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+# CHANGELOG
+
+
+## v0.5.0 (2026-07-27)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Add py 3.13 to test matrix
+  ([`d7fa11b`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/d7fa11bc1946589fbc1bc8bfdc4cf040f644ac15))
+
+- Added end_operation to the exception mess at the end of def measure() in daq.py
+  ([`0a4054d`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/0a4054d69e8cc26d27b990511da341833195ca1b))
+
+- Detector url
+  ([`9fb2004`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/9fb2004e05d75905a595b3fe3c92d3bec6eed9c8))
+
+- Handle mountingfailed specifically and split on critical
+  ([`2c80ef7`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/2c80ef7381686062184551406018cd3f162f0fb4))
+
+- One internal worker
+  ([`2663570`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/2663570f6827ef43a563254943142e9313a2bd33))
+
+- Persist workflow git fetch auth
+  ([`3185811`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/3185811e6129c77d0b90c8daba169e2c27589b69))
+
+- Remove excess warning logs
+  ([`f821c2d`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/f821c2dd99d9cf79f581f984d2ccfa10d85ed327))
+
+- Reset git fetch auth to token
+  ([`bc9094d`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/bc9094dc6e09d0732b0ae328b7e221062d8af29d))
+
+- Spurious import
+  ([`c259e10`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/c259e102284c7265e365c6aa08c373784190d6d0))
+
+- Supply operation to end
+  ([`3a64439`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/3a64439c6b835d499dc971a18141a37443814a44))
+
+- Suppress only baton error
+  ([`fbb0143`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/fbb01439505ac9c1b3faad860fecb5781b8d3b9c))
+
+- Typo in exception name
+  ([`951ee05`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/951ee0591e421c70c998d8b38bd2bcf32d22ac7f))
+
+- User values now should persist between samples, only reset to default on start up.
+  ([`89564a5`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/89564a55e1f4972bb7232fe7b3aa78fbe44e8c9b))
+
+### Chores
+
+- Add gunicorn dep
+  ([`5a9d4a2`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/5a9d4a2662641d985a69f447af1f1d6645b52ae5))
+
+- Bump aarecommon dependency
+  ([`aae4ea7`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/aae4ea7a32e99e7b7c29b792bd9bfd06ad112d9b))
+
+- Removed redundant /camera/source and /beamline/imafge from server.py and test_server.py
+  ([`60faea7`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/60faea716faf28204eca0d77cd91d3444d031624))
+
+### Code Style
+
+- Fix a few style issues by hand
+  ([`2c237b6`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/2c237b66235255acfd9b44a95a04ba5488224330))
+
+- Formatter again
+  ([`72d96ec`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/72d96ecd6ac44cdf942cd052ae3d1ca84823aea3))
+
+- Ruff check --fix
+  ([`910076a`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/910076a2389bf1d93016226e6b1ae55892a6adb5))
+
+- Ruff check --fix --unsafe-fixes
+  ([`6affbf9`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/6affbf91480b19d11f5354eb1581c971c7563272))
+
+- Ruff format
+  ([`0451b8c`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/0451b8cebb87adabe8d7b2d1d91a2525bb2286b9))
+
+### Continuous Integration
+
+- Introduce release workflow
+  ([`5f1a09a`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/5f1a09a1e96565c20fdc3259a7a86462fad17717))
+
+### Features
+
+- Added flux macro to devices for x10sa
+  ([`014ae0f`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/014ae0f47a5175266b12a0322713360e3640c8e3))
+
+- Server about info
+  ([`52a9765`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/52a9765182e3372629c884295ace6a8546fb22bb))
+
+- Updated the idle close timeout to 8 hours
+  ([`99ec01c`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/99ec01c34ccc0eaa21ef58091f6f08742094d95a))
+
+- Updated the idle close timeout to 8 hours
+  ([`e6b759e`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/e6b759e6e234f116e6b4e8e853356d520ac05515))
+
+
+## v0.4.0 (2026-07-08)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Crash on bec init failure; beamline must be set explicitly
+  ([`12bca38`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/12bca38a124c0ceb38a9e5d0852320e8a2adfcf1))
+
+### Chores
+
+- Add a bunch of stuff to gitignore
+  ([`9025c42`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/9025c425f8b5ab0f20cd02d2cf6ec748b91b7105))
+
+- Add aarecommon dependency
+  ([`ccc2185`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/ccc21855612f506b61101df85ebfd80d4218447b))
+
+- Add uv to dependencies
+  ([`3d46663`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/3d46663e23b61f37985cf817c784bdde78478c8b))
+
+- Bump version
+  ([`6012607`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/60126073eb8284f183134872748e02c7b9a25867))
+
+- Remove common tests from daq
+  ([`264e667`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/264e6671c76832dfcc7f8c01c1c80c0dcd59da70))
+
+- Update aarecommon dependency
+  ([`b57b26d`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/b57b26d1e23d027cf4ca5462e173bace9c900515))
+
+- Update aarecommon dependency to 0.1.3
+  ([`228e0ed`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/228e0edd16b830d9d0ee77ab85cb9b011bb59da4))
+
+### Code Style
+
+- Format with ruff
+  ([`b0863e5`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/b0863e5ddba5d7310148a6d17752b77cc02c32cd))
+
+- Ruff check fix
+  ([`9932661`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/99326614aec6d94a6a50ed896c3234a303995b45))
+
+### Features
+
+- Add hostname+user to gui logs
+  ([`3ec2bc0`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/3ec2bc011bbcc6cdcecd68d8c6c242349f8c119a))
+
+- Display version, gui and env location in about
+  ([`cebd4e8`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/cebd4e82bcd6c9a931fa91bfe360fa1925879401))
+
+- Display version, gui and env location in about
+  ([`cf879ee`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/cf879ee2a5606415a6610a80c8f89dc4be48a89f))
+
+- Live changes 26-07-06
+  ([`b0b655a`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/b0b655aea0355eb2441eaf1093534561f028e7a3))
+
+### Refactoring
+
+- Move qt logging to gui module
+  ([`8f0a853`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/8f0a85316d7e6e313d09bf5f95c99a1fe0a0a5af))
+
+- Use aarecommon and remove common
+  ([`13bddd4`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/13bddd43c7c36624f6e93e2718d82439d39809ff))
+
+### Testing
+
+- Corrected test for aaredb to use db_id
+  ([`f05ab28`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/f05ab282405780844de76156122c2c3daea642bf))
+
+- Fixed bug in workflow test
+  ([`95384d1`](https://gitea.psi.ch/mx/AareDAQ/commit/95384d175a0277277ca33ad5c114e6b04797692f))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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 [project]
 name = "aaredaq"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "AareDAQ (with GUI)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"