MailVault Collection Profiler v0.1.0-alpha.4
Alpha 4 adds exact technical file-format identification to the existing read-only physical profiler.
It does not create a second archive and does not add OCR or procurement classification.
Highlights
- pinned Siegfried
1.11.6+ PRONOMv124Windows sidecar; - verified release-asset acquisition and local tool/signature manifest;
- PUID, format/version, MIME, evidence basis and all alternative matches;
- deterministic primary assertion with explicit ambiguity preservation;
- safe extension-evidence aliases and honest Not checked state;
- bounded batch runner with timeout, output limits and adaptive failure isolation;
- durable format checkpoints and same-fingerprint resume;
- exclusive format-stage workspace lock;
- desktop Exact formats dashboard and CLI commands;
- profiler schema migration 6;
- sanitized aggregate format summary schema 2;
- updated English/Persian docs and publication-ready screenshots.
CLI
formats probe
formats identify
formats summary
formats list
See CLI reference and
format runbook.
Security and privacy
- MailVault remains read-only.
- Sidecar resources are versioned and hashed.
- Containers are not expanded.
- No attachment is executed or rendered.
- Raw profiler databases, paths, filenames and progress evidence remain private.
Upgrade
Back up an Alpha 3 workspace before using --allow-migration. Migration 0006 preserves existing
objects, occurrences, findings and review history while adding exact-format tables and indexes.
Validation status
Static/frontend gates and migration of a private real Alpha 3 workspace passed. Full Rust semantic
compilation, Windows installer creation and the first private real-archive Siegfried run are required
before publishing runtime-green performance claims. See
Alpha 4 validation evidence.
Known limitations
- no physical-profile pause/cancel/resume;
- no container expansion;
- no JHOVE validation;
- no extraction, OCR or preview;
- no document classification or RMS integration;
- unsigned Windows installers;
- no public real-archive format distribution is bundled in this source candidate.