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+# winTerm 1.3.0
+
+**This is the new stable release.** GitHub Latest now points here, and
+`/releases/latest` resolves to v1.3.0. The build is the field-tested
+v1.3.0-beta3 promoted to the stable channel with stable version metadata;
+no code changed between beta3 and this release.
+
+winTerm 1.3.0 is the **Command Timeline** release: every pane gets a
+trustworthy, in-memory list of the commands it has run, built exclusively
+from OSC 133 shell integration — winTerm never guesses where a prompt or
+output begins.
+
+## Command Timeline
+
+Open it with `Ctrl+Tab`, or with the thin auto-hiding handle on the
+terminal's left edge; click the terminal, press `Escape`, or press
+`Ctrl+Tab` again to close it.
+
+- **Per-pane history.** Each pane keeps its own list. `cmd.exe` — which
+  does not report command boundaries — shows `Command timeline
+  unavailable` rather than untrustworthy results.
+- **Works out of the box.** A profile whose commandline is a bare
+  `powershell.exe` or `pwsh.exe` (optionally with `-NoLogo`/`-NoExit`)
+  automatically imports the packaged `winTerm.Shell` integration module at
+  startup. Any customized commandline launches unchanged; the per-profile
+  setting `"shellIntegration.autoInject": false` turns the rewrite off.
+- **Load without executing.** `Enter` or a single click puts the selected
+  command on the input line and stops there. No carriage return is ever
+  sent, the clipboard is never read, and input broadcast never forwards
+  the injected text.
+- **Search, copy, jump.** Literal case-insensitive filtering over the
+  pane's history, copy command or output, and jump-to-output that scrolls
+  the buffer to where the command ran.
+- **Trustworthy status.** ✓ Succeeded, ✕ Failed with the real exit code,
+  or Running — never a guess. Commands without full shell integration show
+  an explained `? Unknown` instead of a fabricated result.
+- **Bounded by design.** In-memory only, with a configurable bounded
+  history; no persistent storage, no output cache, and no telemetry.
+
+## Visual Progress refinements
+
+Three alphas and three betas of field testing hardened the v1.2.0 Visual
+Progress system. The most visible fix: any command without a real progress
+source — Alternate Screen TUIs (`k9s`, `vim`, `top`), development servers
+(FastAPI/uvicorn, Spring Boot, Node.js), `tail -f`,
+`kubectl port-forward` — now shows a single bounded launch traversal
+instead of an endless rainbow animation, while explicit OSC 9;4 progress
+and recognized CLI providers keep their full presentations.
+
+## Everything in v1.2.0 is included
+
+Pane splitting and border-drag resizing with snap points, Balance Panes,
+resize undo/redo, the winTerm dark shell, per-pane Visual Progress,
+Workspaces, themes, private fonts, diagnostics, portable mode, and the
+independent `%LOCALAPPDATA%\winTerm` data root all ship unchanged.
+
+## Downloads
+
+- `winTerm-1.3.0-setup-x64.exe` — current-user or all-users installation.
+- `winTerm-1.3.0-portable-x64.zip` — extract and run without installation
+  (creates `portable.marker` alongside the executable).
+- `SHA256SUMS.txt` — checksums for both application assets; verify before
+  running.
+
+Upgrading from v1.2.0 or any v1.3.0 prerelease installs over the existing
+installation and keeps settings, themes, workspaces, and snapshots under
+`%LOCALAPPDATA%\winTerm` (or the adjacent `data` directory in portable
+mode).
+
+Requires Windows 11 x64. winTerm is an independent open-source project
+based on Microsoft Terminal source code; it is not a Microsoft product and
+is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.