v1.8.0

1.8.0 (2026-09-10)

Features

• acquire and stage verified Headroom updates (8840465)
• add Headroom platform packages and stable launchers (4d599f1)
• apply Headroom updates with transactional recovery (d3b0e34)
• introduce Headroom usage dashboard and tray client (76992fb)
• manage local usage servers in Headroom (62bf3e9)
• migrate Headroom settings and native startup integration (00856c9)
• restore shared desktop provider recovery (ec3194b)
• standardize Headroom releases and documentation (4f77548)

Bug Fixes

• accommodate measured Windows connection refusal delay (ecf3418)
• acknowledge cross-process Headroom activation (1f22df8)
• allow native Windows local server detection (21aa487)
• complete Headroom meter and native package parity (72e4cde)
• complete package license inventory and installer validation (02d4170)
• configure native package build prerequisites (6794f98)
• default all Headroom clients to localhost (c8ac7ac)
• handle Windows settings replacement and pipe completion (62b062b)
• include native desktop runtime prerequisites (21ed701)
• merge Windows manifest and normalize HTTP test headers (8db8d41)
• normalize packaged Qt paths and bound installer downloads (6d6bbe0)
• normalize Windows installation paths and Linux runtime dependencies (ef32c7c)
• preserve custom Headroom controls on Windows (2529c75)
• probe local server sockets without system proxies (deec12a)
• retain Windows termination rights for update recovery (1c53c73)
• scrub desktop session material on teardown (c618262)
• secure Linux instance lock and activation paths (c97dddb)
• use bundled Qt SVG in desktop CI (9cd95c6)
• validate installer inputs and clean failed staging (edf5ac0)
• verify bundled local servers before sending secrets (8d8af76)

Tests

• keep lifecycle fixture records consistent on Windows (554aae6)
• separate native interaction from synthetic hover (6e1daa2)
• stabilize native Headroom parity checks (ffbe228)

Continuous Integration

• capture native desktop test diagnostics (2333419)

Code Refactoring

• drop unreachable update status branch (a8b0c58)
• share Headroom desktop across Windows and Linux (774869d)

Documentation

• plan the Headroom cross-platform migration (340fd41)