chore: release prep for v3.5.0-rc.1

Bump every workspace manifest to 3.5.0-rc.1 via `alef sync-versions --set`,
refresh per-language dependency trees via `alef update --latest`, and
regenerate all bindings, READMEs, docs reference pages, and e2e suites
against alef 0.18.1.

Author: Goldziher

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.5.0-rc.1] - 2026-05-24
+
 ### Changed
 
+- **release: cut v3.5.0-rc.1 release candidate.** Aligned every workspace manifest (Cargo + npm + PyPI + Maven + Composer + Gemfile + Hex + pub.dev + Zig + R + Cocoa + nuget + Cargo.lock entries) on `3.5.0-rc.1` via `alef sync-versions --set`. Refreshed every per-language dependency tree to its current upstream pin (`alef update --latest`) and re-generated all bindings, READMEs, docs reference pages, and e2e suites against alef 0.18.1 so the regen artefacts on disk match the version pin baked into every binding manifest.
+
 - **bindings: regenerated with alef 0.18.1.** Picks up the v0.18.0 → v0.18.1 sweep: Java Builder `#[serde(default)]` non-optional fields use boxed nullable types so omitted JSON keys survive Jackson round-trip; PHP enum-variant accessor paths skipped before field validation; Python pyproject TOML arrays normalised to canonical `pyproject-fmt` shape; the Windows e2e runner no longer clobbers the inherited `Path` (case-insensitive env-key collision on `std::process::Command::env`); Ruby scaffold emits a `Steepfile` that ignores `lib/<gem>/native.rb` so Steep stops tripping on the Sorbet sigs the magnus backend deliberately emits; `alef readme` markdown normalisation matches `rumdl-fmt` MD012 (one blank max) so cold-regen READMEs no longer diverge from the `alef all` output; rubocop double-quote / `%w[...]` defaults emitted directly; Kotlin Android `.gitkeep` is empty (matches `end-of-file-fixer`); WASM optionalised non-Duration fields preserve core `Default` via the if-let wrapper; `Box<str>` round-trips through binding `String` via the new `CoreWrapper::Box` classifier; bare `str` resolves to `TypeRef::String` instead of falling through `sanitize_type_ref`; Zig test preamble installs `SIG_IGN` on `SIGABRT` so C++ destructor `abort()`s don't break the test-runner IPC; Java sealed-interface tagged-enum field defaults emit `new EnumName.Variant()` (records can't be statically referenced); PHP binding structs with custom core `Default` suppress the auto `#[derive(Default)]` and emit a delegating `impl Default`; doc-test import paths use the published crate name `alef` (post workspace-collapse); kotlin-android snapshot updated for vanniktech 0.36 (`SourcesJar.Sources()`, no-arg `publishToMavenCentral()`); Java e2e resolves per-fixture mock URLs from system properties; Java `Vec<T>`/`Map<K,V>` marshaling uses `MAPPER.writerFor(constructCollectionType(...))` to preserve `@JsonTypeInfo` discriminators; PyO3 `_to_rust_*_config` aliases serde-renamed keys + final pyo3 calls use serde-renamed param names.
 
 - **package READMEs: regenerated with cold `alef readme`.** The 0.18.0 regen sweep used `alef all` whose hot-cache README pass omits the blank lines between consecutive `##` section headers that the standalone `alef readme` pass emits cold. CI's `Validate READMEs` step (cold `alef readme`) caught the divergence; this commits the cold output. Same cosmetic alef bug as the prior `dcd072a58` patch; tracked separately upstream.

CITATION.cff

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ authors:
 repository-code: "https://github.com/kreuzberg-dev/html-to-markdown"
 url: "https://kreuzberg.dev"
 license: MIT
-version: 3.5.0
+version: 3.5.0-rc.1
 date-released: 2026-05-17

Cargo.toml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.5.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["Na'aman Hirschfeld <naaman@kreuzberg.dev>"]
 description = "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ clap_complete = "4.6"
 clap_mangen = "0.3"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
 ext-php-rs = "0.15.13"
-html-to-markdown-rs = { version = "3.5.0", path = "crates/html-to-markdown" }
+html-to-markdown-rs = { version = "3.5.0-rc.1", path = "crates/html-to-markdown" }
 html5ever = "0.39.0"
 once_cell = "1.21"
 pyo3 = { version = "0.28.3", features = ["abi3-py310"] }

crates/html-to-markdown-ffi/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "html-to-markdown-ffi"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.5.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ default = []
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1"
-html-to-markdown-rs = { path = "../html-to-markdown", version = "3.5.0", features = [
+html-to-markdown-rs = { path = "../html-to-markdown", version = "3.5.0-rc.1", features = [
     "full",
     "metadata",
     "visitor",

crates/html-to-markdown-node/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "html-to-markdown-node"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.5.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter"

crates/html-to-markdown-node/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kreuzberg/html-to-markdown-node-darwin-arm64",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.5.0-rc.1",
   "description": "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter - Node.js native bindings",
   "keywords": [
     "converter",

crates/html-to-markdown-node/npm/darwin-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kreuzberg/html-to-markdown-node-darwin-x64",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.5.0-rc.1",
   "description": "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter - Node.js native bindings",
   "keywords": [
     "converter",

crates/html-to-markdown-node/npm/linux-arm-gnueabihf/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kreuzberg/html-to-markdown-node-linux-arm-gnueabihf",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.5.0-rc.1",
   "description": "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter - Node.js native bindings",
   "keywords": [
     "converter",

crates/html-to-markdown-node/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kreuzberg/html-to-markdown-node-linux-arm64-gnu",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.5.0-rc.1",
   "description": "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter - Node.js native bindings",
   "keywords": [
     "converter",

crates/html-to-markdown-node/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kreuzberg/html-to-markdown-node-linux-arm64-musl",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.5.0-rc.1",
   "description": "High-performance HTML to Markdown converter - Node.js native bindings",
   "keywords": [
     "converter",