Bump version to 1.2.0 & update changelog

Author: mrcasual

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
-
-## Develop
+## 1.2.0 — 2026-04-06
 
 ### Fixed
 
 * Output directory was not being created when saving .po files if it didn't exist.
 
+### Added
+
+* Post-translation validation that catches placeholder mismatches, non-breaking space issues, and plural form errors - blanking bad translations for automatic retry.
+* New `--extra-prompt-path` CLI flag to append domain-specific prompt content without replacing the base prompt.
+* Language-specific plural form guidance in the default prompt (Arabic 6-form, Russian 3-form, French 2-form, Japanese 1-form).
+* XML source elements now include a `placeholders` attribute listing expected placeholders for LLM verification.
+
+### Changed
+
+* Update OpenAI models and pricing to April 2026.
+* Default model changed from `gpt-4o-mini` to `gpt-4.1-mini`.
+* Hardened default prompt with explicit negative examples for placeholder preservation.
+* Blanked translation details now logged at warn level instead of debug.
+
 ## 1.1.0 — 2025-11-12
 
 ### Fixed

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "potomatic",
-	"version": "1.1.0",
+	"version": "1.2.0",
 	"description": "AI-powered translation utility for translating .po(t) files into multiple languages",
 	"author": "GravityKit",
 	"keywords": [

package.json

@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export function parseXmlResponse(xmlResponse, batch, pluralCount, logger, dictio
 /**
  * Extracts sorted printf-style placeholders from a string.
  *
- * @since 1.1.0
+ * @since 1.2.0
  *
  * @param {string} text - Text to extract from.
  *
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ function decodeXmlEntities(text) {
  * Only normalizes leading/trailing whitespace — interior nbsp is preserved
  * as it may be intentional (e.g., French punctuation spacing).
  *
- * @since 1.1.0
+ * @since 1.2.0
  *
  * @param {string} translation - Translated text.
  * @param {string} source      - Source text to match whitespace against.