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Public beta — Framework v1.0 is expected shortly before 12 May 2026.
All entries below represent pre-release changes. The API, controls, and scoring model may still change.
March 2026
beta
new
Security pillar (Pillar 1) — structure adopted, initial content and controls added
infra
Controls relocated to modules/controls/controls/ — centralised control library under dedicated Antora module
new
Cost Optimization pillar (Pillar 2) — initial structure and content added
new
Sovereign pillar (Pillar 7) — initial control set of 10 controls (WAF-SOV-010 through WAF-SOV-100)
improvement
Expanded Antora documentation index with full framework overview, pillar summaries, and navigation
February 2026
beta
docs
Migrated all documentation to AsciiDoc / Antora format with structured navigation and component versioning (v1.0)
docs
Added AGENTS.md guidelines for AI-assisted contributions and content style
new
Added CONTRIBUTING.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, and SECURITY.md to the framework repository
fix
Fixed email address typo in community-facing documentation
December 2025
beta
new
Added initial descriptions and key questions for all 7 pillars
new
Published public 2026 roadmap draft covering Q1–Q4 milestones
new
Initial framework structure: governance, architecture guidelines, best practices, resources, and wording
new
Framework repository initialised — first public commit
Full history: github.com/waf2p/framework
March 2026
fix
Fixed all 7 pillar documentation links — corrected URL pattern to /docs/wafpp/1.0/pillars/{name}/, activated all pillar cards
new
WAFPass product page (BETA) — marketing landing page for the WAFPass CLI with in-browser controls download (JSZip + GitHub API), EN + DE #57
improvement
Theme structure updated and dashboard pages improved #56
fix
Updated Slack community invite link #55
fix
Fixed article SEO meta information #54
fix
Fixed article image URLs #53
new
New blog article published; language streamlined across all existing articles #51
new
RFC Tracker page — data-driven, tab-filtered tracker for all WAF++ Requests for Comments (EN + DE)
new
GitHub issue templates for marketing site: Bug Report, Content Issue, Feature Request
improvement
Press page redesigned — brand asset gallery with live previews, approved boilerplate copy, Do/Don't guidelines, press contact updated to page@waf2p.dev
improvement
Brand guidelines updated: canonical URL changed to waf2p.dev
new
Community pages added: Contributing, Code of Conduct, Use Cases, Press & Media, Changelog, Stay Updated (EN + DE)
new
Slack community integration — header icon, footer link, and CTA sections on homepage and governance page
new
Navigation expanded: Contributing, Use Cases, Stay Updated added to Community; Code of Conduct, Press, Changelog added to Project
new
Comprehensive SEO layer: canonical URLs, hreflang alternates, Open Graph tags, JSON-LD structured data, XML sitemap #49
fix
Fixed language switch — EN/DE pages now consistently render the correct language throughout all sections
fix
Dark mode fixes for footer background and navigation element visibility #48
February 2026 — v1.0 Redesign
v1.0
new
Complete visual redesign — new design system, component library, typography scale, light/dark mode #47
new
Full bilingual site (EN/DE) — German translations for all marketing pages with language toggle
new
New pages: Governance & Community, PASS scoring, Roles & Members, Why not X?, Vision, FAQ, Legal, Translations
new
Antora documentation integration — docs built from framework repository and served at /docs/
new
Staff member profiles with individual pages for all team members
improvement
Blog post corrections and content improvements #46
January 2026
improvement
Added new conference entries for 2026; added draw.io diagram support for architecture diagrams
December 2025
fix
Fixed missing images and meta information across multiple pages
fix
Fixed URLs and conference page updates
new
Staff member profiles added
improvement
Docs and conferences navigation added
infra
Documentation outsourced to dedicated framework repository, served via Git submodule
November 2025 — Initial Launch
new
First public release of the WAF++ marketing website
new
Initial pages: home, about, pillars, blog
infra
GitHub Actions deployment pipeline for Jekyll + GitHub Pages
Full history: github.com/waf2p/waf2p.github.io
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Public beta — WAFPass v1.0 is planned alongside Framework v1.0, shortly before 12 May 2026.
PyPI availability and stable CLI interface will ship with v1.0.
March 2026
beta
new
Dynamic pillar loading — control logic is now embedded in each control file; any new pillar loads automatically without code changes
new
PDF export of compliance check results — shareable reports directly from the CLI
new
Security pillar (Pillar 1) checks added — first non-cost control set integrated
new
Initial control check application — base architecture, control loading, and pillar evaluation engine #1
February 2026 — Initial Commit
beta
infra
WAFPass repository initialized — first public commit
Full history: github.com/waf2p/pass
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