release: forktty 0.2.0-alpha.21

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Summary

• bump the ForkTTY workspace and release metadata to 0.2.0-alpha.21
• roll the accumulated Unreleased changes into the dated 0.2.0-alpha.21 changelog section
• update README download links and package examples for the new prerelease

Verification

• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• cargo run -p xtask -- check
• cargo run -p xtask -- check-release-tag v0.2.0-alpha.21
• cargo test --workspace --all-targets --no-default-features --features gtk-ghostty
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --no-default-features --features gtk-ghostty -- -D warnings
• cargo build -p forktty-ui-gtk --no-default-features --features gtk-ghostty
• browser-feature test, clippy, and build gates
• desktop-file-validate packaging/linux/dev.forktty.forktty.desktop
• scripts/ghostty-gtk-lib-probe.sh --ensure --print-path
• scripts/gtk-ghostty-smoke.sh
• cargo audit
• local .deb and AppImage builds; version, RUNPATH, legal-file, bundled-loader, and AppImage doctor checks passed

piuparts was not run locally because piuparts/debootstrap are unavailable; the release packaging workflow remains the authoritative artifact build.

Release / docs impact

• prerelease tag: v0.2.0-alpha.21 after merge
• public site sync remains a follow-up because the existing forktty-site checkout contains unrelated user changes; affected files are app/docs/page.tsx, public/llms.txt, and public/llms-full.txt.

Summary

• Prepared the 0.2.0-alpha.21 release metadata and changelog.
• Updated README release links, package names, commands, and status text.
• Added Linux AppStream metadata for the new release.

Impact

• No user-visible behavior changes.
• No GTK/VTE or socket/core Rust changes.
• No security or privacy behavior changes.

Validation

• Ran formatting, checks, tests, Clippy, builds, packaging validation, security audit, and release artifact verification.
• piuparts was not run because piuparts and debootstrap were unavailable.
• The release packaging workflow remains authoritative for artifact validation.

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Walkthrough

The project version changed to 0.2.0-alpha.21. The changelog and Linux metadata now include the release. README links, package names, launch commands, and troubleshooting commands reference the new release.

Changes

Alpha.21 release update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release version and metadata Cargo.toml, CHANGELOG.md, packaging/linux/dev.forktty.forktty.metainfo.xml	The workspace version and release metadata now identify 0.2.0-alpha.21, dated 2026-08-20.
Release documentation references README.md	Release links, artifact filenames, launch commands, and GTK troubleshooting commands now use alpha.21.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 363d9

This release updates public download and installation references, but the corresponding site synchronization is deferred and the README uses an incorrect Debian package filename, which could mislead users or produce failed downloads. Merge should wait for these release-reference issues to be corrected or explicitly accepted.

Suggested labels: docs, dependencies, gtk

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 6

✅ Passed checks (6 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the ForkTTY alpha.21 release and matches the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Privacy Boundary	✅ Passed	The parent-to-HEAD diff changes only release metadata, documentation, and package version records; no runtime source code, telemetry, network, or terminal-output persistence behavior changed.
Terminal Command Safety	✅ Passed	The release commit changes only changelog, Cargo metadata/lock, README, and AppStream metainfo; no PTY, socket, worktree, shell, packaging script, or notification execution code changed.

✨ Finishing Touches 💡 1

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• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch release/0.2.0-alpha.21

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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 16-27: Synchronize the corresponding public release badge,
download reference, status text, installation instructions, and troubleshooting
commands in the separate forktty-site checkout with these README changes, then
run forktty-site’s tests and build before completing the release update.
- Around line 58-63: Update the Debian artifact references in the README,
including the entries around lines 63, 109, and 111, to use the filename format
emitted by scripts/build-deb.sh: forktty_0.2.0~alpha.21_amd64.deb.

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