feat(vscode-extension): 0.2.0, the first release on the Marketplace

distribution/channels.yaml

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ channels:
         headless server package) is what FlatPark pins as extra-data.
 
   - id: vscode-marketplace
-    name: VS Code extension (Visual Studio Marketplace, pre-release)
+    name: VS Code extension (Visual Studio Marketplace)
     short_name: VS Code extension
     status: live
     category: os-desktop
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ channels:
       docs: docs/DISTRIBUTION.md
     pin:
       strategy: none
-      note: Published 21 Oct 2026 as 0.1.0, a pre-release, under the publisher libredb. The extension has
+      note: Published 21 Oct 2026 as the 0.1.0 pre-release, under the publisher libredb; 0.2.0 is its first
+        release. The extension has
         a version line of its own in vscode-extension/package.json, which the drift check's comparison
         with the root package.json cannot read, so the listed version is checked by hand against the
         listing.

docs/DISTRIBUTION.md

@@ -1312,7 +1312,8 @@ bash scripts/build-standalone-payload.sh dist --smoke
 ## VS Code extension (Marketplace)
 
 LibreDB Studio for VS Code lives in [`vscode-extension/`](../vscode-extension), an npm package of its own with a version line of its own.
-Its 0.1.0 pre-release has been on the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=libredb.libredb-studio) since 21 October 2026, under the publisher `libredb`.
+It has been on the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=libredb.libredb-studio) since 21 October 2026, under the publisher `libredb`: 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 as pre-releases, then 0.2.0 as its first release.
+A listing with pre-releases only refuses a plain install (`code --install-extension libredb.libredb-studio` fails with "it has no release version"), which is why 0.2.0 is a release.
 This section is its release runbook.
 Its build, tests and CI job are in [docs/TOOLCHAIN.md, "VS Code extension"](TOOLCHAIN.md#vs-code-extension-vscode-extension).
 
@@ -1321,7 +1322,8 @@ Its build, tests and CI job are in [docs/TOOLCHAIN.md, "VS Code extension"](TOOL
 The extension's version is the `version` of [`vscode-extension/package.json`](../vscode-extension/package.json), independent of the product's bare semver.
 The Marketplace takes `major.minor.patch` only, with a pre-release as a flag rather than a suffix, and recommends an odd minor for pre-releases.
 So every 0.1.x is a pre-release, 0.1.0 included, and the first release is 0.2.0.
-`vscode-extension/test/unit/manifest.test.ts` holds the version to the odd-minor 0.x line, so the release that leaves it changes that case in the same PR.
+A later pre-release takes the next odd minor, 0.3.x, and stays above the release users have, so only those who chose pre-releases get it.
+`vscode-extension/test/unit/manifest.test.ts` holds the version to the 0.2.x line, so a version that leaves it changes that case in the same PR, and `test/unit/readme.test.ts` holds the README to calling itself a pre-release exactly on an odd minor.
 
 ### Cutting a version
 
@@ -1348,7 +1350,7 @@ Until a publish job exists, the owner uploads the VSIX the gates tested; nothing
 1. Download the `vscode-extension-vsix` artifact of the tag's `vscode-extension-release.yml` run, or of `main`'s `vscode-extension.yml` run at the tagged commit, and check that its manifest names `Publisher="libredb"`, the version, and, on an odd minor, the `PreRelease` property.
 2. Install it into a fresh VS Code profile (`code --user-data-dir <dir> --extensions-dir <dir> --install-extension <file>`) and run one query on each v0 engine.
 3. On https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage/publishers/libredb, upload it as a new version of LibreDB Studio, or through **New extension** > **Visual Studio Code** for a new extension.
-4. When the Marketplace has verified it, check that `code --install-extension libredb.libredb-studio --pre-release` installs that version in another fresh profile.
+4. When the Marketplace has verified it, check that `code --install-extension libredb.libredb-studio` installs that version in another fresh profile, with `--pre-release` on an odd minor.
 
 A version number can be uploaded once, so a fix to a published version is the next patch.
 The listing's text and images come from the packed `README.md`; the management page has no field for them, so changing them is a new version.

vscode-extension/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LibreDB Studio for VS Code
 
-LibreDB Studio for VS Code is a pre-release that browses and queries PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL and MongoDB databases from the editor.
+LibreDB Studio for VS Code browses and queries PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL and MongoDB databases from the editor.
 It needs no account and no login.
 It requires VS Code 1.123 or later.
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ A MongoDB command cannot be cancelled once it is sent.
 
 ## Keyboard shortcut
 
-This pre-release binds no key to **Run Query**.
+LibreDB binds no key to **Run Query**.
 To add one, put an entry like this in your `keybindings.json`:
 
 ```json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ In Restricted Mode, every connection opens with external file access denied.
 - `libredb.connections`: the saved connections, written by **Add Connection** and **Remove Connection**.
 - `libredb.query.rowLimit`: the number of rows each page of results holds, 500 by default, from 1 to 10000.
 
-## Not in this pre-release
+## Not in this version
 
 - Editing a saved connection: when a sign-in fails, LibreDB offers Enter Credentials instead.
 - Exporting results.

vscode-extension/package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "publisher": "libredb",
   "displayName": "LibreDB Studio",
   "description": "Browse and query PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL and MongoDB databases with LibreDB Studio.",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

vscode-extension/test/unit/manifest.test.ts

@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ describe("the manifest", () => {
     assert.equal(lock.packages[""].version, manifest.version);
   });
 
-  it("is on the pre-release line: 0.1.x, an odd minor below the first release 0.2.0", () => {
+  it("is on the release line: 0.2.x, an even minor, the first release after the 0.1.x pre-releases", () => {
     const [major, minor] = triple(manifest.version);
     assert.equal(major, 0);
-    assert.equal(minor % 2, 1);
+    assert.equal(minor, 2);
   });
 
   it("pins vscode-jsonrpc exactly, as the bundles' one runtime package", () => {

vscode-extension/test/unit/readme.test.ts

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ describe("the Marketplace README", () => {
     for (const [, form] of others) assert.ok(!new RegExp(`\\b${escape(form.label)}\\b`).test(readme), form.label);
   });
 
-  it("says it is a pre-release, as the odd minor of the manifest's version makes it", () => {
-    assert.equal(Number(manifest.version.split(".")[1]) % 2, 1);
-    assert.match(readme, /pre-release/);
+  it("calls itself a pre-release exactly when the manifest's version has an odd minor", () => {
+    const preRelease = Number(manifest.version.split(".")[1]) % 2 === 1;
+    assert.equal(/pre-release/i.test(readme), preRelease);
   });
 
   it("names the floor VS Code version the manifest asks for", () => {