RANDOM MAC v1.1.3

RANDOM MAC v1.1.3

A hotfix release focused on developer ergonomics: GitHub Actions hygiene, repo metadata, and a new in-app Social Dev page surfacing donate / report-bug / social links. No changes to MAC randomization, registry, WMI, or any RandomMac.Core logic.

Existing settings.json / blacklist.json / history.json files load unchanged.

Built with C# 13 / .NET 11 (preview) for the App project, .NET 9 for Core.

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Added

• Social Dev nav page (Ctrl+6). New 6th navigation entry hosting:
  • Donate button — a MenuFlyout exposing Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon, and PayPal.
  • Report a Bug button — opens GitHub Issues with the bug_report.yml template pre-selected.
  • Networks grid — 11 social profiles (X / YouTube / Discord ×2 / Patreon / Ko-fi / Steam / Bluesky / Mastodon / Telegram ×2) rendered with ItemsRepeater + UniformGridLayout.
  • Contact section — direct mailto: link.
  • All localized via Lang.resx / Lang.vi.resx (7 new keys); URL launching dispatched from code-behind to sidestep WinUI 3 flyout DataContext fragility.
• .github/FUNDING.yml. Activates the "Sponsor" button on the repo with five channels: GitHub Sponsors (poli0981), Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon, PayPal (custom URL).
• Auto-create GitHub Discussion on each release. New .github/workflows/discussion-on-release.yml runs on release: published (parallel to the existing Discord announcer) and opens a thread in the Announcements category via the GraphQL createDiscussion mutation. Manual workflow_dispatch with a tag input supports back-filling discussions for prior releases.
• Developer-facing docs. docs/pc_spec.md (hardware reference for the dev workstation) and docs/dev_env.md (personal toolchain — .NET, Python, Node, Rust, Git/GPG). Vietnamese mirrors at docs/i18n/vi/. docs/DEV_ENVIRONMENT.md (project build instructions) is intentionally unchanged.

Changed

• CI no longer runs on documentation-only commits. ci.yml now declares paths-ignore for docs/**, **/*.md, .github/FUNDING.yml, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**, and the root metadata files (CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, DISCLAIMER.md, EULA.md, SECURITY.md, LICENSE). Workflow file edits (.github/workflows/**) still trigger CI.
• Reusable workflow callers tightened.
  • notify-ci-failure.yml used workflows: ["*"] which fired on every workflow_run completion. Now restricted to ["CI", "Release", "Announce Release to Discord"] with an explicit if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' gate at the job level.
  • notify-release-pipeline.yml watched for "Release Desktop App" while the actual workflow name: is just "Release", so the notifier never fired. Names now match.
• Dependabot config. Schedule day shifted from monday → tuesday to avoid the Monday-morning queue. Added assignees/reviewers: [poli0981] and commit-message prefixes (chore(deps) for NuGet, chore(ci) for github-actions).
• Keyboard shortcut hint in README updated from Ctrl+1..5 to Ctrl+1..6.

What did NOT change

• Every algorithm in RandomMac.Core: MAC generation, registry write, WMI restart, blacklist, history, settings, OUI lookup, update service.
• The 5 existing nav pages (Dashboard, Settings, Log, Update, About) — their Ctrl+1..5 shortcuts still resolve to the same destinations.
• Velopack 0.0.1298 packaging (unpackaged, self-contained).
• requireAdministrator manifest (no UAC at boot via Task Scheduler).
• All 37 RandomMac.Tests unit tests still pass.

Out of scope

• webapp/TAURI.md referenced in the developer's personal spec is intentionally deferred — the repo has no webapp/ directory and no Tauri 2 tooling. A separate companion is being evaluated as future work, not part of v1.1.x.

Smoke checklist (manual)

1. Build + launch. Six nav items appear (Dashboard, Settings, Log, Update, About, Social).
2. Ctrl+1 … Ctrl+6 each jump to the corresponding page. Ctrl+6 opens Social Dev.
3. Settings → switch language to Tiếng Việt. All Social Dev labels translate (header, "Ủng hộ", "Báo lỗi", section titles); nav label flips to "Mạng xã hội". Switch back to English.
4. Click Donate → flyout shows 4 channels → click each → browser opens the correct destination.
5. Click Report a Bug → GitHub Issues page loads with the Bug Report template pre-selected.
6. Click each social card (X / YouTube / Discord / Patreon / Ko-fi / Steam / Bluesky / Mastodon / Telegram entries) → browser opens the correct URL.
7. Click the contact email link → default mail handler launches with lopop05905@proton.me.
8. Tray icon, --minimized startup, MinimizeToTray behavior: unchanged from v1.1.2.

Workflow / repo verification

1. Push a docs-only commit → Actions tab shows no CI run for that push.
2. Push a code commit → CI runs as before.
3. Cut a draft pre-release tag (e.g. v0.0.0-test1) → confirm Release, Announce Release to Discord, and Create Discussion on Release all run; the Discussion appears under Announcements with release notes embedded in a <details> block.
4. notify-release-pipeline (previously broken) now triggers after Release completes.
5. Repository homepage shows the "Sponsor" button; clicking it lists GitHub Sponsors, Ko-fi, Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon, and the PayPal custom URL.

Prerequisites (one-time, repo Settings)

• Discussions must be enabled (Settings → Features → Discussions). The first run of discussion-on-release.yml will fail with a clear error message if it isn't.
• An Announcements category must exist (the default category — already present on most repos).

Compatibility

• Windows 11 (Mica) / Windows 10 22H2 (Acrylic fallback) / older (solid backdrop).
• x64 only. ARM64 not supported in this release.
• Bundled WinAppSDK runtime + .NET 11 (~225 MB self-contained).
• Building from source needs the .NET 11 preview SDK (global.json pinned); see DEV_ENVIRONMENT.md.