- Security: Add Secure flag to checkin identity cookie, implement rate limiting on login, and harden Helm security context.
- Security: Add cargo-audit to CI and Release pipelines for dependency vulnerability scanning.
- Backend: Enable SQLite WAL mode and fix AppState initialization in tests.
- Frontend: Fully type the API client, fix importStudents FormData handling, and pin dependency versions.
- Frontend: Add auto-logout on 401 and resolve authentication initialization race conditions.
- CI/CD: Pin pnpm version in release workflow and include lint/audit quality gates.
- Dockerfile: Update binary name from attendance to tutortool to fix the release build pipeline failure.
- Backend: Expose test_mode in AppState to conditionally disable the secure flag on auth cookies during local E2E testing over HTTP.
- Backend: Enable tower-http trace feature and attach TraceLayer for improved request logging.
- Frontend: Refactor auth.svelte.ts to a plain reactive object to resolve initialization race conditions during tests.
- Frontend: Append cache-busting timestamp to /api/auth/me to prevent stale session states.
- Frontend: Update Playwright locator in superadmin.spec.ts for greater resilience.
- Makefile: Inject required environment variables (STATIC_DIR, JWT_SECRET) into the test-up target.
- Switched to secure httpOnly, SameSite=Strict cookies for JWT authentication.
- Refactored backend to use AppState for shared secrets and database pool caching.
- Modernized frontend with Svelte 5 runes ($state) and removed localStorage reliance.
- Gated destructive test endpoints behind debug_assertions and fixed unsafe test patterns.
- Enhanced CI pipeline with cargo clippy, cargo fmt, and pinned pnpm version.
- Updated documentation and implementation plans to match the hardened architecture.
