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 --tagsreturns0.19.0instead of0.20.1 - 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
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- 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