OpenBao Rust Crate 1.0.0

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OpenBao Rust SDK 1.0.0 Release Notes

Version

• Version: 1.0.0
• Release date: 2026-06-04
• Git tag: v1.0.0
• Git commit: see the signed v1.0.0 tag object
• License: MIT OR Apache-2.0

Summary

1.0.0 is the first stable release of the openbao Rust SDK. It freezes the
public API surface trialed through 0.15.0 and keeps the OpenBao 2.5.x
endpoint matrix at zero planned and zero decision rows.

This release does not add a new endpoint family beyond 0.15.0. It promotes
the stable-candidate API, documentation, security posture, release gates, and
residual-risk register to the stable line.

Stable Scope

• Strict typed or operator-gated coverage: 597/643 documented OpenBao 2.5.x
  endpoint rows (92.8%).
• Addressed coverage: 643/643 rows (100.0%) through typed, gated, partial,
  raw, external, or rejected policy.
• No endpoint row remains planned or decision.
• Background token renewal, background lease tracking, request-level
  back-pressure, runtime HTTP/2 knobs, OpenTelemetry SDK dependencies, leaf
  certificate pinning, ACL parameter-constraint generation, and per-engine
  wrapped-response method duplication remain rejected for stable scope.

Documentation

• README install snippets now use openbao = "1".
• README includes a compact crates.io-facing quick-start example.
• Migration guide now includes 0.15 to 1.0 guidance.
• API stability audit records the stable freeze.
• Release plan and API coverage docs now describe the 1.0.0 stable line.

Security Notes

• HTTPS remains required by default. Plain HTTP requires explicit numeric
  loopback opt-in, and sensitive requests still require HTTPS.
• TLS 1.3 remains the default minimum. TLS 1.2 requires
  tls12-acknowledged.
• Production operator APIs remain behind operator-ops plus
  operator-ops-acknowledged.
• Legacy RADIUS remains behind radius-auth plus
  radius-auth-acknowledged.
• Software Transit BYOK wrapping remains behind transit-import plus
  transit-import-acknowledged and is not an HSM, FIPS, certification,
  post-quantum, or security-boundary claim.
• Transport request payloads are zeroized only up to the serialization buffer
  controlled by the crate. reqwest, TLS, kernel, device, allocator, swap, and
  crash-dump buffers remain accepted residual risks.
• AdminBootstrap remains a convergence helper, not a distributed lock.
  Multi-runner workflows must use external serialization.
• Retry jitter remains non-cryptographic timing only.

Security And Stability Gate

• Release gate script: scripts/release_1_0_gate.sh
• OpenBao integration command: scripts/openbao_integration.sh
• Do not tag v1.0.0 until local validation, external pentest feedback, and
  GitHub CI are green.

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