Release 1.2.1
Summary
1.2.1 is a compatible patch release for the stable 1.2.x AsiBackbone package family.
This release preserves the existing 1.2.0 package/API boundary while tightening release metadata, documentation alignment, Source Link validation guidance, package-signing wording, and release-readiness checks.
No breaking public API changes are intended.
Highlights
- Promotes package metadata from
1.2.0to1.2.1 - Keeps
AssemblyVersionfixed at1.0.0.0for the compatible stable1.xline - Updates
FileVersion, package versioning, citation metadata, and Zenodo metadata for1.2.1 - Adds / updates
1.2.1release notes, release readiness documentation, and CHANGELOG coverage - Aligns README, documentation home, article index, TOC, release validation, API compatibility / SemVer guidance, template package documentation, and quality posture
- Clarifies historical alpha,
1.0.0, and1.1.0documentation as historical or transition context while pointing current-facing guidance to the1.2.xpackage family - Clarifies OpenTelemetry as the released governance-emission provider
- Clarifies that Azure Monitor is reached through host-configured OpenTelemetry exporters
- Preserves Event Hubs, Purview, SIEM, robotics, immutable storage, and similar areas as host-owned, strategy-only, design-only, future-provider, or separately reviewed work unless explicitly released as stable packages
- Clarifies signing boundaries around signing-ready Core metadata, local-development signing, managed-key adapter surfaces, production key custody, tamper-evidence, immutability, legal non-repudiation, and compliance certification
- Aligns Source Link validation guidance and script defaults with
1.2.1
Compatibility
1.2.1 is intended as a compatible patch release on the 1.2.0 minor-release boundary.
Existing stable 1.2.0 consumers should be able to upgrade to 1.2.1 without required source-code changes.
AssemblyVersion remains 1.0.0.0.
Validation guidance
Before tagging or publishing, the release candidate should pass the standard release-validation path, including:
- CI
- Stable Release Validation
- DocFX documentation build / publish validation
- Version consistency validation for
1.2.1 - NuGet package metadata validation
- Template package smoke validation
- External consumer smoke test
- Stable package integration smoke test
- Post-publish Source Link repository commit metadata validation
After packages are published and visible on NuGet, Source Link repository commit metadata can be checked with:
./scripts/Validate-Source-Link-commit-metadata.ps1 -Version 1.2.1Upgrade guidance
Consumers already using 1.2.0 can upgrade to 1.2.1 as a patch update.
No source-code migration is expected for stable 1.2.0 consumers.
Boundary reminder
In this repository, ASI means Accountable Systems Infrastructure.
AsiBackbone provides governance-oriented .NET building blocks for accountable decision flow. It is not an artificial superintelligence implementation, AI model host, legal-compliance guarantee, signing appliance, observability backend, or robot controller.