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Backtests changelog preparation against baml-language-0.17.0..baml-language-0.18.0 and prepares a BAML 0.19.0 post enabled for website preview for the September 8 Pacific canary cut at 5b398f2b60cfa78258ac9534e8322d056564e85f.

Stacked on the website highlighting and styling fix in #4788, which should merge first.

The preparation guide is maintained separately in #4784. This PR contains the release posts and their supporting audit artifacts.

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  • 0.18.0 backtest: review 114 PRs, retain 64 PRs in 69 user-facing entries, and prepare 17 notification drafts. Document the omitted Alpine Node bridge fix, a reflection feature removed before release, and migration gaps.
  • 0.19.0 preparation: review 74 PRs, retain 25 PRs in 34 entries, and prepare three notification drafts. Include 15 breaking-change entries with migrations.
  • Enable website Git deployments for all branches and set the 0.19.0 post to isPublished: true for PR preview. Merging into canary also makes the post eligible for production publication. Keep the 0.18.0 backtest unpublished with a unique slug and preserve the historical 0.18.0 post. No package releases or notifications are published.

Start with docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/README.md and docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/README.md.

Testing

  • Backtest: 22 positive BAML snippets compile on released 0.18.0; nine pure examples execute. Python syntax/models, execution queries, and selected issue reproductions were checked.
  • 0.19.0: built the CLI from the pinned source with Rust 1.98.0; all 16 positive BAML examples and 13 old-version migration examples pass; 14 candidate execution probes pass.
  • Verified the candidate’s required-skill failure/install/success flow in a temporary project.
  • Checked artifact links, fences, publication flags, applicable prek hooks, and git diff --check. Validated the updated Vercel JSON and the 0.19.0 publication flag. The moved backtest content is unchanged except its link to the separate guide PR.

Each release directory contains a detailed validation record and limits. SDK/platform matrices and a published 0.19.0 smoke test remain release-time checks. The float PR’s unlinked Discord discussion remains an explicit followup gap.

Review context carried with the backtest

Two original automated backtest findings now belong to this PR: the ModelTurn calls-field migration and the concrete ai.Runner implementation example. Their old threads are out of scope for the guide-only #4784.

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  • New Features

    • BAML 0.19.0 adds float math methods, range constants, improved lambda inference, offline agent installation, editor navigation, a new documentation portal, release filtering, and smaller optimized bytecode.
    • Adds bound function call() and parse() methods.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Updates projection syntax, request-building APIs, standard-library names, error behavior, numeric operations, sorting, artifacts, and generated SDK formats.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improves diagnostics, SDK initialization, type checking, closures, Linux installer compatibility, tracebacks, runtime compilation, and empty-buffer reads.
  • Documentation

    • Adds release preparation and backtest documentation, validation records, source coverage, and follow-up materials.

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BAML release preparation and backtest

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Release scope and source coverage
docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/*, docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/*
The documents record release ranges, PR inventories, user-visible selections, source coverage, backtest findings, and metadata evidence.
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docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/step2a-pr-user-effects.md, docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/step2b-pr-user-effects-reaggregated.md, docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/step2a-pr-user-effects.md, docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/step2b-pr-user-effects-reaggregated.md
The catalogs classify features, breaking changes, and bug fixes for both release records.
Release posts
typescript2/app-website/blog-releases/2026-09-08-baml-0.19.0.md, typescript2/app-website/blog-releases/2026-08-27-baml-0.18.0-backtest.md
The posts document release features, breaking changes, bug fixes, migration details, and publication state.
Validation and follow-up records
docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/validation.md, docs/changelog-preparation/0.19.0/step3-followup-actions.md, docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/validation.md, docs/changelog-backtests/0.18.0/step3-followup-actions.md
The records document validation evidence, publication checks, follow-up drafts, notification decisions, and source limitations.
Website deployment configuration
typescript2/app-website/vercel.json
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## Use public parsing and testing APIs

Parser caches and polling sentinels are now internal: `baml.sap.ParseCache`, `NoYield`, `baml.csv.CsvNeedData`, `CsvSkip`, and `CsvHeaders` gained underscore-prefixed names. Testing registry execution/selection helpers and pool types also became internal. Use `baml.sap.parse<T>()` or `parse_type()` for parsing, CSV readers for records, and authored `test`/`testset` blocks or the public testing runners. Provider implementation helpers under `*.internal` also dropped provider-name prefixes; those helpers are not stable public APIs. ([#4725](https://github.com/BoundaryML/baml/pull/4725))

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P2 Badge Document the new SAP parse error contract

When users upgrade code that calls baml.sap.parse or parse_type, #4623 changes both APIs from throws baml.errors.LlmClient to throws baml.errors.ParseError. Wrappers with an explicit LlmClient throws clause or catch arm therefore require migration, but this section only describes internal helper renames and attributes the change solely to #4725. Add the before/after error contract and reference #4623 so users can resolve the resulting compiler failures.

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