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Overview
This release strengthens the site’s foundations through platform maintenance, improved automation, and SEO consistency. Core Astro dependencies have been upgraded, dependency updates are now automated via Dependabot, build output benchmarking has been introduced to support performance monitoring, and URL canonicalisation has been standardised using trailing slashes.
Highlights
Platform maintenance:
- Upgraded Astro and key ecosystem packages to the latest compatible versions to improve stability and reduce maintenance overhead.
Dependency update automation:
- Enabled Dependabot to automate routine dependency update pull requests and keep the project current.
Performance monitoring support:
- Added tooling to benchmark minifier output and report compressed bundle sizes (gzip + brotli) to support data-informed build decisions.
SEO consistency:
- Standardised trailing slashes across all URLs to improve canonicalisation and reduce duplicate URL variants.
Minor fixes:
- Small fixes and refinements across the site.