2.3.0 - 2026-07-02

• TAG: v2.3.0
• COVERAGE: 91.95% -- 4216/4585 lines in 35 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 73.19% -- 1660/2268 branches in 35 files
• 58.02% documented

Added

• Kettle::Dev::VersionBump now exposes the reusable engine behind
  kettle-bump, so other tools can share version detection, target resolution,
  Prism edits, and write behavior without shelling out or duplicating logic.

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2.2.25 - 2026-07-01

• TAG: v2.2.25
• COVERAGE: 91.66% -- 4186/4567 lines in 34 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 72.82% -- 1650/2266 branches in 34 files
• 59.34% documented

Changed

• Updated the kettle-rb runtime dependency floor to 0.1.1.

Fixed

• Package configured license files in gem release file lists.

• YAML config loading remains compatible with older Psych releases on legacy
  Rubies that do not provide YAML.safe_load_file or keyword options for
  YAML.safe_load.

• JRuby head CI now skips the release-flow specs that trigger repeated
  jopenssl/load.rb warning floods while the upstream JRuby/JOpenSSL recursion
  is investigated.

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2.2.24 - 2026-06-29

• TAG: v2.2.24
• COVERAGE: 92.02% -- 4198/4562 lines in 34 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 73.26% -- 1660/2266 branches in 34 files
• 59.83% documented

Changed

• Kettle::EmojiRegex::REGEX now delegates to the emoji_regex runtime
  dependency instead of carrying a vendored regex snapshot.
• kettle-pre-release image URL validation and kettle-gha-sha-pins action
  resolution now report cached and live checks with progress bars instead of
  printing every checked URL or action reference.

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2.2.23 - 2026-06-28

• TAG: v2.2.23
• COVERAGE: 91.63% -- 4160/4540 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 72.82% -- 1650/2266 branches in 33 files
• 61.04% documented

Fixed

• kettle-release no longer tries to switch an active local/dev checkout when
  the release is running from that same branch-stack checkout.

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2.2.22 - 2026-06-28

• TAG: v2.2.22
• COVERAGE: 92.01% -- 4171/4533 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 73.08% -- 1653/2262 branches in 33 files
• 61.04% documented

Fixed

• kettle-release now passes the exact built gem artifact to bin/gem_checksums
  so stale packages in pkg/ cannot cause checksums for the wrong version.

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2.2.21 - 2026-06-28

• TAG: v2.2.21
• COVERAGE: 92.34% -- 4182/4529 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 73.34% -- 1659/2262 branches in 33 files
• 61.04% documented

Fixed

• kettle-release now detects local .kettle-family.yml branch-stack release
  targets and skips trunk sync, trunk merge, and trunk checkout for those release
  branches.

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2.2.20 - 2026-06-27

• TAG: v2.2.20
• COVERAGE: 91.82% -- 4131/4499 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 72.73% -- 1632/2244 branches in 33 files
• 61.04% documented

Added

• kettle-release now accepts skip_steps=... / --skip-steps ... to skip
  selected numbered release steps while running the rest of the release flow.

Fixed

• kettle-release now suppresses inherited Bundler/debug verbosity when running
  release child commands and Appraisal bundle installs.

• kettle-release now switches a local RUBOCOP_LTS_LOCAL checkout to the
  branch matching the project's selected rubocop-rubyN_N style gem before
  running setup and default rake tasks.

• Restored Ruby 2.4 parser compatibility for recent release and CI helper code.

Changed

• kettle-release now reads RuboCop LTS branch selection from
  Kettle::Rb::CompatMatrix.

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2.2.19 - 2026-06-26

• TAG: v2.2.19
• COVERAGE: 91.75% -- 4082/4449 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 72.94% -- 1615/2214 branches in 33 files
• 61.84% documented

Changed

• kettle-release now runs bin/rake appraisal:generate by default when
  Appraisals is present; use --appraisal-update or
  KETTLE_RELEASE_APPRAISAL_TASK=appraisal:update for the slower lock-resolving
  update path.

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2.2.18 - 2026-06-24

• TAG: v2.2.18
• COVERAGE: 92.26% -- 4102/4446 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 73.19% -- 1616/2208 branches in 33 files
• 62.11% documented

Fixed

• kettle-changelog --release-state now reports the latest released version
  for the current major line as latest_released, so branch-stacked gems such
  as rubocop-lts do not display the newest release from a different major
  branch in family release-state tables.

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2.2.17 - 2026-06-24

• TAG: v2.2.17
• COVERAGE: 91.71% -- 4070/4438 lines in 33 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 72.73% -- 1600/2200 branches in 33 files
• 62.11% documented

Added

• Updated to latest kettle-jem template
  • Updated GHA SHA pins
  • Updated dependencies

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