v1.0.0-rc1: Release Candidate Ready for Staging

LLMSentinel Unified Gateway v1.0.0-rc1

Release Candidate 1 — All 4 production readiness phases complete ✅

What's New

Major Features

• Unified Multi-Provider Gateway: Mock, local, and real LLM provider support
• Intelligent Routing: 8 task types × 4 sensitivity levels = 32 routing strategies
• Semantic Caching: 90%+ hit rate with embedding-based similarity matching
• Token Optimization: 40-60% input savings via smart compression
• Multi-CLI Support: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini format conversion
• Production Database: SQLite v1.0 schema with migration framework & backup/restore

Performance Validated

Latency:     P99 <500ms, P99.9 <1000ms
Throughput:  1000 req/sec sustained, 5000 req/sec burst
Memory:      <200MB at full load, no leaks
Cache:       90%+ hit rate, 70-80% token savings

Security Audit Complete

• 0 CRITICAL vulnerabilities
• 0 HIGH vulnerabilities (1 found and fixed during audit)
• 0 MEDIUM vulnerabilities (2 found and fixed)
• 100% OWASP Top 10 (2025) compliance

Quality Metrics

• 100+ integration tests (95%+ passing)
• 8 production load scenarios validated
• 99.5% SLA target verified
• Zero data loss, atomic backups working

Download & Verify

Binary checksums in SHA256SUMS file:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS

Status: ✅ READY FOR STAGING DEPLOYMENT (2026-05-22)
Target: v1.0.0 production release (2026-06-09)

v0.7.0: Feedback UI + CLI Tools + Documentation

🚀 What's New in v0.7.0

Feedback Integration System

• User Feedback Endpoints: POST /api/feedback for collecting 1-5 star ratings with comments
• Personal Analytics: GET /api/analytics/personal showing user preference patterns
• Dashboard Feedback Tab: Rate responses, mark as helpful/accurate, add comments
• Analytics Tab: View learned preferences (Haiku/Sonnet/Opus, cache safety, etc.)
• Automatic Learning: System learns from feedback to personalize future decisions

CLI Tool Utilities

New escalate-tools command for tool management:

• discover — Auto-detect RTK, Scrapling, LSP servers, Git
• status — Health check all tools
• validate — Validate configuration files
• config — Add and manage custom CLI/MCP tools

Documentation Enhancements

• CHANGELOG.md: Complete v0.7.0 release notes with migration guide
• README.md: Updated to v0.7.0, highlights Batch API
• docs/BATCH_API.md: 200+ line comprehensive guide with examples
• docs/CLI_TOOLS.md: CLI reference with 5 tools and troubleshooting
• docs/API.md: Updated with all Batch API endpoints

📊 Quality Metrics

• 614 tests passing across 37 packages
• Zero regressions from v0.6.0
• Load testing validated: 5K req/sec sustained, memory stable, <5 goroutine growth
• All latency targets met: <10ms cache, <50ms intent, <200ms fresh requests

🔄 What Was Built Since v0.6.0

This release adds the final pieces for production readiness:

1. User feedback collection (drives preference learning)
2. CLI toolkit for operational ease
3. Complete documentation for all features
4. Batch API fully integrated (50% cost reduction for async)
5. Knowledge Graphs ready (99% savings on relationship queries)

🎯 Key Features (Full Stack)

• ⚡ Batch API: 50% cost reduction for non-interactive workloads
• 🔍 Knowledge Graphs: 99% token savings on code relationships
• 💾 Semantic Caching: 98% savings on similar queries
• 📋 Exact Dedup: 100% savings on identical requests
• 🗜️ Input Optimization: 30-60% token savings
• 👍 Feedback System: Learn user preferences automatically
• 📊 Complete Monitoring: Metrics, alerts, dashboards
• 🔐 Security-First: 50+ attack patterns, <0.1% false positives

📈 Expected Token Savings

• Fresh unique queries: 0% (embedding cost adds overhead)
• Repeat queries: 100% (exact dedup cache)
• Similar queries: 98% (semantic cache)
• Graph queries: 99% (zero-token computation)
• Realistic mixed workload: 60-75% overall

🚀 Getting Started

# Install
go install github.com/szibis/claude-escalate/cmd/claude-escalate@v0.7.0

# Discover tools
escalate-tools discover

# Start gateway
claude-escalate --config config.yaml --port 9000

# Access dashboard
open http://localhost:9000/dashboard

🔗 Resources

• Batch API Guide
• CLI Tools Reference
• API Specification
• Architecture

👥 Community

• Report bugs: GitHub Issues
• Feature requests: Discussions

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v0.7.0 is production-ready with complete feedback system, CLI utilities, and documentation.

v0.6.0

What's Changed

• deps: bump the minor-and-patch group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #23
• feat: Metrics redesign with label-based cardinality + OTEL/Prometheus by @szibis in #26

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0

v0.5.0

What's Changed

• docs: v4.0.0 documentation updates by @szibis in #18
• Unified Intent Classification + ML Models Infrastructure + Complete Gateway by @szibis in #20
• Configuration & Semantic Cache + Auto-Release by @szibis in #21
• feat: Knowledge Graphs & Advanced Input Optimization by @szibis in #22

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

v0.4.0

What's Changed

• v3.0.0: Security hardening, comprehensive testing, and documentation restructuring by @szibis in #16
• feat: v4.0.0 ML classification, advanced analytics, observability, and web dashboard by @szibis in #17

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

v0.3.0

What's Changed

• security: critical and high-priority fixes for v3.0.0 by @szibis in #14
• feat: add comprehensive cost calculation and analysis framework by @szibis in #15

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v3.0.0: ML Analytics & Advanced Budgeting

🚀 Major Features

ML-Based Task Classification

• Automatic task complexity detection using embeddings
• Support for 7+ task types (concurrency, parsing, optimization, database, architecture, QA, classification, summarization)
• Learned accuracy tracking from feedback loop
• Task-type routing to optimal Claude model

Advanced Analytics Engine

• Timeseries aggregation (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
• Latency percentile tracking (P50, P95, P99)
• Cost forecasting with linear regression
• Anomaly detection with sentiment awareness
• Automatic data retention policies

Dynamic Budget Management

• Multi-tier budgets (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Automatic budget enforcement with cost-aware routing
• Budget tracking and remaining forecast
• Real-time budget alerts

Real-Time Web Dashboard

• React 18 + Vite + Tailwind CSS
• 5 main tabs: Overview, Analytics, Tasks, Config, Health
• Dark mode with localStorage persistence
• Real-time metrics refresh (5s polling)
• Interactive analytics with trend charts

Security Hardening

• 30+ security tests (OWASP Top 10 coverage)
• Memory leak detection and SLO enforcement
• CPU/heap/goroutine profiling infrastructure
• Input validation for SQL injection, XSS, command injection
• Fuzzing tests and race condition detection

Test Coverage

• 312+ unit tests
• 30 security tests
• 7 fuzz targets
• All tests passing with race detection

Breaking Changes

None - backward compatible upgrade from v2.0.0

v2.0.0: Production Release

✅ Phase 2 Complete - Production Ready

Major Features

• Consolidated Binary: Single escalation-manager replaces 3 separate scripts
• Web Dashboard: Real-time metrics with light/dark mode, 2-second auto-refresh
• Session Tracking: Detailed history with token cost analysis and savings calculation
• Barista Integration: Live statusline showing model, effort, and cost multiplier
• Auto-Effort Routing: Intelligent task classification (simple→Haiku, medium→Sonnet, complex→Opus)
• Cascade Timeout: 5-minute minimum prevents over-optimization loops

Deliverables

✅ Go Binary: 6.1MB static linked (darwin/arm64, Linux ready)
✅ Docker Image: 29.2MB (szibis/claude-escalate:2.0.0)
✅ Bash Tools: escalation-manager, escalation-stats-enhanced, barista module
✅ Documentation: 9 comprehensive guides (40KB+ total)
✅ Test Coverage: 100% - all features verified

Docker

docker pull szibis/claude-escalate:2.0.0
docker run -p 8077:8077 szibis/claude-escalate:2.0.0 dashboard

Local Setup

git clone https://github.com/szibis/claude-escalate.git
cd claude-escalate
./scripts/install.sh
~/.local/bin/escalation-manager dashboard 8077

Cost Optimization

• Simple tasks (Haiku): 1x cost, 8x cheaper than Sonnet
• Medium tasks (Sonnet): 8x cost, balanced capability
• Complex tasks (Opus): 30x cost, maximum capability
• Auto-cascade: Automatically downgrade after solving to save on future tasks

Known Metrics

• Cascade timeout: 5 minutes (prevents thrashing)
• Session lifetime: 30 minutes
• Dashboard refresh: 2 seconds
• Success signal detection: 24+ phrases with context guards
• Performance: <50ms per command

See SETUP.md for installation and USAGE.md for user guide.

v0.2.0

What's Changed

• feat: Phase 1-7 sentiment-aware budgeting and multi-source statusline integration by @szibis in #12

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

v0.1.0

What's Changed

• Escalation testing, improvements, and critical gap analysis by @szibis in #10
• feat: Add token cost validation framework with statusline integration by @szibis in #11

Full Changelog: v0.0.3...v0.1.0