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+# Release v0.1.0
+
+Date: 2026-02-15
+Tag: v0.1.0
+Previous tag: none (initial tagged release)
+
+## Difference vs previous tag
+No previous tag exists in this repository. This tag captures all implemented functionality to date.
+
+## Highlights in v0.1.0
+- End-to-end ingest pipeline for logbundle and hardware snapshots.
+- Registry domain with assets/machines, components/parts, installations, and timeline events.
+- Failure ingestion and Failure Events UI.
+- Timeline event generation for installed/removed/firmware/status changes.
+- UI console with pages for assets, components, failures, ingest, and improved navigation.
+- Component model analytics view with filtering by status.
+- Asset page improvements:
+  - grouped component tables by type;
+  - firmware display and mismatch indication;
+  - location column and sorted rows.
+- Timeline UX improvements:
+  - newest-to-oldest ordering on asset/component pages;
+  - full timestamp display;
+  - richer component details in asset movement timeline.
+- Component page enhancement with current asset link.
+- Multiple migration and stability fixes (including idempotent migration behavior).
+
+## Included commits
+- From: d948d47 (Initial commit)
+- To:   f9ff0e1 (Improve UI views for assets/components/failures and timeline details)