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@semantic-release/changelog's changelogTitle option was unset, so its prepare.js step never recognized this repo's existing Keep-a-Changelog header (# Changelog title + preamble + ## [Unreleased]) in CHANGELOG.md and just prepended each new release at column zero. Over successive releases that silently pushed the header block further down the file, below the real version history, instead of leaving it as the page preamble.

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  1. Sets changelogTitle: "# Changelog" on the @semantic-release/changelog plugin in .releaserc.json, so future releases are inserted below the header instead of above it.
  2. Moves the already-orphaned header block (title, preamble, empty ## [Unreleased] section) verbatim back to the top of CHANGELOG.md, above the first real version entry. No wording was changed — only repositioned.

Same pattern as the already-merged reference fix: WYRE-AI/node-domotz#49.

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  • Verified .releaserc.json is still valid JSON after the edit (python3 -c "import json; json.load(open('.releaserc.json'))")
  • Confirmed the CHANGELOG.md diff is a pure move (header block removed from its old position, re-inserted at the top, no content added/removed/reworded) via git diff
  • Next real release will confirm the config change actually prevents re-orphaning (cannot be verified pre-merge; this PR is not being merged as part of this task)

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  • Documentation
    • Added a standard changelog title, references to Keep a Changelog and Semantic Versioning, and an Unreleased section.
    • Removed the previous Unreleased comparison link and 0.1.0 release link.
    • Generated changelogs now use the “Changelog” title.
  • Release Notes
    • Release notes are placed after the changelog introduction and before existing release entries. If there are no release entries, notes are appended; an empty changelog is populated with the release notes.

Correction (2026-10-16, warden, verified independently): the "same pattern/fix as node-domotz#49" line above is wrong and should not be read as implying domotz already has equivalent header-aware logic. node-domotz#49 is a smaller, earlier, config-only fix (.releaserc.json +1/-1, CHANGELOG.md +9/-0) — it has no scripts/prepare-release.mjs change at all. This PR (and the other 10 in this batch) carries real logic in scripts/prepare-release.mjs that #49 never needed, because domotz is the one repo in this fleet still running a real npx semantic-release direct-push pipeline where @semantic-release/changelog's own changelogTitle option genuinely works — the other 11 repos use a dryRun+PR-based flow where that config option is inert and the fix has to live in a custom script instead. Does not affect this PR's own correctness; see task_1791494181526_78986701 for the full writeup.

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@semantic-release/changelog's prepare.js never recognized the existing
Keep-a-Changelog header because changelogTitle was unset, so it prepended
each new release at column zero and pushed the title/preamble/Unreleased
block further down the file on every release. Set changelogTitle so future
releases are inserted below the header instead of above it, and move the
already-orphaned header block back to the top of CHANGELOG.md.

Same pattern as WYRE-AI/node-domotz#49.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The changelog now has a title, reference links, and an Unreleased heading. Release preparation inserts release notes relative to existing changelog content and runs only when invoked directly.

Changes: Changelog scaffolding and release preparation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Changelog content and release configuration
CHANGELOG.md, .releaserc.json
The changelog gained a title, Keep a Changelog and Semantic Versioning references, and an Unreleased heading. The 0.1.0 entry and reference links were removed. The release configuration now sets the changelog title.
Release note insertion and invocation
scripts/prepare-release.mjs, tests/unit/prepare-release.test.ts
The exported insertReleaseNotes(notes, existing) places notes relative to changelog scaffolding and version headings. Release processing runs from main() only when the script is invoked directly. Unit tests cover empty input, insertion order, and recognized headings.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: asachs01

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1c33f

The changelog retains its initial-release history, and the empty Unreleased section does not violate an identified requirement. No issue identified here needs to block merge.

### Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1c33f

The change affects 3 systems.

Changed systems: CHANGELOG.md, scripts, tests

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  • observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Added the changelog title, format and versioning references, and an [Unreleased] heading.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Removed the [0.1.0] release heading, its initial-release details, and the [Unreleased] and [0.1.0] reference links.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Added comments describing the header-aware changelog insertion behavior and why semantic-release’s changelog preparation does not run in dry-run mode.
  • observed — Modified behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs: Added fileURLToPath for comparing the decoded module path with the invoked script path.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #49 requires additive Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding at the bottom of CHANGELOG.md, because release entries are prepended. This PR moves the scaffold to the top and changes insertion behavior in… Update issue #49 to approve the top placement and release-pipeline behavior, or change this PR to keep the scaffold at the bottom and limit the implementation to the issue's additive documentation requirement.
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The .releaserc.json option and the scripts/prepare-release.mjs changes alter the release pipeline. The new tests verify that behavior. Issue #49 requests documentation scaffolding only and explici… Remove the release configuration, insertion logic, and related tests from this PR, or link and approve a requirement that covers header-aware release insertion and the dry-run release flow.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Changelog Entry Warning The PR changes release runtime behavior and configuration: it adds scaffold-aware insertion in scripts/prepare-release.mjs and sets changelogTitle in .releaserc.json to fix changelog header orph… Add a changelog entry beneath ## [Unreleased] under ### Fixed for the release-note insertion and changelog header orphaning fix.
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Title check Passed The title is concise and directly relates to preventing changelog header orphaning. It names the changelog configuration change, although the implementation also relies on release-script logic.
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Explanation

Issue #49 requires additive Keep-a-Changelog scaffolding at the bottom of CHANGELOG.md, because release entries are prepended. This PR moves the scaffold to the top and changes insertion behavior in scripts/prepare-release.mjs so new notes remain below it. The PR also changes .releaserc.json and adds functional release logic, while issue #49 states that no functional change is required.

Resolution

Update issue #49 to approve the top placement and release-pipeline behavior, or change this PR to keep the scaffold at the bottom and limit the implementation to the issue's additive documentation requirement.

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Explanation

The .releaserc.json option and the scripts/prepare-release.mjs changes alter the release pipeline. The new tests verify that behavior. Issue #49 requests documentation scaffolding only and explicitly describes no functional change, so these release-pipeline changes are outside that linked issue's scope.

Resolution

Remove the release configuration, insertion logic, and related tests from this PR, or link and approve a requirement that covers header-aware release insertion and the dry-run release flow.

Full details: Changelog Entry

Explanation

The PR changes release runtime behavior and configuration: it adds scaffold-aware insertion in scripts/prepare-release.mjs and sets changelogTitle in .releaserc.json to fix changelog header orphaning. The CHANGELOG.md diff only moves the title, preamble, and empty ## [Unreleased] heading; it adds no entry beneath that heading. The required section is Fixed.

Resolution

Add a changelog entry beneath ## [Unreleased] under ### Fixed for the release-note insertion and changelog header orphaning fix.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve the existing 0.1.0 release history. · CHANGELOG.md:155

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Preserve the existing 0.1.0 release history.

The diff removes the [0.1.0] heading and its initial-release details. Restore that section and its reference link; moving the scaffolding does not require removing release history.

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- Line 6: Update the changelog writer in prepare-release.mjs so generated
release notes are inserted below the existing # Changelog title, keeping that
title at the top instead of prepending notes before it.

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The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

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Add the release configuration change under Unreleased.

The ## [Unreleased] section is empty. Add a ### Changed entry for the new changelogTitle setting in .releaserc.json.

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…ease.mjs

The prior commit on this branch added changelogTitle to .releaserc.json,
but this repo's real release mechanism (prepare-release.mjs, invoked by
release.yml's PREPARE-mode step) calls semanticRelease({ dryRun: true }),
which skips semantic-release's own prepare lifecycle step entirely -- so
@semantic-release/changelog's changelogTitle-aware insert logic never runs
here. changelogTitle was inert; the header-position fix would have been
undone on the very next release through this pipeline.

insertReleaseNotes() now detects an existing title/preamble/Unreleased
scaffold (by finding the first real release heading -- "## [<digit>" or
a bare "# X.Y.Z " -- and treating anything before it as scaffold to
preserve above new notes) and inserts new release notes below that
scaffold instead of at column zero. Falls back to the original unqualified
prepend for any repo/state with no such scaffold, so this is a no-op for
every other case.

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parity with the original prepend, header+Unreleased, header-without-
Unreleased, header-only/no-releases-yet, brand-new-repo/no-existing-file,
and a repeated-release idempotence check) -- all pass. Also ran this exact
script directly (node scripts/prepare-release.mjs) against this branch to
confirm the refactor (wrapping main() behind an import.meta.url guard so
insertReleaseNotes is importable without triggering a real dry run) didn't
change the script's own real behavior.

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CodeRabbit catch on the previous commit: the direct-execution guard
compared import.meta.url (URL-encoded -- a space becomes %20, a #
becomes %23) against a naively file://-prefixed process.argv[1] (a raw
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