Windows QA Sprint

[BeckettFrey]

Windows QA Sprint

Target: v0.4.1 release that passes the Interspeech 2026 QA checklist on Windows.

Deadline driver: Interspeech 2026 demo (Windows required).

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Branch strategy

VOX-98-QA-Testing is the integration buffer branched off main. QA work lands there, then merges into release, then back into main as v0.4.1.

main
 └── release                          ← stable release line
      └── VOX-98-QA-Testing           ← integration buffer (this effort)
           └── qa-windows-pass        ← Phase 1 (sole feature branch)

Merge path on completion: qa-windows-pass → VOX-98-QA-Testing → release → main.

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Phase 1 (Windows passes checklist)

Branch: qa-windows-pass off VOX-98-QA-Testing

• Set up Windows dev environment
• Run full QA checklist on Windows against current build
• File issue per failing criterion
• Fix Windows-specific issues; flag any change touching cross-platform code
• Run full QA checklist a second time on Windows to confirm no regressions from fixes

Exit criteria: All checklist items pass on Windows in a clean run.

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Phase 2 (Release v0.4.1)

• Merge qa-windows-pass → VOX-98-QA-Testing
• Merge VOX-98-QA-Testing → release
• Merge release → main
• Tag v0.4.1-windows-VoxKit on main
• Build + sign Windows installer
• Smoke test both artifacts on clean machines
• Publish release with checklist results attached

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Out of scope for v0.4.1

• Linux support
• Aspects breaking macos
• New features beyond what the checklist covers
• Performance optimization beyond demo-acceptable thresholds
• CI automation of the checklist (track separately)