Changelog & Releases

All notable changes to RouteCase are documented in this file. RouteCase adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.2.1] - 2026-10-25

Official Documentation Portal & Website: Launched and deployed the official production website and docs portal at https://routecase.vercel.app.
Activity Bar Brand Icon: Modernized activity bar container icon with the 3-node connected route graph vector.
Obsidian & Emerald Visual Identity: Full rebrand to Obsidian Slate (#0B0F17) and Vibrant Emerald (#10B981) / Mint (#34D399) color system.
AI Agent Discovery: Added full llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and robots.txt manifests for automated LLM crawler discovery.

Response Variable Chaining (capture): Extract values from JSON response bodies via dot-notation (e.g. "myToken": "accessToken") and inject them as {{myToken}} into downstream requests.
Environment Variables (.rcase.env): Native support for .rcase.env, .rcase.env.json, and VS Code setting routecase.env. Switch between local, staging, and production without editing test suites.
Dynamic Built-in Generators: Added {{$uuid}}, {{$timestamp}}, {{$isoDate}}, {{$randomEmail}}, {{$randomName}}, and {{$randomInt}} for collision-free testing.
“Copy as cURL” Context Menu: Right-click any test case in the editor to copy a fully formatted, executable cURL command to the clipboard.
OpenAPI & Swagger Importer: Native zero-dependency importer converting OpenAPI 3.x and Swagger 2.x specifications into complete .rcase suites.
Expanded Test Coverage: Added 25 new automated unit and integration tests (totaling 64 passing tests across 13 suites).
Express Test Server: Added test-server/ with complete integration test harness validating all HTTP methods and variable features.

All-Features Showcase Example: Comprehensive all-features.rcase covering all HTTP methods, parameters, and assertions.
Live Public API Suite: Added github-public-api.rcase allowing developers to test RouteCase without starting a local server.
E-Commerce CRUD Suite: Added ecommerce-crud.rcase.
Auth & Security Suite: Added auth-and-security.rcase.
Interactive Template Chooser: Enhanced RouteCase: Create Example Test File command with an interactive QuickPick menu.

Declarative .rcase and .routecase test file format with full JSON schema validation.
Interactive Jupyter-style CodeLens actions (▶ Run All Cases, ▶ Run Endpoint, ▶ Run Case) and live status badges (✓ PASS, ✗ FAIL, ⚠ ERROR).
Path template substitution engine with safe URL encoding.
Assertions engine: status, bodyContains, bodyEquals, headers, and maxDurationMs.
Native VS Code Activity Bar Tree View test explorer.
Interactive Webview results panel with secret credential redaction.
Published to the official Visual Studio Marketplace under publisher UtkarshKumar.