| 16 | 672.491 | 585.261 | 897.236 | -14.9% | +25.0% |
+| 32 | 2,777.707 | 2,501.361 | 2,952.778 | -11.0% | +5.9% |
+| 64 | 17,357.785 | 13,878.401 | 12,199.761 | -25.1% | -42.3% |
 
 <!-- BENCH_TABLE:lu_solve:median:new:END -->
 
@@ -593,38 +593,38 @@ CI runs `just ci` on Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows to keep platform coverage
 aligned with the local comprehensive validation path.
 
 For coverage commands and report locations, see
-[`docs/COVERAGE.md`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/COVERAGE.md).
+[`docs/COVERAGE.md`](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/COVERAGE.md).
 For the full contributor workflow, see
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## 📝 Citation
 
 If you use this library in academic work, please cite it using
-[CITATION.cff](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/CITATION.cff)
+[CITATION.cff](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/CITATION.cff)
 (or GitHub's "Cite this repository" feature). Tagged releases are archived on
 Zenodo under the
 [all-versions concept DOI](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18158926).
 
 ## 📚 References
 
 For canonical references to the algorithms used by this crate, see
-[REFERENCES.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/REFERENCES.md).
+[REFERENCES.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/REFERENCES.md).
 
 ## 🤖 AI Agents
 
 AI coding assistants should read
-[AGENTS.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/AGENTS.md)
+[AGENTS.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/AGENTS.md)
 before proposing or applying changes. See
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 for the repository's AI-assisted development note.
 
 ## 📄 License
 
-BSD 3-Clause License. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/LICENSE).
+BSD 3-Clause License. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/LICENSE).
 
 [audit-badge]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/audit.yml/badge.svg
 [audit-workflow]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/audit.yml
-[benchmark-provenance]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.4/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.provenance.json
+[benchmark-provenance]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/blob/v0.4.5/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.provenance.json
 [clippy-badge]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/rust-clippy.yml/badge.svg
 [clippy-workflow]: https://github.com/acgetchell/la-stack/actions/workflows/rust-clippy.yml
-[lu-solve-benchmark]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acgetchell/la-stack/v0.4.4/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.svg
+[lu-solve-benchmark]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acgetchell/la-stack/v0.4.5/docs/assets/bench/vs_linalg_lu_solve_median.svg