[2026-01-05]

Integrated Clerk for email/password and social authentication, replacing NextAuth.
Implemented a prepaid wallet system with Stripe for pay-as-you-go changelog generation.
Added support for GitHub App installations, enabling granular repository access control.
Introduced a 3-phase stepper UI for real-time changelog generation progress tracking.
Added a headless markdown editor with live preview and auto-save functionality for changelogs.
Implemented on-demand generation of Compact, Punchy, and Saga variants for release notes.
Added a top-page loading bar to provide visual feedback during navigation and async actions.
Introduced a Section Bar component to visualize the distribution of changes by category.
Added workspace bootstrapping to automatically provision organizations for new users.

Migrated changelog generation logic to a server-side validated 'Keep a Changelog' standard.
Improved AI analysis quality by sending complete patch diffs instead of scored excerpts.
Optimized dashboard performance using SWR for commit fetching and prefetching next pages.
Modernized the UI theme with a refined dark mode palette and Source Sans 3 typography.
Updated the Date Range Picker with a more robust selection flow and mobile-friendly layout.

Removed the complex tier-based subscription system in favor of simple wallet top-ups.
Removed 'Bring Your Own Key' (BYOK) mode to standardize on a managed hosted AI path.

Fixed a race condition in billing by implementing atomic settlement transactions.
Corrected language bias in patch analysis to support Go, Rust, and other non-JS languages.

Upgraded core stack to Next.js 16, React 19, and Tailwind CSS v4.
Migrated local development database from Docker to Neon serverless branches.
Added email preview testing environment and automated quality telemetry logging.
Updated dependencies including Stripe v20, Octokit v22, and SWR v2.2.