From 02fffbbad82e8e9b914895b98a2596f1c7800fc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "cachekit-release-bot[bot]"
 <247960786+cachekit-release-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 15:58:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release cachekit-core 0.7.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Cargo.lock                    |  2 +-
 Cargo.toml                    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bcd0522..e7ca613 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.6.0"
+  ".": "0.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f14ca1a..f4f66ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.7.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.6.0...cachekit-core-v0.7.0) (2026-10-03)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **core:** cachekit_core::metrics, cachekit_core::OperationMetrics, ByteStorage::get_last_metrics(), ZeroKnowledgeEncryptor::get_last_metrics() and the metrics cargo feature are removed.
+
+### Features
+
+* **msgpack:** export check_msgpack_structure as the shared structural walk (LAB-2735) ([#88](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/88)) ([f29965d](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/f29965def98117b9dae12a88e6243325255d666c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **build:** build cbindgen only with the ffi feature (LAB-7382) ([#102](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/102)) ([fdfba3d](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/fdfba3da99930252fa52b7f1abeaacdc3e9903bb))
+* **byte-storage:** pre-scan envelope bytes before decoding them (LAB-3479) ([a043e13](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/a043e131c1ea7ed824325730380f3ff0cd9545f6))
+* **encryption:** probe the Armv8 Crypto Extension on aarch64 instead of NEON (LAB-4650) ([#77](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/77)) ([77b18db](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/77b18db184c74254a52b8bed0be76e9f7a38fea5))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **bench:** add a fixed-iteration Ir/op gate for the hot paths (LAB-7802) ([#106](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/106)) ([dce166b](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/dce166bebebc335958b44fb48b47cd7e27bcc485))
+* **bench:** make hot_path compile by default, representative and profile-able (LAB-7039) ([#97](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/97)) ([11e9836](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/11e98363f3353552549cc9432af89c592c04b767))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* **core:** delete the OperationMetrics module and metrics feature (LAB-7325) ([3ec5456](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/3ec54565fe16aa70012a346c35fb170887fb3246))
+
 ## [0.6.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.5.0...cachekit-core-v0.6.0) (2026-08-08)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 99fe34b..35fd88a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cachekit-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 458662f..3442647 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cachekit-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["cachekit Contributors"]
 description = "LZ4 compression, xxHash3 integrity, AES-256-GCM encryption for byte payloads"