What's New in This Release

This release focuses on making mcp-windbg more reliable, faster, and easier to use for everyone - from beginners to advanced users.

New Features

Core

• Live debugging session support via open_windbg_remote and close_windbg_remote
• Extended dump file support for .mdmp and .hdmp formats
• Microsoft Store WinDbg CDB compatibility

Devops

• Set up continuous integration that automatically tests the code with Python versions 3.10 through 3.14
• Added automatic dependency updates to keep everything secure and up-to-date
• Streamlined the release process so new versions reach users faster

Development

• Switched to uv - a lightning-fast Python package manager that's 10-100x faster than pip
• Development setup is now much quicker with commands like uv sync and uv run
• More reliable builds with locked dependency versions

Documentation

• Added comprehensive debugging instructions for AI assistants (AGENTS.md)
• Created structured templates to help analyze crash dumps more effectively (.github/prompts/dump-triage.prompt.md)
• All documentation is now available in the repository Wiki for easy access
• Simplified the main README.md to focus on getting started quickly
• Added this structured CHANGELOG.md to track all project changes

Improvements

Performance Boost: Build times are significantly faster thanks to the new tooling
Enhanced Security: Automatic scanning and updates keep dependencies secure

🤝 Community Contributions

Special thanks to @sooknarine for these valuable contributions:

• Find local dumps with other common extensions #6 - Now finds more crash dump files automatically

• Add support for remote debugging #10 - Connect to live debugging sessions

• Initial version as blogged about.