chore(release): prepare Firelink 1.1.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ All notable changes to Firelink will be documented in this file.
 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).
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2026-07-15
+
+This is a stability-focused release with safer downloads, browser handoffs, settings, and cross-platform packages.
+
+### New
+- Add a secure Windows portable ZIP, addressing the portable-version request in [#15](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/15). Settings, queues, logs, and WebView data stay with the portable folder, while saved site passwords remain protected in Windows Credential Manager.
+
+### Improved
+- Make pause, resume, retry, remove, redownload, and queue actions reliable when several operations happen close together. Downloads now recover their state more consistently instead of restarting unexpectedly or appearing stuck after completion.
+- Make browser captures and the Add window safer and more dependable. Captured cookies are no longer sent to metadata checks unless authentication is actually needed, while ordinary downloads still keep the browser session they need. This resolves the fallback error reported in [#16](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/16).
+- Improve settings and startup behavior: speed-limit units stay consistent, saved settings are handled more safely, and credential-store access waits until it is needed.
+- Improve browser handoff safety with stronger local request, replay, path, and credential checks.
+- Strengthen macOS, Windows, and Linux release verification, refresh the bundled FFmpeg payload, and make package and diagnostic checks more reliable.
+
+### Fixed
+- Prevent late or duplicate background events from bringing back downloads after a newer pause, remove, or edit action has already won.
+- Reconcile completed downloads even when a background completion event is missed, so finished files do not remain visually stuck at the end of the transfer.
+- Decode URL-derived filenames so links containing encoded characters such as `%20` produce readable names, addressing [#18](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/18).
+- Keep local paths, usernames, credentials, and other sensitive values out of errors and diagnostic output where they are not needed.
+
 ## [1.0.4] - 2026-07-12
 
 ### New

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   **A fast, focused desktop download manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux.**
 
-  [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.4-6f42c1?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/releases)
+  [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.0-6f42c1?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/releases)
   [![macOS](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-111111?style=flat-square&logo=apple&logoColor=white)](#platforms)
   [![Windows](.github/badges/windows.svg)](#platforms)
   [![Linux](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linux-FCC624?style=flat-square&logo=linux&logoColor=black)](#platforms)
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Firelink is a desktop download manager for fast transfers, browser capture, medi
 
 It is now a cross-platform Rust/Tauri app with a React and TypeScript interface. A native backend coordinates downloads with aria2, yt-dlp, FFmpeg, Deno, and SQLite.
 
-The current desktop release is **1.0.4**, paired with Firelink Companion **2.0.3**.
+The current desktop release is **1.1.0**, paired with Firelink Companion **2.0.4**.
+
+This stability-focused release adds a secure Windows portable build and strengthens queues, browser handoffs, media metadata, persistence, and packaged release checks.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -64,9 +66,20 @@ Download desktop builds from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/nimbold/Fireli
 
 Bundles include the required engines. Users do not need aria2, yt-dlp, FFmpeg, Deno, Python, Homebrew, or another package manager.
 
-The native packages use the distribution's normal desktop runtime dependencies. The Windows portable ZIP keeps its application data beside the executable; AppImage is self-contained but uses the normal per-user application-data locations.
+The native packages use the distribution's normal desktop runtime dependencies. AppImage is self-contained but uses the normal per-user application-data locations.
 
-The Windows portable archive is an opt-in secondary distribution. Keep the extracted folder writable; `Program Files`, read-only media, and some network or synchronized folders can prevent SQLite and WebView data from being saved. Close Firelink before copying or moving the folder. Only one Firelink instance can run at a time, so close the installed app before launching the portable copy. Portable mode keeps application settings, queues, logs, and WebView data beside the executable. Credentials, browser cookies, and URL query/fragment data are not persisted in portable queue records; active downloads that depend on those URL components are marked failed and must be added again after restart. Saved site passwords remain in the Windows credential store and are intentionally not copied into the archive. The portable folder contains the extension pairing credential needed to preserve extension integration, so treat the folder as sensitive and do not share it. Saved absolute download locations may need to be selected again if the folder is moved to a different drive. The installer remains the supported path for `firelink://` browser launch registration.
+### Windows portable
+
+The portable ZIP is an opt-in secondary distribution:
+
+- Keep the extracted folder writable; avoid `Program Files`, read-only media, and folders that block SQLite or WebView writes.
+- Settings, queues, logs, and WebView data stay beside `firelink.exe` under `data/`.
+- Close Firelink before moving or copying the folder, and close the installed app before launching the portable copy.
+- Credentials, browser cookies, and URL query/fragment data are not saved in portable queue records. Active downloads that depend on them must be added again after restart.
+- Saved site passwords remain in the Windows credential store and are not copied into the archive.
+- The folder contains the extension pairing credential, so treat it as sensitive and do not share it.
+- Saved absolute download locations may need to be selected again after moving the folder to another drive.
+- The installer remains the supported path for `firelink://` browser launch registration.
 
 ## Browser Extension
 
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ What it adds:
 - Fallback to the browser download when Firelink is closed or rejects a handoff.
 - Captured links always open Firelink's Add window before anything is added to the download list.
 
-Install the extension, open Firelink, then pair it from **Settings -> Integrations**. Firefox users can install from Mozilla Add-ons. Chromium users can use the [manual load-unpacked flow](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension#manual-chromium-installation) with `firelink-chromium.zip` from the [extension releases](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases). Firelink Companion 2.0.3 is the matching extension release for Firelink 1.0.4.
+Install the extension, open Firelink, then pair it from **Settings -> Integrations**. Firefox users can install from Mozilla Add-ons. Chromium users can use the [manual load-unpacked flow](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension#manual-chromium-installation) with `firelink-chromium.zip` from the [extension releases](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases). Firelink Companion 2.0.4 is the matching extension release for Firelink 1.1.0.
 
 The extension lives in [Firelink-Extension](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension). This repo also vendors it as the `Extensions/Browser` submodule.
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "firelink",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "firelink",
-      "version": "1.0.4",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@formkit/auto-animate": "^0.10.0",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "firelink",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "A fast cross-platform desktop download manager powered by Rust, Tauri, React, aria2, and yt-dlp.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink",

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "firelink"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "apple-native-keyring-store",
  "async-trait",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "firelink"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.1.0"
 description = "A fast cross-platform desktop download manager powered by Rust and Tauri"
 authors = ["NimBold"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Firelink",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "identifier": "com.nimbold.firelink",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "node scripts/stage-engines.js && npm run dev",