[vmafx-release-bot]

Render-only update for unreleased changelog fragments in CHANGELOG.md.

Reproducer: bash scripts/release/concat-changelog-fragments.sh --write

Opened by the scheduled changelog render workflow (ADR-0252). Lands automatically via squash auto-merge once required checks pass.

Summary by Sourcery

Render unreleased changelog fragments and document the automated workflow that keeps CHANGELOG.md current.

Documentation:

• Render the latest unreleased changelog fragments into CHANGELOG.md.
• Document the changelog render-on-pull-request requirement and scheduled render workflow.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated the unreleased changelog with notes on the documented minimum Python version, changelog checks for pull requests, and automated handling of render-only pull requests.
  • Added context for two ignored errors and noted the removal of a related exception. These updates describe changes to project maintenance and release processes; no end-user-facing product changes are listed.

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Reviewer's Guide

Documentation

Render the unreleased changelog fragments into CHANGELOG.md as a render-only update.

• CHANGELOG.md L116, L147-148, L184

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Walkthrough

The Unreleased changelog adds entries about Python version checks, changelog-render pull request rules and automation, and Lefthook error handling.

Changes: Unreleased changelog

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rendered changelog entries CHANGELOG.md	Adds entries describing Python floor-pin checks, changelog-render pull request rules and automation, and ignored Lefthook errors with the HISS-07 exception removal.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

• VMAFx/pelorus#591 — Identifies this pull request as the scheduled changelog-render pull request.

Possibly related PRs

• VMAFx/pelorus#541 — Regenerates the Unreleased changelog block using the same render script.
• VMAFx/pelorus#590 — Defines the CI contract for render-only pull requests.
• VMAFx/pelorus#592 — Adds the scheduled workflow that opens changelog-render pull requests.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 3cfd7

The changelog records existing changes, with no actionable merge-blocking risk identified.

Architecture risk: Low · up to 3cfd7

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: CHANGELOG.md

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds a changelog entry describing a Renovate rule that keeps declared Python floor pins at the documented minimum and a build-config check that rejects mismatched pins or script floor-step names.
• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds entries documenting a pull-request changelog-render check based on the merge commit’s first parent and a six-hour fragment threshold for the hourly bot workflow. The check requires a render-only pull request before overdue changes land, constrains render and release pull-request contents, validates DCO trailers for squash auto-merge, and closes the bot’s pull request when the default branch is current.
• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds a changelog entry explaining the two ignored errors in the Lefthook session-record helpers and records removal of the HISS-07 exception; it notes that the upstream engine issue remains open and that a subsequent engine refresh must retain the lines.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: rendering unreleased changelog fragments.
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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• Source mode: Auto
• Repository: VMAFx/pelorus
• Branch: master
• File: .coderabbit.yaml
• Commit: 1f434b4
• Layers: Repository YAML
• Review profile: CHILL
• Plan: Advanced
• Run ID: 16ef9cff-d544-413d-a743-0a3c941484f2

Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 1f434b4 and 3cfd71e.

Files selected for processing: 1

• CHANGELOG.md

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Pull Request Overview

✅ No blocking issues noticed

No blocking findings were identified. The recommended renderer-output verification is still missing; no acceptance-criteria gap was independently confirmed from the supplied review data.

Test suggestions

• Run the changelog fragment renderer and verify its output matches the committed CHANGELOG.md.

Prompt proposal for missing tests

Consider implementing these tests if applicable:
1. Run the changelog fragment renderer and verify its output matches the committed CHANGELOG.md.

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[lusoris]

Answering the Codacy review (pullrequestreview-5847095442): the suggested test already runs and passes on this head, so no change is needed.

• CI step A changed CHANGELOG.md matches its fragments runs bash scripts/release/concat-changelog-fragments.sh --check whenever a pull request changes CHANGELOG.md; it passed on head 3cfd71e (job 130031583266).
• python3 -I scripts/release/check-changelog-staleness.py --ref pointed at head 3cfd71e reports changelog render current (exit 0).
• A separate manual render (bash scripts/release/concat-changelog-fragments.sh --write) on the same base 1f434b4 gives a byte-identical CHANGELOG.md (commit 738c0a9; git diff 738c0a9 3cfd71e -- CHANGELOG.md is empty).