Merge pull request 'release: prep 1.4.0 — bump version + finalize changelog' (#109) from release/v1.4.0 into main

Bumps __version__ and pyproject to 1.4.0 and rolls CHANGELOG's [Unreleased]
section into [1.4.0] - 2026-08-13, opening a fresh [Unreleased]. No behavior
change; this is the release-staging PR. After merge, push the v1.4.0 tag to
trigger release.yml.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ name: CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore: ["**/*.md"]
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: ["**/*.md"]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Lint (ruff)
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: Tests (py${{ matrix.python }} / ${{ matrix.os }})
+    # Guards against a job that hangs mid-run (e.g. a wedged test). Note: this
+    # counts from when a runner PICKS UP the job, so it does not rescue a job
+    # stuck "Waiting to run" because the self-hosted Windows runner is offline —
+    # for that, bring the runner back or skip via paths-ignore (docs).
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -85,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
   catalog-signature:
     name: Catalog signature
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ major, new features bump the minor, fixes bump the patch.
 section is renamed to the new version + date and a fresh `[Unreleased]` is
 started.
 
-## [Unreleased] — targeting 1.4.0
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.4.0] — 2026-08-13
 
 > ⚠️ **Using the `ssh-mcp` server?** Upstream `ssh-mcp` shipped a **breaking
 > v2**: it removed the `--password`, `--sudoPassword`, `--suPassword` and

bcc_core.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ KNOWN_FIELDS = {"command", "args", "env", "url", "type", "headers"}
 # binary. All network I/O here is fail-quiet (returns None on any problem)
 # so it's safe to run unattended, off the UI thread, at startup.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-__version__ = "1.3.0"
+__version__ = "1.4.0"
 
 REPO_URL = "https://git.avezzano.io/the_og/better-claude-config"
 ISSUES_URL = f"{REPO_URL}/issues"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "better-claude-config"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 description = "Cross-platform GUI for editing the mcpServers block of Claude Desktop and Claude Code configs"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }