ForgeFlow/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_0.5.3.md

ForgeFlow 0.5.3

Confirmed source-update handoff

• ForgeFlow writes a launch request and waits for an external PowerShell STARTED marker before closing.
• A helper launch failure or timeout leaves ForgeFlow open and surfaces the real error.
• The updater records structured lifecycle state alongside the detailed update log.
• Successful installation remains valid even when automatic restart is unavailable.
• The next manual start shows a visible update result for success, failure, or rollback.
• The PowerShell helper uses the absolute Windows PowerShell executable where available.
• Success and rollback both attempt an automatic restart, with the result persisted for diagnosis.

Included 0.5.x reliability improvements

• viewport-safe, scrollable deployment and settings dialogs;
• sticky modal action bars;
• large Git selections through NUL-delimited pathspec input;
• serialized repository mutations;
• SSH password-form persistence correction;
• origin normalization and stale-index-lock repair.