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v0.6.0: Fix all Codex-reported critical issues
5 critical bugs fixed (found by OpenAI Codex gpt-5.4 review): 1. publish() now enforces backpressure on bounded channels — previously only try_publish() checked, publish/publish_batch bypassed silently. Extracted publish_unchecked() for the lossy path. 2. Subscriber Drop deregisters backpressure tracker — dropping a subscriber on a bounded channel no longer creates a permanent publisher deadlock from a stale cursor. 3. SubscriberGroup participates in backpressure — groups now register a tracker, update it with the min cursor, and deregister on Drop. 4. prefault() is now unsafe — documents the "before first use" precondition. 5. subscribe_group::<0>() panics — const N=0 is caught early with a clear assertion message. Also: stale README counts, invalid --features affinity references, rust-version, docs.rs metadata, .github/ exclusion from published crate. 70 tests (48 integration + 12 unit + 10 doc). 8 new tests covering bounded publish blocking, subscriber drop, group backpressure, and cross-thread bounded correctness. Reviewed by: OpenAI Codex CLI (gpt-5.4) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CHANGELOG.md

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The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
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and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
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## [0.6.0] - 2026-03-16
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### Fixed (Codex-reported critical issues)
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- **`publish()` now enforces backpressure** on bounded channels. Previously only
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`try_publish()` checked — `publish()` and `publish_batch()` bypassed it silently.
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Now `publish()` spin-waits for room on bounded channels.
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- **Subscriber Drop deregisters backpressure tracker.** Dropping a subscriber on a
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bounded channel no longer leaves a stale cursor that blocks the publisher forever.
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- **`SubscriberGroup` participates in backpressure.** Groups now register a tracker
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and update it with the minimum cursor on each `try_recv()`.
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- **`prefault()` is now `unsafe`** with documented precondition (must be called before
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any publish/subscribe operations).
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- **`subscribe_group::<0>()` now panics** with a clear message instead of silently
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breaking.
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### Changed
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- Stale README test counts updated (40 integration + 12 unit + 10 doc-tests = 70).
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- Removed invalid `--features affinity` references (no longer a feature gate).
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- Fixed `affinity::pin_to_core(0)``affinity::pin_to_core_id(0)` in README.
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- Added `rust-version = "1.70"`, `docs.rs` metadata, `exclude = [".github/"]`.
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## [0.5.1] - 2026-03-16
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### Added
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- **GitHub Actions CI** (`.github/workflows/ci.yml`): 9 jobs covering check,
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test, clippy, fmt, miri, cross-platform (Linux/macOS/Windows), wasm32,
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no-default-features, and hugepages feature gate.
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- **Platform support matrix** in README (x86_64, aarch64, wasm32, Cortex-M).
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### Changed
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- Removed unnecessary `#[allow(dead_code)]` annotations from `ring.rs`.
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- All docstrings verified objective (no domain-specific jargon).
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- All 11 `.rs` source files have SPDX license headers.
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## [0.5.0] - 2026-03-16
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### Added
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- Lag detection via `TryRecvError::Lagged { skipped }` with head-cursor-based computation
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- Named-topic bus: `Photon<T>` with `publisher()`, `subscribe()`, `subscribable()`
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- Full `no_std` support (requires `alloc`) using `hashbrown` and `spin`
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- 26 correctness tests including cross-thread SPMC and 1M-message stress test
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- MIRI verification (22 single-threaded tests)
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- 40 integration tests including cross-thread SPMC and 1M-message stress test
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- MIRI verification (single-threaded tests)
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- Criterion benchmarks with `disruptor` v4.0.0 comparison
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- Market data example (4-topic fan-out, ~160M msg/s)
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- SPDX license headers on all source files

Cargo.toml

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[package]
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name = "photon-ring"
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version = "0.5.1"
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version = "0.6.0"
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edition = "2021"
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rust-version = "1.70"
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description = "Ultra-low-latency SPMC pub/sub using seqlock-stamped ring buffers. no_std compatible."
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license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
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keywords = ["pubsub", "spmc", "seqlock", "no_std", "zero-alloc"]
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repository = "https://github.com/userFRM/photon-ring"
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homepage = "https://github.com/userFRM/photon-ring"
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documentation = "https://docs.rs/photon-ring"
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exclude = [".github/"]
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[features]
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hugepages = ["dep:libc"]
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[[bench]]
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harness = false
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[package.metadata.docs.rs]
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all-features = true
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rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
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targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]

README.md

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### Test Suite
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- **26 correctness tests** covering basic pub/sub, multi-subscriber fanout, ring overflow
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with lag detection, `latest()` under contention, batch publish, cross-thread SPMC,
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and a 1M-message stress test verified across 5 consecutive runs.
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- **3 doc-tests** verifying all README-facing code examples compile and run.
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- **58 correctness tests** (40 integration + 18 unit) covering basic pub/sub,
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multi-subscriber fanout, ring overflow with lag detection, `latest()` under
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contention, batch publish, cross-thread SPMC, bounded backpressure, core
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affinity, wait strategies, memory control, observability counters, and a
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1M-message stress test.
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- **10 doc-tests** verifying all code examples compile and run.
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22 single-threaded tests pass under [Miri](https://github.com/rust-lang/miri) with no
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Single-threaded tests pass under [Miri](https://github.com/rust-lang/miri) with no
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Pin threads to specific CPU cores for deterministic cache coherence latency:
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Pin threads to specific CPU cores for deterministic cache coherence latency.
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affinity::pin_to_core(0);
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affinity::pin_to_core_id(0);
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examples/backpressure.rs

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side: if published % 2 == 0 {
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examples/pinned_latency.rs

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src/channel.rs

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pub fn publish(&mut self, value: T) {
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fn publish_unchecked(&mut self, value: T) {
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