Version 3.2.9 - In Development

RawCull 3.2.9 is in development and has not yet been released.

Catalog-wide JPEG extraction, Burst Groups preparation status, and catalog and cache reliability improvements.

Changes: v3.2.8 → v3.2.9 (in development)

This changelog continues from the 3.2.8 release notes and covers source changes since the v3.2.8 tag through October 6, 2026. It is a development snapshot; features and build numbers may change before release.

RawCull requires macOS 27 (Golden Gate) and an Apple Silicon Mac. Building from source requires Xcode 27.

Commit range: v3.2.8..da251c4
Baseline tag: v3.2.8 at 2b04aa6 (2026-09-30), RawCull 3.2.8 Build 398
Latest commit: da251c4 (Align release documentation and metadata tests with 3.2.9, 2026-10-06)
Current source version: RawCull 3.2.9 (Build 403)
Release status: In development; not yet released

JPEG Extraction

• Add an Images selector to the JPEG extraction sheet, with Selected images and Complete catalog options.
• Default to selected images when a selection exists; otherwise use the complete active catalog.
• Use the chosen scope for extraction and the sheet’s source summary.
• Retain source-folder access while background JPEG extraction and embedded-preview cache warming finish.

Burst Groups Preparation Status

• Add a Review data panel to the Burst Groups home view.
• Show coverage counts and preparation state for sharpness, the CLIP index, Vision similarity data, optional subject evidence, and burst grouping.
• Distinguish ready, partial, preparing, needed, unavailable, and empty-catalog states.
• Mark the inactive similarity backend as Not used.
• Hide the idle semantic-search coverage message when all catalog photographs have compatible CLIP artifacts; keep incomplete-coverage guidance visible.

Catalog Cancellation and Sorting

• Make Abort cancel pending catalog transitions as well as active catalog loading.
• Reject cancelled or superseded transitions after persistence finishes, preventing a delayed transition from starting a catalog load or restoring an outdated selection.
• Publish asynchronous sort results only when the request, catalog, selected source, sort order, and search text still match.
• Invalidate pending sorts when catalog loading is cancelled and keep sorting activity tied to the current request.

Background Folder Access

• Retain catalog access for the lifetime of background file operations, including catalog loading, thumbnail creation, JPEG extraction, full-size previews, sharpness scoring, similarity indexing, and AI analysis.
• Keep existing work’s folder access alive when the selected catalog changes, then release it when that work finishes.
• Strengthen shared catalog-access bookkeeping for overlapping operations.

Thumbnail Cache Reliability

• Synchronize thumbnail storage changes with cached-image count and memory-cost accounting.
• Handle replacement and eviction callbacks using entry identities so an older entry’s eviction cannot remove a newer entry’s accounting.
• Give each tracked cache ownership of its eviction delegate and detach the delegate during teardown.
• Clear storage and accounting together when resetting the cache.

Release Tooling and Dependencies

• Add Scripts/release.sh and Makefile commands for internal TestFlight and App Store Connect uploads, with dry-run support and optional explicit build numbers.
• Preserve archives and export diagnostics under build/releases/. These upload commands do not submit for App Review or publish the app.
• Advance app and model-downloader metadata to version 3.2.9, Build 403, and align release-metadata tests and documentation.
• Update PhotoAIKit to revision 648ea75a1c6bf511e03e879100dc149e4cccd022 and Apple Core AI models to revision 52c84ba874b2c57adcede08a671ce96ed1b3f433.
• Update Swift Hugging Face from 0.11.0 to 0.12.0.

Regression Coverage

• Add tests for aborted and superseded catalog transitions and stale asynchronous sort results.
• Add tests for retained catalog access across overlapping operations and Qwen analysis cancellation.
• Add concurrent cache-accounting tests and complete-catalog JPEG extraction selection coverage.

These entries describe checked-in test coverage, not test results from preparing this changelog. No application tests, release uploads, or Hugo build were run while preparing this page.

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