v5.4.4 (revised bump)

[Stephen J. Lu (StephenJLu)]

Striae Release Notes - v5.4.4

Release Date: April 2, 2026
Period: April 2, 2026 through April 2, 2026
Total Commits: 25 (non-merge since the v5.4.3 baseline)

Patch Release - Image Worker Refactor

Summary

v5.4.4 packages the image worker refactor completed on April 2. This release improves the image worker's internal structure and maintainability while preserving all existing functionality. The release also includes experimentation cleanup: CORS and Firebase Auth dev work that was explored and subsequently reverted to maintain stability.

Detailed Changes

Image Worker Refactor

• Restructured the image worker codebase for improved modularity and maintainability.
• Enhanced request routing and response handling within the worker.
• Maintained backward compatibility with all existing image delivery and processing endpoints.

Experimental Work (Reverted)

• Explored workers CORS configuration improvements but reverted to maintain compatibility.
• Explored Firebase Auth centralization and email actions refactoring but reverted to preserve current auth flow stability.

Release Statistics

• Baseline: release-notes/RELEASE_NOTES_v5.4.3.md
• Commit Range: 2ffe1c17..HEAD
• Commits Included: 25 (non-merge commits since the v5.4.3 baseline commit)
• Build Status: Succeeded (npm run build)
• Typecheck Status: Passed (npm run typecheck)
• Lint Status: Passed with known worker configuration warnings and 0 errors (npm run lint)

Closing Note

v5.4.4 focuses on the image worker refactor to set a stronger foundation for future enhancements. All experimental explorations have been evaluated and reverted in favor of maintaining the current stable code paths.

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