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Activity for April 2026

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• Review PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1754: fix HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes Problem with Http.RequestString detection of response content encoding #1251); all CI passing — Review
• Review PR [Repo Assist] improve: HtmlParser remove dead code and redundant ToLowerInvariant in EmitTag #1756: improve: HtmlParser remove dead code and redundant ToLowerInvariant in EmitTag — Review
• Review PR (branch repo-assist/test-htmlinference-2026-04-23): test: 23 unit tests for HtmlInference.inferListType and inferHeaders — Branch
• Close PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1717: superseded by [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1754 (clean rebase; old branch contained protected workflow files) — Close
• Review PR Bump actions/github-script from 373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553 to 3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 #1755: Dependabot bump actions/github-script (minor CI dependency update) — Review
• Close issue [gh-aw] Protected Files: [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1752: protected-files block resolved by creating clean PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1754 — View

Future Work for Repo Assist

• System.Text.Json investigation (Consider System.Text.Json dependency #1671) — no new human activity; hold

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2026-04-23 04:38 UTC — Run

• 🧪 Task 9 (sub): Created PR — test: 23 unit tests for HtmlInference.inferListType and inferHeaders (previously had no dedicated test coverage); 2980 core tests pass — Branch
• ✅ Task 6: All Repo Assist PRs ([Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1754, [Repo Assist] improve: HtmlParser remove dead code and redundant ToLowerInvariant in EmitTag #1756) passing CI — no changes needed

2026-04-22 04:34 UTC — Run

• 🔧 Task 5: Created PR — improve: HtmlParser EmitTag removes dead else branch (was always a no-op), avoids re-computing CurrentTagName() using already-computed name, removes redundant .ToLowerInvariant() in IsFormattedTag/IsScriptTag; 783 tests pass — Branch
• 📋 Task 4: Noted Dependabot PR Bump actions/github-script from 373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553 to 3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 #1755 (actions/github-script bump) for maintainer review

2026-04-21 04:36 UTC — Run

• 🔧 Task 6: Created clean replacement PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1754 for HTTP encoding fix (Closes Problem with Http.RequestString detection of response content encoding #1251) — rebased onto main 8.1.10; 2957 + 489 tests pass; supersedes [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1717 (its branch was polluted with protected workflow files from prior merge-into-branch)
• 💬 Task 2: Scanned open issues; Consider System.Text.Json dependency #1671 has no new human activity since last comment — no action needed

2026-04-20 04:42 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 8: Created perf PR — HtmlCharRefs entity lookup uses Dictionary (O(1)) instead of F# Map (O(log n)) for ~2230 entries; also avoids char[] alloc in TrimEnd; 2957 tests pass (merged as [Repo Assist] perf: HtmlCharRefs entity lookup uses Dictionary for O(1) instead of Map O(log n) #1753 ✅)

2026-04-19 04:XX UTC — Run

• 🔄 Task 6: Merged main into PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1717 (HTTP encoding fix, Closes Problem with Http.RequestString detection of response content encoding #1251) — resolved RELEASE_NOTES/AssemblyInfo conflicts; 0 errors, 3740 tests pass (push was blocked — protected files in merge commit)

2026-04-18 04:29 UTC — Run

• 🚀 Task 10: Created release PR [Repo Assist] release: bump version to 8.1.9 #1751 (merged ✅) — bump version to 8.1.9 (SHA1 disposal, WorldBank retry delay, TypeProviders.SDK update; 2957 tests pass)
• 💬 Task 2: Commented on Automate the creation of GitHub releases #1742 — balanced context on GitHub releases vs NuGet notifications

2026-04-17 04:37 UTC — Run

• 🧪 Task 9: Created PR [Repo Assist] test+eng: 37 StructuralInference unit tests; CI reads SDK version from global.json #1747 (merged ✅) — test: 37 unit tests for StructuralInference core type-inference module
• ⚙️ Task 4: CI workflows now use dotnet-version-file: global.json (included in PR [Repo Assist] test+eng: 37 StructuralInference unit tests; CI reads SDK version from global.json #1747, merged ✅)

2026-04-16 04:39 UTC — Run

• 🔧 Task 5: Created PR [Repo Assist] fix: dispose SHA1 instance in Caching.hashString; use SHA1.HashData on .NET 5+ #1745 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — fix: dispose SHA1 instance in Caching.hashString; use SHA1.HashData on .NET 5+

2026-04-15 04:34 UTC — Run

• ⚙️ Task 4: Created PR [Repo Assist] ci: automatically create GitHub releases on push to main #1744 — ci: automatically create GitHub releases on push to main (reopened by @dsyme as PR [Repo Assist] ci: automatically create GitHub releases on push to main #1750, merged ✅)
• 💬 Task 2: Commented on Automate the creation of GitHub releases #1742 — explained current NuGet automation, linked new PR
• 🏷️ Labelled Automate the creation of GitHub releases #1742 with enhancement

2026-04-14 04:34 UTC — Run

• 🔧 Task 3: Rebased HTTP encoding fix (Closes Problem with Http.RequestString detection of response content encoding #1251) onto main as PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1740 (since closed without merge)
• ⚙️ Task 4: Created PR [Repo Assist] eng: update FSharp.TypeProviders.SDK to latest master (75ac6119) #1741 (merged ✅) — eng: update FSharp.TypeProviders.SDK to latest master 75ac6119

2026-04-13 04:43 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 8: Created PR [Repo Assist] perf: inline \u hex parsing and span-based number parsing in JSON parser #1738 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — perf: inline \u hex parsing and span-based number parsing in JSON parser
• 🔧 Task 5: Created PR [Repo Assist] improve: fast-path allocation checks in niceCamelName, capitalizeFirstLetter, Pluralizer #1739 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — improve: fast-path short-circuit in niceCamelName, capitalizeFirstLetter, and Pluralizer

2026-04-12 04:35 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 8 (fallback): Created PR (merged as [Repo Assist] perf: StringBuilder in CSS readString; AsSpan in JsonStringEncodeTo on .NET 6+ #1737 ✅) — StringBuilder in CSS readString; AsSpan in JsonStringEncodeTo

2026-04-09 04:29 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 8: Created PR [Repo Assist] perf: avoid ToCharArray allocations in TextConversions, HtmlParser, HtmlCssSelectors, HtmlOperations #1735 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — perf: avoid ToCharArray allocations

2026-04-08 04:30 UTC — Run

• 🧪 Task 9: Created PR [Repo Assist] test: add unit tests for JsonValue.ParseMultiple and JsonValue.Load #1734 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — test: add 11 unit tests for JsonValue.ParseMultiple, Load(Stream), Load(TextReader), and WriteTo

2026-04-07 04:29 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 8: Created PR (merged as [Repo Assist] perf: avoid ToCharArray allocations in HtmlParser #1733 ✅) — perf: avoid ToCharArray allocations in HtmlParser

2026-04-06 04:33 UTC — Run

• 🧪 Task 9: Created PR [Repo Assist] test: add unit tests for trimHtml edge cases, capitalizeFirstLetter, and uniqueGenerator with spaces #1731 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — test: add unit tests for trimHtml edge cases, capitalizeFirstLetter, uniqueGenerator

2026-04-05 04:30 UTC — Run

• ⚡ Task 5: Created PR [Repo Assist] perf: rewrite nicePascalName with StringBuilder; remove trimHtml ToCharArray #1729 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — perf: nicePascalName rewrite; remove trimHtml ToCharArray
• 🔧 Task 4: Created PR [Repo Assist] ci: add Fantomas format check job to PR workflow #1732 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — ci: Fantomas format check; created issue [Repo Assist] ci: add Fantomas format check job to PR workflow #1730

2026-04-04 04:25 UTC — Run

• 🔄 Task 6: Rebased PR [Repo Assist] fix: change HTTP response default encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 (Closes #1251) #1717 onto main
• ⚡ Task 5: Created PR [Repo Assist] perf: reuse StringBuilder and ResizeArray in CSV parser to reduce per-field allocations #1728 (merged ✅ by @dsyme) — perf: reuse StringBuilder + ResizeArray in CSV parser

2026-04-03 04:29 UTC — Run

• 🔧 Task 4: Created PR [Repo Assist] test: use TcpListener(0) for reliable free-port selection in HTTP test server #1724 (merged ✅) — test: TcpListener(0) for reliable free-port selection
• ⚡ Task 5: Created PR [Repo Assist] perf: use HashSet(char) and String.exists for adorner detection in TextConversions #1725 (merged ✅) — perf: HashSet(char) and String.exists for adorner detection
• 📝 Task 11: Closed March 2026 summary ([Repo Assist] Monthly Activity 2026-03 #1684); created April 2026 summary

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