Chess-Publisher v1.04.02

Chess-Publisher v1.04.02
Release Notes
Release date: 2026-08-30

STATUS

FINAL RELEASE APPROVED

Chess-Publisher v1.04.02 is the version-only stable promotion of the fully audited
v1.04.01 RC6 codebase. No functional pairing, TRF, BBP, Tie-Break or Chess-Results
network-core changes were introduced for this promotion.

FINAL Runtime & Release Gate:
TOTAL: 36 PASS / 0 FAIL
FINAL RESULT: PASS - RELEASE APPROVED

FINAL DISTRIBUTION FILES

chess-publisher-v1.04.02-2026-08-30.exe
SHA256:
5af57ede202f1e65c8fc2e2356af5c6961bd6902006269a7f8b64ffb08accacf

chess-publisher-v1.04.02-2026-08-30.zip
SHA256:
316eadb9c2f12ea2021ffbc3852c81614140daf55015e00992cd59974336fa20

Gacrux 1.9.57
SHA256:
6955c4c1f16425fa662f70d08311cfddeeaf21cca1aee3d04a3a6b0f7bbb45fb

VERSION PROMOTION

• VERSION.txt: 1.04.02
• WEBVIEW-VERSION.txt: 1.04.02
• HTML/application branding: v1.04.02
• Installer manifest/version metadata: v1.04.02
• WebView <-> LocalEngine serviceVersion remains V138 / V138
• Historical v1.04.01 comments in source remain intentionally unchanged.

VALIDATION SUMMARY

• Exact candidate hashes: PASS
• Gacrux 1.9.57 exact SHA256: PASS
• PowerShell parser: PASS
• LocalEngine /health: PASS
• STA in-process runspace startup/shutdown: PASS
• System.Diagnostics.Process fallback startup/shutdown: PASS
• JavaScript syntax: 47/47 PASS
• Persistence/autosave regression coverage: PASS
• Rapid result correction/race coverage: PASS
• Tournament switch persistence: PASS
• Don't Save rollback: PASS
• Rename/autosave race protection: PASS
• Backup restore/reload race protection: PASS
• Starting List TXT: PASS
• Editable Tournament TXT: PASS
• Full Tournament TXT: PASS
• FIDE TRF16/TRF26: PASS
• Chess-Results TNR lifecycle evidence: PASS
• Chess-Results XLSX round import: PASS
• Strict date/calendar validation: PASS
• Registration/pairing critical persistence: PASS
• Stale modal/context guards: PASS
• FIDE database atomic/sanity guards: PASS
• Full tournament import rollback/validation: PASS
• Protected-function hashes: PASS
• ZIP readback: 85/85 PASS
• Deterministic ZIP rebuild: PASS
• Installer embedded payload byte-identical to release ZIP: PASS
• Deterministic EXE rebuild: PASS
• PE AMD64 / PE32+: PASS
• ImageBase / sections / entry point: PASS
• Valid RT_MANIFEST XML: PASS
• requestedExecutionLevel=asInvoker: PASS
• Final EXE/ZIP/SHA256 consistency: PASS

PROTECTED COMPONENTS

The following protected components remain unchanged by the v1.04.02 promotion:

• Gacrux 1.9.57
• Swiss Dutch pairing logic
• TRF pairing path
• BBP independent checker core
• Tie-Break Checker core
• Chess-Results XML/network protocol core

SECURITY / PUBLIC SOURCE

• Public repository must remain credential-free.
• Production LocalEngine shared AES key/IV must not be published in GitHub.
• No production secrets are part of this release promotion.

FINAL RELEASE DECISION

Chess-Publisher v1.04.02 is approved for stable distribution.

FINAL RESULT: PASS - RELEASE APPROVED

Chess-Publisher v1.04.01

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kbilyal/ChessPublisher/commits/v1.04.01