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  • @semantic-release/changelog's changelogTitle option was never set, so its prepare step never recognized the existing Keep-a-Changelog header/preamble/## [Unreleased] block already in CHANGELOG.md, and kept prepending new release notes above it on every release — pushing that header further down the file each time.
  • Set changelogTitle: "# Changelog" explicitly on the @semantic-release/changelog plugin in .releaserc.json so this stops happening on all future releases.
  • Moved the already-orphaned header block (title, preamble, ## [Unreleased] and its accumulated Fixed/Changed/Security entries) back to the very top of CHANGELOG.md, above the first real version entry (## [1.1.1]). No wording was changed — the block was moved verbatim.
  • The [Unreleased]: .../compare/... reference-link line at the bottom of the file (Keep-a-Changelog link-reference footer) was already in its correct location and was left untouched.

Same bug, same two-part fix, 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'))")
  • Verified CHANGELOG.md line count is unchanged (175 lines before and after — content reordered, not rewritten)
  • Confirmed the # Changelog title, preamble, and ## [Unreleased] section now sit at the top of the file, above ## [1.1.1]
  • Confirmed the real version history below the moved block still reads in unbroken chronological order (down to ## [0.1.0]), and the reference-link footer at the bottom is untouched
  • Next semantic-release run will confirm the title is no longer re-orphaned (cannot be verified pre-merge)

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  • Documentation
    • Standardized the changelog heading and added an Unreleased section covering package configuration, server-error retries, Node.js 22 alignment, dependency audit results, and API-key authentication.
    • Updated changelog formatting so new release notes appear in the appropriate place while preserving existing release history. These documentation updates do not indicate changes to product behavior. The changelog remains in CHANGELOG.md.

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.

…rphaning

@semantic-release/changelog's prepare step never recognized the existing
Keep-a-Changelog header/preamble/Unreleased block in CHANGELOG.md
(changelogTitle was unset) and kept prepending new release notes above it,
pushing the header further down the file on every release. Set changelogTitle
explicitly to stop this going forward, and move the already-orphaned header
block back to the top of CHANGELOG.md to fix the existing damage.

Same shape and fix as WYRE-AI/node-domotz#49.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The release configuration sets the changelog title to # Changelog. The changelog now starts with an Unreleased section. The release script inserts notes based on existing release headings and runs its release flow only when invoked directly.

Changes: Changelog updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure and update changelog
.releaserc.json, CHANGELOG.md
The release configuration sets the changelog title. The changelog adds an Unreleased section at the beginning and removes the former section at the end.
Insert notes during release preparation
scripts/prepare-release.mjs, tests/unit/prepare-release.test.ts
The exported insertReleaseNotes function places notes relative to matching release headings. The release flow uses this function and runs only when the script is invoked directly. Unit tests cover empty changelogs, scaffolds, Unreleased sections, and version headings.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: asachs01

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a7590

Rerunning release preparation on an already updated changelog could duplicate a release entry. The impact is minor and recoverable, so the change is mergeable with awareness of this edge case.

### Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to a7590

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: Added the Unreleased changelog section covering package output configuration, 5xx retry handling, Node 22 tooling and CI alignment, audit findings, and API-key header authentication.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Removed the former Unreleased section from the end of the changelog, including its notes about package configuration, retry handling, Node version, dependency advisories, and API-key transport.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Added comments documenting that dry-run skips semantic-release’s prepare lifecycle and that this flow’s header-aware changelog insertion handles the scaffold instead.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Imported fileURLToPath from node:url for filesystem-path comparison.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #49 requires additive Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding: a header and an empty ## [Unreleased] section at the bottom, with no functional change. The reviewed CHANGELOG.md places a populated `## [… Make this PR satisfy #49 by adding the required empty scaffold at the bottom and preserving the existing release history. Remove the release-pipeline changes, or link an active issue that explicitly requires header-aware release-note insert…
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The linked issue limits the work to documentation scaffolding and states that no functional change is required. changelogTitle changes semantic-release configuration. insertReleaseNotes() changes … Move the release configuration, insertReleaseNotes() implementation, and related tests to a PR linked to an active release-behavior issue. Keep this PR limited to the requested changelog scaffold and unchanged release behavior.
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: it adds changelogTitle and changes insertReleaseNotes() to preserve the changelog scaffold. The CHANGELOG.md diff only moves the existing `## [… Add a new entry under ## [Unreleased] in the ### Fixed section for the release-tooling change that preserves the changelog header and Unreleased scaffold during release-note insertion.
Passed Passed checks: 2 passed
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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the release-related changelog fix and matches a key change in the pull request. The implementation also updates insertion logic to preserve the changelog scaffold.
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Explanation

Issue #49 requires additive Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding: a header and an empty ## [Unreleased] section at the bottom, with no functional change. The reviewed CHANGELOG.md places a populated ## [Unreleased] section at the top. The PR also changes release-note insertion in scripts/prepare-release.mjs and sets changelogTitle in .releaserc.json. These changes do not meet the directly linked issue requirements.

Resolution

Make this PR satisfy #49 by adding the required empty scaffold at the bottom and preserving the existing release history. Remove the release-pipeline changes, or link an active issue that explicitly requires header-aware release-note insertion and update the scope.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The linked issue limits the work to documentation scaffolding and states that no functional change is required. changelogTitle changes semantic-release configuration. insertReleaseNotes() changes release-note generation for the dry-run release flow. Its tests validate that new behavior. The top-level changelog reorder and populated Unreleased entries also differ from the requested bottom scaffold.

Resolution

Move the release configuration, insertReleaseNotes() implementation, and related tests to a PR linked to an active release-behavior issue. Keep this PR limited to the requested changelog scaffold and unchanged release behavior.

Full details: Changelog Entry

Explanation

The PR changes release behavior and configuration: it adds changelogTitle and changes insertReleaseNotes() to preserve the changelog scaffold. The CHANGELOG.md diff only moves the existing ## [Unreleased] block from line 98 to line 8; its block hash and content are identical in base and head. No entry records this release-tooling fix.

Resolution

Add a new entry under ## [Unreleased] in the ### Fixed section for the release-tooling change that preserves the changelog header and Unreleased scaffold during release-note insertion.

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- Line 6: Update the PREPARE-mode writer in prepare-release.mjs to insert the
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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
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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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- Line 101: Update the direct-execution guard to compare filesystem paths using
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const header = existing.slice(0, match.index).trimEnd();
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Avoid inserting the same release twice.

If insertReleaseNotes() runs twice with the same notes and the first result as existing, it inserts a second copy of the release entry. A rerun on an already prepared working tree therefore duplicates changelog history. Check whether the new release heading is already the first entry before inserting it. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update insertReleaseNotes to detect whether the new release heading is already
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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
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