Rolls up everything since v2.6.5 (36 commits across remote-perf,
project wizard, dashboard widgets, OAuth resilience, ScarfMon
instrumentation, and the v2.7 skeleton-then-hydrate redesign) into
a single 2.7.0 release.
* releases/v2.7.0/RELEASE_NOTES.md — full consolidated notes,
reorganized around the throughline (slow-remote performance) with
five thematic sections: skeleton-then-hydrate loaders, SSH
cancellation, project wizard + Keychain cron secrets, dashboard
widgets, OAuth resilience, and ScarfMon. Replaces the previously-
drafted dashboard-only v2.7.0 stub and the separate v2.8 wizard
stub (both unreleased).
* releases/v2.8/ — deleted; folded into v2.7.
* README.md — "What's New in 2.6" → "What's New in 2.7" with the
five-section summary linking out to the full notes.
* tools/render-release-notes.py — stdlib-only Markdown → HTML
renderer covering the subset of GitHub-flavored markdown that
release notes use (## / ### headings, paragraphs, ul lists,
fenced code, inline code/bold/italic/links, hr). Output includes
a small <style> block tuned for Sparkle's update alert WebKit
view (light + dark variants via prefers-color-scheme).
* scripts/release.sh — render the active RELEASE_NOTES.md and
inject the result as <description><![CDATA[...]]></description>
on the appcast item. Sparkle's standard updater renders this in
the in-app update sheet so users see release-specific "what's
new" alongside the version number, not just the bare version.
Falls back to a "see GitHub release page" placeholder when the
notes file is missing.
User runs ./scripts/release.sh 2.7.0 to ship.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Major project-dashboard release. Five new widget types (markdown_file, log_tail,
cron_status, image, status_grid), inline sparkline on stat, typed status enum
shared by list + status_grid, structured WidgetErrorCard, and a project-wide
.scarf/ directory watch that picks up files cron jobs write next to dashboard.json.
- ProjectDashboard: extend DashboardWidget with path/lines/jobId/cells/gridColumns/sparkline; add StatusGridCell + ListItemStatus (lenient parse with synonyms)
- HermesFileWatcher: watch each project's .scarf/ dir alongside dashboard.json (local FSEvents + remote SSH mtime poll); updateProjectWatches signature now takes dashboardPaths + scarfDirs
- New widget views: CronStatus, Image, LogTail, MarkdownFile, StatusGrid, plus WidgetErrorCard for structured failure messaging; legacy "Unknown" placeholder replaced everywhere
- WidgetPathResolver: project-root-anchored path resolution that rejects absolute paths + ".." escapes pre and post canonicalization
- Stat widget gains optional inline sparkline (pure SwiftUI Path, no Charts dep); list widget rows route through typed status with semantic icons + ScarfColor tints
- iOS list widget + unsupported card adopt typed status + warning-toned error card (parity with Mac error styling); new widget types remain Mac-only
- Site mirror: widgets.js renders all five new types (file-reading widgets show annotated catalog placeholders), sparkline SVG, status-grid grid; styles.css adds typed-status palette + error-card + sparkline + grid styles
- Catalog validator: tools/widget-schema.json is the single source of truth; build-catalog.py loads it and enforces per-type required fields. 8 new test cases in test_build_catalog.py covering schema load, v2.7 additions, and missing-required rejection
- Template-author skill (SKILL.md) gains v2.7 Widget Catalog section + canonical status guidance; CONTRIBUTING.md points authors at widget-schema.json; template-author bundle rebuilt
- Localizable.xcstrings picks up auto-extracted strings for the previously-shipped OAuth keepalive feature
- Release notes drafted at releases/v2.7.0/RELEASE_NOTES.md
Backwards compatible — existing dashboard.json renders byte-identically, status synonyms (ok/up/down/active/etc.) keep working.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Alan Wizemann