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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.1.0](https://github.com/manuschillerdev/absurd-rust-sdk/releases/tag/v0.1.0) - 2026-06-03
+
+### Added
+
+- Initial community Rust SDK for Absurd, built on Tokio and Absurd's Postgres stored procedures.
+- Typed task registration and spawning with `serde`-backed parameters, task results, step results, and event payloads.
+- Durable task context APIs for checkpointed steps, sleeps, event waits, event emission, and claim heartbeats.
+- Queue lifecycle, task cancellation, cleanup, idempotent spawn, retry strategy, and unknown-task deferral APIs.
+- Worker execution with configurable concurrency, batch size, claim timeout, polling interval, and graceful shutdown.
+- Hello-world and worker examples for common task and workflow patterns.
+- CI and release automation with rustfmt, clippy, tests, docs, packaging, cargo-deny, Dependabot, and release-plz.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Aligned SDK semantics for cancellation mapping, retry/idempotency handling, lease extension, task completion, and worker deferral behavior.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Added integration coverage for queue lifecycle, typed task round trips, checkpoint reuse, failed-step re-execution, repeated step names, sleep resumption, event wakeups, idempotent spawn, retries, retry backoff, unknown tasks, and cancellation.