changelog.txt

*** Corvusoft Restbed Changelog ***

16-02-2026 - Version 5.0.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

Added:
- Public exposure of asio::io_context.

Changed:
- C++23 is now mandatory.
- Directory structure updated to follow standard Unix layout.
- Byte now uses std::byte.
- Project versioning now follows Semantic Versioning.
- Even-numbered major releases are designated as LTS (10+ years support).
- Repository now follows Conventional Commit structure.

Removed:
- HTTP client.
- Service restart functionality.
- Service rules engine.
- Service schedule (use asio directly).
- Service signal handling (use asio::io_context directly).
- Resource rules engine.
- Uri::encode(Bytes).
- Uri::decode(Bytes).
- Session Manager.
- Session::get_id / set_id (use request/response headers).
- Session key/value context storage (use request/response headers).
- String::format (use std::format).
- Automatic string transformation on response (use std::format).
- Built-in signal handlers (use asio::io_context directly).
- Resource filters (filter directly in method handlers):
  - Resource::set_method_handler
  - Resource::set_failed_filter_validation_handler
  - Service::set_failed_filter_validation_handler