Releases · July 2026 · W27

v0.55.12 (2026-07-03)

New Features

• Phase 4 — jin backfill-clerk-metadata one-shot migration
• Phase 3 — Explorer resolver reads publicMetadata with 30s TTL cache
• Phase 2 — write assignments to Clerk publicMetadata (with merge)
• jin package — .rpm (Fedora/RHEL) support via fpm
• invitation acceptance test coverage + /sign-up fallback redirect
• invitation acceptance test coverage + /sign-up fallback redirect
• jinflow.io/contact page + showcase banner CTA points at it
• showcase banner — layer 2 of onboarding UX

Bug Fixes

• jin package launcher — set JINFLOW_LAUNCH_MODE=local-launcher
• build-shell.sh — also harvest @duckdb/node-bindings-* from .pnpm/
• build-shell.sh — use cp -RL with visible per-package trace
• build-shell.sh — bundle @duckdb native bindings for target OS
• synthesize a principal from publicMetadata when KLS display data not baked
• jin invite NEW-slug branch was passing env=prod default to Clerk POST
• backfill log to ~/.jinflow/state/ + explain 403 cross-instance mismatch
• backfill uses jinflow.cli’s _ENGINE_ROOT + _resolve_live_root
• jin package — LC_ALL=C for rpmbuild + JINFLOW_FPM_DEBUG env
• jin package — detect the wrong fpm (Fortran vs Effing PM)
• jin package — guard rpmbuild missing + diagnose empty fpm output
• ticket decoder reads sid, not eid (real Clerk field name)
• route invitation tickets through /accept-invite, not the tenant home
• loosen createSpy type so test sites can use Record<string,unknown>
• loosen createSpy type so test sites can use Record<string,unknown>
• pre-warm KLS Store at boot to spare the first visitor cold-start
• verify R2 ETag at KLS Store boot to drop stale disk cache
• build-shell.yml — extract version without Python (Ubuntu 22.04)
• widen 500-case error bag so SvelteKit infers Record<string,string>
• contact page is a SvelteKit route, not an etc/jinflow.io static page

Documentation

• some news
• June 2026 monthly journal + sidebar catches up (W23–W26)
• Sense 49 — The Branch (proposed)
• glossary — Lens joins the first-class citizens (25)
• glossary — mark first-class citizens with a diamond badge
• spec — Clerk-primary, KLS-fallback identity resolution
• Mermaid edge labels — kill the inner grey behind text

For developers

Refactoring

• surface ‘Showcase’ to visitors instead of ‘Demo’

Maintenance

• release 0.55.12
• merge claude/3rd
• merge claude/3rd
• merge claude/3rd
• dev Fly machine no longer suspends (wake-up race hypothesis)
• merge claude/9th
• merge claude/3rd
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• register backfill-clerk-metadata in clidocs Account section
• merge claude/3rd
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54 commits: 8 features, 20 fixes