PriorityGear v0.3.7 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.7

PriorityGear v0.3.7 is a packaging reliability follow-up to v0.3.6.

What's Changed

• The GitHub installer ZIP is now self-contained.
• PriorityGear.Setup.exe, the GUI app, CLI, and System Mode service can run on a clean Windows machine without a separately installed .NET Desktop Runtime.
• Windows Sandbox validation passed with no dotnet command found and no Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App registry key found.
• Silent install succeeded with no .NET runtime prompt.
• PriorityGear.Service was created and running as LocalSystem.
• CLI service status succeeded.
• CLI core-topology succeeded.
• Silent uninstall succeeded.
• %ProgramData%\PriorityGear is preserved by design.

Known Limitations

• GPU process attribution remains unsupported unless a verified PID-attributed source is added later.
• Multiple processor groups are rejected by the current Core Reserve affinity path.
• Protected or elevated processes may require System Mode.
• Deleting a rule does not necessarily restore priority or affinity already applied to a running process.
• winget update is not included in this release and will be handled after release publication.

Artifacts

• PriorityGear-v0.3.7-win-x64-installer.zip
• PriorityGear-v0.3.7-SHA256SUMS.txt

PriorityGear v0.3.6

PriorityGear v0.3.6

PriorityGear v0.3.6 is the usability, monitoring, and Core Reserve release.

What's new

• Process-name filtering in the process grid.
• Manual 3s snapshot action for one-shot process resource measurement.
• CPU snapshot metrics from process CPU-time deltas.
• Disk I/O snapshot metrics from process I/O counter deltas.
• GPU shown as an explicit unsupported/unavailable state unless verified PID attribution is available.
• Metric sorting and filtering for CPU, GPU, and Disk I/O snapshot data.
• Priority selectors ordered high to low.
• Active priority defaults to Same as normal.
• Core Reserve rule setting for physical-core affinity reservation.
• PriorityGear.Cli core-topology diagnostic for physical-core topology and allowed/reserved masks.
• Installed System Mode validation for vmmemWSL.exe: CoreReserve=1 allowed affinity 0xFFFFFFC; CoreReserve=2 allowed affinity 0xFFFFFF0; changing only Core Reserve reapplied correctly.
• Validation Safety policy: validation must not stop WSL, Docker, containers, databases, VS Code remote sessions, or user workloads as routine cleanup.

Known limitations

• GPU process attribution remains unsupported unless a verified PID-attributed source is added later.
• Multiple processor groups are rejected by the current Core Reserve affinity path.
• Protected or elevated processes may require System Mode.
• Deleting a rule does not necessarily restore priority or affinity already applied to a running process.
• winget currently publishes tsuchim.PriorityGear 0.3.4; winget remains behind and will be updated separately.

Artifacts

• PriorityGear-v0.3.6-win-x64-installer.zip
• PriorityGear-v0.3.6-SHA256SUMS.txt

PriorityGear v0.3.5 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.5 - winget readiness installer fix

v0.3.5 fixes a blocker found while validating the v0.3.4 installer against the winget local lifecycle gate.

Installer

• Fixes silent uninstall when PriorityGear.Setup.exe is launched from the installed version directory.
• Removes the uninstall registration and Start Menu shortcut before removing installed program files.
• Schedules installed program file removal after setup exits when the running setup executable is inside %ProgramFiles%\PriorityGear.
• Preserves %ProgramData%\PriorityGear rules and logs by default.

Distribution boundary

• This is still an unsigned GitHub installer release.
• Store, winget acceptance, signing, MSI, and MSIX are not claimed by this release.
• The installer configures PriorityGear.Service as a LocalSystem service.
• Changing process priority can affect system stability.
• Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe mutation remains out of scope.

PriorityGear v0.3.4 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.4 - Start Menu installer registration

v0.3.4 is a formal GitHub installer patch release after v0.3.3.

Summary

• Registers PriorityGear in the machine-wide Start Menu during install.
• The installed application is launched from Start Menu > PriorityGear > PriorityGear.
• Removes the Start Menu shortcut during uninstall.
• Keeps the PriorityGear.Setup.exe installer distribution.
• Keeps live setup progress and deterministic setup logging from v0.3.3.

Safety boundary

• Provided AS IS.
• Unsigned.
• Installs a LocalSystem Windows Service for System Mode.
• Changing process priority can affect system responsiveness and stability.
• No Store, winget, signing, MSI, or MSIX distribution is included in this release.
• Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe mutation remains out of scope.
• GitHub Actions does not run elevated setup.

winget registration is not included in this release. The previous winget submission was closed because the installed application launch path and documentation were not ready.

PriorityGear v0.3.3 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.3 - installer progress visibility fix

v0.3.3 is a patch release for the formal GitHub installer. It fixes the blank installer progress window reported in the v0.3.1 / v0.3.2 installer line.

Summary

• Fixes the blank setup window by writing startup diagnostics immediately.
• Streams setup log lines into the installer window as work happens.
• Runs long install/update work on a background task so the form can repaint and stay responsive.
• Flushes setup logs incrementally so failures leave durable diagnostics.
• Keeps silent installer entrypoints:
  • PriorityGear.Setup.exe --install --silent
  • PriorityGear.Setup.exe --uninstall --silent
• Publishes PriorityGear-v0.3.3-win-x64-installer.zip.

Installer

PriorityGear.Setup.exe remains the normal install/update entrypoint. Double-click installation keeps the setup UI and UAC flow. The window now shows the setup start, log path, and mode before long-running installation work begins.

Silent mode runs the same production installer state machine without setup UI or message boxes. It still requires elevation for install/update and uninstall. Exit code 0 means success; required install/update or uninstall failures return non-zero.

The installer installs the GUI app, CLI, and System Mode service payload, configures PriorityGear.Service as LocalSystem, uses versioned install directories, and preserves ProgramData rules/logs by default.

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software and installs a LocalSystem Windows Service. It changes process priority and may affect system responsiveness or stability. It is provided AS IS.

The installer is unsigned. Microsoft Store, winget registration, signing, MSI, and MSIX packaging are not included in this release.

This release does not expand unsafe service mutation support. Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority mutation remains out of scope.

GitHub Actions builds and packages the installer. GitHub Actions does not run elevated setup.

Validation

Expected validation:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1
.\scripts\package-release.ps1 -TagName "v0.3.3" -OutputDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.3"
.\scripts\inspect-release-artifacts.ps1 -ArtifactDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.3" -TagName "v0.3.3"

PriorityGear v0.3.2 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.2 - winget-compatible installer mode

v0.3.2 is a patch release for the formal GitHub installer. It adds command-line behavior needed for Windows Package Manager / winget submission.

Summary

• Keeps the PriorityGear.Setup.exe installer distribution from v0.3.1.
• Adds silent installer entrypoints for package-manager use:
  • PriorityGear.Setup.exe --install --silent
  • PriorityGear.Setup.exe --uninstall --silent
• Adds PriorityGear.Setup.exe --help and PriorityGear.Setup.exe --version.
• Adds release artifact metadata describing the nested installer and silent install/uninstall switches.
• Publishes PriorityGear-v0.3.2-win-x64-installer.zip.

Installer

PriorityGear.Setup.exe remains the normal install/update entrypoint. Double-click installation keeps the existing setup UI and UAC flow.

For winget and automation, silent mode runs the same production installer state machine without setup UI or message boxes. It still requires elevation for install/update and uninstall. Exit code 0 means success; required install/update or uninstall failures return non-zero.

The installer installs the GUI app, CLI, and System Mode service payload, configures PriorityGear.Service as LocalSystem, uses versioned install directories, and preserves ProgramData rules/logs by default.

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software and installs a LocalSystem Windows Service. It changes process priority and may affect system responsiveness or stability. It is provided AS IS.

The installer is unsigned. Microsoft Store, signing, MSI, and MSIX packaging are not included in this release.

This release does not expand unsafe service mutation support. Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority mutation remains out of scope.

GitHub Actions builds and packages the installer. GitHub Actions does not run elevated setup.

Validation

Expected validation:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1
.\scripts\package-release.ps1 -TagName "v0.3.2" -OutputDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.2"
.\scripts\inspect-release-artifacts.ps1 -ArtifactDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.2" -TagName "v0.3.2"

PriorityGear v0.3.1 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.1 - GitHub installer release with adversarial installer gate

v0.3.1 is the formal GitHub installer release built from the current post-PR #9 main.

Summary

• Keeps the PriorityGear.Setup.exe installer distribution introduced in v0.3.0.
• Includes the adversarial installer state-machine gate added after v0.3.0.
• Publishes PriorityGear-v0.3.1-win-x64-installer.zip as the primary release artifact.
• Releases from the main state that includes PR #9.

Installer

PriorityGear.Setup.exe is the normal install/update entrypoint. The installer installs the GUI app, CLI, and System Mode service payload, configures PriorityGear.Service as LocalSystem, and uses versioned install directories under %ProgramFiles%\PriorityGear\versions.

The installer preserves ProgramData rules and logs by default, including %ProgramData%\PriorityGear\rules.machine.json and %ProgramData%\PriorityGear\Logs. It also supports uninstall/cleanup behavior through:

.\PriorityGear.Setup.exe --uninstall

Adversarial installer gate

This release includes adversarial installer state-machine tests for:

• payload missing;
• service stop failure;
• partial copy failure;
• service configure failure;
• service start timeout;
• status pipe timeout;
• non-LocalSystem service account;
• stale or hostile service binPath;
• missing process identity;
• old version cleanup warning-only behavior;
• immutable result snapshots.

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software and installs a LocalSystem Windows Service. It changes process priority and may affect system responsiveness or stability. It is provided AS IS.

The installer is unsigned. Store, winget, signing, MSI, and MSIX packaging are not included in this release.

This release does not expand unsafe service mutation support. Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority mutation remains out of scope.

GitHub Actions builds and packages the installer. GitHub Actions does not run elevated setup.

Validation

Expected validation:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1
.\scripts\package-release.ps1 -TagName "v0.3.1" -OutputDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.1"
.\scripts\inspect-release-artifacts.ps1 -ArtifactDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.1" -TagName "v0.3.1"

PriorityGear v0.3.0 - GitHub installer release

PriorityGear v0.3.0 - GitHub installer release

v0.3.0 moves PriorityGear from verification-setup distribution to a formal GitHub release installer artifact.

Summary

• Adds PriorityGear.Setup.exe as the normal install/update entrypoint.
• Publishes PriorityGear-v0.3.0-win-x64-installer.zip as the primary release artifact.
• Installs the GUI app, CLI, and System Mode service payload under a versioned Program Files directory.
• Configures PriorityGear.Service as LocalSystem and confirms service status through the status pipe.
• Adds PriorityGear.Setup.exe --uninstall for normal service cleanup while preserving ProgramData.

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software and installs a LocalSystem Windows Service. It changes process priority and may affect system responsiveness or stability. It is provided AS IS.

The installer is unsigned. Store, winget, signing, MSI, and MSIX packaging are not included in this release.

This release does not expand unsafe service mutation support. Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority mutation remains out of scope.

GitHub Actions builds and packages the installer. GitHub Actions does not run elevated setup.

Validation

Expected validation:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1
.\scripts\package-release.ps1 -TagName "v0.3.0" -OutputDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.0"
.\scripts\inspect-release-artifacts.ps1 -ArtifactDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.3.0" -TagName "v0.3.0"

PriorityGear v0.2.1 - System Mode status update

PriorityGear v0.2.1 - System Mode status update

This is a small update after v0.2.0-preview.1. It is not a stable v0.2.0 release.

Summary

• Uses the automated release workflow for plain semantic version tags.
• Improves operator-facing System Mode status visibility for already-supported service status data.
• Keeps the application icon wired into the WPF app and verification setup artifacts.
• Keeps the v0.2 System Mode safety boundary unchanged.

Included

• System Mode status display includes service identity, service binary/version path, SeDebugPrivilege, machine-rule monitor summary, and service-process discovery truncation metadata.
• Release packaging continues to include the verification setup and payload executables.
• App icon configuration remains part of the WPF app executable and tray resource path.

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software and installs a LocalSystem Windows Service during verification. It is provided AS IS and must be used at the user's own risk.

This release does not expand unsafe service mutation support. Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority mutation remains out of scope. Shared-host behavior remains guarded by service-name rules, administrator approval, and dry-run/reject safety.

The verification setup is not a production installer.

Out of scope

• Stable v0.2.0 release.
• Production installer, MSI/MSIX, Store, winget, signing, or updater.
• GUI machine-rule editing.
• Arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe mutation.
• CPU affinity, I/O priority, EcoQoS, Realtime priority UI, drivers, telemetry, network features, or System Mode active-window switching.

Validation

Expected validation for this release:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1
.\scripts\check-workflow-release-state.ps1
.\scripts\package-preview-release.ps1 -TagName "v0.2.1" -SetupDirectory ".\artifacts\setup-v0.2\PriorityGear-v0.2-system-mode-verification" -OutputDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.2.1"
.\scripts\inspect-release-artifacts.ps1 -ArtifactDirectory ".\artifacts\release-test-v0.2.1" -TagName "v0.2.1"

GitHub Actions does not run the elevated verification setup. Elevated setup verification remains a local, user-approved UAC operation.

PriorityGear v0.2.0-preview.1 - System Mode preview

PriorityGear v0.2.0-preview.1 - System Mode preview

This is a preview prerelease for the v0.2 System Mode foundation. It is not the final stable v0.2.0 release.

Summary

• v0.2 System Mode preview
• LocalSystem service foundation
• status/admin named pipe split
• administrator authorization for mutating service commands
• service-side priority mutation
• machine-rule monitor
• service-process discovery
• service-name machine rules
• shared-host safety gate

Verified

Latest confirmed elevated verification setup run:

• setup version: 20260514-004830
• service path: C:\Program Files\PriorityGear\versions\20260514-004830\PriorityGear.Service.exe
• final verdict: passed
• total duration: about 8 seconds
• direct discovery: 7 ms
• targeted host discovery: 2 ms
• bounded discovery: 130 ms
• shared-host bounded discovery: 131 ms
• shared-host post-scan targeted discovery: 3 ms
• PID 4 probe: AccessDenied, Win32 error 5
• shared-host dry-run/reject: SharedHostRejected, priority remained Normal

Safety boundary

PriorityGear System Mode is privileged software. It installs a LocalSystem Windows Service and changes process priority, which can affect system responsiveness or stability.

This software is provided AS IS. Use it at your own risk.

• shared-host svchost.exe mutation is not enabled by default
• executable-only svchost.exe rules are not treated as safe
• service-name rules require administrator approval
• protected or denied targets are reported explicitly
• PriorityGear does not bypass Windows protected-process boundaries

What is included

• User Mode from v0.1
• System Mode service preview
• machine rules under %ProgramData%\PriorityGear\rules.machine.json
• machine-rule monitor
• CLI/admin pipe operations
• minimal GUI System Mode status visibility
• System Mode verification setup

What is not included

• production-grade installer
• Microsoft Store package
• winget package
• code signing
• MSI/MSIX
• arbitrary shared-host svchost.exe priority control
• GUI machine-rule editing
• CPU affinity
• I/O priority
• EcoQoS
• Realtime priority UI
• driver support
• telemetry, updater, or network features
• System Mode active-window priority switching

Validation

Commands run during draft prerelease preparation:

dotnet restore PriorityGear.slnx
dotnet build PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test PriorityGear.slnx --configuration Release --no-build
.\scripts\build-verification-installer.ps1

Result:

Build succeeded
Tests passed: 64
Verification setup artifact generated
Elevated setup was not run by Codex during release draft creation

Artifact

• PriorityGear-v0.2.0-preview.1-system-mode-verification.zip
  • Contains PriorityGear.VerificationSetup.exe and its payload.
  • This is a local verification setup, not a production installer.
• PriorityGear-v0.2.0-preview.1-SHA256SUMS.txt