v0.5.10-alpha

What's New

Startup Release Notice

One-Time GitHub Check

• ECM-R now resolves release availability once during overlay startup instead of retrying during per-frame UI updates.
• The lookup runs asynchronously so the overlay stays responsive while the request is in flight.
• WinHTTP timeouts are kept short so unreachable networks fail fast and gameplay continues without a startup popup.

Stable vs Testing Status

• The startup notice now states whether the newer GitHub build is a stable release or a testing pre-release.
• The tooltip mirrors that status and shows the detected tag.
• The notice stays hidden when the current build is already up to date or the release check cannot complete.

Release Discovery Policy

Latest Non-Draft Release

• Release discovery now reads the GitHub releases list instead of /releases/latest.
• ECM-R explicitly follows the latest non-draft release so published testing builds remain visible in the overlay.
• Version comparison now evaluates numeric components and prerelease suffixes before deciding that a newer release exists.

Documentation Updates

• Updated README.md to document the startup release notice and its stable/testing wording.
• Updated CHANGELOG.md for v0.5.10-alpha.

Validation

• Verified the touched source and documentation files for editor-reported errors.
• Queried the live GitHub releases list to confirm the current repository release flow exposes the draft and prerelease flags used by the new discovery policy.

Notes

• Current release policy is latest non-draft, not latest stable only.
• If the release check fails, ECM-R shows no release notice and continues without a popup.

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Full Changelog: v0.5.9-alpha...v0.5.10-alpha