chore(main): release 0.4.0

[Elidebot (elidebot)]

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0.4.0 (2026-06-25)

Features

• benchmarks: e2e Elide-vs-baseline build benchmarks (CodSpeed) (#23) (87401ee)
• kotlin-builder: rewrite builtin-plugin -Xplugin to --plugins (with warning) (#22) (795195e)
• kotlin: Karbine ABI compile-avoidance (opt-in) — issue #11 (#21) (aa84819)
• MODULE.bazel + bazel_dep set (f1ac874)
• rbe: BuildBuddy remote execution + e2e RBE test (#31) (b6c9c07)
• release: automated release flow — BCR + SLSA L2 + Sigstore + SBOM (#32) (ed992ce)
• release: official BCR artifact flow (immutable-release compatible) (#48) (19bae81)
• release: target 0.4.0; run BCR publish in the bcr environment (#54) (58a61bb)
• rules: elide_java_library + elide_java_binary (a14ab0e)
• rules: elide_java_test + elide_kotlin_test (aaeb5ae)
• rules: elide_kotlin_library + elide_kotlin_binary (413cc62)
• rules: elide_native_image (d7cc897)
• rules: ElideInfo + common helpers (e1c5d99)
• rules: persistent worker support (36e07e9)
• toolchain: module_extension with install tag_class (960554c)
• toolchain: per-platform download + hub repo rules (b9b6161)
• toolchain: toolchain_type + ElideToolchainInfo (9e96233)

Bug Fixes

• caching and hermetic builds (b676f86)
• caching and stable outputs (801cc9e)
• ci: bump codeql-action to v4.36.0 (language=actions support) (465eef3)
• ci: gate codeql on public visibility (Code Security required) (8fae838)
• ci: grant codeql actions:read for language=actions (3334974)
• ci: require Bazel 8+ and restore docs build after dep bumps (c633cd7)
• ci: unblock main pipeline (4d1d01a)
• comprehensive audit follow-ups (891e244)
• drop native image stripping on mac (a9af37b)
• end-to-end integration + benchmarks + windows launcher (21b5b2f)
• java home for native image targets (a2d3ad0)
• java home for native image targets (e586e70)
• kotlin: mirror rules_kotlin 2.4.0 toolchain fields (e144fa5)
• native image compilation (3ac021b)
• native image compilation (bd81fbd)
• native image stripping on mac (b2274b5)
• pin elide distribution (cd5c41e)
• pin elide to latest (afc5349)
• release: authenticate release-please with a PAT to open the release PR (#33) (0972f13)
• release: pass templates_ref so BCR works with the draft release (#51) (3f6687a)
• release: support immutable releases (draft->publish) + fix BCR source fetch (#40) (63325e9)
• upgrade bazel and benchmarks (512faf2)

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Pull request overview

This release-please PR updates the project changelog to document the v0.4.0 release.

Changes:

• Add a new 0.4.0 section with consolidated feature and bug-fix entries in CHANGELOG.md.

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Merging this PR will not alter performance

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For the most accurate results, we recommend using CodSpeed Macro Runners: bare-metal machines fine-tuned for performance measurement consistency.

✅ 9 untouched benchmarks

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Footnotes

1. No successful run was found on main (23ec4e3) during the generation of this report, so 58a61bb was used instead as the comparison base. There might be some changes unrelated to this pull request in this report. ↩