From 280289185ab66c1a0fdc8a73362e5ccbdab64924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Eitzinger <jan@moebiusband.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:28:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add checkpointReader to ReleaseNotes

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 ReleaseNotes.md | 8 ++++++++
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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
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@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ This is also the default.
 - **Explicit node state queries in node view**: Node health and scheduler state
   are now fetched independently from metric data for fresher status information.
 
+### New tools
+
+- **binaryCheckpointReader**: New utility tool (`tools/binaryCheckpointReader`)
+  that reads `.wal` or `.bin` checkpoint files produced by the metricstore
+  WAL/snapshot system and dumps their contents to a human-readable `.txt` file.
+  Useful for debugging and inspecting checkpoint data. Usage:
+  `go run ./tools/binaryCheckpointReader <file.wal|file.bin>`
+
 ### Logging improvements
 
 - **Reduced tagger log noise**: Missing metrics and expression evaluation errors