v5.0.0-alpha.8

What's Changed

• Add issue templates by @Ethan-Arrowood in #1
• Commit changes to package-lock.json from running npm install by @cap10morgan in #3
• Add a CODEOWNERS file to set PR reviewers by @cap10morgan in #5
• Default to attempting to serve index.html for a path by @mduleone in #4
• Sync internal changes with open source core by @Ethan-Arrowood in #6
• Add some unit tests by @cap10morgan in #9
• General Repo Updates by @Ethan-Arrowood in #12
• remove package-lock.json by @Ethan-Arrowood in #13
• Improve Harper Application Management with lockfile by @Ethan-Arrowood in #11
• Expand entryPoint check to cover nulls by @kriszyp in #28
• Sync internal 11/11/25 by @Ethan-Arrowood in #36
• Fixes for maintaining compatibility with existing components by allow… by @kriszyp in #10
• Add Renovate config for automated deps updating by @cap10morgan in #41
• Update dependency @harperdb/code-guidelines to ^0.0.6 by @renovate[bot] in #42
• Update dependency fs-extra to v11.3.2 by @renovate[bot] in #43
• Enable Renovate PR review requests by @cap10morgan in #45
• Update dependency inquirer to v8.2.7 by @renovate[bot] in #46
• Update dependency msgpackr to v1.11.5 by @renovate[bot] in #47
• Update dependency semver to v7.7.3 by @renovate[bot] in #48
• pin prettier version and fix formatting of file affected by minor or … by @Ethan-Arrowood in #51
• Integration test overhaul by @Ethan-Arrowood in #27
• Sync from old repo 2025-12-03 by @cap10morgan in #52
• Running harper within a folder should automatically run the applicati… by @kriszyp in #53
• fix(deps): update dependency ws to v8.18.3 by @renovate[bot] in #50
• fix(deps): update dependency systeminformation to v5.27.11 by @renovate[bot] in #49
• fix(deps): update dependency yaml to v2.8.2 by @renovate[bot] in #56
• Sync 2025-12-08 by @cap10morgan in #55
• fix(deps): update dependency jsonwebtoken to v9.0.3 by @renovate[bot] in #57
• fix(deps): update aws-sdk-js-v3 monorepo to v3.946.0 by @renovate[bot] in #58
• Update latest synced commit by @cap10morgan in #61
• Suggest admin instead of HDB_ADMIN for admin username by @cap10morgan in #62
• Fix a couple small issues by @cap10morgan in #63
• Sync from harperdb repo 2025-12-22 by @cap10morgan in #64
• HarperDB is dead. Long live Harper! by @cap10morgan in #65
• Added deploy command info in "haper help" command list by @BboyAkers in #73
• Integration tests improvements by @kriszyp in #69
• Sync from harperdb 2026-01-05 by @cap10morgan in #72
• Migrate component unit tests by @cap10morgan in #66
• Update dependency argon2 to v0.44.0 by @renovate[bot] in #60
• Conform unit test filenames to naming convention by @cap10morgan in #87
• Update dependency asn1js to v3.0.7 by @renovate[bot] in #89
• Update dependency fs-extra to v11.3.3 by @renovate[bot] in #91
• Update aws-sdk-js-v3 monorepo to v3.964.0 by @renovate[bot] in #92
• Sync from HarperDB 2026-01-12 by @cap10morgan in #76
• fix configUtils-test.js by @Ethan-Arrowood in #96
• Fix utility unit tests by @cap10morgan in #99
• Fix bin unit tests by @cb1kenobi in #111
• Fix server unit tests by @heskew in #113
• Sync 2026-01-20 by @cap10morgan in #114
• Various unit test fixes for unit:security by @DavidCockerill in #115
• Migrate config and bin unit tests by @cap10morgan in #117
• Copy/migrate tests from /harperdb by @kriszyp in #75
• Fix some more badly-named unit test files by @cap10morgan in #133
• Add harperdb repo sync helper script by @cap10morgan in #125
• HarperDB -> Harper sync 2026-02-02 by @cap10morgan in #126
• Immediately parse search/queries in URLs provided to RequestTarget by @kriszyp in #124
• Consolidate unitTests/test_utils & unitTests/testUtils by @cap10morgan in #134
• Separate top level scope for each app by @kriszyp in #121
• Don't duplicate deps in devDependencies by @cap10morgan in #143
• RocksDB storage by @kriszyp in #37
• Sync HarperDB -> Harper 2026-02-09 by @cap10morgan in #140
• Properly export more of our top level functions by @kriszyp in #151
• Integration tests updates by @kriszyp in #154
• Update/upsert records should use patch by @kriszyp in #146
• Use a safer mechanism for freezing intrinsics by @kriszyp in #148
• Fix root store configuration and add test to verify that transaction … by @kriszyp in #156
• Update rocksdb by @kriszyp in #157
• Add support for defining a package manager prefix by @kriszyp in #149
• Fixes for using LMDB by @kriszyp in #161
• Reduce globals to those that have been documented and put everything … by @kriszyp in #162
• Rename default home directory from hdb to harper by @kriszyp in #160
• Document how to not fetch tags from old repo when syncing by @cap10morgan in #168
• More storage fixes by @kriszyp in #171
• Warn users if they are running Harper in an application folder (or root folder) by @cap10morgan in #175
• Rename sql_testUtils vars to sqlTestUtils by @cap10morgan in #176
• Add release pipeline workflows by @cap10morgan in #178
• Restore get_registration_info op by @cap10morgan in #181
• Stop setting Server response header by @cap10morgan in #173
• Another harper-config.yaml check by @kriszyp in #182
• allow role to specify access to specific operations by @heskew in #170
• Update a JSDoc to match actual params by @cap10morgan in #179
• Make the server.http options type match the docs by @cap10morgan in #177
• Simplify Table to support a single source tied to the specific class by @kriszyp in #180
• Bring over sync-commits.js improvements from Harper Pro by @cap10morgan in #174
• add warning for extension api and remove plugin api warning by @Ethan-Arrowood in #184
• Handle Response objects in cache resolution and in RESTful responses by @kriszyp in #164
• Add ability to query multiple logs with exclusion and dynamic addition by @kriszyp in #183
• Remove extra v in version by @cb1kenobi in #186
• Don't override path hdb_boot_properties.file with ROOTPATH by @kriszyp in #189
• CLI errors exit with code 1 and error message cleanup by @DavidCockerill in #195
• Stop the profiler if aggregate period is not positive by @kriszyp in #190
• see if this helps with test reliability by @heskew in #192
• Fix exports to point to dist module by @kriszyp in #201
• if operationsApi/http secretPort securePort is set to the same value as the port… by @heskew in #193
• User/Role/Permission downgrade impersonation on the operations API by @heskew in #185
• Fix misspelling of registration_info by @kriszyp in #204
• Resolve cwd as absolute path by @cb1kenobi in #199
• remove SUPPORTED_OPS check for CLI commands by @DavidCockerill in #205
• Update integration test workflow to save hdb.log from failed tests by @heskew in #207
• Branching transaction history by @kriszyp in #198
• Update msgpackr and cbor for security updates by @kriszyp in #208
• Improve integration test settings by @kriszyp in #213
• feat: Convert logger to TypeScript by @dawsontoth in #212
• fix: Use jwt types to adjust the implementation slightly by @dawsontoth in #211
• Db/setup fixes by @kriszyp in #214
• Use the VM loader for loading plugin modules as well resource modules by @kriszyp in #209
• Optional arg by @kriszyp in #216
• Use the SLACK_BOT_TOKEN to send Slack notifications by @cb1kenobi in #215
• updating integration test action versions, minor integration test uti… by @heskew in #217

New Contributors

• @Ethan-Arrowood made their first contribution in #1
• @mduleone made their first contribution in #4
• @kriszyp made their first contribution in #28
• @renovate[bot] made their first contribution in #42
• @BboyAkers made their first contribution in #73
• @cb1kenobi made their first contribution in #111
• @heskew made their first contribution in #113
• @DavidCockerill made their first contribution in #115
• @dawsontoth made their first contribution in #212

Full Changelog: https://github.com/HarperFast/harper/commits/v5.0.0-alpha.8