v1.6.0

1.6.0 (2026-11-03)

Features

• test: exclude test files from the optimized bundle (#1726) (2e53374)
• test: preserve test annotations in optimized bundle (#1735) (e144286)
• test: support sharding tests across CI runners (#1707) (1c867db)

Bug Fixes

• e2e: increase docs_site test timeout and optimize npm install (#1778) (6291358), closes #1763
• mcp: enforce wall-clock timeout for test runs (#1766) (a2ec7d8)
• mcp: transient test failures (#1725) (74771fb)
• mcp: validate check_ignore requires dart runner (#1791) (72e4115), closes #1779

Refactors

• mcp: reduce cognitive complexity of the test tool (#1758) (2964dd6)
• packages: reduce cognitive complexity of check licenses (#1757) (4c6232f)
• test: reduce cognitive complexity of the test runners (#1756) (f424dd4)
• use primary constructors (#1777) (8c772f3)

Miscellaneous Chores

• add unicoder.yaml with VGV preset (#1767) (8f6d0a6)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/dart_package.yml (#1739) (995afe2)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/dart_package.yml (#1745) (72ef96a)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/dart_package.yml from 1.21.1 to 2.0.1 (#1769) (b04e383)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/flutter_package.yml (#1742) (e34d382)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/flutter_package.yml (#1747) (ec83fcb)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/flutter_package.yml from 1.21.1 to 2.0.1 (#1772) (1ed4457)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/pana.yml (#1741) (892d4ec)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/pana.yml (#1744) (e894c29)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/pana.yml from 1.21.1 to 2.0.1 (#1771) (4a89d6f)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/semantic_pull_request.yml (#1743) (df0b387)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/semantic_pull_request.yml (#1748) (3caa42c)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/semantic_pull_request.yml from 1.21.1 to 2.0.1 (#1770) (1ba9368)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/spell_check.yml (#1740) (b2c9193)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/spell_check.yml (#1746) (f77dd77)
• deps: bump VeryGoodOpenSource/very_good_workflows/.github/workflows/spell_check.yml from 1.21.1 to 2.0.1 (#1768) (0060b66)
• remove Very Good Start disclaimer (#1750) (effd295)
• update SPDX licenses (#1738) (33ef762)

Docs

• document test optimization annotation (#1736) (1a08452)
• update ROADMAP.md for current quarter priorities (#1728) (2478108), closes #1727