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@Dendro-X0 Dendro-X0 released this 18 Jul 08:09

Unstick v0.1.0 — release notes (draft)

Channel: public portable release (unsigned binaries)
Surface: Portable dist/ + optional HKCU autostart
Version: 0.1.0 (Cargo workspace)


Highlights

  • Soft throttle under CPU / RAM / disk pressure (Soft only Critical Guard by default)
  • Disk Lock — user soft/hard OS-drive Active Time %; VeryLow I/O + working-set trim
  • Mem Lock — trim background working sets when available RAM is scarce (safe % sliders)
  • Focus-aware boost; focused app tree never throttled or paused
  • Last-resort pause (opt-in) with durable ledger + auto-resume after crash/kill
  • Whitelist for games/apps; abuse / miner heuristics (not antivirus)
  • Disk latency tripwire, paging vs mapped-fault split, DPC/ISR advisory, thermal Serious suppresses Suspend

Install (portable)

  1. Unzip the release folder (or build: pwsh -File scripts/Package-Portable.ps1)
  2. Run guardian-service.exe, then guardian-ui.exe
  3. Optional autostart: pwsh -File Install-Autostart.ps1 -StartNow
  4. Read USER-GUIDE.md in the package

Limits

  • User-mode only — cannot hard-cap IOPS on Win10/11 desktop Job Objects
  • Elevated targets may show Apply denied (run elevated or whitelist)
  • DPC/ISR stutter is detect-only (cannot fix bad drivers)
  • No MSI/Store yet (v0.2); unsigned binaries — Windows SmartScreen may warn

Proof snapshot (pre-tag)

Gate Status
P0 / P1 safety + ops Done
P2-1 automated verify Local script available
P2-2 Disk Lock L3 Probe PASS 2026-07-17
P2-3 L4 decoy PASS 2026-07-17
P2-4 false-positive PASS 2026-07-17 (60m coding-phase probe)
Mem Lock L3 PASS

P2-4 coding-phase false-positive soak signed (60m LastResort probe, 2026-07-17). Gaming hour remains optional.

Verify locally

powershell -File scripts/Verify-P2-Automated.ps1
powershell -File scripts/Verify-DiskLock-L3.ps1
powershell -File scripts/Verify-P2-L4-Decoy.ps1
powershell -File scripts/Verify-MemLock-L3.ps1
powershell -File scripts/Package-Portable.ps1

Next

  • Sign P2-4 → tag v0.1.0 → GitHub Release with zip
  • v0.2: Mem Lock L4, installer, code signing — see roadmap-next-release.md