Changelog

All notable changes to Warlock's Stave (stave-core crate) will be documented in this file.

[7.0.0] - 2026-07-04

Core engine with hexagonal heatmap timeline (axial coordinates, f64 pixel raycasting)
Predictive branch evaluator (iced-x86 1.21.0, 15-byte safe decoder bounds)
Dictionary scanner with default threat-hunting library (6 rules)
Pluggable signature database engine with ExternalScannerProvider trait
Mirror Illusion section-aware binary diff engine
Tri-Tier Scope Engine (Global, Local, Micro)
State Decay System for mutation highlight fadeout
Shellcode Sentinel (memory permission transition monitor via /proc/<pid>/maps)
Self-assembling IPC: Unix sockets, TCP loopback, named-pipe translation
Thread-safe core via Arc<Mutex<HexHeatmapEngine>>
C-FFI boundary layer (4 public functions with #[no_mangle])
JNI extension for Java-based host integration
egui 0.27.0 4-quarter workspace UI
Linux eBPF kernel tracing (aya 0.11.0, kprobe on sys_enter_connect)
Windows ETW real-time telemetry session
Polymorphic IPC evasion detection with Shannon entropy analysis
UEFI NVRAM and ACPI table firmware analysis
Pre-flight environment validator binary
Evasion telemetry simulation binary
Cross-compilation support for Wine plugin bridge (MinGW)
Comprehensive unit test suite (14 tests)
rustdoc examples on all FFI functions

Engine is permanent; UI is disposable (Unix Philosophy)
Host environments are untrusted; core has zero UI toolkit dependencies
All IPC and FFI communication uses stateless JSON-Lines protocol
Error paths return static data-segment strings to prevent host memory leaks
setcap is never called inside the build script; printed as optional post-build step