Changelog - v0.1.0 - 01.14.2026

Date: 01.14.2026
Environment: dev
Version: v0.1.0

Added

• AI-powered issue triage workflow that analyzes ALL new issues and auto-applies labels and priority levels
• Automated label application system using OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (~$0.01 per issue)
• Immediate auto-triage for all issues (including bot-created) to prevent issues getting lost
• Permission checks for manual label adjustments (anyone can adjust if AI is wrong)
• Graceful fallback when AI API is unavailable or fails
• Comprehensive AI issue triage documentation with quick start guide and implementation details
• Issue automation workflow that auto-sets "In Progress" status and start date when work begins (on assignment, branch creation, or PR opening)
• Comprehensive CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for automated builds, tests, and deployments
• Main CI workflow with lint, build, test, security checks, and Firestore index validation
• Automated deployment workflows for development and production environments
• CodeQL security scanning workflow with weekly scheduled scans
• Discord notifications for deployment status and failures with critical failure handling
• Discord notification failures now fail the entire deployment to prevent losing commit history
• Firestore index validation in CI to catch missing indexes before deployment
• Development deployment workflow with automatic deploys to dev.ourlantern.app
• Production deployment workflow with environment protection and manual approval option
• Firebase rules and indexes deployment automation for both dev and prod projects
• Comprehensive CI/CD guide documentation with troubleshooting and best practices
• Branch protection setup documentation for preventing direct commits to main
• Discord bot deployment guide with Railway configuration, environment variables, and troubleshooting
• Comprehensive Railway engineering considerations: resource allocation, uptime, performance scaling, networking, cost optimization, logging, and disaster recovery
• Railway cost comparison and justification for bot hosting choice
• Explicit documentation of Discord bot purpose and use case (24/7 feature request system)
• Infrastructure deployment overview documenting all services (Web App, Discord Bot, Cloud Functions, Database, Storage)
• Railway hosting cost estimate ($5/month) in economics calculations with scaling details
• Firestore composite index for feature requests duplicate detection
• Discord bot package.json with required dependencies
• Custom code coverage pipeline with local jsdom environment (no Playwright dependency)
• Code coverage workflow with artifact uploads and PR commenting
• Enhanced Discord deployment notifications showing which services failed and clickable links to environments
• Code coverage badge generation and threshold validation
• Discord bot deployment and setup guides with support for both file path and JSON environment variables for Firebase service account
• GitHub visibility documentation for private repository setup
• Support for Firebase service account configuration via environment variable (FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY) for cloud deployment
• Discord bot /feature and /bug slash commands for submitting requests
• Priority and Impact dropdown select menus after form submission
• /mystatus command for users to check their submission status privately
• Comprehensive feature request submission system
  • New FeatureRequestForm component for in-app submissions with validation and character limits
  • Firebase Cloud Functions for GitHub issue creation and duplicate detection
  • Discord bot for submissions via /feature and /bug slash commands
  • Discord bot /mystatus command to check submission status
  • Smart auto-prompts: Bot detects regular messages in #features/#bugs and suggests using slash commands
  • Auto-prompt features: Helpful embed with benefits, "Got it!" dismissal button, auto-deletes after 30 seconds
  • Public Discord channels (#features, #bugs) for community submissions
  • Private admin monitoring channel (#issues) for internal tracking
  • Slash command discovery via Discord autocomplete (type / to see available commands)
  • User confirmations include direct link to submission + link to browse all GitHub issues
  • Private repository setup: Users need GitHub "Read" access to view issues (safe for non-technical staff)
  • Future roadmap for public submissions documented (separate public issues repo)
  • Automatic GitHub issue creation with standardized formatting and labels
  • Discord webhook notifications for admin monitoring (web form submissions only)
  • Real-time duplicate detection using keyword similarity matching
  • Rate limiting (5 submissions per user per 24 hours) to prevent spam
  • Anonymous submission option with privacy-preserving metadata
  • Support for request types: feature, bug, improvement, question
  • Priority and impact classification for better triage
  • Firestore collection (featureRequests) for tracking all submissions
  • Route at #/feedback for web form access
  • Comprehensive documentation in docs/engineering/guides/feature-requests/ and discord-bot/
• Comprehensive test suite for AI issue triage system with unit tests, workflow tests, and integration tests
• Mock integration tests with simulated OpenAI API responses for free testing (12 test scenarios)
• Real API integration tests that optionally use actual OpenAI API when OPENAI_API_KEY is available (4 test scenarios)
• GitHub secrets integration for testing with helper script to access repository secrets via GitHub CLI
• Automated workflow testing with scenario-based testing for bug reports, feature requests, documentation, questions, and error handling
• Local testing scripts for AI triage with cost estimation and label validation
• Testing guide with detailed instructions for unit, workflow, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Secrets usage documentation showing how to use GitHub secrets in local tests and CI/CD workflows

Changed

• Updated Discord notification workflow to track posted commits and automatically recover missed notifications on next push
• Enhanced Discord notification robustness with automatic retry of failed notifications via commit history tracking
• Simplified Vitest configuration to use jsdom instead of Playwright browser mode for better maintainability
• Upgraded test setup with proper DOM mocks (IntersectionObserver, matchMedia) for faster test execution
• Improved deployment Discord messages to show individual service status with clickable links and failure details
• Update root package.json to include Discord bot in deployments via postinstall and start scripts
• Update GitHub issue labels to use standard labels from copilot-instructions (enhancement, bug, question instead of custom labels)
• Map form priority (critical/high/medium/low) to GitHub Projects priority (P0/P1/P2/P3)
• Simplify label usage to align with repository standards
• Discord bot now uses /feature and /bug instead of generic /request command

Fixed

• Discord bot deployment on Railway now completes successfully (fixed build script to echo instead of running bot process)
• Missing postinstall script that prevented discord-bot dependencies from installing
• Build cache stuck state by allowing npm run build to complete during build phase
• Missing Firestore index causing 500 error during duplicate detection

Deprecated

Removed

Security

• Deployment safety improved: CI checks (lint, build, test, security, Firestore validation) must pass before any deployment occurs
• Reduced risk of deploying untested or broken code to development and production environments