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+title: "Release 0.100.0"
+date: "2026-02-18"
+version: "0.100.0"
+---
+
+# Release 0.100.0
+
+**Date:** 2026-02-18  
+**Version:** 0.100.0
+
+## 🆕 New Features
+
+- Added a guided **FinOps benchmark** flow (gated behind `FINOPS_BENCHMARK_ENABLED`, default: `false`) that can be started directly in-product.
+- Added the ability to open the benchmark wizard from Home via the FinOps benchmark banner in a shared, left-side resizable panel with the assistant chat.
+- Added provider-aware benchmark wizard step options that change based on the selected provider.
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed private endpoints so they return 401 when requests are missing an access token.
+
+## 🎁 Misc
+
+- Improved API performance and safety by avoiding unnecessary session and user lookups in certain configurations and by centralizing the OpenAPI route prefix, with `/v1/openapi` routes skipping auth.
+- Improved logout consistency across the app by removing `FronteggApp.logout` from the guard and always using `authenticationSession.logOut`.
+- Updated bundled dependencies and components, including analytics `0.14.2`→`0.14.4` (Docker + Helm) and `qs` `6.11.2`→`6.14.2`, and refreshed `THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt`.
+- Improved telemetry test reliability by switching the Logz.io test to Jest fake timers and a controlled system time instead of mocking `Date` directly.