Release v1.1.0: API Contracts & Quality Gates

🚀 New Features

API Contract System

• Complete OpenAPI 3.0 specification and contract validation middleware
• Request/response validation with OpenAPI schema compliance
• Optional api-contracts feature for contract validation

Quality Gates

• Pre-commit hooks with TDD enforcement and strict linting
• 95% test coverage threshold in CI/CD pipeline
• Standardized rustfmt.toml and .clippy.toml configurations

🔧 Technical Improvements

• Enhanced Testing: 108 unit tests with comprehensive coverage across all modules
• CI/CD Pipeline: Enhanced with coverage enforcement and quality gates
• Development Workflow: Pre-commit hooks now enforce TDD practices
• Code Quality: Stricter linting rules and formatting standards
• Documentation: Updated API documentation with contract specifications

📦 Dependencies

• Added openapiv3, validator, and serde_yaml for contract validation
• Enhanced validation error reporting and scoring system
• Contract validation middleware for API compliance

🎯 What's Next

This release provides a solid foundation for API contract validation and significantly improves the overall code quality and testing coverage. Future releases will include:

• Competitive analysis framework
• Ecosystem maintainership ("Drink Our Own Champagne") implementation

📊 Quality Metrics

• ✅ 108/108 unit tests passing (100% pass rate)
• ✅ All examples compile without errors
• ✅ API contracts feature fully implemented and tested
• ✅ CI/CD pipeline with coverage enforcement
• ✅ Pre-commit hooks enforcing TDD practices