dfinity / dfinity/cdk-rs

chore: missing git tag for ic-cdk v0.20.1 release

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Description

Summary

The ic-cdk v0.20.1 release (2026-04-20) is published on crates.io but has no corresponding git tag in this repository. Every prior release from 0.15.0 through 0.19.0 has a plain semver git tag, so this appears to be an unintentional omission in the release process.

The release commit is:

317f55c feat: ic0 v1.1.0 and ic-cdk v0.20.1 with msg_caller_info_{data,signer} APIs (#708)

Why this matters

Projects that pin dfinity/cdk-rs as a git submodule (e.g. documentation repos, tooling, downstream consumers) rely on version tags to identify the correct commit to check out. Without a tag:

  • Automated tooling that resolves "latest release" via git ls-remote --tags returns 0.19.0 instead of 0.20.1
  • Maintainers who search for the release commit by tag come up empty and may incorrectly conclude the API has not shipped yet
  • The gap between crates.io state and git state causes confusion about what is actually available to users

In this specific case: dfinity/developer-docs uses cdk-rs as a pinned submodule to verify Rust API examples against source. The missing tag caused us to initially conclude that msg_caller_info_data/msg_caller_info_signer were unreleased, when they had in fact shipped.

Request

Please push the 0.20.1 tag pointing to 317f55c (or the appropriate release commit):

git tag 0.20.1 317f55c
git push origin 0.20.1

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inspecting the existing semver tags and verify that commit 317f55c is the ic-cdk v0.20.1 release commit. Create and push the missing 0.20.1 tag, then confirm it appears in the repository's remote tags and points to the requested commit.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, rust
Domain
release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
72/100

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