From c6911b5387dea6100c512133b6755a287af9c3e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: neo-th <jeastcloud@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 23:21:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] release: v0.9.4, and check the tag before publishing

Ships the striper fix. release.yml now stops before building or publishing if the release tag doesn't
match the version files, because a wrong tag can't be moved or deleted.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 CHANGELOG.md                     |  8 +++++++-
 client-py/hypercache/__init__.py |  2 +-
 client-py/pyproject.toml         |  2 +-
 control-plane/Cargo.lock         |  2 +-
 control-plane/Cargo.toml         |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 514c694..144f345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,18 +7,42 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       release_tag:
-        description: "Release tag to create/update on GitHub Releases (e.g. v0.9.3)"
+        description: "Release tag to create/update on GitHub Releases (e.g. v0.9.4)"
         required: false
-        default: "v0.9.3"
+        default: "v0.9.4"
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
   packages: write
 
 jobs:
+  check-release-tag:
+    name: Check tag matches version files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Tags can't be moved or deleted, and every later job publishes, so stop here on a mismatch.
+      - name: Compare the release tag with the version files
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag || github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          cargo_v=$(grep -m1 '^version' control-plane/Cargo.toml | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
+          py_v=$(grep -m1 '^version' client-py/pyproject.toml | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
+          init_v=$(grep -m1 '__version__' client-py/hypercache/__init__.py | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
+          echo "tag=$RELEASE_TAG Cargo.toml=$cargo_v pyproject=$py_v __init__=$init_v"
+          for version in "$cargo_v" "$py_v" "$init_v"; do
+            if [ "$RELEASE_TAG" != "v$version" ]; then
+              echo "::error::Release tag $RELEASE_TAG does not match version $version"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
+
   build-linux-binaries:
     name: Build Linux x86_64 Binaries
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: check-release-tag
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0ec048..da45845 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.9.4
+
+Faster loads and stores for objects that don't fill a whole stripe.
 
 ### Fixes
 - Each object now starts on its own drive, chosen from a hash of its URI. Previously every object
@@ -11,6 +13,10 @@
   objects load at 24884 MB/s (was 20740) and store at 18549 MB/s (was 16129).
 - Upgrading needs no migration. Objects already stored keep their placement and stay readable, and
   objects stored after the upgrade stay readable if you roll back. Existing objects aren't rebalanced.
+- CI: the bare-metal e2e script loaded its client from the checkout, which uid 1000 can't read on a
+  GitHub runner. It now runs the client from a world-readable work dir.
+- Release: `release.yml` now stops before building or publishing if the release tag doesn't match
+  the version files.
 
 ## 0.9.3
 
diff --git a/client-py/hypercache/__init__.py b/client-py/hypercache/__init__.py
index d406b9d..a2342e4 100644
--- a/client-py/hypercache/__init__.py
+++ b/client-py/hypercache/__init__.py
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ def preload(
     "HyperCacheDCPStorageReader",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "0.9.3"
+__version__ = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/client-py/pyproject.toml b/client-py/pyproject.toml
index 250d7af..cd84607 100644
--- a/client-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/client-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "hypercache-io"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 description = "HyperCache: Host-Local NVMe Caching and Zero-Copy Direct Block DMA / GPUDirect Storage Acceleration for AI Workloads"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
diff --git a/control-plane/Cargo.lock b/control-plane/Cargo.lock
index 2819cf1..6815a71 100644
--- a/control-plane/Cargo.lock
+++ b/control-plane/Cargo.lock
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hypercache-control-plane"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
diff --git a/control-plane/Cargo.toml b/control-plane/Cargo.toml
index d04450c..c679fe4 100644
--- a/control-plane/Cargo.toml
+++ b/control-plane/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hypercache-control-plane"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = ["Looe Labs"]