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LineLoom v0.9.5 — VS Code Installation Smoke & Stable Readiness Preview

GitHub pre-release only · Publisher: SanskarCodes · MIT · Local-first code completion using Ollama

Why another preview?

The v0.9.4 user screenshot confirms LineLoom was installed and enabled in Visual Studio Code on Windows. The previous VSIX Installer dialog was Windows opening the downloaded VS Code package with the different full Visual Studio application. Installation alone does not confirm that real Ollama inference, accepted ghost text and privacy denial cases have worked.

This release adds stronger automated packaged-extension validation while keeping the final stable release blocked until actual user testing.

Changes since v0.9.4

  • Add a real, isolated VS Code CLI installation smoke test in scripts/smoke-install-vsix.mjs. After archive validation, CI installs the VSIX using a clean downloaded VS Code and checks that SanskarCodes.lineloom appears at the exact version. The test profile is disposable and does not access personal workspaces or run models.
  • Run the same packaged install smoke before GitHub publishes this pre-release. Existing Windows/macOS/Linux CI, Linux extension-host testing against mocked Ollama, privacy unit tests, security audit, archive identity validation, release checksums and pre-release flags remain in place.
  • Update project website, installation page, README, changelog and publisher guides to v0.9.5.
  • Add an explicit manual QA evidence matrix for real Rust/Python/JavaScript/TypeScript/Kotlin suggestions, editor accept behavior, lost Ollama connection, privacy boundaries, offline behavior and physical Windows/macOS/Linux testing.
  • Preserve existing completion behavior; there is no new cloud service, mandatory account, model download, telemetry, or automatic Marketplace/Open VSX publication.

Install the preview

  1. Download LineLoom-0.9.5.vsix from this release, plus LineLoom-0.9.5.sha256 to verify the download if desired.
  2. In Visual Studio Code (not Visual Studio Community), open Extensions → … → Install from VSIX… and choose the file. On Windows, do not double-click .vsix in File Explorer.
  3. Or from the folder containing the VSIX, run code --install-extension LineLoom-0.9.5.vsix if the code CLI is installed.
  4. Start independently installed Ollama, install a compatible coding model if needed (for example ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:1.5b), then use LineLoom: Quick Actions to select it.
  5. Test with a trusted scratch Rust/Python file. Use LineLoom: Trigger Completion, observe ghost text, and check actual acceptance.

Website: https://sanskarin.github.io/LineLoom/ · Installation guide: https://sanskarin.github.io/LineLoom/install.html

Known limitations and release gate

This is NOT stable v1.0.0. A successful headless CLI installation and a mocked HTTP response are not equivalent to manual editor keystrokes, model accuracy, practical inference latency, or complete cross-platform acceptance. At least one screenshot verifies an earlier v0.9.4 install but not real suggestions. Real CPU/GPU measurements and all required manual cases are not yet established.

Go, Java, C and C++ remain experimental. No cross-file indexing. Source context is restricted by trust and file exclusion rules. Remote HTTPS inference can send snippets to an explicitly approved external endpoint. Do not assume the extension detects all secrets in source content.

The stable v1.0.0 release and both external registry uploads (Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX) are reserved for a later, explicit user-approved final-release stage. GitHub's preview workflow does not upload to those registries.

Project: https://github.com/sanskarIN/LineLoom
Publisher ID: SanskarCodes · Display name: Sanskar
Issues: https://github.com/sanskarIN/LineLoom/issues

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