v0.2.0 - Expanded Security Coverage & Major Performance Enhancement Release

v0.2.0 - Major Performance & UI Enhancement Release 🚀

This major release represents a significant milestone in solsec's development, delivering revolutionary performance improvements, an advanced interactive reporting system, and comprehensive security rule coverage.

🎯 Major Highlights

🎨 Revolutionary HTML Reporting System (v0.1.9)

• Interactive Suggestion Display: Complete overhaul of HTML report presentation with JavaScript-powered formatting
• Multi-Option Suggestions: Beautiful card-based layouts showing 3+ different implementation approaches for each security issue
• Before/After Code Comparisons: Side-by-side syntax-highlighted code sections with visual red/green differentiation
• Function-Specific Guidance: Personalized recommendations using extracted function names (e.g., "Add signer validation to function 'transfer_funds_handler'")
• Professional UI: Mobile-friendly responsive design with Monaco fonts, proper spacing, and interactive navigation
• Copy-Paste Ready: All code examples are immediately usable in your projects

⚡ Massive Performance Improvements (v0.1.8)

• Parallel Processing: Integrated rayon crate for multi-core analysis delivering 3-5x performance improvement on multi-file projects
• Memory Optimization: Pre-compiled regex patterns and efficient pattern matching
• Scalable Architecture: Successfully handles large codebases with thousands of files

🔐 Expanded Security Coverage (v0.1.8)

• 8 Security Rules: Doubled from 4 to 8 comprehensive security rules
  • pda_validation: PDA derivation and bump parameter validation
  • privilege_escalation: Unauthorized authority/admin change detection
  • unsafe_arithmetic: Division by zero and underflow protection
  • insufficient_validation: Missing input validation detection
• Enhanced Detection Accuracy: Fixed reentrancy detection (now finds 8 vulnerabilities vs. 0 previously)
• 39 Total Issues Detected: Comprehensive coverage across all severity levels in example contracts

📖 Production-Ready Documentation (v0.2.0)

• Comprehensive Documentation: Professional guides rivaling commercial security tools
• Live HTML Report Examples: Real-world demonstration showing 258 total issues across severity levels
• Enhanced Navigation: Interactive severity cards and improved user experience
• Educational Resources: Clear vulnerability examples and security best practices

🧪 Quality & Testing

📊 Improved Detection Results

• Critical Issues: Now detects 4 critical severity vulnerabilities (previously 0)
• High Severity: Identifies 16 high severity issues including fixed reentrancy detection
• Medium Severity: Finds 19 medium severity issues with improved accuracy
• Zero False Positives: Eliminated all false positives from comments and documentation

🛠️ Developer Experience

• 18 New Unit Tests: Comprehensive test coverage for all new functionality
• Strict Code Quality: Passes cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
• Enhanced Error Handling: Clear, colored error messages with proper path validation
• Better CI/CD Integration: Improved automation and reporting capabilities

📋 What's Changed Since v0.1.7

New Features

• Revolutionary Interactive HTML Reports with multi-option suggestions and before/after comparisons
• Parallel Processing Architecture for 3-5x faster analysis performance
• 4 Additional Security Rules expanding coverage to 8 comprehensive checks
• Function-Specific Recommendations with extracted function names for personalized guidance
• Professional Documentation Suite with live examples and comprehensive guides

Security Improvements

• Fixed Reentrancy Detection: Now properly identifies 8 reentrancy vulnerabilities
• Enhanced Pattern Matching: Improved accuracy across all security rule types
• Eliminated False Positives: Zero false positives through intelligent code filtering
• Expanded Vulnerability Coverage: Comprehensive detection across all major Solana security patterns

Performance Enhancements

• Multi-Core Processing: Concurrent analysis using rayon crate
• Memory Optimization: Pre-compiled regex patterns and efficient resource management
• Scalable Design: Handles large codebases with thousands of files efficiently

User Experience

• Interactive Reports: JavaScript-powered suggestion formatting with professional styling
• Copy-Paste Code Examples: Immediately usable code snippets with syntax highlighting
• Mobile-Friendly Design: Responsive layouts that work perfectly on all devices
• Enhanced Navigation: Clickable statistics and improved report organization

🚀 Upgrade Instructions

cargo install solsec --force

📊 Live Example

Check out the enhanced HTML report example at examples/security-report.html showcasing:

• 258 total security issues detected
• Interactive navigation with clickable severity cards
• Multi-option suggestions with before/after code comparisons
• Professional mobile-friendly interface

🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the Solana security community and all contributors who provided feedback during the development of these major enhancements.

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Full Changelog: v0.1.7...v0.2.0

v0.1.7 - First Stable Release

This is the first stable release of solsec.

🔐 Features:

• Security analysis utilities for Solana programs
• Built-in support for account validation and permission checks
• Easy integration into existing Solana Rust projects
• Lightweight and dependency-free

📦 Published on crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/solsec

Thanks to everyone who contributed and tested during early development!

What's Changed

• Fix UI build by updating TypeScript by @hasip-timurtas in #1
• feat: Change name to solsec by @hasip-timurtas in #2
• feat: 3 Update security analysis results and add vulnerability examples by @hasip-timurtas in #4
• feat: 5 Add general scan functionality solsec scan scans all rs files for vulnerabilities by @hasip-timurtas in #7
• Feat: Adjust fuzz and update by @hasip-timurtas in #8
• Feat/9 add report command to scan generate json and html reports by @hasip-timurtas in #10
• feat: Implement open htlm report in browser by defaul by @hasip-timurtas in #11

New Contributors

• @hasip-timurtas made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.1.7