netresearch/ofelia v0.18.0 on GitHub

Highlights

This release introduces job history restoration, run-on-startup option, extended cron syntax, and configuration validation with unknown key detection.

New Features

Restore Job History on Startup (#440)

Automatically restores job execution history from saved JSON files when daemon starts
Only restores entries from the last 24 hours by default (configurable via restore-history-max-age)
Can be disabled with restore-history = false if needed
Requires save-folder to be configured

Documentation: Save Configuration

Run-on-Startup Option (#436)

New run-on-startup option to execute jobs immediately when the daemon starts
Works with any schedule including @triggered for manual-only jobs
Useful for initialization tasks or catch-up after downtime

Extended Cron Syntax (#438)

Uses go-cron FullParser for extended cron syntax support
Supports optional seconds field (6-field cron expressions)
Supports descriptors like @weekly, @monthly, @annually

Configuration Validation (#432, #435)

Comprehensive config validation with mapstructure metadata
Unknown key detection for job sections warns about typos
Better error messages for invalid configuration

Bug Fixes

Test Reliability (#431)

Fixed race condition in test suite
Improved test reliability and reduced flakiness

CI/CD (#430)

Added missing checkout step to release-notes job

Documentation

ADR-003 Rewrite (#434)

Rewrote ADR-003 to proper decision format
Better documentation of architectural decisions

Included in this release

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Verification

All binaries include SLSA Level 3 provenance attestations.

Verify binary provenance

slsa-verifier verify-artifact ofelia-linux-amd64 \
  --provenance-path ofelia-linux-amd64.intoto.jsonl \
  --source-uri github.com/netresearch/ofelia

Verify checksums signature

cosign verify-blob \
  --certificate checksums.txt.pem \
  --signature checksums.txt.sig \
  --certificate-identity "https://github.com/netresearch/ofelia/.github/workflows/release-slsa.yml@refs/tags/v0.18.0" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  checksums.txt