docs: update What's New page (2026-04-10)

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Automated changelog update added 1 new entry.

Entries Added

Windows Compatibility Fix

• Date: 2026-03-17
• Version(s): @herdctl/core v5.10.1, herdctl v1.5.8, @herdctl/chat v0.3.14, @herdctl/discord v1.2.1, @herdctl/slack v1.2.14, @herdctl/web v0.9.10
• Description: Fixes a critical bug that prevented herdctl from working on Windows. The path traversal security check was using Unix-style forward slashes, causing all state file operations to fail with PathTraversalError on Windows systems.

Commits Analyzed

4 commits from 6053872 to 3662d18

Generated by changelog-update-daily

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Resolved path traversal validation errors on Windows systems.

• Updates

  • Updated package versions across @herdctl/core, herdctl, @herdctl/chat, @herdctl/discord, @herdctl/slack, and @herdctl/web.
  • Added Windows Compatibility Fix release notes to documentation.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A changelog updater agent's persisted state is updated with the latest run metadata (commit 3662d18, timestamp 2026-04-10T04:03:47Z, 1 entry added, branch changelog/auto-update-2026-04-10). A new release entry documenting a Windows compatibility fix for path traversal security checks is appended to the what's-new documentation.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Changelog State agents/changelog/state.md	Updates persisted agent state frontmatter with latest run metadata: last_checked_commit, last_run timestamp, entries_added count, and branches_created list. Updates "Current Position" and "Run History" tables accordingly.
Release Documentation docs/src/content/docs/whats-new.md	Adds new "Windows Compatibility Fix" release entry (dated March 17, 2026) documenting resolution of path traversal security check failures on Windows caused by Unix-style slash assumptions. Lists updated package versions across the herdctl ecosystem.

Estimated Code Review Effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly Related PRs

• fix: use path.sep in path traversal check for Windows compatibility #210: Implements the buildSafeFilePath cross-platform path validation fix using path.sep that is being documented in this PR's release notes.
• docs: update What's New page (2026-03-06) #198: Updates the same changelog state and what's-new files with similar automated changelog run metadata and release documentation.
• docs: update What's New page (2026-03-13) #206: Another automated changelog update that modifies the same state and documentation files with different run history entries.

Poem

🐰 A rabbit hops through the changelog trees,
Recording each fix with measured ease,
Windows paths once caused dismay,
Now harmonized in every way,
The agent logs its work with pride. ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'docs: update What's New page (2026-04-10)' clearly describes the main change, which is updating the documentation's What's New page with a new changelog entry.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch changelog/auto-update-2026-04-10

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@docs/src/content/docs/whats-new.md`:
- Line 10: The markdown heading "Windows Compatibility Fix" is using a level-3
heading (###) without a preceding level-2, causing MD001; change that heading to
a level-2 heading (## Windows Compatibility Fix) or insert an appropriate
level-2 parent section above it so the hierarchy is correct, ensuring the
heading text "Windows Compatibility Fix" is the unique identifier you update.

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Fix all unresolved CodeRabbit comments on this PR:

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ℹ️ Review info

⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: defaults

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

Run ID: f6b07a74-6dce-4b0c-9a62-0a56a6cbaeec

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 3662d18 and 82a863f.

📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• agents/changelog/state.md
• docs/src/content/docs/whats-new.md

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor

Fix heading hierarchy (MD001) at Line 10.

This new section starts at ### without a preceding ##, which triggers the documented markdownlint warning.

Suggested fix

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+## Recent updates
+
 ### Windows Compatibility Fix
 **March 17, 2026** · `@herdctl/core@5.10.1` · `herdctl@1.5.8` · `@herdctl/chat@0.3.14` · `@herdctl/discord@1.2.1` · `@herdctl/slack@1.2.14` · `@herdctl/web@0.9.10`

📝 Committable suggestion

‼️ IMPORTANT
Carefully review the code before committing. Ensure that it accurately replaces the highlighted code, contains no missing lines, and has no issues with indentation. Thoroughly test & benchmark the code to ensure it meets the requirements.

Suggested change

	### Windows Compatibility Fix
	## Recent updates
	### Windows Compatibility Fix

🧰 Tools

🪛 markdownlint-cli2 (0.22.0)

[warning] 10-10: Heading levels should only increment by one level at a time
Expected: h2; Actual: h3

(MD001, heading-increment)

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@docs/src/content/docs/whats-new.md` at line 10, The markdown heading "Windows
Compatibility Fix" is using a level-3 heading (###) without a preceding level-2,
causing MD001; change that heading to a level-2 heading (## Windows
Compatibility Fix) or insert an appropriate level-2 parent section above it so
the hierarchy is correct, ensuring the heading text "Windows Compatibility Fix"
is the unique identifier you update.