docs: add v0.2.0-beta release notes

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Summary

Add the required release notes for v0.2.0-beta before publishing the beta release.

The notes cover:

• build and channel semantics
• workspace, settings, report inspector, and audit safety changes
• beta appcast, silent update, CI, and artifact upload hardening
• validation performed before release preparation
• ad-hoc distribution and Gatekeeper notes

Validation

• git diff --check
• ruby -e 'require "json"; JSON.parse(File.read("PitcherPlantApp/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings"))'
• ruby -e 'require "yaml"; YAML.load_file(".github/workflows/release.yml")'

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Settings now align with native macOS preferences

• Performance

  • Faster inspector and report rendering with improved thumbnail caching

• Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • Enhanced filename validation and safer evidence bundle exports
  • Improved background command execution and cancellation handling
  • Better zero-page PDF processing

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR introduces comprehensive release notes for PitcherPlant v0.2.0-beta, documenting the beta channel configuration, user-facing feature improvements across workspace navigation and settings, audit/safety enhancements, release pipeline safeguards, validation procedures, and deployment guidance for the ad-hoc distribution path.

Changes

v0.2.0-beta Release Notes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release header and configuration PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md	Release version, beta-channel appcast setup, update feed URL, GitHub pre-release behavior, and distribution/notarization configuration for the ad-hoc beta path.
Product feature and safety changes PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md	User-facing improvements in workspace/navigation/settings, performance enhancements via async thumbnail decoding and actor-backed caching, audit/data safety strengthening with stricter filename validation and safer ZIP export, fingerprint package import limits, zero-page PDF handling, and local assistant command execution moved to background tasks with process group isolation.
Release pipeline and validation PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md	Serialized beta appcast publishing with pinned URLs, appcast asset and tag validation, silent update feed preservation on failures, CI artifact/test workflow adjustments, and detailed pre-release validation checklist covering diffs, workflow/JSON/xcstrings parsing, Swift/Xcode build-and-test execution, and appcast correctness verification.
Distribution guidance and known notes PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md	macOS-only distribution intent, expected artifacts, Gatekeeper/quarantine handling, Sparkle EdDSA key requirement, clarification of ad-hoc vs. notarized distribution paths, macOS 26+ limitation, and non-blocking legacy API compiler warning note.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Poem

🐰 A release takes flight on wings so bright,
Beta notes penned with care and might,
From pipelines safe to features new,
PitcherPlant v0.2 says "howdy, you!"
With checklists checked and paths made clear, 🌱

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'docs: add v0.2.0-beta release notes' is clear, specific, and directly summarizes the main change—adding release notes documentation for the v0.2.0-beta version.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch PitcherPlant/release-notes-v0.2.0-beta

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md (1)

9-9: 💤 Low value

Use consistent terminology for "pre-release" vs "prerelease".

The document uses "pre-release" on line 9 and "prerelease" on line 77. Choose one spelling and use it consistently throughout.

Also applies to: 77-77

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md` at line 9, The doc uses two
different spellings for the same concept—"pre-release" and "prerelease"—so pick
one canonical term (e.g., "pre-release") and replace all occurrences to be
consistent; search for the literal strings "pre-release" and "prerelease" in
ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md (references: the lines containing those exact
strings) and normalize them to the chosen spelling throughout the file,
including headings, bullet points, and release behavior notes.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Nitpick comments:
In `@PitcherPlantApp/ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md`:
- Line 9: The doc uses two different spellings for the same
concept—"pre-release" and "prerelease"—so pick one canonical term (e.g.,
"pre-release") and replace all occurrences to be consistent; search for the
literal strings "pre-release" and "prerelease" in ReleaseNotes/v0.2.0-beta.md
(references: the lines containing those exact strings) and normalize them to the
chosen spelling throughout the file, including headings, bullet points, and
release behavior notes.

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