v2026.6.6

Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling.

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Highlights #

• Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling.
• Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging for the reserved Partner Center product identity ArcForgeLabs.ArcForgeDictate.
• Moved public install messaging toward Microsoft Store as the primary Windows distribution path, with website/GitHub download artifacts treated as a signed secondary path.
• Fixed the Linux Settings launcher flow so reopening Dictate focuses the existing hidden Settings window instead of starting a disconnected shell.
• Added a Linux update action for the Settings About screen: source checkouts can run update.sh, while packaged installs open the GitHub release flow.
• Fixed the Linux Tauri shell startup path so stale ui-server.json handshakes are ignored and removed instead of preventing the shell from spawning a live engine.

Changes #

• Switched the local Linux workstation config from faster-whisper/turbo to faster-whisper/base on CPU to reduce release-to-text latency when CUDA is unavailable.
• Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling.
• Added an opt-in Windows Authenticode signing script and release workflow step for direct-download .msi and .exe artifacts. Public release upload still requires signature validation, and unsigned artifacts remain internal.
• Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging for the reserved Partner Center product identity ArcForgeLabs.ArcForgeDictate.
• Added Microsoft Store API smoke automation with repository variables for non-secret IDs and MSSTORE_CLIENT_SECRET stored as a GitHub Actions secret.
• Added a guarded manual Microsoft Store MSIX publish workflow. It can check status, upload a generated MSIX as an uncommitted draft, or explicitly commit a draft after the first manual submission is accepted.
• Added Dictate as a first-class Arc Forge ClawSweeper target with a Dictate dispatcher workflow for issue, pull request, and command-comment events.
• Added ClawSweeper default-branch fallback handling so dispatches that omit target_branch resolve the target repository default branch instead of assuming main.
• Moved public install messaging toward Microsoft Store as the primary Windows distribution path, with website/GitHub download artifacts treated as a signed secondary path.
• Updated Microsoft Store readiness docs to use the dedicated Dictate privacy policy URL, https://arcforge.au/privacy/dictate, after Partner Center rejected the prior general privacy URL.
• Reclassified hosted PowerShell bootstrap instructions as developer/source install guidance rather than the normal public Windows install path.
• Preserved the deprecated personal npm package path only as a compatibility landing point; new package and install paths use @arcforgelabs/dictate.
• Kept Dictate ClawSweeper automation conservative: review/comment only, with scheduled/background runs and auto-close policy disabled while the integration is being proven.
• Updated pinned official GitHub Actions to Node 24-compatible majors while preserving SHA pinning: actions/checkout v6, actions/setup-python v6, and actions/setup-node v5, and actions/upload-artifact v5.
• Opted workflows into GitHub's Node 24 JavaScript action runtime ahead of the June 2026 runner default change.
• Updated the UI development toolchain to remediate public Dependabot alerts: vite v8, vitest v4, and @vitejs/plugin-react v6.

Fixes #

• Fixed the Linux Settings launcher flow so reopening Dictate focuses the existing hidden Settings window instead of starting a disconnected shell.
• Added a Linux update action for the Settings About screen: source checkouts can run update.sh, while packaged installs open the GitHub release flow.
• Hardened the Tauri shell bridge refresh path so stale UI handshakes are recovered after the engine restarts.
• Fixed the Linux Tauri shell startup path so stale ui-server.json handshakes are ignored and removed instead of preventing the shell from spawning a live engine.
• Updated side-specific shortcut labels to use Linux-style names such as Ctrl (R) while preserving the existing ctrl_r engine token.

Contribution record #

CHANGELOG/records/2026.6.6.md lists every pull request in this release once, with its related issues and thanks.