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@semantic-release/changelog's changelogTitle option was unset, so its prepare.js step never recognized this repo's existing Keep-a-Changelog header (# Changelog title + preamble + ## [Unreleased]) in CHANGELOG.md and just prepended each new release at column zero. Over successive releases that silently pushed the header block further down the file, below the real version history, instead of leaving it as the page preamble.

This PR:

  1. Sets changelogTitle: "# Changelog" on the @semantic-release/changelog plugin in .releaserc.json, so future releases are inserted below the header instead of above it.
  2. Moves the already-orphaned header block (title, preamble, empty ## [Unreleased] section) verbatim back to the top of CHANGELOG.md, above the first real version entry. No wording was changed — only repositioned.

Same pattern as the already-merged reference fix: WYRE-AI/node-domotz#49.

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  • Verified .releaserc.json is still valid JSON after the edit (python3 -c "import json; json.load(open('.releaserc.json'))")
  • Confirmed the CHANGELOG.md diff is a pure move (header block removed from its old position, re-inserted at the top, no content added/removed/reworded) via git diff
  • Next real release will confirm the config change actually prevents re-orphaning (cannot be verified pre-merge; this PR is not being merged as part of this task)

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  • Documentation
    • Added a standard title, contribution-format guidance, and an empty Unreleased section to the changelog.
    • Updated changelog generation to use the standard title and place new release notes below the changelog preamble and before the first versioned release entry.
    • When no versioned release entry is present, generated notes are added after existing changelog content.

Correction (2026-10-16, warden, verified independently): the "same pattern/fix as node-domotz#49" line above is wrong and should not be read as implying domotz already has equivalent header-aware logic. node-domotz#49 is a smaller, earlier, config-only fix (.releaserc.json +1/-1, CHANGELOG.md +9/-0) — it has no scripts/prepare-release.mjs change at all. This PR (and the other 10 in this batch) carries real logic in scripts/prepare-release.mjs that #49 never needed, because domotz is the one repo in this fleet still running a real npx semantic-release direct-push pipeline where @semantic-release/changelog's own changelogTitle option genuinely works — the other 11 repos use a dryRun+PR-based flow where that config option is inert and the fix has to live in a custom script instead. Does not affect this PR's own correctness; see task_1791494181526_78986701 for the full writeup.

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@semantic-release/changelog's prepare.js never recognized the existing
Keep-a-Changelog header because changelogTitle was unset, so it prepended
each new release at column zero and pushed the title/preamble/Unreleased
block further down the file on every release. Set changelogTitle so future
releases are inserted below the header instead of above it, and move the
already-orphaned header block back to the top of CHANGELOG.md.

Same pattern as WYRE-AI/node-domotz#49.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The changelog now has a title, introductory statements, and an empty [Unreleased] section. The release script adds release-note placement logic and runs its workflow only when invoked directly.

Changes: Changelog and release preparation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure and scaffold the changelog
.releaserc.json, CHANGELOG.md
The changelog plugin configuration sets the title to # Changelog. The changelog adds introductory statements and an empty [Unreleased] section. The trailing blank line after the [0.1.0] links is removed.
Place release notes and control script execution
scripts/prepare-release.mjs, tests/unit/prepare-release.test.ts
The exported insertReleaseNotes helper places notes relative to existing content and recognized release headings. The release workflow runs through main() only when the script is invoked directly. It retains the package version update and release output handling. Unit tests cover note placement for empty changelogs, scaffolds, and release headings.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: asachs01

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 92eea

The configured release workflow is not affected by the reported path issue. The PR is mergeable after normal checks.

### Architecture Summary

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The change affects 3 systems.

Changed systems: CHANGELOG.md, scripts, tests

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  • observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — scripts (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds the changelog title, documentation and versioning format statements, and an empty [Unreleased] section.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Removes the trailing blank line after the [0.1.0] release links.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Added exported insertReleaseNotes(notes, existing). It returns the notes alone when the changelog is empty; when no recognized ## [digit… or # digit.digit.digit heading exists, it appends notes after existing content; when the first heading is at index 0, it prepends notes; otherwise it keeps the preceding scaffold above the notes and the release entries below them. This replaces unconditional prepending.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Moved the release workflow from top-level execution into asynchronous main(). It retains the no-release exit and output, package version update, and release output writes, but writes the changelog using insertReleaseNotes rather than unconditional prepending.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #49 requests documentation-only Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding at the bottom of CHANGELOG.md. This PR moves the scaffold to the top and changes release insertion behavior. The added tests verify… Place the scaffold at the bottom and limit the PR to the documentation change, or update/link an active issue that requires top placement and scaffold-aware release insertion before merging.
Out of Scope Changes check Warning Issue #49 is documentation-only. The PR changes .releaserc.json, adds insertReleaseNotes() and direct-execution logic in scripts/prepare-release.mjs, and adds tests for that release workflow. Th… Remove the release configuration, release-script, and related test changes, or link an active issue that explicitly covers header-aware release insertion and its configuration.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Changelog Entry Warning The PR changes release behavior and configuration. .releaserc.json adds changelogTitle, and scripts/prepare-release.mjs adds header-aware release-note insertion. These changes fix a user-visible… Add a changelog entry under ## [Unreleased], in the Fixed section, for the changelog header orphaning and header-aware release-note insertion.
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main release configuration change and its purpose: preventing changelog header orphaning.
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Explanation

Issue #49 requests documentation-only Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding at the bottom of CHANGELOG.md. This PR moves the scaffold to the top and changes release insertion behavior. The added tests verify the PR's new behavior, not the linked issue's requested placement.

Resolution

Place the scaffold at the bottom and limit the PR to the documentation change, or update/link an active issue that requires top placement and scaffold-aware release insertion before merging.

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Explanation

Issue #49 is documentation-only. The PR changes .releaserc.json, adds insertReleaseNotes() and direct-execution logic in scripts/prepare-release.mjs, and adds tests for that release workflow. These changes implement a separate release-policy change.

Resolution

Remove the release configuration, release-script, and related test changes, or link an active issue that explicitly covers header-aware release insertion and its configuration.

Full details: Changelog Entry

Explanation

The PR changes release behavior and configuration. .releaserc.json adds changelogTitle, and scripts/prepare-release.mjs adds header-aware release-note insertion. These changes fix a user-visible changelog bug. CHANGELOG.md only moves the scaffold; ## [Unreleased] is empty and is followed immediately by the 1.1.1 release. No corresponding entry was added beneath it.

Resolution

Add a changelog entry under ## [Unreleased], in the Fixed section, for the changelog header orphaning and header-aware release-note insertion.

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- Line 6: Update the @semantic-release/changelog configuration so generated
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…ease.mjs

The prior commit on this branch added changelogTitle to .releaserc.json,
but this repo's real release mechanism (prepare-release.mjs, invoked by
release.yml's PREPARE-mode step) calls semanticRelease({ dryRun: true }),
which skips semantic-release's own prepare lifecycle step entirely -- so
@semantic-release/changelog's changelogTitle-aware insert logic never runs
here. changelogTitle was inert; the header-position fix would have been
undone on the very next release through this pipeline.

insertReleaseNotes() now detects an existing title/preamble/Unreleased
scaffold (by finding the first real release heading -- "## [<digit>" or
a bare "# X.Y.Z " -- and treating anything before it as scaffold to
preserve above new notes) and inserts new release notes below that
scaffold instead of at column zero. Falls back to the original unqualified
prepend for any repo/state with no such scaffold, so this is a no-op for
every other case.

Verified against this exact file (not a parallel reimplementation): ran a
real test importing insertReleaseNotes from this script with
semantic-release actually installed, covering 6 cases (no-header-repo
parity with the original prepend, header+Unreleased, header-without-
Unreleased, header-only/no-releases-yet, brand-new-repo/no-existing-file,
and a repeated-release idempotence check) -- all pass. Also ran this exact
script directly (node scripts/prepare-release.mjs) against this branch to
confirm the refactor (wrapping main() behind an import.meta.url guard so
insertReleaseNotes is importable without triggering a real dry run) didn't
change the script's own real behavior.

Found via CodeRabbit's CHANGES_REQUESTED on the prior commit -- flagging a
real gap in the fleet-wide changelogTitle sweep's original diagnosis.
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CodeRabbit catch on the previous commit: the direct-execution guard
compared import.meta.url (URL-encoded -- a space becomes %20, a #
becomes %23) against a naively file://-prefixed process.argv[1] (a raw
filesystem path, never encoded). A checkout path containing either
character would make the comparison silently false and never invoke
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comparison -> false, fileURLToPath-based comparison -> true) before
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