Changelog

# [0.16.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0) (2026-06-15)

## 🎉 Stride Feature Complete

This release completes the core Stride experience with rich task editing, image attachments, product documentation, and deployment refinements.

## ✨ New Features

### Rich Task Editor

* Added a Tiptap-powered rich text editor for task creation and editing.
* Added support for formatted task descriptions and enhanced content editing.
* Added placeholder support and improved editor usability.

### Image Attachments

* Added image upload support within tasks.
* Added image validation and upload handling.
* Added image loading states and upload skeletons for a smoother user experience.
* Improved image preview and rendering workflows.

### Enhanced Task Management

* Added advanced task detail management experience.
* Improved status and priority editing workflows.
* Refined task creation and editing interactions throughout the application.

### Product Documentation

* Added a dedicated changelog page.
* Added a public product roadmap page.
* Added feature documentation pages.
* Added markdown parsing and content rendering support.

## 🛠 Infrastructure & Platform Improvements

### Application Configuration

* Configured Next.js standalone output for optimized production deployments.
* Added support for remote image sources.
* Improved deployment compatibility and production readiness.

### Authentication & Workflow Improvements

* Refactored authentication flows for improved reliability.
* Resolved popup-blocking issues affecting user workflows.
* Improved overall application stability and user experience.

### CI/CD Improvements

* Improved GitHub Actions and database workflow reliability.
* Refined Prisma configuration for automated environments.
* Improved deployment and testing consistency across environments.

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

* Resolved various linting and code quality issues.
* Fixed image upload edge cases and editor interactions.
* Improved task management stability.
* Fixed authentication and session-related workflow issues.
* Improved overall application reliability and consistency.

## 🚀 Project Milestone

Stride now includes:

* JWT Authentication
* Task CRUD APIs
* PostgreSQL + Prisma
* Search, Filtering & Pagination
* Rich Text Task Descriptions
* Image Attachments
* Activity Logs
* Role-Based Access Control
* Optimistic UI Updates
* Real-Time Updates (SSE)
* Dockerized Deployment
* GitHub Actions CI/CD
* Integration Testing
* Product Roadmap & Changelog Pages
* Production Deployment

This release marks the completion of the planned Stride assessment scope and establishes a production-ready foundation for future enhancements.

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# [0.15.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.14.0...v0.15.0) (2026-06-15)

## 🚀 Deployment & Infrastructure

### Production Deployment

* Successfully deployed Stride to a production environment using Render.
* Configured frontend, backend, and database services for cloud deployment.
* Improved deployment reliability and environment consistency.

### Docker Optimization

* Added production-ready multi-stage Docker builds for the web application.
* Reduced image size and improved build efficiency.
* Optimized containerized deployment workflows.

### Application Branding

* Added website favicon support.
* Added application title and metadata for improved browser experience.
* Improved authentication page branding and visual consistency.

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

### Code Quality

* Resolved linting issues across the application.
* Improved build stability and deployment readiness.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Enhanced production deployment workflow.
* Improved Docker build performance and maintainability.
* Refined application identity and user experience.
* Continued strengthening deployment and operational readiness.
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# [0.14.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.13.0...v0.14.0) (2026-06-15)

## ⚡ Real-Time Collaboration

### Real-Time Updates

* Added live task synchronization using Server-Sent Events (SSE).
* Task creations, updates, and deletions now appear automatically across active sessions.
* Improved data consistency across multiple browser tabs and users.

### Optimistic User Experience

* Enhanced task creation, updates, and deletion workflows with smoother optimistic UI updates.
* Improved perceived performance by reflecting changes instantly before server confirmation.

## 🎨 User Experience Improvements

### Notifications & Feedback

* Added global toast notifications throughout the application.
* Added step-by-step feedback during login and signup workflows.
* Improved visibility of successful actions and error states.

### Workspace Usability

* Added tooltips across workspace controls for improved discoverability.
* Improved task interaction feedback and overall workspace navigation.

### Visual Enhancements

* Temporary tasks are now visually distinguished with dimmed states.
* Improved image preview experience.
* Added better loading indicators across task workflows.

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

* Fixed task search to correctly match task identifiers.
* Corrected activity history ordering to display events chronologically.
* Fixed authentication token retrieval from browser cookies.
* Improved local storage persistence behavior.
* Resolved naming inconsistencies across the application.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Enhanced collaboration experience through real-time synchronization.
* Improved responsiveness and perceived application performance.
* Increased reliability of authentication and persistence workflows.
* Continued refining the overall workspace experience.
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# [0.13.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.12.0...v0.13.0) (2026-06-14)

## 🤖 Continuous Integration

### GitHub Actions

* Added automated GitHub Actions workflows for validation and testing.
* Configured CI pipelines to run on pull requests and code changes.
* Improved development workflow by automatically verifying code quality before merging.

### Automated Testing

* Integrated backend test execution into the CI pipeline.
* Added automated validation of authentication and task management workflows.
* Ensured critical application functionality is continuously verified.

### Database Provisioning

* Added PostgreSQL service containers for test environments.
* Automated database schema setup during CI execution.
* Improved reliability and consistency of test runs across environments.

### Performance & Reliability

* Added dependency and package cache optimization to speed up workflow execution.
* Reduced CI build times through efficient package management configuration.
* Improved consistency between local and CI environments.

### Test Reporting

* Added automated test result reporting.
* Improved visibility into test failures and passing test counts directly within pull requests.
* Simplified debugging and code review workflows.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Established a production-ready continuous integration pipeline.
* Increased confidence in code quality and deployment readiness.
* Reduced the risk of regressions through automated verification.
* Improved collaboration and review workflows with automated feedback.

# [0.12.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.11.0...v0.12.0) (2026-06-14)

## 🐳 Docker & Deployment

### Production Dockerization

* Added optimized Docker configurations for both frontend and backend services.
* Enabled Next.js standalone builds for lightweight production deployments.
* Reduced deployment complexity by shipping only the assets required at runtime.

### Container Security

* Configured application containers to run as non-root users.
* Improved security posture by following container security best practices.

### Developer Experience

* Added automated startup workflows for local development environments.
* Simplified database initialization and setup processes.
* Improved onboarding experience with a one-command development setup.

### Database Automation

* Added automated database schema synchronization during development startup.
* Added intelligent database seeding that avoids duplicate seed data.
* Improved consistency between local development environments.

### Documentation

* Expanded Docker setup documentation.
* Added deployment, database, and local development setup guidance.
* Improved project setup instructions for contributors and reviewers.

### Code Quality

* Resolved linting issues that could impact production builds.
* Improved overall build reliability and deployment readiness.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Improved deployment readiness across environments.
* Reduced production image size and runtime overhead.
* Enhanced container security and operational reliability.
* Established a production-ready foundation for cloud deployment and scaling.


# [0.11.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.10.0...v0.11.0) (2026-06-14)

## ✨ Advanced Workspace Features

### Role-Based Access Control

* Added support for user and admin roles.
* Enabled administrators to view and manage tasks across all users.
* Improved authorization controls for advanced workspace management.

### Optimistic User Experience

* Added optimistic UI updates for task actions.
* Changes now appear instantly in the interface before server confirmation.
* Added automatic rollback handling when requests fail, ensuring data consistency.

### Activity Tracking

* Added persistent activity logs for task operations.
* Automatically records task creation and update events.
* Added activity history support to task details for improved transparency and auditing.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Improved application responsiveness and perceived performance.
* Enhanced visibility into task history and workspace activity.
* Strengthened permission management with role-based access controls.
* Continued preparing the platform for team collaboration and enterprise-scale workflows.

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# [0.10.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.9.0...v0.10.0) (2026-06-14)

## 🧪 Automated Testing

### Integration Test Infrastructure

* Added an automated integration testing environment for backend services.
* Configured test tooling and isolated test database workflows.
* Improved confidence in API reliability and future development.

### Authentication Tests

* Added coverage for user registration validation and error scenarios.
* Verified successful user signup, password hashing, and database persistence.
* Added login tests validating authentication responses and JWT generation.

### Task Management Tests

* Added integration tests for task creation workflows.
* Verified task ownership and authorization protections.
* Ensured users cannot access or modify tasks belonging to other users.

### Pagination & Query Validation

* Added tests for paginated task retrieval.
* Verified filtering and query parameter handling.
* Improved confidence in task listing behavior across different scenarios.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Increased backend reliability through automated verification.
* Reduced risk of regressions when introducing new features.
* Strengthened security guarantees around authentication and task ownership.
* Established a foundation for continuous integration and future test coverage expansion.

# [0.9.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0) (2026-06-14)

## 🔄 Backend Integration

### Server-Driven Task Management

* Replaced local task storage with a fully integrated backend-powered task management system.
* Connected task creation, editing, retrieval, and deletion workflows to the REST API.
* Ensured task data remains synchronized across sessions and devices.

### API Client & Authentication

* Added a centralized API client for managing server requests.
* Implemented automatic authentication handling for protected API calls.
* Improved communication between the frontend and backend services.

### Pagination

* Added server-side pagination for task collections.
* Introduced page-based navigation controls for browsing large task lists.
* Improved performance by loading only the data required for the current page.

### Task Data Synchronization

* Connected task detail pages to live backend data.
* Added support for fetching, updating, and deleting tasks directly from the server.
* Improved consistency between workspace views and task details.

### Loading & Error States

* Added loading skeletons for a smoother user experience during data fetching.
* Added user-friendly error handling and notifications for failed requests.
* Improved application resilience when network or server issues occur.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Reduced reliance on client-side state and local storage.
* Improved scalability for larger task datasets.
* Enhanced overall application performance and data consistency.
* Established the foundation for advanced filtering, sorting, and real-time task management features.

# [0.8.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-06-13)

## 📋 Task Management API

### Task CRUD Operations

* Added complete task management APIs for creating, viewing, updating, and deleting tasks.
* Added support for retrieving individual tasks and task collections.
* Implemented partial task updates for flexible editing workflows.

### Authorization & Data Security

* Enforced user-level task ownership and access control.
* Prevented users from viewing, editing, or deleting tasks belonging to other users.
* Added database-level isolation to ensure users only interact with their own data.

### API Validation

* Added request validation using Zod schemas for task operations.
* Improved API reliability with consistent input validation and error handling.

### Protected Endpoints

* Added authenticated task routes secured by authorization middleware.
* Protected all task operations behind user authentication.

### Testing

* Added integration tests covering task management workflows.
* Improved confidence in API stability and authorization behavior.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Connected task management features to the backend architecture.
* Improved security and ownership controls for user data.
* Established the foundation for task filtering, search, sorting, and advanced workspace features.
* Continued building a production-ready task management platform.
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# [0.7.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-06-14)

## 🔐 Authentication System

### User Authentication

* Added user registration and login functionality.
* Implemented secure password hashing using bcrypt.
* Added JWT-based authentication with token expiration support.
* Added authenticated user profile endpoint (`/auth/me`).

### API Security

* Added request validation using Zod schemas.
* Introduced authentication middleware for protected API routes.
* Implemented JWT verification and user context injection for authenticated requests.
* Improved API security with consistent validation and authorization flows.

### Session Management

* Added persistent user sessions across browser refreshes.
* Implemented secure JWT storage using browser cookies.
* Added automatic user session restoration on application startup.

### Protected Routes

* Added route protection for authenticated workspace areas.
* Restricted task management pages to authorized users only.
* Implemented middleware-based access control for protected application routes.

### Workspace Experience

* Added dynamic user avatar initials in the sidebar.
* Added logout functionality within the workspace menu.
* Improved authenticated user experience throughout the application.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Connected frontend authentication flows with backend APIs.
* Improved application security and session handling.
* Established the foundation for role-based access control and advanced permissions.
* Prepared the platform for secure task and user management features.

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# [0.6.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0) (2026-06-13)

## 🚀 Backend Foundation

### Express API Setup

* Added a dedicated backend service using Express.
* Configured the API as a workspace package within the monorepo.
* Added TypeScript support and development tooling for a scalable backend architecture.

### Environment & Error Handling

* Added environment variable validation using Zod.
* Introduced centralized error handling and consistent API error responses.
* Configured logging and middleware for improved debugging and monitoring.

### Database Integration

* Integrated PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM.
* Created the initial database schema for Users and Tasks.
* Added database migrations for reliable schema management.

### User & Task Models

* Added user management foundation with roles, authentication fields, and timestamps.
* Added task management models including status, priority, descriptions, due dates, and ownership relationships.

### Seed Data

* Added database seeding support.
* Included sample users and tasks to simplify local development and testing.

## 🛠 Developer Experience

* Improved project structure with a dedicated API application.
* Established a scalable backend architecture for future authentication, task APIs, and role-based access control.
* Prepared the foundation for production-ready database workflows.

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# [0.5.0](https://github.com/PrashantIndurkar/stride/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0) (2026-06-13)

## ✨ New Features (2026-06-13)

### Issue Creation Workflow

* Added a complete issue creation flow with dedicated dialog components.
* Introduced centralized state management for creating and managing new issues.
* Improved the overall issue creation experience with a streamlined workflow.
* Created model and detailed view for issues/tasks

### Due Date Management

* Added the `IssueDueDateSelect` component.
* Enabled setting, updating, and removing issue due dates through an intuitive popover interface.

### Task & Workspace Management

* Added a workspace task management system powered by mock data storage.
* Introduced Kanban-style board views for visual task tracking.
* Added issue status controls for workflow management.
* Added priority controls for better task prioritization.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Improved task organization and management across workspace views.
* Enhanced issue editing and interaction patterns.
* Refined board-view workflows for a more seamless user experience.
* Established the foundation for future backend integration and persistent data storage.
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# 0.4.0 (2026-06-13)

## ✨ New Features

* Added Inbox and Reviews pages to help organize incoming work and review tasks.
* Added Board and List views for managing tasks in different workflows.
* Added task filtering, search, and multi-select filters.
* Added quick actions for updating task status and priority.
* Added support for tasks without a priority value.
* Added collapsible status groups in List View for improved organization.

## 🚀 Improvements

* Improved workspace navigation and sidebar integration.
* Improved task management workflows across views.
* Added shareable URLs that preserve selected views and filters.

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# 0.3.0 (2026-06-12)

## 🚀 Improvements

* Added automatic changelog generation for new releases.

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# 0.2.0 (2026-06-12)

## 🚀 Improvements

* Added automated semantic versioning and release management.
* Improved CI/CD workflows and package management configuration.

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# 0.1.1 (2026-06-12)

## ✨ Initial Release

### Core Features

* Added authentication flows and application foundation.
* Added workspace navigation and sidebar layout.
* Added Board View for visual task management.
* Added task cards and task management structure.
* Added support for multiple workspace views and navigation tabs.
* Added foundational UI components using Base UI and Hugeicons.
* Added custom shadcn/ui theme configuration.

### 📚 Documentation

* Added project documentation and development guidelines.
* Added Vercel React and shadcn development rules.

### ⚙️ Infrastructure

* Added automated GitHub release workflow.
* Improved release automation and version management.